the music city miracle was an american football play that took place on january 8, 2000, during the national football league's (nfl) 1999–2000 playoffs. it occurred at the end of the american football conference (afc) wild card playoff game between the tennessee titans and buffalo bills at adelphia coliseum in nashville, tennessee. after the bills had taken a 16–15 lead on a field goal with 16 seconds remaining in the game, on the ensuing kickoff return, titans tight end frank wycheck threw a lateral pass across the field to kevin dyson, who then ran 75 yards to score the winning touchdown to earn a 22–16 victory.