Don Beebe Chases Down Leon Lett in Super Bowl XXVII
Don Beebe Chases Down Leon Lett in Super Bowl XXVII
January 31, 1993

Don Beebe Chases Down Leon Lett in Super Bowl XXVII

"He showed no quit." - Chad Michael Murray
Chad Michael Murray
by Chad Michael Murray

It was a good thing for the Cowboys’ Leon Lett – who committed a mental gaffe in Super Bowl XXVII in front of a worldwide television audience of 133 million – that his team had won. Luckily, his infamous concentration lapse on the last day of January in 1993 came in the fourth quarter, with the Cowboys leading the Bills, 52-17. With just under 5 minutes remaining at the Cowboys’ 31, Bills QB Frank Reich got sacked and lost the ball. Lett, a 6-foot-6 defensive tackle weighing 290 pounds, recovered the fumble and rumbled toward the end zone, completely by himself…or so he assumed. What he didn’t know was that a speedy and hustling Bills receiver, Don Beebe, had all the while been gaining on him. Just shy of the goal line, a hot-dogging Lett held out the ball, which Beebe knocked loose. The ball bounced into the end zone and out of bounds, for a touchback. Technically, Lett was credited with a 64-yard return, but that memorable play has often overshadowed the lineman's two career Pro Bowl appearances and three Super Bowl rings.

Chad Michael Murray
Chad
Michael Murray
Chad Michael Murray is an actor and ex-fashion model from Buffalo. He has appeared in many TV shows, including "One Tree Hill", "Gilmore Girls", "Agent Carter", "Dawson’s Creek", and "Riverdale", and in several movies, such as "Freaky Friday", "A Cinderella Story", and "House of Wax". He is an enormous Bills fan who often posts about the team on social media – and who is regularly decked out in the team’s colors.
Profession:
actor
Place of Birth:
Buffalo, NY
Preferred Team:
Buffalo Bills