Bills vs. Oilers Comeback Game - NFL PRIMETIME COVERAGE

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NFL Primetime coverage of the Buffalo Bills' 41-38 victory over the Houston Oilers, aka "The Comeback Game"

[@ChrisOliver4307]

I was ready to turn this game off, but my father, the most pessimistic man on earth who gives up on the Bills when they are down by a field goal, thought they could come back. And he was right.

[@SilentNightBodomNight]

That’s some crazy shit lol. It’s like he knew.

[@fromthehaven94]

That what writers would call uncharacteristic. I had similar thoughts when my team was down 21-3 on January 30th, 2022.

[@brandonohara4122]

That gut instinct don't lie 😂

[@MrProsat]

I ALMOST turned it off after the 3 quarter INT for a TD. But still lots of time, I'll give it five more minutes. THANK GOD I hung around.

[@keyshawnbess572]

I had similar thoughts when my team was down 28-3.

[@BuffaloBilliam]

I still have my VHS recording of the game! Too bad i didn't keep a VCR. (Kids, your parents can explain what those are)

[@tony84.]

4:03, Absolute GOLD! from Chris Berman. It's OVER!...for Houston😂

[@SB-jn8cw]

This game sealed Frank's place as sports royalty in Buffalo to this day.

[@lonestar8968]

Not as a coach 😂 GO Oilers

[@mrbig7493]

People need to realize buffalo didnt have their hall of fame running back AND HOF qb agains warren moon who is also a hof qb Thats like facing prime tom brady and his number 1 defense with backups And still manage to win there is ZERO comparison as the greatest comeback in the playoffs ever

[@NickC1966]

No one circles the wagons like the Buffalo Bills.

[@thunderpantz]

Cris Dishman just wasn't in the mood and went straight to the point.

[@shoelessjoe1905]

I usually don't keep my ticket stubs but I kept and still have my stub from that game!

[@jamessanders145]

might be worth something interesting some day

[@Currnation22]

Sucks you left at half time

[@shoelessjoe1905]

@@Currnation22 no sir I did NOT LEAVE at halftime! but I wanted too but my season ticket partner kept saying they were gonna come back then Reich threw that pick six that went off Keith McKellers hands to go up 35-3 to start the 3rd quarter I said let's go this is over but he kept saying they were gonna come back and he was yelling at the people streaming for the exits telling them they'll be sorry and to stay in fact people laughed at him...to this day I thank him every time I see him for convincing me to stay...that is 100% the truth and I swear that on my 93 year old mother...and those that left could not re-enter...what a game! Also the game didn't sell out at least 72 hours before Kickoff so the rule back then was it couldn't be televised locally...

[@LifeAdmiral]

4th and 5 at the 20 down late in the game? HERE I COME TO SAVE THE DAY!

[@thunderpantz]

Man of culture.

[@johnflowers2736]

Will always be a memorable, timeless treasure for all Bills Fans-GO BILLS!!!!!!

[@pearcewilliams5297]

The beginning of the end of Houston (Oilers not Texans)

[@RYMAN1321]

This was the first shoe to drop, but the second one was the following year when they lost to KC After that one, I’m sure everyone knew the team was finished

[@juanpabloperez9063]

this was the second, the first was vs Denver

[@SNESdrunk]

"Not even Exxon can bail them out of this." Chris Berman at his best throughout this entire clip

[@Dr_1212]

As an oiler fan this sucked At least we got revenge with the music city miracle Thank you Vikings for erasing the oliers from the #1 spot

[@donnyfoster1859]

I remember the Bills comeback game I was 12

[@dominique.gonzalez622]

I can just hear my dads cry turning into screams of enjoyment 🤣🤣

[@mjf8897]

this is a peak highlight segment

[@Unknown-bq9id]

Buffalo is lucky the challenge flag didn't exist at 5:07, because Jack Pardee WOULD have thrown it, IMO...

[@ryandonato550]

To do this without your starting QB and RB is quite something.

[@joshuamackey2326]

I still watch these highlights every year that I can remember since it happened I hope our bills can get back to the super bowl and win it all LETS GO BILLS MAFIA!

[@chrisuncleahmad]

“It was an association day because everyone knew it was windy”

[@PickledEggs4]

I remember watching this game in my living room when i was 13 years old. I didn't quite fully appreciate how insurmountable the odds were but i still knew i was witnessing a hige comeback. What a showing by Reich.

[@michaeladderley5180]

Gambling life refs saved the Bill$

[@kiggss]

I wasn’t born yet but my dad tell me about these games all the time

[@RYMAN1321]

Oilers apparently didn’t get the memo “it’s not how you start but how you finish”.

[@voz3704]

Wasn't this game blacked out? I only saw it because we had a Dish

[@RichV20]

It was blacked out in Buffalo. It didn't sell-out as fans were pessimistic after the Bills drubbing and Jim Kelly knocked out in the Astrodome the week before. I also watched it on satellite dish. Everyone else locally listened to it on WGR called by Van Miller.

[@mayavenuemisfit814]

Erie, PA was blacked out also.

[@robluttrell7704]

Ironic that Frank would be coaching the team that would be on the wrong side of the 33 point blown lead 30 years later.

[@DNSKansas]

Reich was fired by the Colts before that happened

[@jimbodice2672]

12:53 They should probably leave town and change their name.

[@RichV20]

A loss so bad the team straight up moves across the country and changes it's identity.

[@cypher515]

This just doesn't happen anymore. Matt Barkley coming in for Josh Allen, all we'd hope for would be holding the lead. Maybe Case Keenum could get a TD.

[@Sydneyangel203]

Chills watching this to this day

[@femgoo]

I miss this ESPN!! Just scores and highlights without the WOKE agenda!!

[@STP43FAN1]

Damn, the HOLDER is wearing Steve McNair’s 9

[@johnranallo424]

The best of human competition of any kind in the history of humanity. Super Bowl Champs 2025. Go Josh & Co.!!

[@hhscadets0925]

6:44 "That's why they make quarterbacks do it" Just shows how different the NFL is today. Nowadays, it's almost exclusively punters that hold for field goals.

[@mateoshullio1628]

The greatest comeback in sports history

[@ThePhilipJFry__]

Not anymore, thanks to the Vikings

[@mateoshullio1628]

@@ThePhilipJFry__ I guess it depends on the teams they were playing. Bills had a playoff team in the playoffs, Vikings had the… Colts. Impressive nonetheless however Bills still have the greatest comeback

[@tbewin1z143]

@@ThePhilipJFry__ Bills had starters out playing a talented oilers team...not even comparable

[@Boots1282]

Playoff history yes it may never be touched

[@Eduardo-y6n9d]

28-3 all that's needed 😂😂😂 GOAT has spoken😂😂😂

[@davissae]

As a Tesla driver, the name “Oilers” offends me deeply. The only saving face is the shade of LGBTQ+ blue.

[@wnychevy09]

We could not see that game up here in Buffalo because it was blacked out we heard it on the radio on wgr but I eventually got a copy from a recording out of out of Massachusetts to watch it in its entirety

[@jakermon1014]

Couldn't even sell out a home playoff game? Sad

[@ryanmarcantonio]

​@jakermon1014 I was 7 or I would have gone. It was blacked out. We all were mad amd then happy within 10 minutes.

[@brickwallblitz]

8:01 this play would’ve been scrutinized to pieces if it happened today, people would call it rigged.

[@TheDiscoPumpkin]

Nobody seems to care that the Chiefs and lil’ baby Mahomes gets away with shit like that.

[@BigTylt]

Funny, Frank Reich helps get the comeback for the Bills here, then later gets hired and fired by the Colts right before the Vikings annihilate them and break this very record...

[@danielking9252]

The fix was in😂😂😂😂

[@jamestomkin8784]

I was there til the end!

[@brotheldan2009]

I was 15 years old watching this, I am 46 now and its still the best game I ever watched in my opinion

[@snowyowl9132]

But the Don Beebe touchdown shouldn't have counted though

[@TheDiscoPumpkin]

It’s history now.

[@jeffsnitzer3665]

I watched this from start to finish, WOW!!

[@vdoggydogg3922]

Frank won the next week too...then Kelly brought won it in Miami.

[@lonestar8968]

2 bad calls cost the pilers that game.. bb stepped out and holding on Ernest givings for the interception

[@SilentNightBodomNight]

A game to remember? Lol I’ve never heard of this one until now. Awesome comeback and very underrated.

[@xp8969]

Greatest comeback in NFL history, legendary game

[@andrewgillett5411]

i can't get over this ridiculous music

[@ALastShotonTwoGoodHorses]

12:53 they never did.

[@djdentertainment7127]

I was living in Boca Raton, Florida and was at a PLAYOFF FOOTBALL PARTY...where most of my Friends there were HUGE DOLPHIN FANS. I Was feeling like c*** obviously and by halftime.They were all " Bustin My Balls".....RELENTLESSLY!! THEN....Kenneth Davis TD....ONSIDE KICK!! BILLS RECOVER!.......Don Beebe TD.....( They were still ribbing me pretty good because BUFFALO was still down by a lot)..BILLS INT off Warren Moon......Andre Reed TD.....😅😂 .FRIENDS ARE MUMMBLING 🥺😯ABOUT SOMETHING...OILERS MUFF FG ATT.🫣😳.....ANDRE REED TD BILLS LEAD 38 - 35.....FRIENDS ARE SILENT😮 OILERS KICK FG TO GET TO OT. BILLS WIN...FRIENDS Say they are lucky that they got to see one of the GREATEST GAME'S OF ALL TIME !

[@Joel-zy2zw]

I hated this game. This game was the start of the franchise moving from Houston. Fk the Damn Buffalo Bills

[@TheDeadlyYears]

The Oilers were playoff chokers before this game. The Oilers lost in OT vs the Steelers in the 1989 season playoffs. The Oilers had a 21-6 playoff lead at Denver in the 1991 season playoffs and choked. The year after this game they got smashed by Buffalo in the regular season and then proceeded to go on an 11 game win streak and followed that up with another choke to old Joe Montana in their building.

[@Eduardo-y6n9d]

This game suspect AF Me thinks an offer was not refused😅😅