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AFC Divisional 1999
Buffalo(5) at Jacksonville(1)
For Buffalo this game was radically different than the game in Tennessee. Whereas the game in Tennessee was a game of the defensive this was an offensive shootout. It was so much an offensive shoot out that it would become known as the Madden Bowl as the offensives marched up and down the field all day. Mark Brunell would finish the game with a post season record of 502 yards passing on the day. Doug Flutie would end the game with 438 yards passing. However what made the game was a hot topic was the ending.
At the end of the fourth the game was tied 45-45. Jacksonville won the coin toss and elected to receive the kick off. On the return Jacksonville got the ball to their 29. On the next play Brunell would hit Keenan McCardell between the hash marks around mid field. McCardell then ran till he was dragged down at the Buffalo 26 by Henry Jones. Jones stopped McCardell from scoring his third touchdown on the day. However what happened next was what had a lot of fans upset. Instead of allowing the offensive to keep going Tom Coughlin ordered the kicking unit out on to the field for a 42 yard attempt by Mike Hollis. Hollis drilled the field goal and ended the game.
Jacksonville advances 48-45
Kansas City(3) at Indianapolis(2)
With Elvis Grbac out and being forced to start the aged Warren Moon put and thoughts of Kansas City of winning this game out of the question. Going into the game Vegas had Indianapolis by 13 points. If anything Vegas undersold how bad Kansas City was in this game. You could tell the Chiefs were trying at you watching the game, but Indianapolis simply and was the better team. It was only their defense that kept the game close but it was clear Warren Moon was the tried old wrestle being brought out at a local match. It wasn’t that Moon wasn’t trying it was his body didn’t have it anymore.
At half the Chiefs made the call to bring in their third string QB Todd Collins. Collins who once was the heir to Jim Kelly but did so poorly he was cut by Buffalo after only one season didn’t fair much better than Moon. Neither of the Chiefs QBs put up 100 yards passing against the Colts. Collins in what would be his final NFL game only put up a passer rating of 34.6%, four points lower than the person he replaced.
Indianapolis advances, 34-6
For Buffalo this game was radically different than the game in Tennessee. Whereas the game in Tennessee was a game of the defensive this was an offensive shootout. It was so much an offensive shoot out that it would become known as the Madden Bowl as the offensives marched up and down the field all day. Mark Brunell would finish the game with a post season record of 502 yards passing on the day. Doug Flutie would end the game with 438 yards passing. However what made the game was a hot topic was the ending.
At the end of the fourth the game was tied 45-45. Jacksonville won the coin toss and elected to receive the kick off. On the return Jacksonville got the ball to their 29. On the next play Brunell would hit Keenan McCardell between the hash marks around mid field. McCardell then ran till he was dragged down at the Buffalo 26 by Henry Jones. Jones stopped McCardell from scoring his third touchdown on the day. However what happened next was what had a lot of fans upset. Instead of allowing the offensive to keep going Tom Coughlin ordered the kicking unit out on to the field for a 42 yard attempt by Mike Hollis. Hollis drilled the field goal and ended the game.
Jacksonville advances 48-45
Kansas City(3) at Indianapolis(2)
With Elvis Grbac out and being forced to start the aged Warren Moon put and thoughts of Kansas City of winning this game out of the question. Going into the game Vegas had Indianapolis by 13 points. If anything Vegas undersold how bad Kansas City was in this game. You could tell the Chiefs were trying at you watching the game, but Indianapolis simply and was the better team. It was only their defense that kept the game close but it was clear Warren Moon was the tried old wrestle being brought out at a local match. It wasn’t that Moon wasn’t trying it was his body didn’t have it anymore.
At half the Chiefs made the call to bring in their third string QB Todd Collins. Collins who once was the heir to Jim Kelly but did so poorly he was cut by Buffalo after only one season didn’t fair much better than Moon. Neither of the Chiefs QBs put up 100 yards passing against the Colts. Collins in what would be his final NFL game only put up a passer rating of 34.6%, four points lower than the person he replaced.
Indianapolis advances, 34-6
- Jim Smitty
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