The Heidi Game

Heidi Game

The Heidi Game or Heidi Bowl was an American football game played on November 17, 1968. The home team, the Oakland Raiders, defeated the New York Jets, 43–32. The game is remembered for its exciting finish, as Oakland scored two touchdowns in the final minute to overcome a 32–29 New York lead...

television incident has given rise to the phrase Heidi moment, describing such a cutaway in other games, sports, and contexts.

The term has continued to be applied to similar situations in the NFL, but has also been extended to analogous situations in such sports as:

• baseball

• Canadian football

• NASCAR

• golf

• tennis

• hockey

• cycling

• and in sports programming in Japan.