Scott Norwood Misses Wide Right in Super Bowl XXV
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Super Bowl XXV. There were 8 seconds left and the Bills were behind by only a single point. Scott Norwood attempted a 47 yard field goal which sailed "wide right" of the goal post and headlong into infamy. The New York Giants ran out the clock for a 20-19 victory, the closest margin of victory ever in a Super Bowl.
To Bills' fans, the phrase "wide right" evokes not only the loss in that game but the entire era in which the Bills qualified for an unprecedented (and yet unmatched) four straight Super Bowls only to lose them all.
Prior to Super Bowl XXV, Norwood had never hit a field goal from that distance on a grass field, and that season was in fact just 1-for-5 from over 40 yards on grass.
