Norwich City came from two goals down to rescue a point at the Ricoh Arena.
The Canaries looked set for another miserable away day when Gary McSheffrey and Dele Adebola put Coventry two up inside ten minutes.
But a Calum Davenport header at the end of the first half and a late strike from Craig Fleming earned Nigel Worthington's men a share of the spoils.
Coventry made a dream start as they went a goal ahead inside three minutes.
McSheffrey latched on to a flick from strike partner Adebola and beat three defenders - including former team-mate Calum Davenport - before firing in a shot from the side of the box.
The ball deflected off full-back Adam Drury and looped over Robert Green and into the corner of the net.
Dean Ashton had a couple of snapshots but was twice off target before the Sky Blues doubled their lead.
Davenport had made a torrid start to the match and it was his slip that allowed Adebola a clear run on goal.
The big striker composed himself and calmly slotted the ball through the legs of Green for his seventh of the season.
Former Coventry forward Darren Huckerby was roundly booed every time he received the ball, but he looked like the visitors' best chance of getting back into the match.
He curled a shot just wide on fourteen minutes before Matt Heath got in the way of another goalbound effort from 20 yards.
But Huckerby was forced out of the game when Richard Duffy went over the ball on the speedy forward which sparked a melee by the dug-out.
The match threatened to boil over and ref Rob Styles struggled to keep control despite showing four yellow cards in quick succession.
The visitors clawed a goal back five minutes before the break when Davenport rose at the back post to head in Drury's cross.
Coventry had clearly been given a ticking off for conceding so late in the first period and looked to put it right straight after the break.
Robert Page headed just over at the far post from Claus Jorgensen's corner before McSheffrey broke clear on the right, but his cross eluded both Adebola and Andy Morrell in the box.
Peter Thorne had a great chance for the visitors at the other end but headed over from six yards under close attention from Marcus Hall.
Norwich were convinced they'd drawn level on the hour mark when sub Jim Brennan headed goalwards, but his effort was stopped right on the line by Marton Fulop. The Canaries claimed to the officials that it had crossed.
Paul McVeigh then saw a shot saved by Fulop before the home team almost sealed it.
Substitute Don Hutchison crossed from the right and Adebola's header just drifted wide of the post.
Coventry thought they had done enough to take all three points, but a poor punch from Fulop with six minutes to go allowed Fleming to fire in the equaliser.