Scott Norwood Missed Field Goal Super Bowl XXV

Super Bowl XXV 25 Buffalo Bills 19 New York Giants 20
Tampa Stadium
Tampa, Florida
January 27, 1991
Attendance: 73,813

The NFC champion New York Giants won their second Super Bowl in five years with a 20-19 victory over the AFC Buffalo Bills.

New York, employing a ball controled offense, possessed the ball for 40 minutes, 33 seconds, a Super Bowl record. The Bills, who scored 95 points in their previous two playoff games leading to Super Bowl XXV, had the ball for less than eight minutes in the second half and just 19:27 for the entire game.

Fourteen of New York's 73 plays came on its initial drive of the third quarter that covered 75 yards and consumed a Super Bowl-record 9:29 before running back Ottis Anderson's one yard touchdown run.

Giants quarterback Jeff Hostetler kept the long drive going by converting three third-down plays; an 11-yard pass to running back David Meggett on third-and-eight, a 14-yard toss to wide receiver Mark Ingram on third and 13, and a 9-yard pass to Howard Cross on third and four to give the Giants a 17-12 lead in the third.

Buffalo jumped to a 12-3 lead midway through the second quarter before Hostetler completed a 14-yard scoring strike to wide receiver Stephen Baker to close the score to 12-10 at halftime. Buffalo's Thurman Thomas ran 31 yards for a touchdown on the opening play of the fourth quarter to help Buffalo recapture the lead 19-17. Matt Bahr's 21-yard field goal gave the Giants a 20-19 lead, then with seonds remaining Buffalo's Scott Norwood had a chance to win the game but his 47-yard field-goal attempt sailed wide right.

Hostetler completed 20 of 32 passes for 222 yards and one touchdown. Anderson rushed 21 times for 102 yards and a touchdown to capture most-valuable-player honors. Thomas totaled 190 scrimmage yards, rushing 15 times for 135 yards and catching five passes for 55 yards.

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[PHILLYPHAN5118109]

he was gonna shoot himself in the lockerroom..... but he missed wide right!

[football5680]

Being a kicker is probably the hardest position mentally on a player. A foot right or left can decide whether you are a hero or the most hated player by the fans

[Bk6346]

That's a 47 yrd field goal on a grass surface. Twenty years ago the odds of making such a kick was only 62%.

[colinwgallagher]

the hold was fine on norwoods kick, and no you don't feel sympathy for him, it was his fault. make it you win, miss it you lose. thats how it works. he was a pro bowl kicker, make the damn kick. you have one job if youre a kicker, so do it.

[MacDaddy635]

Tough kick for him to make, u have to feel sympathy for him. But that wasn't the reason that they lost, u play, win and lose as a team.

[kuwinsitall]

@MrTherauhster

haha, yeah!

[bluesugar58]

@armadalevodka yeah still bas but that wasn't for the win, it was to tie, the real heart breaker was the drop be lee evans in the end zone...that would have won the game.

[football5680]

@leehan92 Adam Vinatieri. end of conversation.

[leehan92]

@football5680 a kicker will never be a hero. the other 22 guys bustin their asses on d and o will and should. kickers arent players

[chinafriends]

36 people are bills fans

[Lovejebs11]

@bschlude lmao... thts exactly what i said!!