Over 46 years

This is the first of a two-part series discussing memorable moments in the history of the Buffalo Bills.

More than 46 years have increased the proportion of bills of fear and triumph, disappointment finally win at the end. In fact, the team reached the playoffs only 17 times in its history and ended below the 0500 total of 22 times.

In fact, after the accounts of 6 Sanchez Purple AFL50th jersey
four consecutive AFC titles in the 90 years the franchise has been mediocre to awful. That is, when analyzing the five most important moments in the history of the team. Of course there were many dark days of the early bills in 1960, it is not easy to squeeze them all in a countdown of five years.

No. 5 - Ronnie Harmon had fun in the playoffs against AFC Divisional Cleveland Browns.

In a classic battle in January 1990 against the Browns, the Bills overcame a disappointing season 7.9 and enter the final round of the playoffs for the second. After the end of the contest 34-30, Quart Bills Jim Kelly threw a pass to running back Ronnie Harmon that at the corner of the end zone of the Browns was opened. Unfortunately for the Bills, he did what a touchdown was, of course, and the next game led to a Clay Matthews intercepted a pass Kelly, icing the win for the Browns.

The real shame in the incident was that Harmon was one of the beneficiaries of the assignment to the most productive in the line of scrimmage in NFL history, but there will always be remembered as a mistake. As Harmon, Hall of Fame winger Jackie Smith, which would be a touchdown pass from Roger Staubach in 35-31 loss to the Dallas Cowboys Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl XIII, best known for his mistakes were key left.

No. 4 - Dallas beat Buffalo 24-0 in the second half of the last appearance of Bills in the Super Bowl.

The fourth time was the charm of bills in his last appearance in the Super Bowl. But in the 28th Edition of the game were the bills again by his opponents hated Dallas Cowboys defeated. After a tour of 13-6 at the half, Buffalo finally felt the time had come.

The team began to break in the second half, but when Thurman Thomas had escaped from the Cowboys' James Washington, took the 46 meters for a touchdown to tie the game 55 seconds in the third quarter galloped. Since that time, running back leads the league of all time, Emmitt Smith and Cowboys also had the Bills and won 30-13. The accounts have not been close since been the big game.


In January 2000 AFC Wild Card Game, the Bills surprised the 13-3 Tennessee Titans in Nashville, go with the favorites all day behind the quarterback Rob Johnson second string. Johnson led the preparation of invoices to a unity of purpose for success, with a goal conversion on the floor of kicker Steve Christie stopped. The exchange lasted 16-15 advantage with 16 seconds to play, but watched with horror as one of the most memorable in sports history took place at their expense.

Kickoff was following Christie's of 43 Polamalu white jersey
Lorenzo Neal Titans defenders, who sent the ball over to his teammate, winger Frank Wycheck. From there Wycheck threw the ball in the area of the Titans receiver Kevin Dyson. Subsequently, Dyson ran 75 yards for the group without a player for Buffalo. The Titans won the game 22-16, and the bills still are not enrolled in playoff game since. During the last five years, plays the famous and controversial bills weighed on the franchise like a black cloud.