It's been 20 years since the Houston Oilers suffered the biggest collapse in NFL history, giving up 35 unanswered points to lose an AFC Wild Card game to the Buffalo Bills. Buffalo News Senior ...

Miserable would be one way to describe the Buffalo Bills’ mood in the Astrodome following their ugly 27-3 loss to the Houston Oilers in the 1992 season finale.

In a 41-38 overtime victory over the Houston Oilers, the Bills overcame a 32-point second-half deficit without several key players, including quarterback Jim Kelly.

So did the Oilers 27 years ago. In 1992, the Oilers finished 10-6 and the Bills 11-5. The Oilers had beaten the Bills 27-3 in the last game of regular season in the Astrodome.

It didn’t carry quite the same importance as the Bills’ NFL-record comeback victory over the Oilers in the 1992 AFC wild-card game, but the two old AFL rivals produced a regular-season classic ...

The Bills, down by 32 points earlier in the game, beat the Oilers 41-38 in overtime. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes, File) AP A botched Houston chip-shot field goal gave Reich a chance to complete the comeback.

Houston held a 35-3 lead over the Bills in the third quarter of their wild-card playoff, in a season in which the Oilers were expecting to win the Super Bowl. What happened next was historic.

The Houston Oilers walked onto the Rich Stadium field amid one of the great offensive runs in NFL history. The Oilers’ passing offense had ranked No. 1 in the NFL in 1992 for a third straight ...