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SO DOUG FLUTIE, 35 YEARS
OLD, FIRST DOWN AND0
FROM THE 43 ON THE
PENALTY.
IN THE SEAM, ANDRE REED,
TOUCHDOWN!
BUFFALO!
WHAT A THROW BY FLUTIE!
43 YARDS!
AND THE LITTLE GUY ALREAY
HE'S COME TO PLAY!
>> Steve: ANDRE REED
RUNS -- DOUG FLUTIE GOES
BACK, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE
TALL IF YOU'RE GOING TO
THROW THE BALL DOWNFIELD.
HE COMES BACK AND JUST
LETS IT FLY, ANDRE REED
RUNS A NICE LITTLE OUT AND
UP, THE DEFENDER BITES, IT
WAS RIGHT ON THE MONEY,
THAT LAST HIT RIGHT THERE
WAS WHY DOUG FLUTIE WITH
PLAY THIS GAME.
RODNEY HARRISON COULDN'T
MAKE THE PLAY.
ANDRE REED CATCHES THE
>> Gus: THAT'S WHEN THAT
POWER RUNNING GAME IS
EFFECTIVE AND THAT'S WHY N
BUFFALO.
SECOND DOWN.
GOAL TO GO FROM THE 5 YARD
LINE.
FLUTIEIE PASSING THIS
TIME.
OVER THE MIDDLE, REED,
TOUCHDOWN!
>> Gus: REED SHAKEN UP
AFTER THE SCORE.
>> Steve: YOU'LL WATCH HM
DROP BACK AND YOU'LL SEE
THE RECEIVERS COME IN AND
JUST SIT ON THE GOAL LINE,
THEY DO THAT BECAUSE THE
DEFENDERS DROP BACK DEEP
TO STOP THEM FROM THROWING
INTO THE END ZONE.
YOU GIVE REED A CHANCE TO
MAKE A GREAT INDIVIDUAL
EFFORT TO BULL HIS WAY
INTO THE END ZONE.
SHAKES OFF KURT GO VAI, A
THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN OF
THE DAY FOR THE DOUG
FLUTIEIE.
YOU KNOW HE'S HAVING, THAT
JOHNSON THE TIME HE
NEEDS.
>> Kenny: JOHNSON HITS
ON SIX CONSECUTIVE
PASS ATTEMPTS.
FIRST AND GOAL FROM
THE 13.
MOULDS IN MOTION.
JOHNSONIRES TO THE
END ZONE, TOUCHDOWN!
ANDRE REED.
>> Tim: THAT'S SOME
GOOD FOOTBALL RIGHT
THERE FOR THE BILLS.
GOOD FOOTBALL BY THE
RACHLS, NOW WE'RE
SEEING GOOD FOOTBALL
RI
HIS BACK.
HE GRABS HIM AND TRIES
TO ESCORT HIM LIKE A
SECURITY GUARD TO THE
DOOR.
Gus>> FLUTIE TO ANDRE
REED WTHE STEP.
REED IN THE OPEN FIELD.
ANDRE REED STILL
RUNNING, TOUCHDOWN.
Gus>> 67 YARDS!
Gus>> ANDRE REED, ALONG
WITH JERRY RICE, ONE OF
ONLY TWO PLAYERS IN
N.F.L. HISTORY WITH 11
SEASONS OF FUST... 50
RECEPTIONS OR MORE.
AL: YES.
DAN: WATCH THE MIDDLE
OF THE FIELD NOW.
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DAN: I THINK JOE WOULD
RATHER THE EXTRA POINT
CAME FIRST.
AL: YES.
DA
AL: YES.
DAN: WATCH THE MIDDLE
OF THE FIELD NOW.
AL: THREE TIME-OUTS FOR
BUFFALO.
FIRST DOWN, GOAL, AT
THE 10.
FLUTIE THROWS.
CAUGHT BY REED.
AND RAY SPINNING!
STOPPED JUST SHORT OF
THE GOAL LINE.
BOOMER: HOW COULD THAT
NOT BE A TOUCHDOWN?
AL: LOOK AT THAT.
HE HITS THE FIELD
JUDGE.
DAN: HOLY MACKEREL.
BOOMER: HOW COULD THAT
NOT BE A TOUCHDOWN?
DAN: REED BUMPS INTO
STEVE ZIMMER, THE FIELD
JUDGE.
THIS IS A CRUSHING
NALTY AGAINST
BUFFALO.
AL: LET'S SEE IF HE
GETS IN NUMBER ONE.
BOOMER: I DON'T --
DAN: WHERE WAS THE
FOOTBALL WHEN HE
TOUCHES THE GROUND?
WOIP
BOOMER: I'VE SEEN THAT
CALLED
AT THE 6.
THIRD AND GOAL.
CROWD ON THEIREE
FLUTIE QUICK THROW
TOUCHDOWN, BUFFALO!
ANE ED.
Mark: THAT Q THE
NSOW I HURRY.
AT'S UNDEFENDABL
HOW DO STOP THAT?
PLANT.
ANT PATTERN.BALL.
AT'SIFCULT TO
DEFEND.
PEECXECUTION BY D
FLND ANDEED.
Ian HIS 16th CAR
UCAIT THE
COLTS.
THE TIME FOR THAT ONE IS
TO BE DETERMINED.
IT WILL BE DICTATED BY
WHEN THE WILD CARD GAME
WILL BE TELEVISED ON CBS.
SECOND DOWN AND FOUR.
ANDRE REED.
HE'S NOW TIED ART MONK
WITH 940 CATCHES.
>> Dan: HOW TUNED IN IS
THIS CROWD?
THEY KNOW IT.
TIED WITH ART MONK AT 940.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA
OF THE GREATNESS OF JERRY
RICE, THEY ARE TIED FOR
SECOND PLACE.
OVER 300 CATCHES BEHIND
JERRY RICE.
>> Verne: THAT DOES GIVE
IT CONTEXT.
>> Dan: YES, IT DOES.
>> Verne: LET'S TAKE
ANOTHER LOOK AT THE CATCH.
WE'VE GOT A FLAY DELAY OF
GAME.
>> Dan: A LITTLE HISTORY
IN THE MAKING.
AGAIN, IT'S JUST THE
SIMPLEST OF PATTERNS.
THAT WHAT ANDRE HAS REALLY
BEEN RUNNING.
AGAIN, WE HAVE A TENDENCY
TO FORGET WHAT A GREAT
RUNNER AFTER THE CATCH
ANDRE REED HAS BEEN HIS
ENTIRE CAREER.
A VERY POWERFULLY BUILT
GUY.
>> Verne: FIRST AND 15
AFTER THE DELAY OF GAME
CALL.
T'S GO THE OTHER WAY.
NOW HE'S IN SECOND PLAY
ALONE.
>> Dan: THERE YOU
JOE PENDRY, STANDING
OVATION.
WAY TO GET HIM THE BALL.
ISN'T ANYBODY GOING TO
HELP ME UP, HE'S THINKING?
>> Verne: THERE'S THE
FOURTH ROUND DRAFT PICK
FROM 1985.
HE WAS JUST BEING
APPLAUDED BY THE FIRST
ROUND DRAFT PICK IN 1985.
ANDRE REED.
>> Dan: THERE THEY ARE.
GOOD STUFF.
>> Verne: HANDOFF, LINTON
WHO IS ALSO FROM ALLENTOWN
PA, BY THE WAY, WHICH ISOD
LINE BEFORE COTA MAKES THE
TACKLE.
>> Dan: 941 RECEPTIONS IS
A LOT OF WORK.
AND AGAIN, NOTHING REALLY
DRAMATIC AS FAR AS THE
DEEP POSTS OR FLY PATTERNS
OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
ALL BY HIMSELF IN SECOND
PLACE, ANDRE REED, WHOSE
CAREER, BY THE WAY, IS
STILL GOING ON.
AND ANDRE IN TEARS.
>> Verne: JOHNSON.
FLAGS FLY.
RIEMERSMA WITH THE CATCH
AT THE 32, BUT THERE IS A
PENALTY ON THIS PLAY.
CHAD COTA.
>> Dan: AND THE EMOTIONS
FOR ANDRE REED AND HE'S
COACHED BY A HALL OF
FAMER.
HIS POSITION COACH, THE
GREAT CHARLIE JOINER,
RIGHT THERE, A MAN WHO
WHEN HE RETIRED FROM THE
NFL WAS THE NFL'S ALL-TIME
LEADING RECEIVER.
AGAIN, THE CROWD DEMANDING
A BOW FROM ANDRE.
>> Verne: THINK IT DOESNT
MATTER?
I THINK HE MIGHT JOIN YOU
IN CANTON SOME DAY.
>> Dan: I DON'T THINK
THERE'S ANY DOUBT.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY
DOUBT.
GOOD FOR ANDRE REED.