The CRAZIEST 77 Seconds in NFL HISTORY
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- In a 1990 game between the Denver Broncos and the Buffalo Bills, the Bills went from 21-9 down to 29-21 up, all in a matter of 77 seconds (five plays from scrimmage). This is the story of one of the craziest stretches of all-time
I was at this game and the drunk guy in front of me called the blocked fg. We kinda rolled our eyes and were hugging him moments later
Those games, you just felt they were going to win. Somehow
I believe you.
Amazing time period
1990 was just a magical year of NFL football and the Bills' season was one of the most incredible parts.
Absolutely incredible. The only worse stretch I can remember during a game was the "Butt Fumble" game where, if memory serves, NE scored 3 TD's (including the Butt Fumble) in 51 seconds.
But (a) that was in the second quarter, not the fourth, and (b) NE was up by 11 when the sequence started, not down by 12. So this sequence was much more significant.
6:10. That’s not a tackle attempt. He just fell.
Yeah you could see him struggling to maintain his balance before he fell. I agree with you.
A tackle attempt involves a defender actually having contact with the ball carrier.
Would seem everything said in this video and much of the same in the comments is tongue in cheek. Hyperbole abounds.
Very obvious. I thought the narrator was being sarcastic.
When he said this I just left and left a thumbs down b
As a Houston Oiler fan, Buffalo was just getting warmed up. We were up 35-3 in 1993 only to watch is slip away. Good thing I can let things go,
Still mad about SB V...
well, since the Oilers no longer exist, you pretty much had to let it go
@@bawbremy what does Super Bowl V have to do with any of this and why are you mad about it?
@@steveswangler6373 watch SB V and I trust you will make the connection.
HELL NO,Houstons D just got comfortable,thats it!!or thats just what the script called for??Idk if they did that back then but probably?!?!
"28-3. I guess it's a requirement in today's NFC South."
Falcons fans be like what?
Brutal! Hahah
Falcons: Best blowjobs ever! NFC South 😖😆😆😆😆😆😆😂
Seeing that Bucs/Cards footage hurt me deep inside.
Yet again the NFC South has been a contender the last few years. But it was not till this year that they were able to have a champ, AND they have been called the Yuckaneers and the Suckaneers. No matter the faithful have been there since the beginning. GO BUCS.
"Welcome, to a moment in history"
Secret Base woot woot.
Gross
My thoughts exactly. This video sure reminds me of Secret Base's "Rewinder" series.
Welcome to 11 minutes of video that lasted longer than the events its describing.
@@acheron426 Seemed hours longer.
I was actually scared at that game that the place would collapse. When Elway fumbled, I ended up 3 rows down with people on top of me. I looked up and the upper deck was swaying like I couldn't believe. I really thought it would collapse on top of us. As I left the game, I saw a huge crack in the tunnel concrete that wasn't there before then. It was fixed the next game I went to. My buddy I went to the game with said the same thing, he thought it would collapse also. No earthquake could be more frightening until the actual collapse. It was an unforgettable memory.
I remember going to a concert at RFK stadium back in back in the early 2000's and from all the people jumping in unison with the music it felt like the entire upper deck of the stadium was moving. It was kinda scary. I've experienced a minor earthquake before and the feeling was very similar.
I was at this game with my family and my dad said “if the Broncos make this FG, let’s head out to the car so we can get an early start on beating the traffic.”
I hope you stayed
So he was one of those parents in the Progressive ad?
I just turned 14 and this was the first Bills game I ever went to. I remember an usher being pulled into the crowd and riding the crowd after the 3rd score. That game is such a great memory from my childhood.
And this is why, in the AFC championship game a season later (after the crowd noise rule was repealed), we were all chanting "No Way Elway" everytime they were on offense. It was apocalyptically loud.
My Dad and I were at that game. I was 11. I hadn't really watched that game. During a quiet moment I asked the guy next to us what it was all about. He explained it all. Every time Denver had the ball there was 11 yr old me screaming at the top of my lungs "No Way Elway"
@@Loukious I was 8, doing the same. In the endzone opposite where people held up the sign of "No way Elway".
Only other memory I had were the two guys in front of us calling me 'coach' because I was calling out the plays the offenses were running before the snap. Oh and the guy in my section everyone called an asshole because he held up a sign that said "The Browns will be here next year." lol. Go Bills.
@@adamplace1414 LOL...."The Browns will be here next year", I think that sign has been permanently installed at all Super Bowl locations......The guy sounds more like a comedian than an a*&*ole.
9:56 "If victory can be snatched from the jaws of defeat, then this was a case of the Bills reaching into Denver's throat and pulling it from near digestion."
That is some good copy.
That freak game cost the Miami Dolphins the Division with a 12-4 record. SMH
I was there too. The halftime show was spectacular! They had horses & a band played!
Well, Yogi once said, "It ain't over 'til it's over."
CZcams: Craziest 77 seconds in NFL history.
Bills vs. Cheifs: Hold my beer.
Came here to make this comment. Funny how the Bills are in both games.
3:23 - San Diego and Oakland had 31 unanswered points in the 4th. Crazy.
I’m a huge NY Giants fan but even I think the 1990 Buffalo Bills were awesome.
Thank you
I'm a Redskins fan. I actually prefer the '91 Bills
@@coopmurphy9216 that doesn't make any sense because in 91 the bills lost the sb to the waaaa... I see what you did there
i was on my way home from work, listening to this unfold whilst trying desperately trying to get home to watch the end!
My dad told me about this growing up. I finally seen it!
You should do the Seattle Minnesota game in 2002 when Seattle scored 4 TDs in 107 seconds
i like how Kubiak fell flat on his face on that blocked kick. Kinda like his coaching career
😲🤣✌😎
How coaches retire without a SB win , at least he got one before he had to step down for health reasons.
he won a SB as a head coach...
It's ironic then that not only did Gary Kubiak play for the Broncos in this game, but ended up being the last coach to lead the Broncos to a Super Bowl win in the 2015-2016 season. And I know that the Broncos defense was mainly responsible for that win, but it IS crazy that Kubiak was the one who led the team to that win. 😂
I remember watching this on TV & weeping uncontrollably because I'm mentally unstable.
6:05 How is that a tackle attempt? He tripped on his own feet...
its sarcasm lol
@@trendsupplier3072Well if you say so
agreed. wasnt a tackle attempt, just lost his footing trying to accelerate, clearly.
@@jessr3328 he tackled his imaginary friend. i don't know why no one else can see it. he was clearly there
And the runner was like 20 yards away from him
6:46 - RIP Leon Seals’ fingers deflecting that Elway throw. They died for a great cause.
Back then, “artificial turf” was nothing more than green carpet on concrete. Kubiak was running and fell forward from a lack of athletic prowess. The turf monster had a way of grabbing your feet.
The Blizzard of 77 Seconds!
Thanks for posting this great Bills memory👍🏻 and for your analysis!
I wonder how far this game went into the decision to put headphones in the QB's helmet. I think it was maybe only 2 or 3 seasons after this that that came into play.
I'm upset that I never got to witness the 90s Bills. Great video. Subscribed
Jim Kelly, Thurman Thomas, Andre Reed. They were fun to watch, if they weren't playing your team in the playoffs. The road to the Super Bowl went through Buffalo. And they lost it 4 years straight.
Same, but at least we’re about to witness the 2020’s Bills, and it looks like they’re gonna be similar to the 90’s Bills.
@@Drunmer8645 The way most teams are playing skill position whack-a-mole, I hope they keep some of those key players around. Josh looks like a serious win but Trubisky backing him up puts them one injury away from going 8-8 like last year's Bears. And I don't think 8-8 takes the division. It might not make the playoffs.
Witness 4 SB losses in a row? You didn't miss anything.
@@kitfisto1827 you missed all the games leading up to the Super Bowls dingle Berry. You can’t act like that Bills team sucked
“AWWWW, THE DENVER BRONCOS!!!!” - Homer Simpson, 1996
I don't know if you just do NFL games but you might want to do a deep dive in the greatest game no one saw and that was a USFL game between the L.A. Express and the Houston Gamblers in week 1 of the 1985 season. Steve Young was the QB for the Express and Jim Kelly was the QB for Houston. Kelly threw for 574 yards and 5 TD's in a 34-33 comeback win. The game is on CZcams if you want to watch it.
Thanks for this, JaguarGator9. For those of you in a hurry, the good stuff starts at 5:16.
Lowkey, Leon Seals had himself a big 4th quarter here
I was at that game in the end zone where all the scores were. Up until that time we had seem very little action. Ended up being one of them most exciting sporting events I ever saw
So was I. My seats were on the aisle on the right if facing the tunnel. The feeling of resignation to a loss being swept away in a little over a minute was amazing.
Kubiak must have been getting old, that failed tackle was his upper body going faster than his lower body which happened to me the first time at age 29. You just get slower as you get older and you need to face plant to realize it when you sprint.
Hmm. 77 seconds turned into a 11 minute + video. 🤨😕
Fast forward to 5:20. Holy cow talk about ‘get to the point’ already
It was painful to be a Bronco fan in the 70s and 80s, only thing worse would be being a Bills or Lions fan in any decade.
Some of the best NFL content going around!! Keep it coming!
If only this video could have been as efficient as the Bills in that comeback.
Part of what I love about this channel is the nostalgia I get from videos like this one. Also getting to see guys that I used to watch but completely forgot about, like Cornelius Bennett. As an oilers fan I hated him but dude should be a hall of famer
Got me to laugh on the NFC South comment. Lol
5:58 I don't think Kubiak was attempting a tackle. I think it was a combination of the turf monster and forgetting/not-knowing how to run.
This is one of the best channels on CZcams
Then Buffalo proceeds to lose 4 straight Super Bowls
As Troy Aikman said about Buffalo, "it's a helluva lot harder to go to 4 straight Super Bowls than win just one."
Yea give Buffalo some credit.
That team was amazing and from ‘88 - 2000, was the best team in the league. This is factual
It was a pass the torch kinda game Denver was the AFC team of the 80's and the Buffalo was the team of the 90's.
Very well made video. You deserve more subs
who’s here after the bills vs. chiefs afc divisional game where there were 25 points scored in less than 2 minutes
This pretty much sent these two teams in opposite directions. By season’s end, the Bills were neck-and-neck with the 49ers and Giants as the league’s best teams, while the Broncos were 5-11. Denver would be back in the playoffs the next season, winning the AFC West and falling to the Bills in a tight defensive struggle of an AFC Championship game.
Nah, Bills had been on the climb last 3 seasons, Denver was sort of starting over, Bobby Humphery's departure would hurt them; the fact that the AFC didnt have as many strong teams allowed Denver back to the afc championship next season and even then, Elway was injured.
And in the entire comeback the Bills’ QB only touched the ball once. Wow.
Remember watching this and couldn't believe the Broncos blew it
I was in college at the time in Greeley, Colorado. In fact, it was the same dorm the Broncos stayed in when they were there for training csmp. I was watching the game in the TV lounge when some other people watching wanted the Broncos to go for it on the 4th down play where the field goal was blocked. I pointed out it would put them up by three scores, but they thought I, and Dan Reeves, were being overly conservative. 🤦♂️
Everyone wants to shit on Buffalo.......but holy crap was this entire team so good
LOL - Nate Odomes shot in there like a laser-guided missile on that FG block!
Totally uncovered. Somebody got roasted when the Broncos looked at the game film.
Thanks for the name that reset the game's results. Wonder what ever happened to him and if he was ever asked to comment on the play.
Never saw this clip and even at first glance he looked pretty early on the snap. But as Shannon Sharpe said before, “if you ain’t cheatin’ you ain’t tryin”. In all fairness tho the best players back then all knew how and when to bend the rules.
I was up in Boulder that morning and was listening to game on the radio while driving back to Denver. Got back to my apartment in time for the 4th quarter. Sat down in front of my couch with the Sunday paper to watch the end of what I thought would be a Broncos victory. Dumbfounded by the first two crazy scores, but on the Elway fumble, I punched into the newspaper out of frustration which happened to be on the floor. I bruised my hand so badly that it felt broken. I was feeling that pain for weeks. Bad memory.
To be fair, Kubiak fell he wasn't trying to tackle him.
I think Kubiak just fell down....
These 77 seconds were the reason I latched onto the Bills as a kid, and have been a huge fan ever since. Great video!
35-3. Bills had it 35-31 in less than 9 min against the Titans just 2 years later in the playoffs.
Just for fun, the Cards 28-3 comeback vs the Creamsicle Pirates is a scenario in 2004 EA Sports football.
For ESPN 2K5 as well.
I remember that! Man I miss old school 2k football. So much more fun than madden
I was at this Bills game, and still, in my opinion, was the loudest I've ever heard that stadium in my life, in all the years of going to Bills games. My heart, the bones in my chest, rattled, vibrated. I've never felt that before or since. Now, to be honest, it might've happened at the Bills Comeback game vs the Oilers. But since I was an Oilers fan, I left the stadium when it was 35-10 after the Bills recovered the Onside Kick, knowing damn well my Oilers were about to blow another lead.
Now, I'm not a Bills fan. My Dad is, he had Season Tickets, so I went to almost all the games. The funny thing about this game was the Bills had 3 straight home comebacks that year. And I was there for all three of them. The Jets, The Broncos & the Raiders on Sunday Night.
Still, nothing replaces the time I was at the Jets-Bills Game in 1988, I was 10 years old. The Bills won to win the AFC East Division Title and the fans stormed the field & took down the Goal Posts. That hasn't happened since.
I remember watching this on TV ... and why I always say you can overcome any deficit ... teams should show this 77 seconds in the locker-room during halftime.
Great production on the video very professional
Imagine UrinatingTree if this happened today
With a chance to take a 3 possession lead, a blocked fg attempt and defensive touchdown cuts Denver's lead to only 7 points. Down 21-9, my math tells me the td cut the lead to 6 points, then down to 5 points after the PAT
You're correct
My phone screen cracked from the crowd noise
Never has the term "win probability" so impacted video content in all of CZcams history.
I don't know,I kinda like that new league with silent games.
None of the endless penalties because of crowd noise!
Boy, I sure do wonder why this video is popping up in my recommended now. Not like a certain game happened last night that goes in a similar vein to this one…
I was four years old at that time the team that made me a Bills fan for life beware the bickering bills I love the Buffalo Bills from the 1990s especially the 1990s teams that made all the way all the way to Super Bowl 25 at either you most of the players on their team how much I love that that football team
I hate to be that guy, but context is critical. So is momentum. Sometimes, non-touchdown plays end up mattering as well. This is weird but not that crazy. Many next possession ints happen after a big momentum shift (see ot int: Odomes vs Moon in The Comeback). The fumble happened due to crowd noise from the shift as well. Talley was in position to get Elway even if Seals (no college) missed. Look at the turn-around in SB 27. Bills in control, Dallas, in a matter of seconds, goes from Novacek td, Haley hits Kelly for JJones TD, then it's over; and that was a Super Bowl. The pronunciation of Odomes tells me that we're just searching for odd data to present, which is ok, but to watch the games back then was different. There was more odd-ball mistakes then as player weren't trained from 2yrs old. Bills had been on the climb last 3 seasons, Denver was sort of starting over, Bobby Humphery's departure would hurt them; the fact that the AFC didnt have as many strong teams allowed Denver back to the afc championship next season and even then, Elway was injured and a freak play essentially won it for bills. I think the 3 amigos were slightly over-rated but quick and Denver's front 7 were usually pushed around by bigger O-lines. Not shocked that reeves said they still remembered: it was just the previous year. Interesting, but way over-hyped. Kubiak simply fell trying to get up quick on the turf.
This blocked kick was the play that eventually led to the Bills' run to four straight SB's.
Cornelius Bennett had one hell of a game...
Love the videos! You should try one with the AFC Chanpionship Colts Steelers. Late in the 4th quarter, Willie Williams came up big on 3rd down. Then Ernie Mills makes a catch ( that wouldn't be a catch today) and then the famous ending with the almost hail mary
You should talk about the Bengals Vs Dolphins those last 33 seconds were incredible
That's not a "tackle attempt"...the dude isn't diving for him...he's falling down from too much forward lean.
Broncos scored late, but couldn't go for 2.
This mayyyy have just been outdone
i remember watching that game...it was insane
Narrator sounds like the dude from RegularCars
Never give up.
This was a changing of the guard
To be fair, 77 seconds in the NFL is like 10 minutes. Haha!
Idea for a video. Maybe you can talk about how due to the nutty setup of the NFL schedule back then, John Elway and Dan Marino, both taken in the 1983 draft, and both having played for an AFC team for 17 years together only faced each other three times, two of those times coming at the tail end of the 1998 season. The other in 1985. Same thing with Jim Kelly never playing the Chargers.
From 1970 to 1985 the Raiders and Cowboys only met twice
That's the problem with uneven divisions in each conference. Then as now, the schedule is a formula. You play a set number of opponents, the rest are determined by where you ended in your division. The Bills never played Seattle in Buffalo until 1995. And you're right about the Bills and Chargers. They played twice in 1985, then not again until 1998. In that same time period, the Bills played the Raiders 7 times in the regular season.
It wasn't uneven divisions as much as an uneven *number* of divisions, so you couldn't have AFC East vs AFC West or whatever like you've had since 2002, which is why the four non-division matchups were always "standings" games, and Elway and Marino always kept missing each other cause one would finish and one second or whatever, but never in the same place.
With 14 teams in each conference, you'd have had to have two three-team divisions in each. Nothing says B-level indoor league more than that
@@littleblackduck3134 Raiders and Cowboys are in opposite conferences so they wouldn’t play that much, however I would think they would have played each other more than twice in 15 yrs
The first time Tampa Bay came to play in Buffalo was 2009. 32 years as a team before the Buccaneers visited Buffalo.
7:41-8:30
This happened again in 1997 in the Jets and Lions game.
The 1990 Broncos were a pretty snakebit team, losing numerous games in which they had a halftime lead; this game was the worst of that and also the beginning of that trend (they flip the script the next season, winning numerous close game, I think finishing 9-3 in games decided by 7 points or less) Their offense was alright when it came to moving the ball, but had some costly turnovers, while the defense didn't play close to their 1989 level (part of that made have to do with the shock of being dismantled in the previous Super Bowl).
Bobby Humphreys forgot how play football. Broncos did not get another running back until T.D .
Interesting time for this to end up in my recommended
"Please quiet down" lol
That Bills dynasty makes my heart sing.
Gary Kubiak:
Horrific tackles - 1
Coaching SB rings - 4
So was it a three possession game? I wish you'd tell us.
It was actually a 2.98 possession game, I can't believe he's exaggerating so much smh
Ah, that's my Broncos. They know how to tear your heart out, especially back in those days.
Unbelievable stuff by the pro football history master- You are the NFLs version of Peter Gammons. I remember those 77 seconds, it was a crazy year in Buffalo all around. I remember the Bills being down to Chicago 6-0 late in the 2nd qtr and then the Bills got hot and won 35-6. They scored points in bunches that year. Arguably the greatest play in NFL history happened in Buffalo in 1990, Bills v Eagles. Cunningham in his own end zone ducks Bruce Smith. He’s deep in his own end zone and chucks a pass up to Fred Barnett for a TD, Cunningham probably threw the ball 75 yards back against his body on the greatest athletic play by a QB I’ve ever seen.... The Broncos had a rash of injuries in 1990, it really was a lost season. From 1989 to 1991, Elway and the offense struggled while the defense carried the team. The 1991 Broncos defense was very very good. They go into Buffalo for the AFC title game, no John Elway and hold the mighty Bills to only 10 points and still lost; ironically a SB worthy defense was held back by a less than pedestrian offense in 1991, a far cry from the great offenses of the late 90s. The 91 AFC title game marked a day when the Bills lost a bit of their mojo and never got it back before a SB blowout to the Redskins
Oilers Sdahawks 11.3.1996 😱😱😱😱😱
GO BILLS!
My grandpa was at the Denver Broncos vs Bills game.
Bills had a big fourth quarter comeback vs the raiders the very next week I believe also? Nothing as remarkable as this though.
Yep, a Sunday night game on TNT. Then they had one in the Coliseum the next year (that sent Raiders spiraling to an early exit) for good measure
Go Bills GO!!!!! The Bills are BACK to being as good as they were in 1990.....MAYBE EVEN BETTER!!! And THIS game PROVES beyond a SHADOW of a DOUBT that Jim Kelly WAS ALWAYS BETTER than John Elway.
Dude put the crack pipe down lol…this game proves what? That Kelly can watch his Defense and special teams win a game for him? Yeah that’ll show Elway! 🙄
@@briannelson6830 agreed. Kelly had a much better defense to help him out and an actual run game. Elway didn't even have a 1000 yd rusher until Terrell Davis, years later.
Jim Kelly accomplished less than Elway, despite having better teams throughout most of the 90's.
Why did it end 29-21 rather than 30-21? Did they miss an PAT?
Yep, Scott Norwood of the Bills missed an extra point wide left after the pick six.
@@randomdude4769 And it wouldn't be the last time he'd miss a field goal that season...
It didn't. It ended 29-28. Ricky Nattiel scored on a short pass from Elway in garbage time. He didn't show it in the vid because it didn't pertain to the 77-seconds theme.
@@Tubewings A PAT is not a FG.
@@atlasking6110 Well, in both cases, the ball didn't go through the uprights.