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Wide Right

Elway’s fellow 1983 first round draft pick, Buffalo Bills quarterback Jim Kelly, played in four Super Bowls of his own. Kelly’s Bills also lost their first Super Bowl game, but it was the manner in which they lost that might have scarred that team forever. At Super Bowl XXV, the Bills faced the New York Giants. New York led 20-19 with 2:16 on the clock. Kelly put together a tough drive, and with 8 seconds left in the game, the Bills were on the Giant 29-yard line, which meant Buffalo’s Scott Norwood had a 47-yard field goal attempt to win the Super Bowl. The pressure was too much for Norwood, and his kick veered, “Wide right!”, the now-famous call from TV commentator Al Michaels as the ball missed. The Bills made the Super Bowl the next three seasons but were beaten badly in all three tries. That one-point loss is as close as they have ever come.

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