AFC: Tennessee Titans 22.2C Buffalo Bills 16 1999–2000 NFL playoffs

at adelphia coliseum, nashville, tennessee

game time: 12:30 p.m. est/11:30 a.m. cst
game weather: 58 °f (14 °c), cloudy
game attendance: 66,672
referee: phil luckett
tv announcers (abc): mike patrick (play-by-play), joe theismann, paul maguire (color commentators), , solomon wilcots (sideline reporter)

this game remembered controversial music city miracle : kevin dyson took lateral frank wycheck on kickoff score game-winning touchdown under 15 seconds left.

after scoreless first quarter, titans opened scoring when jevon kearse sacked buffalo quarterback rob johnson in end zone safety. start of long day johnson, ended completing 10 of 22 passes while being sacked 6 times, twice kearse. after safety, derrick mason returned free kick 42 yards bills 28-yard line. 5 plays later, tennessee quarterback steve mcnair scored on 1-yard touchdown run. after forcing punt, titans drove 56 yards in 11 plays. kicker al del greco missed 45-yard field goal attempt, bills penalized defensive holding on play, , del greco s second attempt 40 yards on last play of half. @ end of half, bills trailing 12–0 , had managed gain 64 yards, while losing 44 yards on 9 penalties.

but in second half, bills managed rally back. on buffalo s first play of third quarter, antowain smith broke off 44-yard run, sparking 62-yard drive ended 4-yard touchdown run 4 plays later. later on, bills defensive antoine winfield s interception mcnair set off 65-yard scoring drive, featuring 37-yard completion johnson eric moulds, roughing passer penalty on kearse adding 15. smith finished drive 4-yard touchdown run, giving bills 13–12 lead after receiver kevin williams dropped pass johnson on two-point conversion attempt.

late in fourth quarter, titans receiver isaac byrd s 16-yard punt return bills 45 , 5 carries eddie george 17 yards set 36-yard field goal del greco, giving tennessee 15–13 lead 1:38 left. following 33-yard kickoff return williams, bills retook lead 41-yard field goal steve christie @ end of 38-yard drive saw johnson lose shoe. stuck in no-huddle offense in order beat clock, johnson forced play without shoe of drive, still managed lead team scoring range 2 key completions peerless price 23 yards. christie s field goal gave bills 16–15 lead 16 seconds left in game.

on ensuing christie kickoff, fullback lorenzo neal picked ball @ own 25-yard line. handed off wycheck, ran way right sideline before lateralling ball way dyson on left side of field. after taking ball, dyson ran 75 yards touchdown give team win. play reviewed referee phil luckett, determined wycheck s lateral did not travel forward, , play upheld.

worked on play yesterday , said titans coach jeff fisher of winning return. play called home run throwback, s play work on saturdays, day before game. play designed frank wycheck in middle try , put ball out laterally. however, first time ran play dyson, replaced mason kick returner when injured earlier in game.

george finished game 106 rushing yards. bills defensive end bruce smith had 2.5 sacks. both teams combined 413 total yards (219 buffalo, 194 tennessee). game mark end of era in buffalo final game smith, thurman thomas , andre reed played bills. bills have not made playoffs since game.