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Buffalo and drove
After forcing Buffalo to punt on its ensuing possession, New York drove to the Bills ' 35-yard line.
With Shaka as his general, he attacked the Amangwane under Matiwane about 1812 and drove them across the Buffalo river.
The horses were of interest to Buffalo Bill Cody, who drove four Cleveland Bay stallions in his Wild West Show.
Buffalo then drove 50 yards in 10 plays, including a pass to Pete Metzelaars that went right through the hands of linebacker Eddie Robinson, and scored with a 1-yard touchdown run by Davis, cutting the deficit to 35 – 10 when the extra point was added.
But Buffalo then drove 71 yards to score on Brook's 22-yard game-clinching touchdown reception from Kelly.
The next time Buffalo got the ball, they drove 86 yards and scored on a 1-yard run from fullback Carwell Gardner.
Then after forcing a punt, Buffalo drove to the Bengals 26-yard line, only to have Scott Norwood miss a 43-yard field goal attempt.
The Jets got the ball back with 2: 36 remaining and then drove 69 yards to the Buffalo 11-yard line, aided by a holding penalty that wiped out an interception by defensive back Steve Freeman.

Buffalo and Giants
Following the season, the Giants fired first-year defensive coordinator Bill Sheridan, and replaced him with the former Buffalo Bills interim head coach, Perry Fewell.
The Buffalo Bills, the New York Giants, and the Philadelphia Eagles did not qualify for the playoffs either.
Super Bowl XXV was an American football game between the American Football Conference ( AFC ) champion Buffalo Bills and the National Football Conference ( NFC ) champion New York Giants to decide the National Football League ( NFL ) champion for the 1990 season.
* Most fumbles recovered, game: 4 ; Otto Graham, Cleveland Browns vs. New York Giants, October 25, 1953 ; Sam Etcheverry, St. Louis Cardinals vs. New York Giants, September 17, 1961 ; Roman Gabriel, Los Angeles Rams vs. San Francisco 49ers, October 12, 1969 ; Joe Ferguson, Buffalo Bills vs. Miami Dolphins, September 18, 1977 ; Randall Cunningham, Philadelphia Eagles vs. Oakland Raiders, November 30, 1986 ( OT ).
* John Skorupan, NFL Linebacker Buffalo Bills, New York Giants.
* Bruce DeHaven, current special teams NFL coach for Buffalo Bills, former Seattle Seahawks, Dallas Cowboys, San Francisco Giants
** 3 points – New York Giants 17, Buffalo Bills 14 – October 20, 1975
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.
* Super Bowl XXV – New York Giants won 20-19 over the Buffalo Bills
Buffalo expected Kendrick to return to field the Rangers for the 1927 season, however Kendrick signed with the New York Giants, and most of the remaining players went their separate ways, citing their dislike for Buffalo's cold winters as the primary reason for not sticking around.
After an NFL team ( the Giants ) had signed an AFL player ( the Buffalo Bills ' Pete Gogolak ) in early 1966, American Football League commissioner Al Davis had shaken the NFL.
Among them were Ray Pinney of the 1970s Pittsburgh Steelers, Cedrick Hardman of the 1970s San Francisco 49ers and early 1980s Oakland Raiders, Anthony Carter ( Minnesota Vikings, Detroit Lions ), Arthur Whittington ( Oakland Raiders, Buffalo Bills ), Bobby Hebert ( New Orleans Saints, Atlanta Falcons ), Gary Plummer ( San Diego Chargers, San Francisco 49ers ), Raymond Chester ( Oakland Raiders, Baltimore Colts ), Albert Bentley ( Indianapolis Colts, Pittsburgh Steelers ), Dave Browning ( Oakland Raiders, Los Angeles Raiders, New England Patriots ), Ray Bentley ( Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals ), Dale Markham ( St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, Green Bay Packers ) and Derek Holloway ( Washington Redskins, Tampa Bay Buccaneers ).
Cuomo also opposed the move of the National Football League's New York Giants and New York Jets to the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, New Jersey, choosing instead to attend the home games of the Buffalo Bills while serving as governor, referring to the Bills as " New York State's only team.
Parcells won two Super Bowl rings with the New York Giants, defeating the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXI and the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXV.
Super Bowl XXV proved equally exciting as the Giants used tough defense, and a ball-control and power-running Erhardt – Perkins style offense to stop the Buffalo Bills, 20 – 19, whose own last-second 47-yard field goal attempt by Scott Norwood missed wide right.
* 1990 ( NFL )-Super Bowl XXV-1 / 27 / 91 NFC New York Giants 20, AFC Buffalo Bills 19
This was the fourth Super Bowl to be decided on a field goal in the final seconds ( Super Bowl V was won on a last second kick by the Baltimore Colts ' Jim O ' Brien to defeat the Dallas Cowboys, Super Bowl XXV had the Buffalo Bills ' Scott Norwood miss his field goal chance against the New York Giants, and in Super Bowl XXXVI Vinatieri made his to defeat the St. Louis Rams ).
The unwritten agreement was shattered in early 1966 when the NFL's New York Giants signed Pete Gogolak, the first professional soccer-style placekicker, who was already under contract and playing with the AFL's Buffalo Bills.
Brickley's Giants played two games in their only season, losing to the Buffalo All-Americans, 55-0, and the Cleveland Tigers, 17-0.
His defensive game plan from the New York Giants ' 20 – 19 upset of the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXV is now in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
In 1966, the success of the rival AFL, the spectre of the NFL's losing more stars to the AFL, and concern over a costly " bidding war " for players precipitated by the NFL's Giants ' signing of Pete Gogolak, who was under contract to the AFL's Buffalo Bills, led the two leagues to discuss a merger.
But his season was cut short due to a broken foot suffered in the fourteenth game against the Giants ' eventual Super Bowl XXV opponent, the Buffalo Bills.

Buffalo and line
* Buffalo AirStation, a line of wireless routers and interface cards
Meanwhile, unconcerned with Kansas City's weak passing game, Buffalo played Bennett and Talley close to the line of scrimmage on nearly every play to stuff the run.
The Redskins defense then forced Buffalo to a three-and-out on their ensuing possession, and punter Chris Mohr's 23-yard punt sailed out of bounds at the Washington 49-yard line.
Three plays after the turnover, Rypien completed a 34-yard pass to wide receiver Gary Clark to reach the Buffalo 15-yard line.
Washington gained zero net yards during that possession, and Buffalo got the ball back after Cliff Hicks returned Kelly Goodburn's 42-yard punt 2 yards to the Redskins 41-yard line.
Dallas kick returner Kevin Williams returned the opening kickoff 50 yards to the Buffalo 48-yard line.
A 19-yard completion from Kelly to receiver Andre Reed moved Buffalo out from the shadow of their own end zone, and they eventually reached the Cowboys 46-yard line, but they too were forced to punt.
However, Chris Mohr matched Jett's feat with a 45-yard punt that was downed at the Dallas 1-yard line by Buffalo special teams expert Steve Tasker.
As the Bills had done, Dallas managed to get out of their own territory and advance to the Buffalo 47-yard line.
Bills receiver Russell Copeland then returned the ensuing kickoff 22 yards to the Buffalo 37-yard line, but on third down Cowboy linemen Jim Jeffcoat and Charles Haley shared a 13-yard sack on Kelly to force the Bills to punt.
Cowboy defensive lineman Jimmie Jones made two key plays, however ; a second down tackle on Thomas for a one yard loss and a 13-yard sack on third down ; to push the ball back to the 22-yard line and force Buffalo to punt ; a poor, 29 yard kick which the Cowboys recovered at their own 49 yard line.
After a false start penalty pushed them back to the 6-yard line, the Cowboys ran the ball on their next 3 plays to force Buffalo to use up all of their timeouts.
It was directed to swing wide of the British left flank and pass west and south of Isandlwana hill itself positioning itself across the line of communication and retreat of the British and their colonial allies in order to prevent their escape back into Natal by way of ford of the Buffalo river leading to Rorke's Drift.
Yellville is located approximately southwest from Bull Shoals, Arkansas and serves as another housing and tourist destination for those who are not staying at the numerous resorts in Bull Shoals, along the White River, or at the confluence of the Buffalo and White Rivers near Buffalo City, Arkansas along the Marion and Baxter County line.
During the 1970s and 1980s nightclubs just north of the Indiana state line in New Buffalo Township were popular destinations for young adults from Illinois and Indiana who were under age 21.
On January 29, 1870, the Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad extended a rail line from New Buffalo to St. Joseph.
As of 1869, the M & E became part of the main line of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad which ran from Hoboken to Buffalo with through trains to Chicago.
The Albany and Susquehanna line and the New York, West Shore and Buffalo railroads crossed one another in a farm field.
The CSXT line through Silver Creek was formerly operated by the Consolidated Rail Corporation ( Conrail ), which succeeded the Penn Central ( which succeeded the New York Central Railroad, which succeeded the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, which succeeded the Lake Shore Railroad, which succeeded the Buffalo & Erie Railway, the original line ).
From approximately 1907 to 1933 Silver Creek was on the Buffalo-to-Erie main line of the Buffalo & Erie Railway ( successor to the Buffalo & Lake Erie Traction Company ), a high-speed electric interurban railway.

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