77 Seconds: Covering the Buffalo Bills' wild 1990 comeback victory over Broncos
On Sept. 30, 1990, the Buffalo Bills shocked the Denver Broncos by scoring 20 points in 77 seconds in a wild, come-from-behind 29-28 victory at Rich Stadium. The Broncos dominated the Bills on the ground, racking up 208 rushing yards and a 21-9 lead by the third quarter. But the Bills' defense sparked a furious rally in the fourth, starting with Cornelius Bennett's 80-yard touchdown return after a blocked field goal. On the ensuing drive, Bills cornerback Leonard Smith intercepted Broncos quarterback John Elway and raced 29-yards for a touchdown to give the Bills a 22-21 lead. On Denver's next play from scrimmage, John Elway fumbled the snap and Bennett recovered the ball on Denver's 2 yard line. Bills running back Kenneth Davis scored a rushing touchdown on the next play to give the Bills a 29-21 lead. You can read The Buffalo News' coverage of the comeback win below.
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Some fans wondered if the Bills set an NFL record in scoring three touchdowns within 77 seconds in last Sunday鈥檚 29-28 victory over Denver. It wasn鈥檛 even a team record for rapid scoring. Buffalo scored three touchdowns within 56 seconds in the first quarter of the opening game of the 1964 American Football League season against the Kansas City
Buffalo Bills coach Marv Levy reminded his players Monday that luck wasn鈥檛 the sole cause for the dramatic fourth-quarter turnaround in Sunday鈥檚 29-28 victory over the Denver Broncos. 鈥淚 told our team, 鈥楢 lot of people will say, not unjustified, that you were lucky. But I鈥檒l tell you one thing: the only way you get lucky is if you
For Mark Kelso, it was a happy conclusion to a 鈥渢errible week.鈥 The Buffalo Bills鈥 free safety went from worrying Wednesday that his playing career might end prematurely to playing a significant role in Sunday鈥檚 29-28 victory over the Denver Broncos. On Wednesday, it was revealed Kelso鈥檚 recurring problems with headaches and blurred vision were caused by migraine syndrome,
Maybe they weren鈥檛 77 seconds that shook the world. Certainly, they were 77 seconds that shook the Denver Broncos at Rich Stadium Sunday. That鈥檚 how long it took the Buffalo Bills to turn defeat into a 29-28 victory over the defending AFC champions before a crowd of 74,393. Leading, 21-9, with less than 11 minutes left in the fourth
Take that! Cornelius Bennett鈥檚 game-breaking, 80-yard touchdown run after recovering a blocked field-goal attempt was his way of giving the back of his hand to critics Sunday. So was his fumble recovery that set up another TD. And his knockdown of a pass. And his seven tackles, including six initial hits. 鈥淭his is to everybody who doubted me, everybody
Over the years, John Elway has become something of an authority on sudden collapses. So Denver鈥檚 star quarterback was quick to respond when asked if he had ever seen a turnaround as dramatic as this one. 鈥淚t kind of reminds me of a Super Bowl a couple of years ago,鈥 Elway said. The Broncos, to be sure, are notorious
SEVENTY-SEVEN SECONDS. It would be difficult to run three stop signs and be sideswiped each time in that short duration. You couldn鈥檛 find three junkyard pit bulls to bite you in 77 seconds. It鈥檚 almost impossible to ride the New York subways and be confronted by three different muggers in 77 seconds. Yet the Buffalo Bills scored three lightning-strike
