Mitchy moo
01-07-2006, 03:55 PM
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/5225382
It's wild-card weekend in the NFL, but it's unlikely that any of the four games will be able to match the sheer drama, excitement and historic proportions of Buffalo's incredible come-from-behind victory over Houston in the 1992 wild-card round.
That day at Rich Stadium, the Bills pulled off the greatest comeback in NFL history to defeat the Oilers in overtime.
Orchard Park, N.Y. — (Jan. 3, 1993) — In the fall of 2004 former Bills receiver Don Beebe made his debut as a high school football coach in the suburbs of Chicago, and in the third week of the season, his boys from Aurora Christian were preparing to play Chicago Christian, a team Aurora had never before beaten.
Unlike his old Buffalo coach Marv Levy, who was a master at pre-game speeches, Beebe wasn't sure what he was going to tell his players during the week of preparation for the big Private School League showdown. And then it came to him.
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width=300 align=right border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>http://msn.foxsports.com/id/5227462_36_3.jpg</TD></TR><TR><TD class=caption><ID>Wide receiver Don Beebe made a number of key plays in Buffalo's historic comeback.</ID> (Rick Stewart / Getty Images)</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>"One of the illustrations I used with the kids was the comeback game," Beebe said of one of the greatest games in NFL history, Buffalo's unbelievable 41-38 overtime victory over the Houston Oilers when the Bills rallied from a 35-3 third-quarter deficit to win the 1992 AFC wild-card playoff game.
It's wild-card weekend in the NFL, but it's unlikely that any of the four games will be able to match the sheer drama, excitement and historic proportions of Buffalo's incredible come-from-behind victory over Houston in the 1992 wild-card round.
That day at Rich Stadium, the Bills pulled off the greatest comeback in NFL history to defeat the Oilers in overtime.
Orchard Park, N.Y. — (Jan. 3, 1993) — In the fall of 2004 former Bills receiver Don Beebe made his debut as a high school football coach in the suburbs of Chicago, and in the third week of the season, his boys from Aurora Christian were preparing to play Chicago Christian, a team Aurora had never before beaten.
Unlike his old Buffalo coach Marv Levy, who was a master at pre-game speeches, Beebe wasn't sure what he was going to tell his players during the week of preparation for the big Private School League showdown. And then it came to him.
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width=300 align=right border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>http://msn.foxsports.com/id/5227462_36_3.jpg</TD></TR><TR><TD class=caption><ID>Wide receiver Don Beebe made a number of key plays in Buffalo's historic comeback.</ID> (Rick Stewart / Getty Images)</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>"One of the illustrations I used with the kids was the comeback game," Beebe said of one of the greatest games in NFL history, Buffalo's unbelievable 41-38 overtime victory over the Houston Oilers when the Bills rallied from a 35-3 third-quarter deficit to win the 1992 AFC wild-card playoff game.