Bills at Patriots, November 29, 1998 ending

[BrycePaup4ever]

Hey there fans. There are many tough losses in Bills history (Wide right, Music City Miracle, Dolphins last year, The home opener against Denver where Elam ran onto the field as the clock

 

ran out and won the game, JP Losman taking a sack at the NY Jets after 2 minute warning and fumbling, the MNF loss to the Browns when Lindell missed wide right, The MNF game

 

where Mckelvin ran it out at NE instead of taking the touchback, I got plenty more, but will stop), but I feel the loss at the Pats on November 29, 1998 was right up there if not the worst. The

 

refs just gave the Pats a first down! Why? Moulds and Flutie played so good in this game. I think I actually spit on my tv at the end when the Bills got flagged for P.I.

 

Anyone else got any memories of this game?

 

GO TO 4:30 IN THIS VIDEO LINK IF YOU need a refresher.

 

the link may not work sorry

[Mark Vader]

Is this the "Just give it to 'em" game?

[EersN'Bills]

Is this the "Just give it to 'em" game?

Yeah where Wade pulled the team off the field and Vinatieri ran in the PAT for 2.

[T.E.]

I was 14 and remember this game like yesterday. Just an unbelievable screw job. That spot on the Jefferson catch and than the PI call on Henry Jones make up the worst sequence of officiating I've ever seen. Even after the game, Ty Law was like, "A lot of the young guys are excited, but the vets know we kinda stole that one."

[Starr Almighty]

what I also saw was the team has been missing tackles since back then.

Edited March 31, 2017 by Starr Almighty

[billygoats]

Nearly 20 years later and that still pisses me off.

[BrycePaup4ever]

i love the replies so far. just give it to them! that was the line i remember. almost 20 yrs later and i still have nightmares of Pete Carroll dancing around.

[Schpiely]

I logged that game at NFL Films. I remember it like it was yesterday. I just sat there in total disbelief over what was transpiring. I couldn't even get mad right away. Just sat there shaking my head.

[Haslett_Stomp]

I was at that game and forgot how pissed off I was until watching the video.

[LI_Bills]

Wasn't this the same year as the Vinny Testaverde phantom TD where his helmet was a yard or two short of the goal line, let alone the ball?

 

Pretty sure that bad officiating in 1998 spurred the reincarnation of instant replay. I always thought Bills/Pats game played a big part even though the Jets TD got more press...I think it kept the Seahawks out of the playoffs.

 

As for frustrating losses, the night game we blew against the Cowboys on two late long FG's should be mentioned if it hasn't been already.

Edited April 1, 2017 by LI_Bills

[Captain_Quint]

Pete Carroll chomping on gum makes me want to kill someone.

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

Watched it in the bar area in an Applebee's near Erie on my way back to college after winter break. Remember it like yesterday. Me and this other bills fan there were just dumbstruck.

 

I believe this game, along with a jets/Seahawks game that year, is what led to instant replay.

[CNY315]

I'm going through all 4 uploads. Fun seeing players I had forgotten about. Thanks for this

[BuffalothruMyVeins]

 

As for frustrating losses, the night game we blew against the Cowboys on two late long FG's should be mentioned if it hasn't been already.

Are we really going to start a list of frustrating losses? The season starts in only 5 1/2 months, I don't think we will have enough time to go over all of them. Edited April 1, 2017 by BuffalothruMyVeins

[filthymcnasty08]

The very next week, the Jets got a VERY bad call (Vinny T QB sneak goal line if I remember correctly) in their favor that decided the game (I think they were playing Seattle)...2 bad calls cost the bills the division.

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

The very next week, the Jets got a VERY bad call (Vinny T QB sneak goal line if I remember correctly) in their favor that decided the game (I think they were playing Seattle)...2 bad calls cost the bills the division.

Yup; that's what led to instant replay.

[mikemac2001]

And since then the league has been giving them a lot of things

[Domdab99]

lol pretty bad, but it's time to get over it, Guys.

[yungmack]

That fake first down, which he was out of bounds three yards from the marker, then the PI, then Carroll going for two...worst screw job in the history of the league. On the plus side, I was never as proud of a coach as I was of Wade for pulling the team.

 

Because of that game, Ralph Wilson moved to bring back instant replay. He'd personally held it up for years, along with a couple of other owners.

[Mikie2times]

I was 14 and remember this game like yesterday. Just an unbelievable screw job. That spot on the Jefferson catch and than the PI call on Henry Jones make up the worst sequence of officiating I've ever seen. Even after the game, Ty Law was like, "A lot of the young guys are excited, but the vets know we kinda stole that one."

That was a fun Bills team. The bootleg/blown Flutie TD with no time left against an undefeated Jaguar team. Moulds and Flutie made that team electric and the defense was very good as well. I was 16 at the time. I don't remember what happened yesterday let alone almost 20 years ago, but.....November 29th, 1998 my parents were both gone. I remember loving life at the moment. I knew they would be gone all day. Living in metro Detroit suburbs, you got about a 20% chance of a Bills game being on, so each time was a celebration. They were on. I could sneak out on the deck and have a smoke on commercial breaks. Damn, what a rebel. In any event "Just give it to em" is ingrained in my mind. In my opinion it's the most painful regular season loss in franchise history.

Edited April 1, 2017 by KzooMike