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20 Fourth Quarter Comebacks, 24 Game-Winning Drives
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Notes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1973 | 4 | 1973-10-07 | 23-167 | BUF | PHI | W 27-26 | 6 | 9 | 66.67 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 86.8 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 4 | 25 | 6.25 | 1 | 4QC / GWD | |
| 2 | 1973 | 11 | 1973-11-25 | 23-216 | BUF | @ | BAL | W 24-17 | 11 | 19 | 57.89 | 201 | 1 | 1 | 90.0 | 10.58 | 9.26 | 4 | 8 | 2.00 | 0 | 4QC |
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Notes | ||||||
| 3 | 1974 | 1 | 1974-09-16 | 24-146 | BUF | OAK | W 21-20 | 10 | 20 | 50.00 | 122 | 3 | 0 | 108.7 | 6.10 | 9.10 | 5 | 16 | 3.20 | 0 | 4QC / GWD | |
| 4 | 1974 | 3 | 1974-09-29 | 24-159 | BUF | NYJ | W 16-12 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10 | 14 | 1.40 | 1 | 4QC / GWD | |
| 5 | 1974 | 8 | 1974-11-03 | 24-194 | BUF | @ | NWE | W 29-28 | 16 | 24 | 66.67 | 247 | 1 | 2 | 79.7 | 10.29 | 7.38 | 1 | 15 | 15.00 | 0 | 4QC / GWD |
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Notes | ||||||
| 6 | 1975 | 4 | 1975-10-12 | 25-172 | BUF | @ | BAL | W 38-31 | 14 | 26 | 53.85 | 253 | 2 | 1 | 97.1 | 9.73 | 9.54 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | GWD |
| 7 | 1975 | 7 | 1975-11-02 | 25-193 | BUF | @ | NYJ | W 24-23 | 15 | 29 | 51.72 | 296 | 3 | 2 | 93.5 | 10.21 | 9.17 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | 4QC / GWD |
| 8 | 1975 | 10 | 1975-11-23 | 25-214 | BUF | NWE | W 45-31 | 16 | 32 | 50.00 | 276 | 4 | 1 | 106.2 | 8.63 | 9.72 | GWD | |||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Notes | ||||||
| 9 | 1976 | 3 | 1976-09-26 | 26-156 | BUF | @ | TAM | W 14-9 | 12 | 22 | 54.55 | 188 | 2 | 0 | 113.4 | 8.55 | 10.36 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 4QC / GWD |
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Notes | ||||||
| 10 | 1977 | 13 | 1977-12-11 | 27-232 | BUF | @ | NYJ | W 14-10 | 17 | 32 | 53.13 | 238 | 2 | 1 | 85.2 | 7.44 | 7.28 | 5 | 22 | 4.40 | 0 | 4QC / GWD |
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Notes | ||||||
| 11 | 1978 | 13 | 1978-11-26 | 28-217 | BUF | NYG | W 41-17 | 9 | 15 | 60.00 | 106 | 1 | 1 | 76.0 | 7.07 | 5.40 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 4QC / GWD | |
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Notes | ||||||
| 12 | 1979 | 9 | 1979-10-28 | 29-188 | BUF | @ | DET | W 20-17 | 17 | 35 | 48.57 | 339 | 1 | 2 | 68.6 | 9.69 | 7.69 | 4QC / GWD | ||||
| 13 | 1979 | 12 | 1979-11-18 | 29-209 | BUF | GNB | W 19-12 | 17 | 28 | 60.71 | 226 | 0 | 0 | 86.3 | 8.07 | 8.07 | 2 | -1 | -0.50 | 0 | GWD | |
| 14 | 1979 | 13 | 1979-11-25 | 29-216 | BUF | @ | NWE | W 16-13 | 17 | 33 | 51.52 | 235 | 1 | 2 | 59.5 | 7.12 | 5.00 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 4QC / GWD |
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Notes | ||||||
| 15 | 1980 | 1 | 1980-09-07 | 30-137 | BUF | MIA | W 17-7 | 20 | 32 | 62.50 | 198 | 1 | 5 | 50.8 | 6.19 | -0.22 | 4 | 16 | 4.00 | 0 | 4QC / GWD | |
| 16 | 1980 | 5 | 1980-10-05 | 30-165 | BUF | @ | SDG | W 26-24 | 14 | 28 | 50.00 | 129 | 1 | 0 | 74.9 | 4.61 | 5.32 | 2 | -5 | -2.50 | 0 | 4QC / GWD |
| 17 | 1980 | 10 | 1980-11-09 | 30-200 | BUF | @ | NYJ | W 31-24 | 16 | 28 | 57.14 | 140 | 3 | 0 | 106.2 | 5.00 | 7.14 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | GWD |
| 18 | 1980 | 14 | 1980-12-07 | 30-228 | BUF | RAM | W 10-7 | 10 | 25 | 40.00 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 58.4 | 5.52 | 5.52 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | GWD | |
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Notes | ||||||
| 19 | 1981 | 8 | 1981-10-25 | 31-185 | BUF | DEN | W 9-7 | 21 | 42 | 50.00 | 223 | 0 | 1 | 56.0 | 5.31 | 4.24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4QC / GWD | ||
| 20 | 1981 | 12 | 1981-11-22 | 31-213 | BUF | NWE | W 20-17 | 15 | 34 | 44.12 | 258 | 2 | 1 | 77.8 | 7.59 | 7.44 | 1 | 16 | 16.00 | 0 | 4QC / GWD | |
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Notes | ||||||
| 21 | 1982 | 2 | 1982-09-16 | 32-146 | BUF | MIN | W 23-22 | 25 | 45 | 55.56 | 330 | 3 | 1 | 91.9 | 7.33 | 7.67 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 4QC / GWD | |
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Notes | ||||||
| 22 | 1983 | 3 | 1983-09-18 | 33-148 | BUF | BAL | W 28-23 | 18 | 27 | 66.67 | 189 | 3 | 0 | 123.8 | 7.00 | 9.22 | 4 | 6 | 1.50 | 0 | 4QC / GWD | |
| 23 | 1983 | 6 | 1983-10-09 | 33-169 | BUF | @ | MIA | W 38-35 | 38 | 55 | 69.09 | 419 | 5 | 1 | 114.1 | 7.62 | 8.62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4QC / GWD | |
| 24 | 1983 | 11 | 1983-11-13 | 33-204 | BUF | @ | NYJ | W 24-17 | 24 | 41 | 58.54 | 262 | 3 | 1 | 91.7 | 6.39 | 6.76 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 4QC / GWD |
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Notes | ||||||
| 25 | 1986 | 11 | 1986-11-16 | 36-207 | DET | @ | PHI | W 13-11 | 10 | 33 | 30.30 | 176 | 1 | 1 | 47.0 | 5.33 | 4.58 | 2 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 4QC / GWD |
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