Throwback: 1992 AFC Title game Bills at Dolphins

[Chandler#81]

A season ending loss at Houston cost us the Division and QB Jim Kelly with a knee sprain. The epic WildCard game comeback avenged the Houston loss followed up by an impressive road win at Pittsburgh in the Division Round. The stage was set for arch enemies squaring off in the Title game in sunny Miami with the winner advancing to the Super Bowl 

 

 

[njbuff]

I’ve been a Bills fan since 1982 and this win is the sweetest win for me in Bills history.

[Bermuda Triangle]

Marino went full Marino that game.

[Mikie2times]

All I remember about that game was screens for days and it was so pretty. Packers power sweep like execution.

We did it better than anybody. 

[njbuff]

Also, the was the last Bills road playoff win.

[SoonerBillsFan]

  On 4/19/2025 at 12:46 AM, Mikie2times said:

All I remember about that game was screens for days and it was so pretty. Packers power sweep like execution.

We did it better than anybody. 

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The screens are what got me, we just didn't move the ball well without them it seemed.

[Chandler#81]

For me, Phil Hanson’s deflection and INT sealed the win. It was the best of times.

[machine gun kelly]

Chandman, thanks for sharing.  It was a heck of a memory.  I remember exact where I was in FL.  

[BlazinBill]

Ahh- early memories from one of the first few seasons I was a fan- great game- 

[Big Turk]

The Thurman Thomas Screen game!

[The Jokeman]

Some Bills fans felt Reich should have started since he lead us to wins in Houston and Pittsburgh the previous two games. 

[T.E.]

  On 4/19/2025 at 12:22 AM, Bermuda Triangle said:

Marino went full Marino that game.

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Should be required viewing for every poster here who thinks we would've won multiple SBs with him at QB instead of Kelly.

[PonyBoy]

2 things that stood out to me:

 

1. The commercials! Man, it was simpler back then and how old those cars look now.

2. Knowing the result now, the camera panning those cheering "Fin"atics. Haha, bunch of hopeful losers!

[JÂy RÛßeÒ]

6 FGs, only 1 TD.  The beginning of the end of the K-Gun.

[Ed_Formerly_of_Roch]

Recall too how in the first half the Dolphins ran the ball a lot and well, but once the game got close and Bills took lead, all Marino started doing was throwing and they went downhill from there.   The game at that point was still close enough that they could have still ran quite a bit too.  That was why I was never too keen on Marino as he tended to try and play hero ball too often.

 

PS  The fact that this post started last Friday and is still on first page tells me the number of posters here today that were around and followed the team that long ago, 33 years, must not be very big!

Edited April 23 by Ed_Formerly_of_Roch

[PromoTheRobot]

  On 4/18/2025 at 10:58 PM, Chandler#81 said:

A season ending loss at Houston cost us the Division and QB Jim Kelly with a knee sprain. The epic WildCard game comeback avenged the Houston loss followed up by an impressive road win at Pittsburgh in the Division Round. The stage was set for arch enemies squaring off in the Title game in sunny Miami with the winner advancing to the Super Bowl 

 

 

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I was there.

[Chandler#81]

  On 4/23/2025 at 1:39 PM, JÂy RÛßeÒ said:

6 FGs, only 1 TD.  The beginning of the end of the K-Gun.

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Well, they won 13 games in ‘93 and won the AFC Title at home vs KC. But yes, the end was drawing near..

[njbuff]

  On 4/23/2025 at 1:39 PM, JÂy RÛßeÒ said:

6 FGs, only 1 TD.  The beginning of the end of the K-Gun.

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Math isn’t one of your strong suit’s, huh?

[Ned Flanders]

Tom Olivadotti still wakes up at night screaming Thurman Thomas' name.

[JÂy RÛßeÒ]

  On 4/23/2025 at 6:12 PM, njbuff said:

Math isn’t one of your strong suit’s, huh?

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i'm pretty good at math actually.  it's typing and dyslexia i have trouble with