1988 Divisional Round Oilers @ Bills

the right cornerback from wisconsin number 37 nate odoms [Applause] the strong side safety from mcneese state number 46 leonard smith and the free safety from william and mary number 38 mark kelso your buffalo bills the winner gets the bengals in cincinnati a week from today they'll be a step away from the super bowl at joe robbie stadium in miami in just a moment we turn it over to marv albert and paul mcguire for the call of the game for coachdown schula the national broadcasting company presents the national football league today from rich stadium it's the afc divisional playoff the houston oilers versus the buffalo bills brought to you by ford and your ford dealer have you driven aboard lately by united airlines we dedicated to giving you the service you deserve come fly the friendly skies and by budweiser and bud light we'll also bring you bud bowl one coming january 22nd on nbc it is another capacity crowd better than 80 000 are here at rich stadium and buffalo to watch the buffalo bills in their first home playoff game in 22 years that is 22 years to the day when home for the bills was the war memorial stadium affectionately known as the old ruck pile located in downtown buffalo and on that day january 1st 1967 it was mike garrett of kansas city with some dazzling moves helping the chiefs to a convincing 31-7 win over buffalo propelling kansas city to super bowl one and a meeting with the eventual champion the green bay packers and this the program from that game 22 years ago i noticed a number 55 punter linebacker for buffalo a young kid by the name of paul mcguire by golly yeah it was it was a bad day that day it was raining it was also a bad score they killed us they really did they heard it bad well i'm marv albert and this is the 1989 version of paul mcguire what about the weather factor today obviously a concern of houston but the weather is just fine here in buffalo i think this weather hurts buffalo they wanted to see snow or rain or whatever and a lot of wind houston coming in here they're prepared for a bad day they have a beautiful day and they love it when do you see the fog setting in here no fog no clouds a few helicopters that's about it let's get to the uh basic storyline when houston has the ball what do you look for as a key matchup well the key match-up has to be 330-pound bruce davis trying to handle bruce smith bruce davis is not as agile bruce smith is probably the best defensive end in the national football league can he control him all right and also uh part of the story as mentioned by bob adamat on the pre-game show shane conlon definitely out with that foot injury so scott radasick will go at the inside linebacker spot on the right side right throughout how about when buffalo has the ball how do you figure things if buffalo wants to run the football bruce devlin has to be able to block ray childress if he can't do that buffalo can't run well the houston oilers have won the toss and they will receive houston 10 and 6 in the regular season as you look at 31 degrees and a sunny forecast for this afternoon last saturday in the afc wild card playoff game houston beat cleveland 24-23 for the oilers their first road playoff game since beating the san diego chargers back in december of 1979 and the buffalo bills 12 and four first in the afc east but buffalo dropped three of its last four games their last game two weeks ago at the hoosier dome in indianapolis and the colts came from behind to win it 17-14 set for the kickoff and the kickoff sponsored by budweiser the king of beers scott norwood teeing it up and lorenzo white the rookie from michigan state is back deep he was the key man on kickoffs last week because he is more accustomed to the cold weather [Applause] and we're underway the winner goes up against cincinnati for the afc championship spencer tillman on the return and excellent coverage by the bills who are number one of that department in the nfl mike rozier in the starting lineup despite the bruised ribs and the outstanding combination of drew hill and ernest gibbons a huge offensive line for eastern oilers bruce davis paul mentioned a moment ago six foot six 315 pounds in his tenth season out of ucla and war moon who came back from the shoulder entry has had an outstanding season first down at the 21. [Applause] and rozier for just about two on the play as we take a look at the buffalo defensive unit art still and fred smirless who sat out in the last game two weeks ago against indianapolis are those smartest played in that opening series along with bruce smith one of the best front threes in the nfl rather sick for the injured conlan and a solid secondary borrows kelso smith and odom now alan pinkett has replaced mike rozier second out at eight at the 23. and mugo's sideline incomplete intended for haywood jeffries covered by the right corner nate odom i think one of the biggest surprises to the buffalo bills this year especially on the defensive side of the ball is the play of burroughs in nate odom's they have really come through really question marks at the beginning of the year could they cover one-on-one they have done that it is a third down and eight and this crowd had ripped stadium roaring from the opening kickoff they had a rally here this week with joe foley the general manager said they want this to be the house of noise that request has been answered [Applause] moon incomplete so a quickie series for the houston oilers the pass intended for ernest gibbons bruce smith is going up against bruce davis and just take a look at bruce smith is lined up way to the outside here's davis getting that drop which he has to do and forcing smith way to the outside actually moon rolled away from the place so smith didn't have a chance anyway here's the working for michigan state who has certainly had his ups and downs he's also been hampered by a hamstring greg montgomery pointing to errol tucker first year player from utah and tucker back pedals behind his 30. tucker breaking tackles gets across the 40-yard line a 16-yard return off a 49-yard punt and we have our first flare-up the houston islands last week in the cleveland browns had quite a bit of extracurricular activity here we go again this is what houston likes to do they're going to try to intimidate you they're going to say some things they're going to try to make you do some things that are dumb and it usually is the second guy that gets caught now there's tucker on the ground and then the action starts butch roll number 87 is one of the guys because they they push push tucker back on the ground he gets back into the play and all during the course of the week buffalo players saying amongst themselves now we must maintain our composure very easy to say let's not go back with that retaliatory hit because it's usually the uh the man who retaliates who's hit with the penalty and the bills for the offense with jim kelly alex him open up a pass on first down and start from the 44 and kelly does go to the flat and complete intended for thurman thomas [Music] thomas and mueller in the backfield andre reed the favorite target of jim kelly he set a buffalo franchise record 71 receptions kent hull the pro bowl center richer and hella straight of the guards heller spray replacing the injured tim vogler and devlin and wolford at the tackles just underway here in buffalo and the bills are there first series second down and 10 from their 44-yard line [Music] andre reed has the first down steve brown the left corner and eugene seal inside linebacker on the stop the whole defensive line of houston fell down they had a stunt working in the middle and as they were moving in and out three of the players fell down and not a block was laid on any of them [Applause] and that a seal shaken up he is an important man on the special team coverage of the houston oilers in a second season of lamar buffalo first down at the houston 45 yard line minute and a half gone by just underway surprising offense very unusual for buffalo come out and not run the ball yet over his back is amy mueller and kelly throwing again and he has furman thomas for seven more but a penalty marker is down the referee today is gordon mcconnell the houston oilers number one in penalties in the afc second overall in the nfl dallas finishing with 141 penalties called followed by houston number 93 on the defense heavily accepted five yards automatic first down that is robert lyles outside linebacker on the left called for the hole he had to be holding pete metzeler's number 88 to tight in for the buffalo bills metzelers came down the line of scrimmage and ran it out and it brought thurman thomas underneath the bell's first down at the houston 40-yard line and kelly will throw again has the tight end mets alive inside the 35 and another flag has been crossed roughly to pass a personal foul that time the houston orange weren't even set their cornerback steve brown number 24 was on the wrong side of the field first little foul roofing the passer lane hit number 79 defense [Music] didn't children say earlier in the week that we can't talk to kelly and intimidated we have to go back and hit him well here's what happened ray childress number 79 kelly throws chillers hits him in the face with his hands that's intimidation and here are the buffalo bills coming out throwing well ray choker said i don't think totten is going to intimidate him we're going to have to hit him and i think that will intimidate him all right let's see what happens here as buffalo now on the move first out of the 18 not able to complete with furman thomas who should have held on keith bostick the strong safety on the coverage either the pick was there from metzelers they ran this play before when they got the holding penalty watch bostick he's trying to cover there's the pick thurman thomas is wide open he walks into the end zone he just dropped the ball and kelly is upset he throws the ball he sees the touchdown he gets hit now watch this do you think he didn't know he had touchdown i can only throw it to you son i can't catch it for you is that what he said ronnie harmon and rob riddick now have checked into the buffalo backfield and as you look at the stats involving the buffalo bills when they have made their move inside the 20. [Applause] and kelly has come out firing overthrows double coverage on chris burkett the bills particularly down the stretch and remember this club they're finished at 12 and four but still criticized with the target the quarterback jim kelly uh for his statistics and uh there has been some criticism concerning the game plan of buffalo not using the strong arm of kelly but marv levy said well maybe we're saving things so that is explanation for what took place in the game against indianapolis and here we are the opening minutes and uh suddenly we see the passing game well that time he had rob riddick remember what rob said he wouldn't throw the ball from he was flaring out to the outside riddick was open kelly didn't pull the ball third down 10 kelly chasing the bad snap and able to cover up william fuller the right defensive end on the pursuit of kelly now do you know why they have so much trouble inside the 20. they center the ball on the wrong count the ball was snapped now you're going with a field goal here it is the ball is stepped richer is just looking around trying to get the call kelly's making it looked like he was checking off calling an audible and the ball was just snapped [Applause] and this will be a 50-yard attempt for one of the best field goal kickers in the nfl scott norwood who is hit 21 of 24 here at home at rich stadium the hold of the punter john kidd long-range attempt and well short of the mark so the buffalo phil's drive is stalled with three minutes 10 seconds gone by they hit the noise after knocking off seattle in a wild card in overtime reached this level in the afc divisional playoff but they certainly have their problems against the denver broncos and the broncos won 34-10 at mile high in denver marvin it really when you're in a situation like this in a playoff game where the loser goes home it isn't the physical teams that go against each other that's going to make the difference this is a time of the year when it's all mental if you can't get yourself ready if you make mental errors like the one the bills just made there you can't win football games doing that that's a bad snap that led to the 50-yard field goal to tap norwood not able to connect houston takes over at their 33-yard line and moon having some difficulties here's rozier a four-yard advance for mike rozier who had a terrific season he ran for a thousand two yards the first oiler since earl campbell back in 83 to hit the 1 000 yard mark scored a personal high 11 touchdowns houston a team that likes to call audibles and that is where the noisy crowd can come into play and provide problems with juan moon they say that most of their offenses went off the bottom certain defenses are going to move and the bills are moving their defense around second down six high smith short of the first down about three bentley and radisson combining to make the tackle you know when you talk about playoff experience a year ago when you showed that game in denver there were only four players on the oilers that had played in a playoff game and that was their first game through the wildcard game against seattle they won in overtime this year there are 37 players on the bills there are only eight with nfl experience experience a one-time seattle seahawk to try to keep petr as we appeared in five playoff games but all with seattle third down and four moon able to complete but short of the first down drew hill picked up two so the strong defensive work of the buffalo bills continues all right now while we talked about the matchup bruce davis on bruce smith but watch who eventually ends up picking up bruce smith here's davis he makes the initial contact forces it to the outside now alonzo heisman number 32 is the guy that's supposed to come in and take a piece of him didn't and bruce smith almost gets the moon but excellent play by davis on the outside to stop the first down second part of the day for the rookie greg montgomery he is back at his 26. oh just got it off riddick right on the scene and here is tucker to the 10. the 25-yard line harold tucker goes 19 with a 51-yard punt and against some words following the tackle we'll be right back welcome back to rip stadium in buffalo where the bills are eight and oh this season marv albert paul mcguire no score five and a half gone by in the first quarter and the buffalo bills will start out from their 26-yard line well i was looking for some helicopters but the hot air balloon those are good that's nice up there today and a very pleasant day brilliant sunshine expected throughout the afternoon right now temperature of 34 degrees civilized weather here it's beautiful that is harmon in motion mueller got a turn of the corner and he did [Applause] three yards for jamie mueller who did fumble it but out of bounds jeff donaldson man who hits very hard coming up from free safety to make the stop let's take a look at the houston defensive alignment the childress bird fuller question mark because of a knee problem lyles grinsley smith and mead's terrific season for johnny mead's career-high eight sacks and the secondary brown and allen at the corners and bostick and donaldson are the deep men actually sean jones is playing in in the starting role of placing fuller the cooler's in there now second down and eight kelly in trouble and able to compete for the first down and more with chris burkett donaldson on the stop a 19-yard hookup and a flag throw you're going to get a roughing on ronnie harmon number 33 who is an offensive running back and he just drilled one of the defensive backs i think it's patrick allen number 29 of the houston oilers after the play was over now this will be after the play so it'll still be first down but there'll be a 15 yard penalty are you surprised with the way buffalo has come out putting it up in the air they've not run the ball yet i think they're surprising houston but the thing about it is if you're going to come out to surprise someone you've got to take the ball down unnecessary roughness number 33 on the offense it is part of the play you go back 15 from the dead ball spot repeat second down that is ronnie harmon was called for the personal foul well i thought this happened afterwards after the first down now watch here it comes now here's 33 on your screen is ronnie harmon he's going to pick out number 29 which is patrick allen and drill him but i thought the play was over so it should be the first down in the penalty afterwards so much for that theron thank you very much another reason why i'm not an official and second three at the 33 and kelly going sideline intended for the running back thurman thomas who is covered by keith bostick thurman thomas had bostick beaten just could not get to the ball this is one thing kelly's been talking about all year long i need speed on the outside and i would think looking to the draft that is what the buffalo bills will be seeking their top receiver andre reed with 71 catches has shown he can get deep although the bills have not gone in that direction but he would not be considered a burner per down and three [Music] the bills have a first down with burkett pickup of nine that was an excellent read by jim kelly burkett everyone else was they were covered burkett was actually covered but then kelly waited he had enough time and enough patience and that's what it takes in a game like this watch kelly he's going to look to his left real quick he looks for briquette right now he doesn't see him in any waits until burkett gets open and then lays it out in front where brown has no chance at the ball and jim kelly has opened up four out of eight as a first down at the bills 42 now to the ground tribunal he is cut off back behind the line by john grimsley who leads houston and tackles with 115 coming in they're calling it a one-yard advance a second and nine this must be a new wrinkle or trying to get jamie mueller who is the fullback and obviously not fleet of foot like the running backs are and they're trying to get him wide [Music] seven minutes remaining and this first quarter with no score a lot of movement natalie flags down as kelly goes incomplete well the offside against houston looked to be sean jones offside defense number 79 five yard penalty repeat second down well now they say ray childress they left defensive end in his fourth year out of texas a m made it to the pro bowl eight and a half sacks for childress and off that offside penalty it will be a second out and four from before the eighth wide left that is 383 in motion back to the ground thomas breaking away [Applause] steve brown pushed him out of bounds 41 yards for thomas it's the first time that a halfback has really touched the ball now take a look joe devlin blocks down richard comes out at number 51 and gets an excellent block bacillar's number 88 kicks out and there's the hole thurman thomas down the sideline and brown finally catches him and knocks him out of bounds inside the 15 at the 12-yard line but the hole was there now here comes donaldson the safety coming up but he doesn't make the tackle this is stiff-arm by thurman thomas and down the sidelines he goes almost a touchdown from oklahoma state setting up a first down at the 12. kelly brewington but he could not hang on took the hit from richard johnson i don't think burkett ran the right pattern if you take a look burkett went down the field now watch him he's going too far deep kelly is looking for him right now he takes seven yards and then turns it to the inside he wanted him to take it shorter just a direct post route right into the post had it wide open for the touchdown for thurman thomas that was his longest run of the season marquette now to the right second and ten from the 12. no score 6 40 to go in this opening quarter and byram cutting left fell down he's in motion number 35. this is riddick rob riddick stopped by the combination of donaldson and grimsley reddick went for five yards the buffalo bills for 16 games this year when rob riddick has been in in the ball game when they get down near the goal line you know that one out of those three plays if they don't get a first down he is going to handle the ball and run with the football they let everybody know i mean there's just no secret and he has scored 14 touchdowns to lead the bills 12 on the ground third down and five ball at the seven just under six minutes run first quarter kelly looking to throw and completes steve brown and jeff donaldson with the clamps on trumaine johnson and let's see where they spot it they had to get the ball to the two yard line in order to get a first down and it looks like they may have it here comes to the inside now johnson is there the question is where was the ball his feet were at the two but the ball was at the two and a half and it is short short of the first down and the field goal unit is on the field scott norwood earlier missed from 50. kelly's ran on the field to call timeout [Applause] and that may mean that there will be a change of decision let's see all right time-out called we'll be back here in buffalo in a moment for the time out they wanted to check the measurement and there it is it is fourth and inches and now marv levy will go for a first down on the touchdown barb i do not agree with this you're in you're in a playoff game and this is do or die you put points on the board they have a chance to put three points on the board i don't care if they make it or not i'm just telling you something i would never make this decision leonard bert number 61 has checked in as a tackle eligible metzelers [Music] i think you might have had a situation here where players talk to coach into going for it and you don't do that not in this game there are no points on the board you put three up when you can and what does this do now for the houston islands it just picks this team up totally they've stopped buffalo twice down in this territory in buffalo's hometown and take a look at messillard slips he can't get out there's holding there brown grabbed the hole of him but best largest across the donaldson number 31 is the man that knocks the ball away that ball had no chance of getting there so the oilers take over at the two and the house of noise has erupted 507 remaining first quarter and we have no score [Music] mike rozier to the outside and runs it out of trouble strong safety leonard smith forcing him out [Applause] you know rozier we know that he sat out at last week's game and he has a rip injury now just take a look at where rozier carries this ball he's got it away from his body totally away from his body now even when they're going to put the hit on him he doesn't tuck the ball away he keeps it out away from his ribs now the pregame show ahmad made the point that winner a running back judge suffer an injured rift he will hold the ball differently that could be a factor well ahmad played his whole career with broken rib second down and three rozier is stopped are still on the tackle is that what ahmad told you yeah he said he was tough he was one of the tougher players that ever played this game he played here in buffalo [Applause] on the subject of being tough when rozier said he could not go last week and alan pickett came on and did such a fine job jerry glanville said he was he he was really surprised because he knew that rozier was hurt bad because he's a guy that has played hurt in the past and he loves he really loves rozier he said here's a guy that if he if he didn't carry the ball one play did not gain a yard in the entire game but if they won the football game he was as happy as anybody to gain 200 yards alan pinkett has checked in third down and three the ball at the 10. moon with time and a nice diving catch by drew hill for the first down out of the 30. 21 yards on the play drew hill who has had a sensational season career-high 72 catches stopped by odoms and bennett you can see right here that they're in really in sitting in zone defense and the key to this whole thing is the fact that warren moon down in his own end zone had all day to throw the ball now here's monchok number 63 and he's blocking now on bruce smith who moved to the inside now you see moon had the time to wait for drew hill to come across once he did that completion at the 30. and now hillis to the right givens left 3 20 to go first quarter no score first down at the 30. let us make it in motion a swing pass and the immediate hit on alonso heisman by scott radicek the ball was jarred loose [Applause] but covered by houston a loss of five on the play this this is absolutely a linebacker's dream here he is he's covering a back coming out of the backfield it happens to be alonzo high smith at a reverse angle here and take a look that's his man bang as soon as he catches the ball i don't know if he really had the ball if that's a fumble or not they may they should take a look at it because it didn't look like alonzo highsmith had control second down and 14 at the [Music] [Applause] and the snap went to rozier from time to time the oilers will do that another fumble but recovered by houston ray bentley on the stop so mike rozier the running back shaking the snap actually bentley came up with the ball barb but they said that the runner was down by contact and once that's done nothing else happened here's the snap back to rozier bentley comes in he doesn't strip the ball away but the ball he is down there's no question about rozier's knees are down and the ball comes back to bentley but now it's third and ten and again the crowd rises a minute 45 remaining in this first quarter boone with the time and again connects with true hill for a first down wayne davis on the stop of hill a 19-yard pass play sitting there watching bruce smith that time they had a deal on and they sent smirlos to the outside as bruce smith hesitated for a second came up the middle but once he came up the middle the block was on they were sitting there waiting on him i think monchuk is the guy that's going to eventually get bruce smith now you see freddie swirls to write a screen he spins out now you're going to here comes bruce smith there but when moon has that much time and the receivers that he has on this football team you cannot give him that much time he's going to pick your part warren moon connecting with the pro bowl wide receiver drew hill first down at the 49 now he goes the other way to jeffries he was jeffrey who has come back strong for the engine reserve he was out with an ankle and has been a clutch man in recent games going for 14 and another first down and uh another discussion between the oilers and the bill i love it the houston orders defense they're banging people all over the place after the play before the play makes no difference now here's jeffrey's he catches a pass ray bentley comes in just a tad late and nails him here it is here's jeffreys he makes the play bentley number 50 is going to come into play here goes jefferies he's on his way down now watch bentley he just stuck his face mask in there and here comes jeffrey's up now our guys can do it to your guys but don't do it for me now the first quarter the oilers on the move buffalo missing a field goal and failing on a fourth in inches no score after one of the popular bills going for that for the touchdown rather than a short range field goal cannot believe they didn't kick the field goal there's no points on the board don't give that team the momentum houston is is high enough in this game you give them a stop down here here it goes kelly if you're going to do something down here run the ball but before the ball if allison tips the ball away there's just no chance for the touchdown here let's see donaldson's right there in the face you give up three points that puts you on the board first and that's psychological and it was a pass happy buffalo bill offensive unit in that first quarter trying to cross up the houston oilers buffalo's pretty eager as far as the stats are concerned really important status that scoreboard second quarter underway and here is moon on the option cornelius bennett making the stop three-yard advance for warren moon moves left but he's talking to bennett now cornelius bennett comes up field now i think warren moon was looking for a pitch man and it it just stunned him here comes moon out by him he said wait you're not supposed to have the ball you're supposed to be pitching the ball but he goes right back he catches him there is cornelius bennett came to the bills mid-season last year and that blockbuster three-way trade involving eric dickerson's pro bowl man this season one of six bills to make it for the pro bowl second half and seven at the buffalo 34. and moon going deep sideline intended for curtis duncan who was covered by the left corner derrick burrows duncan had no chance at this ball burroughs was there duncan looked like he might have had a step on him burrows are sitting there you know he hand chucks him right there this is all legal but this is running step for step that's perfect coverage there was no chance for the ball because it was out of bounds there is derek burrows been banged up this year ankle injury first draw reminder to our viewers will be selecting the buttwise the most valuable player for today's game at the conclusion of the ball game third down and seven and down goes bowling drew smith who had 11 sacks during the regular season finishing second and the afc behind rick thousand of the los angeles raiders comes up with the first of the day the buffalo bills that time with four defensive lineman and this time they move bruce smith to the inside over the center now he makes a move past pitching and once he does that the guard to the right-hand side did not pick him up and that was matthews bruce smith was free and smith now with a sack in five straight games so the punta unit is on greg montgomery for the third time pointing to errol tucker anna flock almost blocked in his last attempt and the buffalo bills with the block punt recovering third punk block by the bills this season the strong safety leonard smith the man to get to the ball but marv this the other time they had 10 men on the line of scrimmage this time they only have about five or six guys and they look they're all standing back they're like they're not going to rush and then they just send leonard smith right up the middle he makes the block just a perfect call i don't think houston was waiting on it [Applause] he comes in untouched that's his man smith blocks it houston recovers the ball but it is buffalo's ball and the bells first down at the houston 46-yard line for complete for a first down with truman johnson 18-yard pass play patrick allen and jeff donaldson combining almost up buffalo has to try to score from here because they can't score inside the 20. take a look at the time he has here comes tremaine johnson downfield houston they are playing zone defense when tremaine goes donaldson number 31 never gets into the play patrick allen never gets into the play and the other most important thing is kelly has all day to throw the ball kelly has six for 12 first down at the boiler 28. he dumps it off and johnson inside the 20. close to the first down al smith the inside linebacker at the left corner steve brown on the stop with johnson it will be a second and one it's a little unusual isn't it do you ever see that because marv levy really likes a balanced attack houston they have a balanced attack bills don't but the biggest problem they have right now marv is that they're at the 19-yard line they're inside the 20. where they have their problems [Music] [Applause] thomas touchdown saving tackle by richard johnson 16 yards for thomas who reeled off 40 in the first quarter for his longest run of the season thurman thomas the 22 year old rookie from oklahoma state setting up a first and goal and i told you if they're going to run they got to go to the side of joe devlin joe deville number seven he just takes 495 completely out of the hole jamie mueller number 39 got an excellent block and the hole was open now they're at the three yard line cat hall the center jim richard dale [Music] and rob riddick stopped short of the goal line to tell you there's no secrets down there once they get there they're going to give the ball a riddick they're going with two tight ends roll and metallars but they're also going with another offensive line lineman blair burton number 61 that comes in and plays a tight end now here comes reddick over the top and they're waiting on him lyle's 93 is sitting there they knew that he's going to carry the ball and the ball spotted inside the two following the tackle rod riddick had some words with richard johnson of houston and riddick able to battle his way through for the touchdown and jim kelly involved as he had some words with seven of the uh houston defenders and the liability trying to tell kelly just get out of there and get off the field we have no business being there but you talk about continuous effort of rob riddick he just never stops when he gets down to the goal line he he honestly believes that he should score every time he touches the ball kelly falls down but he gets the ball at riddick he bobbles it takes a look at the ball now watch he stopped there but his continuous effort with his legs driving to get him back into the end zone for a touchdown [Applause] but at the end of this you know ridiculous trying to get up there hold him on the ground and then jim kelly comes in and jim you know just go sit down and now here's scott norwood [Music] [Applause] that is 76 consecutive extra points record for norwood buffalo seven houston nothing we'll be right back rivals uh here at rich stadium camping out making this certain to beat the traffic a crack crew on hand producer david neal and director of dick blind to check it out rob riddick very pleased as he went over from a yard and a half away for a 7-0 buffalo league just a moment ago 80 000 plus here in buffalo for the first ever playoff game at rich stadium lorenzo white waiting for the kickoff from the four-year veteran from james madison scott norwood the winner today faces cincinnati next sunday in the 8 fc championship game and white will run it out and he is stopped across the tent excellent coverage again by the buffalo bills led by the one-time houston oiler steve tasker you know on his scoring ground five plays 46 yards took a three minutes but rob riddick kelly falls down and riddick because of the experience of the back his most important thing is that football got his composure made sure he had his hand on the ball and then a continuous effort to get the ball into the end zone that's hustle that's experience and the oiler is hearing it from this crowd it's a first and ten from the eleven alonzo heisman mike rozier are the running backs rozier two on the play ray bentley the inside linebacker was right there you know on the kickoff uh this team they lead the league as far as stopping them number 89 there's tesco you think he said happy watch this oh and he missed it man if you're gonna you gotta make the thing steve he got like two fours and steve tasker lead the pro bowl last season for his special teams play hampered by andrew this year second and eight number 13. five minutes gone by second quarter buffalo seven houston nothing one again got the tie hard hit and it was really incomplete wayne davis applying the hit on crew hill okay warren moon he's got to think about bruce smith making that sack in the last series of down that's some happy feet moon is backing out moving around [Applause] you've got to have total confidence in your offensive line to stay in there i'd always been sacked one time and it's easy for us to say sitting up here but in a game like this you must be patient kelly has been patient throwing the football moon has to do the same thing warren moon facing a buffalo team and his first in the afc and total defense third down and eight [Applause] wanted smith the strong safety on the stop and drew hill and warren moon combined for 21 for hill his fourth reception all right this is the difference in moon from this play in the play before marv on this play he'll sprint to his right just a few steps to get himself set now he sets up no happy feet just waits now sees drew hill coming across actually nobody on him hits him for the first down happy feat the [Music] in his criticism that he would bail out at times without hanging first down at the 34. could not find anyone and able to come back and uh locate heisman right at the 40-yard line bennett pumping him out now all right the man with a happy feet warren moon that time really does all this himself and he's going to tell alonzo high smith come on back to me he's looking around the field freddie smirlos number 76 is putting some pressure on him moon's going back looking for ernest givens 81. he's not open there so he sees pressure comes back now watch it his hand says alonso come back to me i'll get the ball to you we can pick up it's the second down and three good block by the center jay pennison to buy some time for moon and let's see referee gordon mcconner preventing the critical the houston oilers from reset to 12 seconds 12 seconds on the clock the play was reviewed and stands has ruled second down well apparently the question concerned that last reception by smith on the sideline as to whether he was in bounds it was review of the replay official today is mark burns and the 32nd clock reset out of 12. so the catch was ruled as a good catch complete and we're set for his own second down and three at the 41. eight and a half left first half buffalo seven and here's to nothing and moon picks up the first down with jeffrey seven on the play odin's made the stop of one of the bigger receivers on this uh houston squad six foot two heywood jeffries haywood jeffries goes down and just sets up right beyond the first down marker there's four wide receivers in the game leonard smith who is a safety is out there trying to cover him he knows he has to give him the cushion because of not only his height but his speed and odom's is hurt and that's really going to hurt the buffalo bills nate odom's the right corner in a second season out of wisconsin hobbling over to the sideline he's been replaced by kirby jackson and now the bill's call for a timeout 808 left first half the bill 7 and the oilers out there well a happy new year and we welcome you back to rich stadium in buffalo marv albert paul mcguire the first time that buffalo has hosted a postseason game since january 1st 1967 22 years to the day when the bills were beaten by the kansas city chiefs chiefs going on to super bowl one nbc august are doing a very fine job today paul you'd think their lips would get cold being out here but it's it is in the what almost the 35 degrees here with bobby bommie when the houston owners are going with four wide outs four wide receivers and which that what that does is it forces the buffalo bills to go with three defensive linemen two linebackers which will be italian and bennett and then six defensive backs and this is where you when you go with four wides and you keep the lonzo high smith in the backyard what you're saying and this time they have taken back there now is you have the confidence in your offensive line that they can handle these guys no matter what they throw at houston first down at their 48-yard line seven and a half left first half up by bruce smith allen pinkett last week against cleveland and only his third start of the season rushed 14 times for a game-high 82 yards and two touchdowns coming off the bench to do a terrific job replacing the injured mike rozier well you look at bruce smith he stands up right on bruce davis he holds him up locates the ball and makes the play it is a three yard game but here is a key matchup that we talked about at the beginning bruce davis must contain bruce smith but the problem is that bruce smith is moving all over he's lined up on three different people so far second down seventh for midfield 85 hill coming over to the right and on the claw it is to chase him down you could have called a better play they had the buffalo bills with bruce smith coming up field freddie sperlis number 76 taking it inside and when this happens here comes bruce smith they just go they take smearless and and are still down the line bruce smith is up the field there are no linebackers here alonzo highsmith is out in the middle of the field all by himself now they're inside the 20. a 31-yard run by alonso high school in his second season out of miami making it back strong from that shoulder entry and optoscopic surgery first out of the 18 and mood on the option making his way inside the 15-yard line the outside linebacker daryl talley on the stop you know it's a it's a pretty play to watch marv the option but only in college you don't want to lose warren moon i mean this is the strength of your offense moon comes down puts a little fake to the outside that was kirby jackson 47 whose job was to take the up back but if they had their regular defense in there they would have been a linebacker just to nail one move looking at a second and five at the thirteen rozier is back [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] very frustrated you can see him jumping up and down in anger and warren moon unhappy and his unhappiness directed at cornelius bennett [Music] [Applause] it really is and you're down into that real close section down there and they as you talked about before they do a lot of audibles now here comes bennett down the line moon is just standing there and cornelius was up he really did not hit him that way he just wrapped his arms around him and moon is a little frustrated because he couldn't get the call off and now he's mad but benedict bennett didn't do anything you know damaging he just went up got a hug at me very affectionately he just wrapped his arms around second round [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] you talk about a great block alonzo high smith just got a sensational block and drew hill is down in the back of the end zone shaken up apparently all right alonzo high smith his job is to step up and keep bennett if he blitzes from the outside to put him down here comes bennett here comes alonzo down goes bennett and alanzo stays with him he doesn't let him get back up and get to move that's tremendous third down ten at the buffalo 18. and move couldn't find anyone and this throws it high and far givens in the area covered by jackson [Applause] looks like uh bennett and moon actually had some nice words for each other on the follow-through after that play tony zandejas now coming on and opposition field goal kickers have had all kinds of problems marv levy tried to set four and a half minutes remaining first half off the 35-yard field goal by this man tony zandejas it is now buffalo seven and houston three as andejas gets set to kick it off trucker riddick and harman are back deep here is errol tucker finding the hole and reaching out across the 25-yard line a 22-yard return to uh glanville about this man alonzo high smith and this is what he said he's the best blocking back in football and i want it's worth seeing again the block on cornelius bennett who's one of the better linebackers but hi smith just stays with me sees bernie is coming in now he gets down to his legs but not only does he make the block here but when cornelius gets back up here comes high smith back again he doesn't quit on the block alonso high smith [Music] first down from the 28-yard line and kelly throwing on first down once again andre reeve for 12 yards steve brown the left corner andre reed and jerry glanville even talked about him he said he's one of the most dangerous receivers in the national football league and that ball is up in his shoulder to total concentration brown has excellent coverage just can't stay with him first out of the 40 just under four permitting first half covered by john grimsley buffalo bills you guessed it echo city just firing the ball all over the place and now is a in a situation now where i wouldn't be surprised to see him run a play because they are running so well to their right side to where joe devlin is and he happens to be blocking on fuller and also childresses out there kelly now second and ten at the 40. i think they're watching jim kelly from the houston gamblers of the usfl although he's not looking for the deep patterns in the run and shoot the way he did in those days riddick not able to hang on rob riddick the man who criticized jim kelly about a week and a half ago for his passing philosophy of that time it was riddick who did not hold on to the ball after that one he may not throw any more to him either ray childress is going to the pro bowl and when you're that good ken hall is blocking on him to the outside he just jams him back into the inside and chillers was kind of lost on trying to find out where mike's supposed to go where is the ball the houston owners cannot win this football game until they get some heat on kelly third down [Music] looking for that first down marker but fall short hit down by tracy eaton back up defensive back you ever see a guy take five steps and no not go anywhere watch kelly you talk about not fleet of foot watch this when he comes up the middle kelly no one to throw to excellent pass coverage he sees the middle wide open now he only has to go 10 yards once he steps there's four five steps he didn't move a yard still didn't pick up the first down punt for the first time this afternoon curtis duncan second year man for northwestern back deep that is duncan kidd who's had an up and down season and duncan falling fair catch 40-yard pod and houston will go back to the offense with 2 46 left first half they have had their difficulties recently they've dropped three of the last four at one point the bills 11-1 championship levy who is in terms of personality in direct contrast to the mind on the sideline at the other side of the field jerry glanville in fact lanville was described by quarterback patrick allen as a rebel without a pause always going in high here cleveland owner art model said of granville he ought to be in roller derby and jerry actually loki this was coached one year here in buffalo says he loves buffalo did not save anything derogatory which was not the case last week in cleveland prior to the second matchup of the browns here comes moon he's got to bring his receivers and backs him he can't hear a thing down there now they put ernest gibbons in motion and throwing snowballs at him first round for 13. a flag has been thrown as hill they have a catch and stopped by tally now what can he do to adjust to be able to appear over the the crowd he really has to you start in this situation and go on what they call that silent count and when you do that you're you're at the mercy of the defense because only you in the center basically know when that ball is going to be snapped and then everybody else on the offense has to go on on movement by the center of the quarterback number 78 defense five yard penalty still first down bruce smith called on a penalty and when that happens mark now the defense has the advantage they they don't have offense you don't have that quick step here's there's moon he's trying to using his hands read my left you know he just drew him get away from me just get over there for a second i'm not gonna throw to you anyway and as a first and five of the eighteen nate odoms who hobbled off earlier is back in that right corner rosier for a couple stopped by art still are still making it back from the knee problem in his 11th year out of the university of kentucky we're coming up on the two minute mark here in the first half and when we resume for houston it will be a second and three at the 20. buffalo bill seven houston oilers three we'll be back in a moment with two minutes remaining in the first half the bills leading the oilers by the count of seven to three coming up second down three from the 20. and the house of noyes erupts alonzo heisman tried to pick his way and did pick up the first down daryl talley making the stop [Music] buffalo bills perfect at home but over the last four weeks where they have had difficulties the only victory coming over the raiders by that 37-21 score now let's give the bills 4-0 and the fans 4-0 they won four first out of the 25 minute and a half left first half moon tears it out jeffries for the first down at midfield 27 yards on the play mark kelso the free safety on the stop and the oilers go to the hurry up now they should take a timeout they have three timeouts why let the clock run down when everybody has to get to the ball now they did but they wasted about nine seconds on the clock so the timeout is called jerry glanville black bart look at him he even wore black when we had our discussion at the hotel last night he's got the only he's got a new problem they're going to probably have to operate after after the scene going but he's got the only black brace ever made [Applause] here with jeffreys with that long gainer a moment ago for his fourth catch of the day the buffalo bills are in zone and they're playing six defensive backs but again you go back the key is the offensive line blocking moon has enough time to look at four different players now here's smith on davis bruce on bruce bruce missed him with a right hook and then bruce smith almost got to moon back to the subject of jerry glanville i mentioned that he did not have any unfavorable comments to make about buffalo he did coach here he said when he first told his wife brenda he was headed to buffalo she cried when we moved there but jerry says he also cried [Music] she was happy both times and gibbons caught it out of deflection then let's see what they call it did he have possession if he did it's a fumble and buffalo recovered if not it will be ruled incomplete the recovery made by kirby jackson they said he was down weak it's replay time let's go replay gibbons is on the inside here he comes he slips he's hurt he's slipping off the field now givens is there is he think about his leg is down and then the ball comes out now the question is was his knee down the ruling is down by concussion wait let's see this guy here's the reverse angle is his knee down here then the ball is punched out now you can't see because leonard smith is in the way so now if they're getting there looking at that angle here we go again it's also tough depth perception depth perception always difficult not for me he is i mean that is as close as you're going to get that play's got to stand so a first down of the 25-yard line and here's boone with the time going end zone touchdown oh he's out of the end zone he caught it out of the end zone drew hill did not have the two feet in did not have control of the ball the ball was there he hit the goal post at the end of it blue hill is still down he was down a little while ago in that same position [Applause] [Music] but he did not have control of the ball it would have been touchdown moon put it right where he had to put it no one had a chance must have the two feet in and control yeah you see he's bobbling the ball here i want to tell you what they better take another look at it because if the only one the foot that's going to be in jeopardy here is going to be his left foot because drew hill when he catches here watch here now he bobbles it pulls it into his arms and both feet down now are you going to give us over he has it with one arm or two arms and hill is obviously shaken up it happened a very quiet day to this point in terms of replays the replay official is mark burns he is the only replay official who is not a former game official out of the league office works in the officiating department with art mcnally and uh right now the concern is for drew hill they just lost earnest given he walked off the field limping drew hill is up shaken up the question is and and i think that he really didn't have control because he brings it to his shoulder pad but he is bobbling the ball as he's going to the end zone that pass is absolutely perfect you know bring it up to his right shoulder with one hand here is that control now his right foot touches his left foot is dragging if they call that control then he hits the goal post with his head [Applause] all right the word from the replay booth is the left foot was down but his knee hit out of bounds so it was not possession he did not have control with the two feet in within the end zone and now the official word from gordon mccarter and hill looks to be all right more good news for houston gibbons coming back on the field so they've got him back in the game 40 seconds remaining first half and when we pick it up houston will have a second and ten at the 25. and bruce davis has done a pretty good job on bruce smith remember the only sack came when bruce smith came up the middle did not come up over bruce davis and the houston oilers have allowed only 24 sacks for the season among the fewest in the nfl the one sack recorded by smith chris smith bruce davis 6-6 30 pounds like running around the building second down and ten and the crowd back to it moon in trouble and able to complete right at the first down marker burrows on the coverage of duncan now the bills want him to say he's out of bounds everybody's an official today you know players don't only play they're also officials here we go now duncan goes out moons scampers and he sees him coming back duncan does the smart thing he comes back now what you're saying is he catches the ball but he kept him stopped his progress so he couldn't go out of bounds and he said he didn't get out of bounds but he was but moon does a great job rolling out to the outside and then again we get officiating by all of the players everybody wants to officiate and by getting out of bounds he did stop the clock 31 seconds from [Music] and the penalty marker is down delayed a game so that that just that'll make it third and six the way i'm going offense five yards still third down i just couldn't believe that moon just walked away and the whistle the blow and he had it all was to lay a game because the ball was snapped and everybody else went for the ball except moon [Applause] horror moon sitting up under center watch what happens he knows his delay again because when this ball is snapped he just turns around and like puts his hand down i don't want any part of that i'm not going in there and getting killed third down six at the 21. jeffreys for the left jumping right highsmith below deep back and moon with time incomplete leonard harris covered by wayne davis harris the three-year man out of texas tech who has come up with only 10 receptions this season and al zandejas will check in one thing look where this ball is thrown that ball should have been cut even though davis made an excellent play on the ball but warren moon is sharp he's getting the ball where it has to be caught and they're not catching it zendejas connected from 35 yards away earlier the second quarter this 39 yard attempt that is blocked for me is bennett on the recovery [Applause] [Laughter] and let's see who blocked it earlier a puck was blocked by leonard smith that man has fun playing this game he's the same way in practice is this leonard smith again the ball comes up a bit i don't know that's not leonard smith i can tell you that that was cornelius bennett that blocked it and recovered it [Music] now the crowd reacts to the announcement on the public address pro bowler cornelius bennett with the block and the recovery buffalo takes over 19 seconds remaining in the first half from their 37th kelly with a screen [Applause] [Music] will wolford number 73. they're not going to go out of the game kelly stayed in there and stayed in there and then finally this was a screen pass and it finally hit harmon with the ball kelly has an awful lot of confidence in his offensive line and that's good i mentioned earlier that bill's opponents have had all kinds of difficulty kicking field goals here at richard stadium in the past the weather has certainly had something to do with that but coming into today they have succeeded on only eight of 17 at rich stadium second down two with time running out and kelly heating one it's a hail mary and it's broken out so jim kelly airing it out with one second remaining of the half and that ball was almost caught donaldson is sitting down there waiting on him he's trying to time it i don't know if it's trumaine johnson 86 or not yeah it is going to be him watch donaldson here he's waiting and he knocks the ball down and he just gets caught in his leg that is dangerous combination of tremaine johnson chris burkett andre reed in the area [Applause] marv levy in his buffalo bills leading the houston oilers by the score of 7-3 let's see if kelly will give it another shot [Music] play is blown dead well we know one thing can't end on a way of game offense five yards because they'll put one second back on the clock so they still have a play great football game great defensive pace the buffalo bills come in as number one in total defense houston oilers the only team in the nfl to score more points the cincinnati bengals houston with 424 points for the season but thus far warren moon and his others held to the field goal the balloon as you say has been throwing the ball well [Applause] [Laughter] here comes a headache for somebody jamie mueller goes 6-1 225 pounds refusing to hit the field and that is the end of the first half buffalo seven houston three bob costas slow and what has been a surprisingly bombing day on the buffalo bills leading the houston oil is by the score of 7-3 as we look to the second half and what do you foresee from the houston point of view i think in houston once they get in a third long situation and they get spread out that field buffalo defensively they're going to have to put some pressure on moon and send some linebackers because once they spread out it gives moon a chance to look over the entire field and they spread that defense so thin he's hitting people are picking up third and ten all the time so buffalo i think you're gonna have to blitz more houston on the other gonna have to try to run the ball a bit better and jim kelly uh came out throwing in the first half nine for 18. 99 yards moon 11 for 19 144 yards the key play in the first half the block punt greg montgomery nearly blocked in his previous attempt by rob riddick and now they got him leonard smith came from the outside no way he touched him really and he he ends up blocking the punt but they did not have the punt block formation that they used before in the first couple of punts marv they put up 10 men on the line of scrimmage and really didn't come that time they only had five well look at it can you imagine this game no turnovers in this ball game everything is basically even the score is close to being even this has just been an excellent i think excellent defensive football game and if it wasn't for a couple of draw passes on both sides each team would be head by seven at least and the winner today goes against the cincinnati bengals in the afc championship game foreign and really didn't come that time they only had five guys well look at it can you imagine this game no turnovers in this ball game everything is basically even the score is close to being even this has just been an excellent i think excellent defensive football game and if it wasn't for a couple of draw passes on both sides [Applause] each team would be head by seven at least and the winner today goes against the cincinnati bengals in the afc championship game next sunday the winner there of course headed to the super bowl first time that the bills have hosted a postseason game since back on the 1st of january 1967. paul mcguire a participant in that game as a member of the the losing side the buffalo bills in fact we just half of the half circa 19 67 a fuzzy cheek number 55 punter slashed linebacker paul mcguire you know that face is worn out four bodies this is when it was i had a little weight on me it was tough kicking it just you know hard to hit play now this is nice this the pole we uh i think we're a bit more familiar with very nice you know what i like about these shots they weren't posed paul no no and despite uh the heavy criticism that number 55 would be passed on to other buffalo bills cornelius bennett worrying that number with pride yes he does and i never let him forget that that was my old jersey same jersey as a matter of fact smells bad oh you know you are real we are you are just sick man i know new year and fortunately we're set for the game to resume the kickoff sponsored by budweiser the king of beers tony zandejas ready to kick it off for houston 80 290 on hand here at rich stadium harold tucker rob riddick ronnie harmon are back and here comes harmon out across the 20-yard line 18-yard return toby caston on the tackle so the buffalo bills open up here in the third quarter can pull the center jim richard now hellistrae replacing the injured tim vaudler out for the season with a a knee problem they're at the guards and will wolford and joe devlin at the tackles ronnie herrmann now in the backfield along with jamie mueller and jim kelly calling it out first down of the 23 off the short set [Applause] bostick and grimsley on the packer and kelly and harman reel off 17 yards rodney harm is smiling i mean this man really has excellent hands for a back and he and he just comes down they take metallarge they move to the outside and bostick is sitting there one on one on harmon with no help or no chance for the linebacker to get to the outside to get some help grimsley number 59 kelly put the ball right on target on first down up to 40. had it broken up facing double coverage john grimsley made the hit ronnie harmon had good hands he had good hands on that one play but not on this one here that thing hit him right in the hands no reason to drop that ball you can you can look so good on one play you know marv and so bad on another one ronnie harmon usually the bill's third down specialist change of pace man at running back but in there throughout this series second out of ten now ridic and harmon to the backfield just underway third quarter kelly from the shotgun [Music] almost intercepted off the deflection from truman johnson that was just excellent coverage by robert lyles number 93 the linebacker he just waited to the inside and lyles is the man that's going to make make the play here he just sits and waits and all of a sudden trumaine comes across it and there's robert lyles right there with the hit but the ball was in trumaine's hands that's two dropped in a row and the bill is now third down and 10 at the 40. a report from the houston sideline concerning wide receiver drew hill he is in the x-ray they recall that the hard hit end zone late in the second quarter and kelly able to stand in and he is picked off and there you have the first turnover of the afternoon the interception by tracy eaton the extra defensive back he's a rookie from portland state i think kelly really wanted to throw the ball of rob riddick number 40 who's going to be coming down to the inside but rob riddick falls down and when that happens he has to go out to briquette there's an awful lot of holy going on by patrick allen that was definitely holding on a defense and kelly he's looking at riding when he falls down stacey kelly looked kelly looked right to his left intercepted for eating his first interception of the season and houston takes over he picked off his first of the season just a moment ago and we're told it's the first time he has been in the lineup defensively he's been used on special teams tracing out of bellevue in the state of washington so the first turnover of the day our hearing it from the crowd once again and have gone by third quarter houston traveling buffalo 7-3 first down from midfield and it's by smith heisman freaking tackles and goes for 17 darryl talley on the stop so alonzo highsmith with a couple of impressive runs here today not only is he an excellent blocker he's got good hands receiving but watch high smith here coming up daryl talley gets blocked freddie smirless misses the tackle and then then all of a sudden daryl talley comes back into the picture but he is so strong look at his legs they never stop driving alonzo heisman even when he was hit his legs keep right on going picked up by 12-13 yards on the play and it's a first down at the 30. big hole rozier stopped by still and smith and the word on drew hill the x-rays negative and they are hoping that he will be able to return but bad news concerning free safety jeff donaldson a key man he is out for the game with what is called a quad contusion so we may see more of tracy eaton you've seen a wrap on his leg it's on his right leg and ice down second down nine houston at the buffalo 29 81 gibbons in motion good job rozier penalty flag down rozier battling for the first down marker mark kelso the free safety came up to make the hit it looks like they may be holding against houston at least freddie smirless indicated that because i told you well his personal foul against yes buffalo british schmerlis was standing back there doing one of those rough read deals again saying okay holy against houston i love it and you went for it no i went for it i followed threats unnecessary roughness number 55 defense first so does cornelius bennett they tack it on at the end of the run and the ball spotted down at the 10. now we thought that cornelius bennett and warren moon made up with each other here comes here's the pitch and it that's hands to his face i guess they're not friends yet maybe after this game they'll be friends but they're not friends now it has a first and goal at the 10. so the run by smith and now the penalty following the run by rozier here's rozier [Applause] stopped by bennett [Music] he can pursue as well as any linebacker in the national football league he'll come up field and all of a sudden see that delay draw he goes around brownstein cooler on the outside and now watch watch his pursuit his speed right back to the inside makes a play stops it for like a two and a half yard gain and it's a second and goal at the seven i see drew hill is back so the wide receivers hill with jeffries and duncan and no more post patterns for drew hill because he takes it literally and he has caught four on the day off the draw the ball was bobbled but rosie are able to hang on tally stacked him up rozier getting down to the 5. that's twice we saw the one on rob redick's touchdown where he bobbled the ball had the presence of mind of getting the ball back rozier same thing this ball hits rozier in the chest that comes out and watch that total concentration on the ball the ball is most important i run after i get it and it's still picked up three yards on the play here's the hand off the moon the ball hits him in the chest and just bounces back he didn't wrap it around but go right back and look at the ball make sure you get it and as a third and goal inside the five pencil [Applause] with the protection moon throwing flag down looks like you're completely upset i'm sorry marvin is offside or smith and the call against the bills buffalo bills being hit with their fifth penalty of the day outside 78 defense half the distance penalty still third down they're jammed up right in the middle now smith gets offside here and that moves smirles in the inside number 76. he also moved too soon i'd go with another long count they're blitzing they're they're sending leonard smith they're saying cornelius bennett they said everybody take another long count these guys are hyped up on that line of screws you may yet get another half condition and it's a third and goal down at the two moon on the option pickles out rozier has to chase it down and carries out [Applause] a tremendous play on the outside by the defensive the linebacker or i couldn't tell exactly who was it's burroughs the corner he sat there and forced moon to make a move he threw a blind pitch to rozier never did see the ball rozier did the right thing take it out of bounds to settle for the field goal a loss of 12 and here is zendejas who hit from 35 had one block this from 31 yards away no good and field goal kickers here in buffalo from the opposition continue to struggle leonard smith cornelius better 55 they put the pressure on but zendayos just hooks the ball either one of them touched it he just hooked it the crowd goes crazy because this man made him that's what he did cornelius and zadeos had been on fire as of late after a slow start and the oilers changed holders they were going with the punter greg montgomery went to brent keys the back up quarterback and zandejas came into today hitting his last six 19 of his last 23s had one block just missed did hit one earlier buffalo takes over first down from their 20-yard line they lead houston seven to three for the ground for mueller it'll fall forward to pick up a couple on the play steve brown covered him up steve brown is going to get chewed out by the coaching staff here comes jamie mueller down the line of scrimmage steve brown has got a clear shot at him he's playing corner reeds run right away nobody blocks him and he rocks in there and puts his shoulder down and never wrapped his arm around jamie mueller he would have had him for about a three yard loss instead it's being called a three-yard gain second down seventh at the 23. harmon and riddick now in the buffalo backfield five minutes in third quarter ellie completes to harmon shorts on the first down bostick and brown on the stop of ronnie herman in his third season out of iowa the bill's third leading receiver and he has done it out of the backfield well moon 11 for 19 145 yards and kelly who came out throwing and has continued 11 for 23 for 119 yards [Applause] well we've got the two all pros bruce smith in the first half he got his sack here comes children with his sack and that's i think you've got to stop these the big guys because they come up with the big plays at key times now hellistrae number 71 is blocking on children's children's just runs around hellistry but the defensive secondary the coverage was so good that kelly couldn't get rid of the ball credits the defensive secondary with that sack houston oilers had 42 sacks during the season third in the afc kid punting for the second time and curtis duncan is back called the fair catch 43-yard puck and houston will go back to the offense with 8 52 left in the third [Applause] [Music] [Applause] does get it off and it's through the hands of heisman brad smirlos had two people on him and still almost got to the quarterback he had moncheck on him venison was on him freddie said i i was there but i didn't wrap my arms around him here's smirlos von check's got him first penicillin now takes him here's what throttle's just driving goes back in the moon moves there pushes freddy off he looked at the coach he says it was one of the nfl's most zany personalities his brother peter holds a master's in psychology says he studied psychology so he could figure his brother thread out second down play and moon with the pass intended for jefferies leonard smith went by it mars and leonard smith hid himself on a helmet he was looking to hit the receiver instead of looking at the football who were looking at the football he had an interception third down and ten at the 37. and yet another injury report concerning drew hill now we're told he has suffered a sprained neck and probably will not return blue hill who caught 72 balls this season a primary target for warren earned third and 10. up to 37. and in big trouble faced by bennett did get it away a rush by cornelius bennett and it will be a punting situation for houston they were trying to set up a stream because alonzo high smith just runs right by cornelius bennett bernice bennett gets his hands up so moon can't find high smith and then finally gets the ball away but he does get it in the direction of highsmith right at his feet but heisman left cornelius come through he figured he's going to stay with him roll out into the screen moon had no chance of course paul there were many other factors but cornelius bennett has taken over this game defensively montgomery back and it's carrie's out of bounds errol tucker racing over a 38-yard pod cornelius bennett has had himself an outstanding afternoon time-out taken we'll be right to congratulate kprc television houston our nbc affiliate celebrating their 40th anniversary and i think the folks back at kprc would like to see their oils pull this one out that would be a nice anniversary present wouldn't it however the buffalo bills with a seven to three lead here in the third quarter houston's got to be able to throw they got to throw the ball and i think the houston is going to before that it's going to establish some type of a running game that you have not done for this ball game bill's first down at their 26. and here is mueller up to the 28th william fuller the right defensive end made the stop fuller a question mark today because of a a knee problem mueller able to make the move past childress but the right defensive end fuller was able to make the tackle all right here's devlin on ray childers and he plays rachel plays his play perfectly except the strength of jamie mueller breaks the tackle and we saw the strength of jamie miller right at the end of the half where he refused to go down taking some pretty hard shots now thomas with a short maybe a yard as the bills go to the running game richard burr the nose tackle outside linebacker robert lyles combining and it will be a third down and seven it's a little strange but i think what the buffalo bills want to do now is just looking at that looking at the clock number one there's still seven a little over seven minutes to play in the third quarter they only have a 7-3 lead they'd like to get some of that clock run off but they also would like to move the ball now truman johnson is to the left kelly looking that way and then goes the shorter pattern and it's short of the first down andre reed made the catch but buffalo will be forced to bunk and you will start hearing some booze in this stadium because they don't like this type of offense the fans are in buffalo they've been throwing the ball all down the field first down why would you throw up do you need seven yards and you throw a three yard pattern so john kidd in with the punting unit his third part of the day coming up he's back behind his 20. curtis duncan awaiting the punt at his 25-yard line houston has had three different punt return then this season following injuries to kenny johnson willie brewery [Music] duncan let it go it takes a nice buffalo bounce dropping near the 20-yard line it will go down as a 46-yard box 6-12 remaining third quarter buffalo seven houston three you know we're gonna be there don't think twice service is [Music] we deliver for you we deliver delivered in 13 cities in 10 countries across the pacific they're playing our song united airlines royal pacific service we dedicated to giving you the service you deserve halfway around the world come fly the friendly skies leave it to the good hands compassion you can't teach it or place too great a value on it but you could measure it down this very road on the morning of june 23rd in the actions of all state claims adjuster don moulder who at 5 am drove 60 miles to a fire site all just to shorten the distance between a man's loss and a man's recovery people like don mulder another reason [Music] new year's weekend come home to the best in college football as the fighting irish of number one notre dame take on the third ranked west virginia mountaineers a battle of the nation's only undefeated that may determine the national championship at the fiesta bowl championship monday the best bowls are on nbc dick enberg merlin olsen making the journey from cincinnati and they will be at sun devil stadium that'll be the second part of a big day here on nbc sports tomorrow back into it here and buffalo 6-12 left third quarter to fill seven oilers three houston first down from the 21 on a hole for pinkett alan pinkett stopped by the strong safety leonard smith and he picked up 10 on the play well jerry glanville left tickets today for those of you who may have been wondering uh at the gate for uh buffalo bill as bob mentioned at halftime not the old west figure but for the television talk show character played by daphne coleman it was glanville's favorite show cancelled incidentally last year and what about marv levy well he said he once left tickets for his aunt ellen yes glanville last week in cleveland left a ticket for elliot ness who was born in cleveland he sets the tradition of leaving tickets for people or for things dead and he said this week he considered leaving tickets for paul mcguire's liver now i don't know what he meant by that paul he thinks my liver is dead but it's not i see we just had a transplant everything's working out very well for 89. what a cheap shot i know i'll get him first down at the 31. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] fumble recovered by houston since the first quarter of the year houston orleans have been going with like four white outs the whole time now they're back to their normal offense with jamie williams that first play they ran was a first first down was 10 yards jamie williams number 87 is in the game and when i was down there wednesday i saw him line up in the backfield with moon caught a pass last week his first reception of nine games and then landed on the pointed end of the football and hurt himself second down 13. with time and going deep but overthrows intended for hayward jefferies hayward jeffries duck he actually ducked i i don't i knew he was looking at the ball coming at him knew he couldn't catch it but he also knew that leonard smith was coming watch difference he sees smith coming across now watch him duck his shoulder here comes the ball went whoops i don't have a shot at it and you're getting a shot at me you're going to shoulders down [Applause] is this the loudest crowd that we have heard don't question that no question about it and there is not an empty seat in this building either third down 13. owen could not find anyone comes back the other way still looking and incomplete alonzo smith who was further downfield did come back [Applause] suggesting we want more noise he loves it i mean he smiles all the time he's like that in practice he goes one hundred percent all the time here's the move scrambling around and eventually that guy standing next to him number 32 is the guy he's going to throw to alonzo highsmith he goes to his right there's nobody there he goes back this side in the blocking he's picked up very well monchok come in he gets a good block if moon would have stopped and set himself he knew when he threw the ball he would have had the completion montgomery just did elude riddick once again a return by tucker across the 40-yard line a 43-yard puck grimsley on the stop 13-yard return and some more pushing and shoving it has actually been a low penalty game houston hit with only five and buffalo with five now you know what glanville told us lanville said if we don't have at least 10 penalties we can't win a ball game and five penalties is almost for this guy it's penalty free in effect he equates that with the fiery play but he also said one thing mark in the last two minutes of the ball game if we have a chance of winning the ball game they do not take a penalty in the last two minutes first down for the 41 as kelly completes [Applause] chris burkett on the reception for 26 yards richard johnson got him out of bounds this is a beautiful pass mark what happens watch kelly he looks to his right first now he's going to come back to his left and sees burkett breaking it off to the corner and he just lost the ball over the defense right into his arm no way you don't catch that ball third catch of the day for burkett as fourth year out of jackson state first round of the 33 [Applause] so the bills back to the passing game off the swing with nowhere to go try to make the turn but bostick and brown right there and he picked up only two excellent coverage in the second there really no place to throw the ball so he just dumps it and now he gets hammered from both sides number 96 sean jones 59 john grimsley second down at eight at the 31. and kelly so instrumental in bringing the bills from behind the last regular season meeting between these two clubs that was last year and buffalo came from behind to win spot by kelly who has faulting kelly checking it over and then calls for time it's been a tumultuous period for jim kelly he's heard it as we discussed earlier from some dissatisfied fans he's hit with a couple of lawsuits one yesterday for allegedly defaulting out alone his passing style recently criticized by teammate rob riddick paul i think he may qualify for an appearance with geraldo rivera and it it doesn't bother him i want to tell you he is this man you know as people have said before it is true he's a linebacker with a quarterback's arm uh he's tough durable he's played the entire year uh the only way i think he'd ever get him out of a game is if you if he broke his arm or his leg because he's that tough he's going to play with injuries a couple of weeks ago we telecast the buffalo regular season finale against indianapolis and you did point out one flaw of jim kelly difficulty reading i think reading the safeties and especially when they get closer to the end zone he has a tendency to look to the outside first if those people are covered then he has no problems about going across the middle and you're losing a safety either the free or the strong somewhere in there and i think that's if there is a plot and he has thrown the ball that's it he has a second mate pass intended for ronnie harness covered by but chris dishman comes up bart and he's the guy that hit kelly's arm there's dishman the rookie out of purdue fifth round draft pick he's talking he's talking he's talking i'm gonna get tired here he comes kelly's coming back to throw the ball you're gonna see right to the right dishman hits his arm just enough and they then he talked just been talking talk to him say something to him that's right i was there i was there there in your face yeah he likes to talk to opponents but he has been doing that throughout throughout the season 3 26 remaining in the third quarter kelly able to handle that low snap and one for the first down and he has it and a penalty marker [Applause] holds up he ran for 11. they are trying and soul jim richard number 51 who is the offensive guard left guard for the buffalo bills and this was during the course of the run richard now he's mad [Applause] a lot of finger pointing you know all right here is the referee gordon mccarter personal foul face mask number 96 fifa district from the end of the run first round the nanny grab was richer and again sean jones richard what they were trying to do to console richards and say hey look listen don't go in there and do anything because there's only a card afterwards if it's against them let's go ahead and let him take the penalty and stay out of it richard is upset now here he is he's in the right of your screen it's the left guard number 51. setting up for pass protection here comes shawn jones around being blocked by will wolford and then he grabbed reaches out and grabs richard's face mask kelly picks up the first down anyway and it's first down just outside the tank slicing in is thurman thomas and he in there for the [Applause] score the rookie from oklahoma state who played in front of barry sanders last year has had a superb day and he has added to that buffalo lead it's the bills 13 the euler's three and if you notice that every time the buffalo bills have had a good run it's been to the right-hand side of their offense the left-hand side of the defense and that's devlin's side stunt norwood adding the extra point and buffalo now leading by the score of 14 to 3. here comes thurman thomas the flocking is there just most of the people are on the ground thurman thomas breaks a tackle by al smith number 54 and then continues on with his continuous effort into the end zone with the excellent blocking by the right side of the buffalo bill's offensive line it's super play the buffalo bill set the nfl single season attendance record drawing 622 thousand eight and oh here at home their offense had gone stale in recent weeks they have dropped three of the last four but they have the oilers on the run 14-3 buffalo now do you think ward luke's going to even hear himself think let alone talk this place is going to go crazy just under three minutes remaining third quarter lorenzo white is the deep man he is back along with pinkett and tillman as noah tease it up the winner here today goes against cincinnati next sunday in the afc championship game and riverfront [Music] there's white out to the 10. [Music] [Applause] again good coverage by the bills one of their strong points well here's a situation where we're warned last time they got the ball they ran a play and picked up 10 yards they have an excellent running game everybody knows that problem is they've got 18 minutes in order to score two touchdowns this passing game has not been working you've got 10 yards on first down do you go back to the running game all right first down from the 19. remember drew hill is outside live by the spring net and moving through a bullet incomplete and tented harris second down and 10. warren moon has not had impressive games against the buffalo bills faced them three previous times completed only 30 of 70 42 percent houston losing two of those three games with buffalo warren moon is the man who really has to pull his team back together again he can't get greedy and go for the long ball that time they just try to get a short three-yard pattern and turn it into a bigger flight now the draw rozier [Applause] are still on the stop we've been talking about the buffalo bill success here at rich stadium looking at the other side of the legend houston on the road four and five and that includes the victory of the wild card playoff game last week in cleveland you know you just feel it the intensity of the team is not there when they're on the road and do you know that glanville really can't put a finger on it he doesn't know what the problem is and they were awfully loose for what that is worth prior to the game but still a long way to go they're down 14-3 moon incomplete he is old for his last seven over seven in the third quarter they went to four defensive linemen maybe in the buffalo bills and ark still almost got to moon he is the man that forced moon to throw the ball into the ground barbara lee trying to control his players get off the field please so we'll get the punt return team on and the punt return team has put some pressure on this man the rookie from michigan state who has been a disappointment third round draft pick also been bothered by a full hamstring montgomery running for the fifth time oh he hit it he hit it oh good one here yes tucker to his 20. penalty marker is down reverses his field and broke tackles to get out to the 40. a beautiful return 61-yard punt and a 20-yard return walter johnson on the tackle you know mark some people have talked about that rule we saw montgomery being blocked one time but you know i would i think they've got to go back and change the rule because when you're any time you have a team that's fourth and more than five say six if you run into the kicker it's only a five yard penalty they're really exposing a kicker to get for injury and they're enabling teams to say okay hey why not let's go double pawn illegal use of the hands number 84 offense before the kick holding number 96 on the receiving team during the return the penalties offset repeat fourth down someone didn't agree with that yes someone totally didn't agree with that okay but heywood jeffries of houston called leon seals of buffalo call hunter's upset jeffreys is holding there it is right there he's grabbing riddick number 84. there's where that flag goes and then they had another flag it the other way now they have to kick it all over again we've always spotted the same place but again you're looking at a fourth and sixth situation here in the buffalo bills why not go for it i mean this it says five but it's more than five it's like five and a half yards and even with a five yard penalty mark they're not going to get a first down i think the rules committee will be looking at that one of the off-season the 61-yard punt wiped out plus a nice return by tucker now tucker approaching the 40. so a 43-yard punt and a 10-yard return eugene seal on the stop tucker taking a hard hit so the buffalo bills back to the offense and there is jim kelly a man who is very familiar with the city of houston texas he had some sparkling years as a member of the houston gamblers of the usf the run and shoot offense and house davis very successful kelly most valuable player setting all kinds of usfl records he threw the ball enough one year he was sacked 79 times in one year sack first down at the 43 minute and a half left third quarter and kelly going deep [Applause] forced out by richard johnson [Applause] remember i told you that the houston honors on first down play have a tendency to place his own defense that time all andre regen was run by watch six here's allen he's sitting his zone he's waiting for a safety to come over to andre reed the safety never gets over there you also have special ours who has a tight end running downfield with a safety richard johnson no one came over to cover andre reed kelly reddit bang while almost touched down down to the two-yard line richard johnson replacing the injured jeff donaldson sideline for the game 55-yard pass play andre reed with his fourth catch and the bills have a first and goal at the two riddick and byram now in the backfield a minute 23 remaining third quarter they are checking the instant replay and the question is where the ball should be spotted that is where reed stepped out of bounds and it may be moved back now uh to the four after they checked it out you know one of [Music] here's andre reid you see him he steps out of bounds right there at the four yard line you know one of the questions was about the size the strength uh the quickness of the buffalo bills offensive line can they give kelly the protection indeed there's only been one sack on kelly [Music] pickup of one for riddick it'll be a second and goal at the three with one minute left in the third the scorer here it puts seven on the board to put you up 21-3 with a with a quarter left to go and as good as this defense is here should be in trouble a lot of fun and there's tyra in front of riddick riddick follows byram [Applause] and not able to cross the goal line stopped by robert lyles and several other oilers ken hall is on the ground getting up slowly and also as a defensive lineman down on the ground of smith doug smith is down doug smith out of auburn having his best season he's back from earlier season substance abuse suspension and has come on very very strong three sacks on the year we're going to see ready going in front of byram to the left that is great pursuit by the entire defense of houston first of all lyles hits him 93 but the leg driver riddick riddick is not that big uh there were only eight players that got a piece of riddick plus children's coming over the top that has to fall on his back there are 25 seconds remaining 25 remaining in the third quarter that is a correction the 20 seconds on the game clock please showing 21 and they've added four seconds checking with the official timer so 25 seconds left in the third quarter jerry glanville and his oilers trailing 14-3 and buffalo at the doorstep not a happy crew well last season the houston autos did reach this point they defeated seattle in a thrilling overtime victory at the astronaut in houston and then they were blown out by the broncos in denver right off the bat i mean what's what's like okay i was standing on the sidelines in that game last year and with a moderate shot we were doing some reports and when denver scored right off the bat right after that turnover might look to be like two minutes into the game and said game's over kid we got to look at that earlier here this afternoon [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] now what do you do i kick a field goal at the end of the quarter they'll have the time to make a decision all right well earlier they passed up the field goal and went for the first down of the touchdown and did not get it and jim kelly describing to marv levy we have that much to go as riddick is stopped he is stacked up three-quarters complete here in buffalo and the bills lead the oilers 14-3 tuesday of dj's number one with a bullet 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in the buffalo bills seeking to move one step away from the super bowl super bowl 23 to be seen here on nbc on january the 22nd and we get underway fourth quarter a fourth and goal from [Applause] john grimsley with the hit on rod reddick fair stripping the ball that's two times in this ball game you know i i don't care that you're up 14-3 and if the first time they did it they didn't have a point on the board and now you're going again and give this team a chance for another chance of momentum i'm sorry look at that up in the a grimsley was higher than riddick lyles number 93 was also there i just don't agree with that at all where's the mod i want to ask come on you run that again ahmad where's mike [Music] somebody put him out on the microphone uh he says go for the field goal is he here yeah over the field goal now so the oilers take over from their one yard line [Applause] with the tackle of haywood jeffrey's big play by warren moon it picked up 18. he had gone over seven prior to that completion look at the stats now you see how the game pulling remember halftime how close everything seemed to be and now the buffalo bills about a 60-yard 65-yard advantage on this team but they're now they're almost balancing out a little bit uh houston owners are balanced down [Applause] throw snowballs in the end though some idiot up there reported to use the laundry for buffalo bills at it you don't throw it personally to anybody [Applause] [Music] [Applause] curtis duncan made the tackle of mark kelso who during the regular season picked off seven which was tied for second in the afc for the bells their first interception since back in week 11 against miami coming out from the goal line there's a lot of clutter in the middle of the field just take a look at this ball wasn't even close to given bentley number 50 was down screening moon so he can't find gibbons and kelso playing free safety waiting on the ball interception bill's ball inside the 20. now the final chapter 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who'll also bring you bud bowl one coming january 22nd on nbc by plymouth and the nine most important words plymouth knows and by right guard sports stick from gillette anything less would be uncivilized and we wish you a happy new year marv albert paul mcguire rich stadium in buffalo warren moon was just picked off for the seventh time in four playoff appearances kelso on the intercept here's a reverse for reed and it started out as if it were going to work and then steve brown able to move up to make the tackle andre reid on the reverse stop steve brown makes a play but another guy that got in on it play al smith number 54 to the linebacker really makes a great move to get back it shows you some speed lyles misses the tackle here here's kelly out front he's not going to block anybody but you see how smith number 54 came from the other side of the field was there to help out brown made the play minute and a half gone by fourth quarter buffalo with a 14-3 lead on houston lost the yard on that play it is a second and 11th at the 19. mueller and thomas the running backs check that ronnie harmon while harman gets down to the 12-yard line childress made the stop they're working their way into field goal range and harmon with his first carry picked up seven children's was actually ray chillers number 79 you see in there making a stop he was actually stunning in that direction they had a deal going on with the two defensive lineman he was going that way and harmon ran the same direction picked up seven yards on the player six yards on the play [Music] inside the 10. here comes the field goal team [Applause] and one of those rare occasions where the crowd is cheering at the appearance of a field goal unit well why not i mean if it puts you up 14 points that means that they have to score two touchdowns to tie you in 11 minutes and 50 some seconds well there's no question here on the fourth down and two yeah anywhere i don't care take the points when you can get them a 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and a fresh scent one should grab right that's four stick from gillette antiperspirant and deodorant anything less would be uncivilized land sailing on the dry lakes of black rock nevada and the great taste of old milwaukee beer there's nothing like the flavor of a special place an old milwaukee beer it doesn't get any better than this brutus the barber knows that a good haircut can be expensive but for outlaw ron bass i'll do it for free on saturday night's main event scott norwood's 27-yard field goal giving the buffalo bills a 17-3 lead there's shane conlon's sideline today because of a foot injury pro bowl man second season out of penn state scott radicek replacing conlon and he is said to be if he should the bills go on and face cincinnati next week he just and the man i talked to yesterday and shane just he's so down about this thing he wants to play so badly and if anybody can play this guy good they just said there's no no way there is the kickoff from norwood spencer tillman on the referral [Applause] heading across the 15-yard line by mark pike on the hit of this crowd responding to the special teams work on the buffalo bills [Applause] mark pike second year out of georgia tech very strong all year long on special teams so houston now with a significant series the down by 14 11 26 remaining in the fourth quarter even with 11 26 remaining now houston has three time-outs in this ball game don't get greedy first the most important thing is to get the ball out of this hole maintain some first downs and get a touchdown to get you back in jefferies for the night kevin's right and the handoff for rozier flag throne are still on the stop of mike rozier [Music] awesome five yards were talking about with with shane connell and out margaret i mean it really hampers the running defense of the buffalo bills bradazek has had a pretty good game they haven't called his name that many times but this defense responded to everything thank you the officials just double checking a scoreboard clock it is a first and fifteen from the 12. and lauren now not only facing the ball's defense but facing the buffalo crowd jeffreys off the reception [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] coming away with the ball cornelius bennett with the hit on haywood jeffries we're talking about about warren moon how poised he really is but let me tell you something when you take a look at what he does here moo throws the ball exactly where he was supposed to throw the ball and jeffrey's underneath the short route when you're running with the ball they're coming from all sides you must protect the football cornelius medicaid from the backside watch this he's going to strip the ball jeffreys doesn't see him bang here comes the ball comes out and the bells first down at the houston 23. kelly with the short set burkett could not hold on they are not settling right they were going back throwing the ball again you try running the ball that wasn't working good hit from patrick allen cornelius bennett has got such excellent speed and reaction now he sees the pass but his main job is to get jeffrey look at this he just pulls his arms away and you can see all the way down he's just pulling his arms away from the ball second and ten at the 23. thomas continues to run away richard jumps it on the stop thomas with a six yard pickup he has run for 76 yards on five carries furman thomas averages four carry that during the regular season buffalo's leading rusher just under 900 yards among the afc leaders in all five of those rushes are to the right-hand side of the offense of the buffalo bill the joe devil inside not a happy helmet for haywood jeffries we'll have the ball drive loose giving it two buffalo mills now third down three at the 16. [Applause] did not make the turn oil is trying to strip them lost a couple on the place sean jones leading that onslaught riddick made a mistake what he did is he slowed down and tried to make a move you got three guys in pursuit patrick allen happened to be one of them to make a move he actually lost ground on the plate it looked like he might have had some room to the outside most important thing is to get the first down keep the clock going is the other thing but when reddick hesitated that cost him and with the fourth and five the field going united is back 36-yard attempt for norwood for earlier this fourth quarter hit from 27. no good and that could be critical with 9 34 remaining so norwood who has had a tremendous season missing what could be a big one alex put jeffrey's expression on his face he's sitting on the bench now when the field goal is missed watch his eyes you look to his left to see if someone said hey that everything was all right well it wasn't all right you fumbled the ball and always patting them on the back get back in the game and do something and the oilers now back to the offense first down from the 20. moon dumps it off the pinkett he has the first down and some more out to the 35 15-yard pickup daryl talley on the stop be patient just be patient you've got over nine minutes to go in this ball game if you can put a touchdown they're gonna they're gonna have to hurry up office but if you can put a touchdown on the board within four minutes and still have free time out and time to get the ball back was looking for gibbons but it was well covered and just looking for run out he was looking at the near side for ernest gibbons and wisely did not throw picked up three on the play it will be a second and seven after 38. curtis gibbons came back and got a block on radicek there goes roy to me i'll come back and help you by blocking what is that i would not even venture i guess now jeffries to the back duncan comes to the right nine minutes remaining fourth quarter moon able to complete leonard harris stopped by mark kelso [Music] a 30-yard pass play and that quiets the crowd and they've only used about 35 seconds off the clock so far moon just caught it in this scene and when he pumps it down field leonard harris is there watch moon he reads he looks the same man all the way down the field they never got over into position leonard smith number 46 never got there first battle for 33 here's pinkett he broke a tackle getting to the 25-yard line leonard smith off the stop out of thinking a major factor mvp of the wild card victory last week in cleveland he has very strong legs flag has been thrown alan pinkett with the muscular legs and very adept at breaking tackles penalty against the bills actually pagan picked up about seven yards i would imagine you take the penalty because it'll still be first and five even though you give back a couple yards you you maintain another down well he's locked close to that he picked up almost nine maybe don't referee gordon mcconner offside number 78 defense penalty accepted first down five so does bruce smith called on the penalty you give up four yards on the play mark but you get the down back which is more important if you were down by the goal line maybe maybe inside the five airline maybe now the crowd back into it first and five at the 27. boom with the dump off and it is caught and that is another first down able to gain control ankle tackle by tally and it is a first down for houston they trail 17-3 with 7 40 left in the fourth and again the oilers to the hurry up ellie has to do is be patient though trying to grab at all who goes the middle and again completes for the first down wayne davis able to make the stop again it's leonard harris 15 yards on the play you know what the prevent defense is the prevent defense prevents the other team from kicking a field goal but enables him to get a touchdown now here goes harris down interview stripped off splaying in the zone better smith 46 is down davis is down nobody's doing anything they're just letting him curl up they're in the hurry up first and goal from the seven moon in trouble on two occasions can't find anybody and then runs it out warren moon because he is so shifty was able to avoid the sack twice in that sequence and that's that thing putting the ball up in the air and a defensive lineman are trying to knock it down instead of going right at moon and tackling moon but again if you hit him after the play it's a personal foul here's this shows you the mobility of warren moon here he goes back no one's open first he gets rid of davis bruce smith looks to knock the ball down he gets rid of him aren't still he just outruns our still number 72 to the outside and he gets the ball down inside the 10-yard line [Applause] for a short pick up still on the tackle warren moon who went over the third quarter oh for seven has turned it around here in the fourth connecting on six of seven successful with leonard harris in particular and alan pinkett now here's a situation that i know that i'm going to be absolutely right oh they will not kick the field goal very good ball okay i just wanted to clarify that in case anyone out there they were wondering [Applause] [Music] a huge play here for the oilers end zone for duncan broken up but a penalty marker down derrick burrows very upset and let's see if that's the interference call class interference number 29 on the defense yes it is derek burrows called on the interference and it's not they're not happy all right down in the corner that's duncan number 80. and moon is going them all away waiting to dunk it but look at duncan he takes both of his hands and pushes burrows away now you've got to be able to fight back you can establish position mood's going to be right there he's going to say something pass interference his time says [Applause] [Music] but you know when you look at that thing that duncan did he just moved his heart as a first and goal at the one [Applause] second back pinkett able to get across the goal line [Applause] in houston they're wasted time now we're down to 5 50 in county 547 and it's counting and they're walking back in the huddle they have three downs to get it in the end zone yes run the football with that big offensive line but get in and out of the huddle save as much time as you possibly can you're two touchdowns down versus the ninth play of the drive [Music] no indication houston players calling the touchdown and there it is it is a touchdown for the oilers the officials checking it out and houston with its first touchdown of the day it's been a long day across that goal line leonard smith is not sure not happy it took a long time rozier just follows alonzo high smith into the hole now here it comes rozier is hit right about the one-yard line but then he gets his head down and gets across manchester you see him sitting in the end zone rozier is right across from its touchdown and the extra point from zendejas penalty marker down the kick was good illegal use of hand number 91 on the kicking king 10 yard penalty free kick all right now this this becomes a bit more interesting johnny meads called on the penalty it is a crucial extra point attempt here for zandejas with 512 remaining fourth quarter and buffalo up 17-9 and it just seems like zandejas is taking just a little bit too much time to kick the ball to be sure instead of going through this motion piece is getting the ball down this effect uh 30-yard field goal attempt and it is good and peace and bennett with uh disagreement but the houston oilers have come roaring back they are now within seventh and the crowd has uh i would say acoustically a change hits its tone with 5 12 remaining in the fourth quarter mike rozier able to get it in and he just went right up the back he saw lonzo highsmith number 32. he got in there so i'll just follow him go right in behind him he's bigger stronger not faster though here's rozier question mark coming into today because of the rib injury sidelined last week against the browns could get him for one play but pinkett went most of the way there was a little confrontation afterwards did cornelius bennett hit zendayas zendejas or did he not that's what peace was upset about zendaya's kicks cornelius bennett comes in but he was he was blocked and he was on the ground zandias was actually walking off the field he was looking up at the ball in the end zone or over the goal post and he just rolled over his legs now the kickoff eisendejas errol tucker out of [Music] the tucker gets across the 25-17 yard return toby caston on the stop errol tucker back from a knee injury activated a couple of weeks ago he was a fifth round pick of pittsburgh back in 85 and broke his leg on a punt return steele has waved him and he has resurfaced with the buffalo bills nine plays 80 yards consuming almost four and a half minutes and rozier brought it home the bills are going to run they're going to run right but i suspect they're going to pass and kelly hits harman [Applause] ronnie harmon for 12. stop by john grimsley bostick almost at it that is a dangerous pass bostick's coming from the inside or the outside and grimsley's coming from the inside but this pass is absolutely perfect watch kelly looks to his right comes right back to harman bang he's there reception first down i like it and the bill's first down at their 39 buffalo 17. houston 10. the winner will face the cincinnati bengals at riverfront next sunday for the afc championship and the winner there goes on to the super bowl mueller in motion and here's thomas and he is stopped at the live by sean jones the one-time los angeles raider in his fifth year out of northeastern shawn jones on the tackle hey listen to this if you're going to run run right get your yardage running right not running left your stuff this you know here's the situation there's 351 encounter we have to clock in there that's beautiful houston orders still have three timeouts remaining they stop him here i would not be surprised to see him take one of them right after this play thomas was out on the right as a fighter fingerboard reedus to the left and kelly goes to read over the middle but short of the first down eight yard advance grimsley on the stop houston calling for the time-out stopping the clock with 3 21 remaining fourth quarter well i think i don't know if houston called a timeout if the officials call the timeout just to measure it [Music] it appeared that one of the oil of players was requesting the timeout it also looks to be short of the first down and uh at this moment it is being called an official timeout houston not being charged with it as long as they measure because i don't think i would have wasted a timeout if it's going to be third in about two or three inches because in all likelihood they would get the first down [Music] well they did pick it now there is no up houston still has their three timeouts [Applause] and has a first down at the 49 320 and the clock is running that's time remaining in the fourth quarter do you know that buffalo any one of those two times they could have kicked the field goal would be up by 10 now that's not you know but that's that's not true because you don't know what would happen after that particular point you don't know if the game would have been the same oh i do i saw this last call i said not disagreeing with the fact that they should have gone or not gone with a field goal but you just don't know what will happen a hard hit on [Music] jon jones uh with that stoppage of thomas and now the timeout is taken with 247 remaining in the fourth quarter as you mentioned paul obviously not charged with that previous timeout now they officially call for time so a 17-10 lead for the buffalo bills [Applause] and a big play coming up [Applause] the crowd announced 79 532 of the buffalo bill setting an nfl attendance record for the regular season drawing 600 and 22 000 here at richard stadium there is steve tasker excellent special teams player one time houston euler was really upset about losing him he you know they tried to they tried to get him through and let nobody you know put him on injury they tried to get him through and hoped that no one would pick him up but the buffalo bills did pick up casker not only did he play for the buffalo bills on all the special teams but as you mentioned before mark a year ago went to the pro bowl this year he had some he's an intense young man tough set to resume second 12 at the 47. [Applause] and kelly completes for the first down to trumaine johnson domingo bryant on the tackle but a penalty bonker is down and i believe it's against the buffalo bills what a beautiful pass bar if it was perfect number 51 offense 10 yard penalty repeat second down that is jim richard the left guard and that wipes out the 14-yard pass play and kelly couldn't have thrown a more perfect pass jim richard number 51. you see him right there he has just got sean jones and just it's a takedown he pulls sean jones down to the ground that negates the first down and now we're looking at second and 22. eight penalties apiece still shy of that magic mark of 10 at least according to jerry glanville second out 22 kelly with the swing and andre reed has been stopped for only a yard on the play steve brown with the tackle and houston calling for time with 210 remaining in this fourth quarter [Music] so the clock is stopped and when we pick it up jim kelly looking at a third down and 20 back at the 35 the houston oilers very much alive in what has been a hard-hitting superb divisional playoff game the winner going against the cincinnati bengals on nbc that'll be next sunday at riverfront you know and i'm just looking about with kelly coming back in this thing i would be surprised to see him throw the football here you're going to have third down in almost 20 marv and a mistake here could be costly run the ball get it down to two minutes then go ahead and punt the ball away the defense has been almost flawless today let it put it in the hands of the defense because a touchdown can only tie you it can't beat you so don't do anything foolish don't do anything stupid run a play here then punt the ball then play defense you mean cincinnati uh no i'll be doing college basketball actually nearby louisville not at the same time i want to watch it i will check it out another guy what's his name the other mcguire third down and 20. that was totally wrong and kelly getting it off and completing but short of the first down ronnie harmon came back for it 16-yard pickup and we are down to two minutes left in the fourth quarter it's a back on craig so it's gonna be a long way for browner to get back on zones and double coverage so it's gonna be interesting that you can pick a couple off like you did a few weeks ago all right jack the vikings coming out of the locker room we're going to meet their starting defensive lineup and also we'll see who will start on offense for the 49ers this crowd will erupt when we continue live from candlestick on cbs in just a moment boomer he doesn't care about rolling out to his left either throwing the ball back to the other side of the field he's got the arm that can do it he also has some pretty good running backs in his back here james brooks nicky so it is a punting situation and kid on for the fourth time so houston will get it back curtis duncan is back at his 10. and duncan out across the 20 he was stripped ray bentley on the recovery curtis duncan coughed it up [Applause] a hit issued by steve tasker bentley is the guy that said in the paper that glanville kind of have his team feed on that that you would rather play houston than we would cleveland here it comes caster comes out did the same thing that cornelius bennett did to jeffries and stripping the ball he just reached in and pulled the arms away the ball is still on the ground tillman had a chance at it number 33 cornelius bennett is going crazy ray bentley in his third season from central michigan the leading tankler for the buffalo bills there's the man who made the hit steve tasker so buffalo takes over with a minute 45 remaining fourth quarter and clinging to a seven-point lead they go to the ground bueller to the 15-yard line that's the fourth fumble by the oilers today the second loss grimsley and smith on the stop of mueller and houston took their final timeout there's a minute 39 and the buffalo bills can run the clock out there is curtis duncan second-year man from northwestern made an immediate impact as a rookie last year because he played on a pro-oriented offense southwestern 10th round draft pick but we'll be thinking about uh that fumble for some time unless things turn here with a minute and 39 left leonard spin it go crazy you know sometimes when you write about a game and you talk to coaches about i said turnovers killed us you know i'm talking about on the houston side but the buffalo bills defense forced those turnovers stripping the ball bennett away remaining fourth quarter second down and seven and mueller with a short pickup clock is running houston without any timeouts remaining mueller comes hobbling off and he'll be replaced carl byrum running out of the field and the buffalo bills celebrating as we come up on a minute 10 left in this fourth quarter bruce smith number 78 nate odom leonard smith tucker everybody's in there telling what they're going to see in cincinnati 32nd clock is down to 2. they get off the play byram stacked up they are not going to have to run another play mark and jim kelly waving to the crowd kelly gets the crowd going the clock running down and they are celebrating here at rich stadium in buffalo bob the only sad part about it if they win their last game in indianapolis where we were they would be playing they would have been playing here next week instead of going down to cincinnati that's from the buffalo point of view but the bengals just delighted that they will be hosting the afc championship game next sunday as the buffalo bills defeat the houston oilers by the score of 17-10 thanks to our spotters michael the gluck here at candlestick has really climbed into this one early so we'll come back with the opening kickoff and we'll see you with the nfl today at halftime and they will be celebrating this well into the night here in buffalo we'll be right back

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