Things couldn't have looked any grimmer for the Buffalo Bills at halftime of the 1992 AFC championship game. They trailed the Houston Oilers 28-3, Warren Moon was 19-22, with 218 yards passing and 4 TDs, and three of the Bills' superstars - Jim Kelly, Cornelius Bennett and Thurman Thomas - were sidelined with injuries.

     To that point, the greatest comeback in NFL history was from a 28-point deficit.  Back on the field for the second half, Buffalo Bills QB, career backup  Frank Reich, promptly threw an interception that the Houston Oilers' Bubba McDowell returned for a touchdown. That put the Bills in a 32-point hole.

     But Reich, who had guided Maryland to the greatest comeback in NCAA history (turning a 31-0 deficit into a 42-40 victory), now pulled off the greatest comeback in NFL history. It began with the Bills scoring about six minutes into the third quarter to make it 35-10; coach Marv Levy then called for an onside kick, which Buffalo kicker Steve Christie recovered. Four plays later Reich found the swift Don Beebe down the left sideline for a 38-yard touchdown pass.

   The Bills scrapped the Dime defense that Moon had shredded and went to a basic 3-4 with linebackers Carlton Bailey and Marcus Patton; the new formation held, and five plays after a punt, Reich hit Andre Reed for a 26-yard touchdown pass. Now it was 35-24, and the crowd was beginning to think that their team could recover. Many fans had left at half-time, and their tickets didn't permit re-entry, so hundreds of Bills fans began scaling the fences en masse.

   With two minutes remaining in the third quarter, Reich hit Reed for an 18-yard score, on a crucial fourth-and-5 play, and the Bills trimmed the score to 35-31. They went ahead with 3:08 left in the game, on another Reich-to-Reed connection. The fans were delirious, but they watched in agony as Moon mounted a desperate drive of his own. He took Houston 63 yards in 11 plays, and Al Del Greco made a 26-yard field goal to send the game into overtime.

   The Oilers won the overtime coin toss, and on their first possession Moon threw a poor pass that was intercepted by cornerback Nate Odomes. One facemask penalty and three plays later, Christie kicked the game-winner from 32 yards. It was a heartwarming tale for the Bills. To the Houston Oilers, it was a horror flick. And to countless NFL fans, it was nothing short of classic drama.