AFC Divisional Playoff - "Marathon by the Lake"
AFC Divisional Playoff - "Marathon by the Lake"
1986 - Jets vs. Browns

AFC Divisional Playoff - "Marathon by the Lake"

"The most I ever cried in continuation was after we lost that game in double overtime." - Gary Vaynerchuk
Gary Vaynerchuk
by Gary Vaynerchuk

Played on January 3, 1987 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, this thrilling AFC Divisional playoff game between the Browns and Jets would go two overtimes and last more than four hours. A spectacular trick play accounted for the game’s first touchdown, a 42-yard catch by Jets receiver Wesley Walker. The teams alternated leads over the first three quarters, but in the fourth, the Jets built a 20-10 advantage in the final minutes after a 25-yard rushing touchdown by Freeman McNeil. Deep in their own territory, the Browns looked finished on their next possession, but a late-hit penalty breathed new life into the Cleveland offense – and quarterback Bernie Kosar drove them down the field for a touchdown. A 22-yard field goal by the Browns’ Mark Moseley sent the game into overtime. After missing a 23-yard field goal in the extra period, Moseley made one from 27 yards in the second overtime as the Browns advanced to the AFC title game, 23-20. Kosar threw for 489 yards, a playoff record, in a game that was the third longest in NFL history.

Gary Vaynerchuk
Gary
Vaynerchuk
Gary Vaynerchuk is an entrepreneur who is chairman of the media company VaynerX and the CEO of VaynerMedia, an advertising agency. Also a best-selling author, public speaker, and wine expert, Vaynerchuk is the star of WineLibraryTV, a popular webcast. Born in present-day Belarus and raised in Queens and New Jersey, Vaynerchuk is a Jets fan who has said he desperately wants to own the team. As a poor immigrant child knowing no English, he fell in love with the Jets, which he called “my first American thing.” His mother knitted him a Jets jersey that said “Gary” on the back, which Vaynerchuk wore every day and remains his prized possession. “The quest to buy the Jets is my happiness,” he has said.
Profession:
influencer
Place of Birth:
Babruysk, Belarus
Preferred Team:
New York Jets