This piece was originally published on Jan. 3, 2013, as part of a 20-year commemorative edition of the Bills' 41-38 victory over the Houston Oilers in what still holds as the greatest comeback in NFL history.
Whether it was the quiet strength of Frank Reich, the passion of Darryl Talley or the fire of the fans in Rich Stadium, the Bills found a spark after falling behind by 32 points in the third quarter and rallied past the Oilers in a wild-card game victory for the ages.
Frank Reich began the greatest day of his football life in pretty mundane fashion. Reich walked to his car in the early-morning cold outside the Bills' team hotel and found that he didn't have an ice scraper.
So Reich turned on the defroster, leaned back and contemplated the challenge that lay ahead of him. In a few hours, at Rich Stadium, he would start a wild-card game against the Houston Oilers. It would be the first playoff start of his NFL career.
The Bills' quarterback popped a song into the tape deck called “In Christ Alone,” which he had been listening to over and over to prepare him for the biggest game of his life.
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