Sept. 2, 1979 – Dolphins 9, Bills 7

Tom Dempsey claimed that he missed only two last-play-of-the-game field goals in his 11-year NFL career, and if that was true, both of them came at Rich Stadium with yours truly in attendance.

The first one had been in 1973 when he was with the Eagles and his misfire allowed the Buffalo Bills to win the game. The second came on this day as a member of the Bills, and it produced a far different effect for those of us in the stadium who walked out of the place with our jaws hanging open in frustration and disbelief.

After 18 consecutive losses to the Dolphins, victory was finally right there for the Bills on a rain-drenched opening day, and then it was gone. Dempsey, who had signed with Buffalo in 1978 and performed well so he was brought back in 1979

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