Johnny Hammersticks Posted April 7, 2015 Author Posted April 7, 2015 Mine was an away game. In Charlotte with Aussiew and the group. Trent was knocked out in AZ the week before. Bills WON!! What a blast it was chanting "Let's go Buffalo" going down the ramp from the upper deck!! Have seen the Bills play 7 times and the Charlotte game was the only time to have seen them win. I was at this game too, CGF! My wife was 7 months pregnant with my son and she came with us. Didn't Jarius Byrd have 2-3 interceptions? I remember the crowd being at least 1/2 Bills fans, and singing the Shout song as we walked down the ramp from the upper deck. Panthers fans were looking at us like we were crazy.
eball Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 Mine was an away game. In Charlotte with Aussiew and the group. Trent was knocked out in AZ the week before. Bills WON!! What a blast it was chanting "Let's go Buffalo" going down the ramp from the upper deck!! Have seen the Bills play 7 times and the Charlotte game was the only time to have seen them win. I was at this game too, CGF! My wife was 7 months pregnant with my son and she came with us. Didn't Jarius Byrd have 2-3 interceptions? I remember the crowd being at least 1/2 Bills fans, and singing the Shout song as we walked down the ramp from the upper deck. Panthers fans were looking at us like we were crazy. The game you're referencing was in 2009, W7 -- I was also there. It was not after Trent got knocked out in Arizona -- that was the year before in W5.
Jauronimo Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 October 17, 1999. Loss to Oakland at home. Uneventful game, except for the best run of Antowain Smith's career. 52 yards for TD after running over the safety in the open field.
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 1979 vs. the Jets at home. I was 6. Don't much remember it.
bbb Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 November 1970, loss to the Bengals at the Rockpile. OJ ripped up a knee on a kickoff return and the Bills pretty much gave it up after that. Our seats were right behind the Bills bench and they brought OJ off right in front of us. Still have the pennant. I remember that. Everybody, including OJ, thought he had blown out all his ligaments. He's in the hospital and all that, and then all of a sudden they don't do the surgery they thought they had to.
bbb Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 Just one little nitpick..strike was 87. I remember going to the Giants game during the strike...that 6-3 classic, but do not remember the picket lines. We got there after kickoff though, so they had prolly packed it in by then The reason there were no picket lines at that game was that the strike was settled (on like Friday or something) and for whatever stupid reason, they played the game anyway. So, the players weren't picketing, and Jim Kelly, who had been rooting against the Bills scabs now said it's time to root for them, because the game would be on their record, and would give them a better chance at the playoffs. The Bills official record that year is 7-8, but to me, they were 6-6 (with the regular players). Ready to turn it around. They were good before the '82 strike, sucked until the '87 strike, stuck together as a team due to the lessons of the '82 strike (had their own practices, etc.) and took off after the strike. Weird how one strike sunk them, and the next one propelled them. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/199710260buf.htm OT Loss to Denver: 10/26/1997 It was cold, rainy and miserable. My buddy (Broncos fan) and I were TOTALLY unprepared. No rain gear. By the time we got into the game, we were soaked through and freezing. But it still goes down as one of the greatest "firsts" of my life. Didn't this involve one of the worst play calls in team history - something like a reverse to Andre in OT that lost 20 yards, after they were moving the ball well? This wasn't my first game, but I was there too; I was 11 at the time. I think the tickets were $7. We had them pinned on the bulletin board for weeks. The morning of the game, my Dad was having chest pains and took me for a walk to tell me he couldn't go to the game. So my mother and sister took me. It was horrible - drunk college kids spilled wine on our blanket and burned cigarette holes in it. OJ goes down with a knee injury, right below us. All in all, a miserable day in my young life. My first game was the 48-6 thrashing by the Raiders in 1968. Another bummer. How i remained a Bills fan after those two experiences, I'll never know. And, Ralph fires Collier right after the game.
Jobu Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 1997 in Green Bay http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/199712200gnb.htm Alex Van Pelt, Quinn Early, Jay Remiersma... Yeah we lost. I froze my butt off. We were sitting at the top of the bowl in the old Lambeau field drinking Irish coffee and Macho mugs of beer like it was going out of style. We ended up doing the bar circuit afterwards. Eating dinner. Did not get out of Green Bay until like 10 that night. My best friend (Lowly Packer fan) had to work the next morning so we headed back to Madison. Against my better judgement. Narrowly escaped a DWI in Fond Du Lac, WI. My buddy passed out on me like a chump and I crossed the center line outside of Fond Du Lac. Long story short, I passed the road side, failed the breathalyzer. Cop said he based his arrests off the road side, but at the same time he was not going to let me drive back to Madison. I asked "You have a hotel around here?" He said yes, I said "I would be more than willing to pay for a room in contrast to getting a DWI". He told me to go get my friend. I go back to the car and wake him up, in his stupor all he sees are the lights and asks if we are going to jail. I said no, we are going to a hotel. He was like "what?" I said just shut the hell up and get in the cop car. Cop takes us to hotel, escorts us in and gives the night manager his card. Says if we try and leave, to call him. I get a room. Get a wake up call the next morning. Cab takes us to our car on the highway and absolutely but rapes us on a 3 mile fare. I have never tried to drive after drinking since.
bbb Posted April 8, 2015 Posted April 8, 2015 1997 in Green Bay http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/199712200gnb.htm Alex Van Pelt, Quinn Early, Jay Remiersma... Steve Tasker getting kicked out of his last game ever...............Lonnie Johnson running backwards after making a catch, and getting blown up (I can't believe i can't find that online right now)
Jobu Posted April 8, 2015 Posted April 8, 2015 1997 in Green Bay http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/199712200gnb.htm Alex Van Pelt, Quinn Early, Jay Remiersma... Steve Tasker getting kicked out of his last game ever...............Lonnie Johnson running backwards after making a catch, and getting blown up (I can't believe i can't find that online right now) I remember both. I don't care to remember Steve getting ejected. Sharpers hit on Lonnie Johnson was epic. It used to be on youtube but it looks like the account got locked due to infringement.
May Day 10 Posted April 8, 2015 Posted April 8, 2015 http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/199211080buf.htm November 8, 1992 - Bills 28, Steelers 20 It really wasnt that close though. Never really got closer than 8, and no 2-point conversion. Thomas had 37 carries
Gordio Posted April 8, 2015 Posted April 8, 2015 (edited) I remember both. I don't care to remember Steve getting ejected. Sharpers hit on Lonnie Johnson was epic. It used to be on youtube but it looks like the account got locked due to infringement. That was one of the best hits ever. It was after a fake punt & Lonnie Johnson forgot about the punt returner still down the field & absolutely got blown up by him. I showed it to my son a few years back & we laughed about it for hours. That sums up Johnson's career with the Bills perfectly. Tasker said years later that he was really fumed about getting booted out of his last game but then he got to the tunnel & all these Green Bay grounds keeper were giving him high fives & yelling what a way to go into retirement. He then said they invited in their clubhouse/office & he drank some beers with them, told some stories & ate all this food. Said it was one of the more enjoyable Sundays he had that year. Edited April 8, 2015 by Gordio
bbb Posted April 8, 2015 Posted April 8, 2015 That was one of the best hits ever. It was after a fake punt & Lonnie Johnson forgot about the punt returner still down the field & absolutely got blown up by him. I showed it to my son a few years back & we laughed about it for hours. That sums up Johnson's career with the Bills perfectly. Tasker said years later that he was really fumed about getting booted out of his last game but then he got to the tunnel & all these Green Bay grounds keeper were giving him high fives & yelling what a way to go into retirement. He then said they invited in their clubhouse/office & he drank some beers with them, told some stories & ate all this food. Said it was one of the more enjoyable Sundays he had that year. Haha - I never heard that about Tasker. The one story I do remember him telling was that he bumped the ref, the ref said You're out of the game, he said "But, this is my last game!" and the ref said "Congratulations on a great career. Now get out of here"
cwchze Posted April 8, 2015 Posted April 8, 2015 dec 1989..bills saints.. we lose to the saints when kelly throws a last minute interception. snowing like crazy.. drunk fans everywhere..it was like two heavyweights going to battle..remember kelly throwing a bomb to james lofton. Signs of things to come. they lost two weeks later in playoffs to cleveland. Never thought they would ever make a super bowl. Everyone was booing kelly on the way out and calling him a bum. I remember saying to my brother, this qb is something special if they could ever figure it out. Year later under Marchibroda and the kgun . good things man
Tony P Posted April 8, 2015 Posted April 8, 2015 I don't have a memory of which Bills game in the early 60's was my first. It's just what my brothers and friends and I used to do on Sundays (or Saturdays) - go to the Rockpile whenever we could to watch the Bills. The crowd screaming "Yoho" on kickoffs (for our kicker, Mack Yoho). The fights in the endzones for the footballs after each PAT. Throwing snowballs at the opposing teams. Watching Cookie Gilchrist literally run over would-be tacklers. "we want Lamonica" chants. All these were a regular part of our weekends. But the very first game which I attended that I will NEVER forget is the AFL Championship game on Saturday December 26th, 1964. 40,000 people exclaiming "oohh" all at once and then going quiet as Mike Stratton broke Keith Lincoln's ribs. You could hear the crack echo around the stadium. I remember that Lincoln lay on the ground for quite some time before they finally got him off the field. He never got back in the game and the Bills won the League title. That was my first taste of what it meant for "my team" to be a champion. It happened again the next year but as they say, you never forget your first time.
Mike In Illinois Posted April 9, 2015 Posted April 9, 2015 First Bills game, 1991 at Indianapolis: http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/199112150clt.htm This was the height of the Super Bowl era, where they cruised to a Sunday Night victory over the Colts. My first game in Buffalo was 2007 vs the Jets: http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200709300buf.htm This was the beginning of the all-too-short Trent Edwards fandom, a few weeks after Kevin Everett's injury. I've additionally seen the Bills play in St. Louis and Green Bay; I hope to get back to Buffalo for a game someday soon and take a weekend to enjoy the area besides Niagara Falls.
plenzmd1 Posted April 9, 2015 Posted April 9, 2015 Tony P. Great post. I was just a youngin in the Rockpe days. But I so remember my brother and I pleading with my Dad to let us get in the fray for the balls, but he never would. My first game one of the chief memories I have is as we were walking in a kid about same age as me, 7, was 20 feet or so from the gate, holding his ticket in his hand, when a dude ran up and swiped the ticket and the guy just kept running. To this day, my ticket sits in my front pocket till I get right to the ticket taker.
rockpile Posted April 10, 2015 Posted April 10, 2015 It was at the Rockpile, probably 1964. Bills vs. Jets. We were in the covered end zone. I do not remember who won, but a drunk fell onto my lap from the row behind us and in front of us a Jets fan puked orange tango on a lady and then tried to wipe her off with his coat. Funny what you remember when you are eleven.
Johnny Hammersticks Posted April 10, 2015 Author Posted April 10, 2015 It was at the Rockpile, probably 1964. Bills vs. Jets. We were in the covered end zone. I do not remember who won, but a drunk fell onto my lap from the row behind us and in front of us a Jets fan puked orange tango on a lady and then tried to wipe her off with his coat. Funny what you remember when you are eleven. Indeed. I was at game with my Father...I can't remember who we were playing, but I was like 10 or 11 years old. A group of guys in front of us sparked up a joint and began passing it around. My Father is a "live and let live" kind of guy, so he didn't say anything. Well, one of the guys turned around, and with a smile on his face, said "here kid, want a hit?". My Father grabbed the joint, dropped it on the ground, and smooshed it with his boot. The guy did not say a word (my father is a pretty large and intimidating guy), and my Father calmly went back to watching the game.
bbb Posted April 10, 2015 Posted April 10, 2015 Opening Night of 1974 was one of the greatest games in Bills history. I was 12, and with my friends, and my dad. My friends and I couldn't believe while all this greatness was happening, the guy behind us when dead asleep (passed out). The next year, I went with just friends (at 13?? Different time) to the Chuck Foreman gets a snowball in the eye game. The game didn't mean anything and there were a bunch of 18-20 year olds in front of getting ripped. The chicks were hot, and now it sparked at interest in drinking!
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