The Bills recovered from a 12-0 half-time deficit and led 16-15 with 16 seconds to go, thanks to a 41-yard field goal from Steve Chrsitie. All they had to do was kick off the football and keep the ball out of the end zone, and they were fine.

     Oh, is that all? The Titans had been practicing a gimmick play all year which special teams coach Alan Lowry had devised before this season. Coach Jeff Fisher decided to try "Home-Run Throwback": as designed, a blocker fields the kickoff, pitches to tight end Frank Wycheck, the Titans leading possession receiver, and he laterals to receiver Isacc Byrd on the opposite side of the field.

     On this day, injuries to Derrick Mason (who was supposed to be back for the kickoff with Byrd), and his backup Anthony Dorsett, left Lowry with his third string gimmick man: WR Kevin Dyson. Lowry yelled for Dyson and started explaining the play, drawing it in the dirt. Byrd continued the explanation as he and Dyson head onto the field.

     The kickoff popped into the air, not squibbing along the ground. Lorenzo Neal caught the ball and pitched it back to Wycheck. The Titans' leading receiver became their most important passer at that moment. He moved a couple steps toward the right hash mark at the Tennessee 25, trying to sell it and get the Bills moving the wrong way across the field. For a moment, Dyson thought the play was over and started going to the sideline. Then he saw Wycheck take the pitch and didn't know where Byrd was. So he took one hard step to make sure it was a lateral, caught the pitch, and went 75 yards up the left sideline with a wall of Titans blocking for him. 

     Only Buffalo kicker Christie had a chance, and Terry Killens blocked him away, clearing the path for Dyson. The extra point gave the Titans a 22-16 victory.

   The Bills argued that the pass was not a lateral, but an illegal forward pass. For three minutes, the Titans had to survive a video review, but when referee Phil Luckett announced the cross-field throw was legal, the Adelphia Coliseum in Nashville rocked like nothing Music City has seen before.