My Dad brought me to my first game at the Rockpile in November 1970 - a present for my 8th birthday. It was a sunny, crisp day and our seats were a couple of rows behind the Bills bench. It was against the expansion Cincinnati Bengals. The game was close until just before the half, when OJ Simpson sustained a knee injury returning a kickoff. I remember them carrying him off the field and examining him on the bench right in front of us. Unfortunately that injury really deflated the team, and the game turned into a second half blow-out. More than 40 years later, I still have that pennant my Dad bought me.
We moved away from Buffalo for a couple of years but returned in '73, in time to go to the first preseason and regular season games at Rich Stadium, as well as the MNF games against the Raiders in '74 and Giants in '75. We moved away again in '76 and I came back on my own in '83. I became a season ticket holder in '87 and was able to start returning the favor, bringing HIM to some games including the first ever playoff game at Rich Stadium against the Oilers on New Years Day 1989, and a romp over the Steelers where rookie Don Beebe caught 4 TD passes. Unfortunately his health began failing him at that time and I don't think he attended another game.