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A Sports Infamy Finally Eclipsed

I was shocked to check the scores this weekend and see that the Vikings had come back against the Colts. And, as an old Houston Oilers fan, I was pleased to see that there has now been a bigger NFL comeback than the one the Bills forged against the Oilers in a catastrophe of a playoff game in 1993.

It doesn’t make it much better all these years later, but it’s still nice to see this update in the Wikipedia entry of The Comeback:

The Comeback was a National Football League (NFL) game held on January 3, 1993, as part of 1992–93 NFL playoffs. The Buffalo Bills overcame a 35–3 deficit to defeat the visiting Houston Oilers 41–38 in overtime and set the former record for largest comeback in NFL history. The Bills’ 32-point comeback is the largest in the NFL postseason, and the second-largest overall, behind the 2022 Indianapolis Colts–Minnesota Vikings game. It was also the first time an NFL team with a lead of at least 30 points lost the game. [Emphasis added.]

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