Canadian Bills Fan Posted November 7, 2017 Posted November 7, 2017 For me I would say when the Bill beat the Chiefs in the AFC Championship game. However, every time I go to a game, my favorite moment is when I park my car and open my door and I'm hit with the smell of tailgating and the sound of Bills fans having a great time laughing and talking CBF 2 2
BuffaloBill Posted November 7, 2017 Posted November 7, 2017 Amen to your tailgating comment CBF. Nothing like it especially at the opener. It’s probably only second to Christmas when you were a kid. Aside from that I was hooked the first time I walked into what was then Rich stadium. I was ten years old and my Grandfather took me to a game. It was all just larger than life.
Canadian Bills Fan Posted November 7, 2017 Author Posted November 7, 2017 1 minute ago, BuffaloBill said: Amen to your tailgating comment CBF. Nothing like it especially at the opener. It’s probably only second to Christmas when you were a kid. Aside from that I was hooked the first time I walked into what was then Rich stadium. I was ten years old and my Grandfather took me to a game. It was all just larger than life. That's a good one. I love when I walk from the concessions out to the stairwell and out to the seats and you see the field for the first time.... CBF
BringBackFergy Posted November 7, 2017 Posted November 7, 2017 Favorite Bills memory (other than all the 90's wins), was a game against the Jets back in the early 80's I believe, against the NY Jets, it was a cold, rainy game, and we won the game at the end with an interception by either Jeff Nixon or Steve Freeman. Can't remember which but I can still see the tv and him jumping up to get the ball.
Ned Flanders Posted November 7, 2017 Posted November 7, 2017 Halftime of the 1990 AFC championship and we were up 41-3. The high-fiving, hugging and other highjinx in the concourse...we knew we were going to the Super Bowl.
xRUSHx Posted November 7, 2017 Posted November 7, 2017 Had the best time ever at the Raiders playoff game laughing hard while winning 51-3 but man the greatest comeback game ever is one that still gives me chills down my back screaming 3 more to go, 2 more to go, 1 more to go as they take the win. I remember yelling at fans that were leaving, those are my two top. I wish I would have been to the game they tore down the posts. I have to say all the Kelly years hold my fondest memories, having a QB named machine gun over the water guns we have had since make any teams after Kelly impossible to even consider IMO.
26CornerBlitz Posted November 7, 2017 Posted November 7, 2017 Flying back to Buffalo to attend the 0 for the 70's streak breaking game against Miami. 1
PaattMaann Posted November 7, 2017 Posted November 7, 2017 (edited) I have a collection of memories from when I was 7-12 years old. It was during our Super Bowl years and right after. My mom and step-father HATE sports. I loved the Bills. Every sunday I would wake up and read the local sports section front to back, absorbing all Bills related and general NFL related news and stories. My step dad and I would walk through town, usually to pick up breakfast. I would babble the entire time about the days matchup or how the season was going, how each player could impact the game, what we needed to do to win the game. I am positive that my step dad wanted to blow his brains out the entire time, but he just let me vent. Years later he told me that yes he did abhor listening to sports talk, but he loved seeing my passion and excitement for something and that is why he allowed himself to suffer through Sundays during football season. The Buffalo Bills for me, like many of you here, have been a life long obsession for me. I cannot possibly pick out one single memory, so I chose to go with my earliest memories of Bills fanhood that shaped me into who I am, as a fan, today. And a nice little tribute to one of the most important people in my life, my step Dad. Thanks for indulging. Edited November 7, 2017 by PaattMaann 2 1
BringBackFergy Posted November 7, 2017 Posted November 7, 2017 1 minute ago, 26CornerBlitz said: Flying back to Buffalo to attend the 0 for the 70's streak breaking game against Miami. I remember listening to that on the radio as a kid. Goal posts came down in that one.
Augie Posted November 7, 2017 Posted November 7, 2017 16 minutes ago, Canadian Bills Fan said: For me I would say when the Bill beat the Chiefs in the AFC Championship game. However, every time I go to a game, my favorite moment is when I park my car and open my door and I'm hit with the smell of tailgating and the sound of Bills fans having a great time laughing and talking CBF ....but then it turns into what Plenz has done in his “personal” restroom up in the 300’s pre-game. I guess we all have our own little rituals, but maybe slow down on the gumbo and jambalaya a bit?
26CornerBlitz Posted November 7, 2017 Posted November 7, 2017 1 minute ago, BringBackFergy said: I remember listening to that on the radio as a kid. Goal posts came down in that one. It was pure bedlam or "Fandemonium" as Van would say. 1
Augie Posted November 7, 2017 Posted November 7, 2017 I think the happiest I’ve ever been leaving a game was at home against the Raiders on a Monday night. I remember sitting in the car trying to get out of the lot listening to the post-game on the radio, and wishing it would never end. Thank you, Ahmad Rashad.
26CornerBlitz Posted November 7, 2017 Posted November 7, 2017 1 minute ago, Augie said: I think the happiest I’ve ever been leaving a game was at home against the Raiders on a Monday night. I remember sitting in the car trying to get out of the lot listening to the post-game on the radio, and wishing it would never end. Thank you, Ahmad Rashad. Another great one. I was at that game too.
Ned Flanders Posted November 7, 2017 Posted November 7, 2017 1 minute ago, Augie said: I think the happiest I’ve ever been leaving a game was at home against the Raiders on a Monday night. I remember sitting in the car trying to get out of the lot listening to the post-game on the radio, and wishing it would never end. Thank you, Ahmad Rashad. 1974 opener and oddly, it didn't sell out, which meant that if you weren't there, in WNY all you had was the radio.
oldmanfan Posted November 7, 2017 Posted November 7, 2017 Hard to pick. On the list would be: Having Cookie put me on his shoulder at autograph day, then catching a pass from Jack Kemp Seeing Stratton hit Keith Lincoln and being at the Rockpile for the first AFL championship Season opener in 1974 when we beat the Raiders. Still the best Monday night game I ever saw. Helping carry the goalpost to Ralph's box after we finally beat the Fish opening day 1980. 51-3 and going to the first Super Bowl The Comeback Game If I had to pick one, it would be the Stratton hit and the first championship. I was a little kid and it was an awesome day.
dwight in philly Posted November 7, 2017 Posted November 7, 2017 As an old-timer, who has lived thru it all, i would say my favorite memory goes way back.. when i walked up the ramp at old WMS , and laid eyes on the green playing field.as i entered to find my seat with my father. simply will never forget it. each sunday was like that..
GunnerBill Posted November 7, 2017 Posted November 7, 2017 As someone who began following the Bills and the NFL in 2002 and only had the facility to watch every game live since 2006 I am only picking between drought moments. It boils down to two for me...... - September 2011 home victory over the Patriots. Freddie being down at the 1 or 2 yard line and knowing that they couldn't stop the clock and we were going to have a FG for the win. - December 2014 home victory over the Packers. We shut down ARod for most of the game.... the safety to seal the win was an orgasmic moment. Thigpen's return TD was pretty epic too. If I was to add a third it would be the EJ comeback against the Panthers. At that stage I thought "maybe this kid is legit?" On the flip side, and not to bring things down a peg or two..... but last Thursday was one of the worst nights. By 4am UK time when the game finished I went to bed feeling physically nauseous. It was just such a letdown. I honestly thought it would be a tough game but we'd find a way and be 6-2 and in touching distance of ending the drought. Friday felt like a day of mourning.
Rubes Posted November 7, 2017 Posted November 7, 2017 1 hour ago, Ned Flanders said: Halftime of the 1990 AFC championship and we were up 41-3. The high-fiving, hugging and other highjinx in the concourse...we knew we were going to the Super Bowl. That's right at the top for me, too. What an amazing feeling. Another great one was the 9-6 game against the Jets that clinched the division. You could probably hear the sound of Fred Smerlas big paw blocking the potential game-winning field goal from outside the stadium. My father and I were at that one, and he HATED traffic, so we left our seats and watched the FG from the top of the aisle. When it was blocked, we rushed back to our seats.
SaviorPeterman Posted November 7, 2017 Posted November 7, 2017 For me the four straight superbowl seasons as a whole. For those that were kids at the time like myself it set the bar very high in terms of what to expect from this team on a year to year basis. Probably also why the last 17 years have been so depressing and frustrating. Regardless nothing can take away the memories of those late 80's/90 Bills teams that were always in the mix and the four straight superbowls is still something we'll probably never see any team do again.
row_33 Posted November 7, 2017 Posted November 7, 2017 (edited) Beating the Giants at the Meadowlands in December 1990, proving the Bills were without question the best team in pro football on that day since i started watching 1973. Will probably never happen again. and then they biffed it in the Super Bowl to the Giants.... Edited November 7, 2017 by row_33
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