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Bills and kicker
The Bills also got a big performance out of Thomas, who rushed for over 100 yards, and kicker Scott Norwood, who made 3 field goals.
First, the opening kickoff had to be redone because Bills kicker Brad Daluiso kicked the ball before referee Jerry Markbreit signaled to begin play.
The Oilers kicked a field goal late in the game to send it into overtime, but Odomes ' interception in the extra period set up kicker Steve Christie's game winning field goal to give the Bills the biggest comeback win in NFL history.
Then on their next drive, kicker Steve Christie made a 29-yard field goal to give the Bills a 23-17 lead.
With 16 seconds left in the game, Bills kicker Steve Christie made what seemed to be the game-winning 41-yard field goal to give his team the lead, 16 – 15.
The subplot of Billy seeking revenge on the man indirectly responsible for his imprisonment, Scott Wood, is a reference to a former Buffalo Bills kicker, Scott Norwood, who missed the game-winning field goal in Super Bowl XXV against the New York Giants in 1991.
The Stallions also signed a rookie free agent named Scott Norwood who would later be infamous as the Buffalo Bills kicker who missed a field goal in the dying minutes of the Super Bowl in 1990.
To combat this, some teams ( including the Buffalo Bills, who pioneered this strategy ) developed a " cluster formation " in which all of the players line up behind and immediately next to the kicker in what is effectively a moving huddle.
His first, a 48-yarder, would remain the longest field goal in a Super Bowl until January 1994, when the record was broken by the Buffalo Bills kicker Steve Christie in Super Bowl XXVIII.
The Buffalo Bills signed Graham on November 27, 2001 to replace rookie kicker Jake Arians after Arians missed an extra point.
With only 16 seconds remaining in the game, Steve Christie, the Bills ' kicker, made a 41-yard field goal to put Buffalo in the lead, 16-15.
On June 2, 2008 Talley commented that former Bills kicker Scott Norwood should be inducted onto the Bills ' Wall of Fame.
For the rest of the game, the score see-sawed back and forth: Hollis and Bills kicker Steve Christie each scored 2 field goals, Thomas ran for a 2-yard touchdown, Jaguars running back Natrone Means ran for a 30-yard score, Buffalo cornerback Jeff Burris scored on a 38-yard interception return, and Jaguars quarterback Mark Brunell threw a 2-yard touchdown to Jimmy Smith.
Then after Bills defensive back Henry Jones recovered a fumble by McCallum, kicker Steve Christie made a 29-yard field goal.
In the second quarter, Thomas scored on a 3-yard touchdown and Bills kicker Steve Christie made two field goals to extend the lead 20-6.
In the final period, a botched Steelers field goal attempt set up a 44-yard drive that ended with Bills kicker Steve Christie's 43-yard field goal.
Bills kicker Scott Norwood added 3 field goals, running back Kenneth Davis scored a touchdown on a 5-yard run, Reed finished with 4 receptions for 100 yards and 2 touchdowns, and running back Thurman Thomas recorded 100 rushing yards.

Bills and Steve
After backup quarterback Gary Kubiak scored Denver's only touchdown with less than two minutes to go, the Bills then clinched the victory when defensive back Kirby Jackson forced and recovered a fumble from running back Steve Sewell on Denver's final drive of the game.
With 1: 46 left in the half, Bills special teams expert Steve Tasker downed Mohr's 48-yard punt at the Redskins 1-yard line.
Bills special teams expert Steve Tasker then blocked the ensuing punt, knocking the ball out of bounds at the Cowboys 16-yard line.
Rather than attempt another fourth down play near the goal line, the Bills settled for Steve Christie's 21-yard field goal to cut their deficit to 14 – 10 with 3: 24 left in the half.
The Bills then tied the game, 3-3, with Steve Christie's 54 yard field goal, the longest field goal in Super Bowl history.
* Steve Tasker, National Football League wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills
His 51-yard field goal in Super Bowl XXXII against Green Bay Packers was the second longest in Super Bowl history since Steve Christie of the Buffalo Bills 54 yards field goal in the Super Bowl XXVIII as well as the longest in Broncos postseason history, also he passed the 500-point plateau with his final extra-point attempt at Seattle, becoming only the third Bronco in history to do so and the fastest in terms of games played ( 66 ), also he kicked the game-winning 33-yard field goal in overtime at Buffalo, the second time in his career that Elam had won a game for the Broncos in overtime.
Along with former Bills ' special-teamer Steve Tasker, Levy did local broadcasts for the Bills ' pre-season games until being appointed the Bills ' general manager in 2006.
Wide receiver Derrick Mason returned the free kick 42 yards to the Bills ' 28-yard line ; five plays later, Tennessee quarterback Steve McNair scored on a 1-yard touchdown run.
But the Bills retook the lead with a 41-yard field goal from Steve Christie at the end of a 38-yard drive that saw quarterback Rob Johnson lose a shoe, forcing him to play without a shoe for most of the drive and featuring two receptions by Peerless Price for 23 yards.
Reich subsequently led the Bills to the Oilers 18-yard line where Steve Christie made a 36-yard field goal, to cut the score to 7-3.
* Steve Johnson ( American football ) ( born 1986 ), wide receiver playing for the Buffalo Bills
Early in the extra period, Bills defensive back Nate Odomes ' interception set up Steve Christie's 32-yard game field goal to give the Bills a 41-38 win.

Bills and Christie
In 2002 the BC Liberals and Education Minister Christie Clark introduced Bills 27 & 28 forcing teachers back to work and banning collective bargaining.
Christie then recovered his own onside kick and the Bills scored on the fourth play of their ensuing drive with Reich's 38-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Don Beebe ( on a play in which one of Beebe's feet went partially out of bounds during the run before he made the catch — an illegal touching of the football ; this was pointed out on ESPN's " NFL Primetime " postgame recap as well as by Todd Christensen on the NBC broadcast ).
Midway through the first quarter, Bills lineman Bruce Smith forced a fumble from Marino while sacking him, and linebacker Darryl Talley recovered it, setting up a 21-yard field goal by Steve Christie.
Geoffrey Stephen Christie ( born November 13, 1967 in Hamilton, Ontario ) is a former Canadian American football placekicker in the National Football League, who, as a member of the Buffalo Bills, became known for his ability to kick clutch field goals, even in poor weather.
In 1993, Christie set a Bills record by kicking a 59-yard field goal in a regular season game.
In the 2000 season, Christie was an instrumental part of the Bills ' eight victories.
Christie then nailed a 46-yard field goal in overtime, giving the Bills their third victory of the season.
Christie then nailed a 32-yard field goal in overtime, sending the Bills to 5-4 on the season.
The Buffalo Bills officially signed Christie to a one day contract, thus to retire as a Buffalo Bill.

Bills and kicked
The Bills managed to halt the drive at their own 3-yard line when linebacker Cornelius Bennett broke up Hostetler's third down pass, but Bahr kicked his second field goal to give New York a 20-19 lead.
Murray then kicked a 20-yard field goal with 2: 50 left in the game, increasing the Cowboys lead to 30-13, and effectively ending any chance of a Bills comeback.

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