The Comeback is the term used to describe the AFC Wild Card game of January 3, 1993, between the Buffalo Bills, and the Houston Oilers. The Bills came back from a 32 point deficit to claim victory in overtime. The comeback represents the most points overcome to win a game in the history of the National Football League. January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003) Events Media:January January 1 - Czechoslovakia divides. ... Alternate meaning: Buffalo Bills (barbershop quartet) The Buffalo Bills are a Buffalo, New York-based National Football League team which plays its home games in the suburb of Orchard Park. ... The Tennessee Titans are a National Football League team based in Nashville, Tennessee. ... NFL logo For other uses of the abbreviation NFL, see NFL (disambiguation). ...

Buffalo, AFC champions for the past two seasons, had gone 11-5. Their fifth loss occurred in the regular season finale, against 10-6 Houston. The Bills lost 27-3. AFC is a TLA that may stand for: American Football Conference Asian Football Confederation Association Football Club Automatic Fine Tuning Control Alkaline fuel cell Away from computer This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

The matchup would place the fearsome No-huddle offense of the Bills, the NFL's top-ranked rushing team, against the Run & Shoot of Houston, owners of the NFL's top-ranked passing game. However, Bills starting quarterback Jim Kelly was unable to play due to injury, and in his place, Marv Levy had to start back-up Frank Reich. The no-huddle offense is a hurry up offense designed to minimize clock usage and or keep defenses off guard. ... NFL logo For other uses of the abbreviation NFL, see NFL (disambiguation). ... The Run & Shoot offense is a type of offense in American Football which is predicated around the concept of multiple wide-receiver sets and lots of adjustments depending upon what the defense presents. ... The quarterback is a position in the offensive backfield of American and Canadian football, directly behind players of the line. He is generally the leader of the offensive team when it is on the field, responsible for initiating play by receiving the snap of the ball from the center. ... James Edward Kelly (born February 14, 1960 in East Brady, Pennsylvania) was an American football quarterback and is the Buffalo Bills all-time leader in multiple passing categories. ... Marvin Daniel Levy (born August 3, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former professional football coach, in the CFL as head coach of the Montreal Alouettes (1973-77), and in the NFL as head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs (1978-82) and the Buffalo Bills (1986-97). ... Frank Michael Reich (born December 4, 1961 in Freeport, New York) is a former NFL quarterback. ...

The game, played in the Bills' outdoor home of Rich Stadium, saw Houston take charge early, as Warren Moon, the Oilers quarterback, was nearly flawless. Moon shredded the Bills' dime defense for 220 yards and 4 first half touchdowns. The misfortunes of the Bills were compounded early in the first half when star running back Thurman Thomas went out of the game with an injury. At halftime, Houston had a 28-3 lead, increasing it to 35-3 early in the third quarter, and handed the reins to the league's 3rd ranked defense to close it out. Ralph Wilson Stadium is a football stadium located in the Town of Orchard Park, a suburb of Buffalo, New York. ... Warren Moon (born November 18, 1956 in Los Angeles, California) is a retired gridiron football quarterback who played in the Canadian Football League and the National Football League. ... High school running back A running back, halfback or tailback is the position of a player on an American football team who lines up in the offensive backfield. ... Thurman Thomas (born May 16, 1966 in Houston, Texas) was an American football running back who spent most of his NFL career with the Buffalo Bills. ...

The Bills switched to a base 3-4 defense, and Houston's pass-first offense was stifled by the adjustment. In the meantime, the Bills, fueled by Reich's three touchdown passes to wide receiver Andre Reed and sloppy play by the Oilers, scored five touchdowns to pull ahead 38-35 with just over three minutes remaining. Moon had to lead a last minute drive downfield to score the tying field goal, and send the game into overtime. The offensive team or offense in American football or Canadian football, is the team that begins a play from scrimmage in possession of the ball. ... Andre Reed (born January 29, 1964 in Allentown, Pennsylvania) is a former professional American football player who played wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills of the NFL. Reed is considered one of the best wide receivers to ever play the game. ... A touchdown is the primary method of scoring in American and Canadian football, in which the ball carrier causes the football to break the plane of the end zone, thus earning 6 points for his team (in both codes). ...

Early in overtime, the Bills intercepted a Moon pass and a few plays later would win 41-38 on a 32 yard field goal by placekicker Steve Christie. Buffalo would continue on and win the next two AFC Championships. Placekicker is the title of the player on an American football team who is responsible for the kicking duties of points after touchdowns (PATs), field goals, and, in many cases, kickoffs. ...

As a sidenote, Frank Reich was responsible for the biggest comebacks in the history of both the NFL and NCAA. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often said NC-Double-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ...

See also

• NFL playoffs, 1992-93