What is your favorite Buffalo Bills memory?

[BuffaloBill]

2 hours ago, 26CornerBlitz said:

 

It was pure bedlam or "Fandemonium" as Van would say.

 

 

fandemonium is one of the best word creations ever.  I am actually surprised the Bills don’t play it up in their marketing efforts.

[26CornerBlitz]

2 minutes ago, BuffaloBill said:

 

 

fandemonium is one of the best word creations ever.  I am actually surprised the Bills don’t play it up in their marketing efforts.

 

Agreed. It beats the heck out of what they have come up with in the past few years. 

Edited November 7, 2017 by 26CornerBlitz

[corta765]

2 hours 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

 

Tailgating comment is spot on. In late summer when I smell a BBQ I start thinking football. The noise, smell, and energy pre game is unrivaled.

 

Anywho in regards to memory team wise I am 29 so I have to go off what I actually remember not what I was alive for (otherwise anything from the 1990 season gives me chills). The Packers 2014 game takes the cake because it was a truly meaningful game in December against a great team that we actually beat. That was pretty special at the time and hanging out for an hour after to celebrate was surreal. The Panthers comeback by EJ in 2013 is an honorable mention that was pretty awesome at the time.

[simool]

1 hour ago, GunnerBill said:

- 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. 

 

Those two are pretty solid.  I would put that Packers game a nose ahead of the Patriots game. 

 

1 hour ago, row_33 said:

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.

 

Sheer luck that we won that game. Otis Anderson did not hardly play, it was Rodney Hampton carrying the rock. The Giants put up more yards than us, had 15+ minutes on time of possession, more first downs,  half as many penalties, and half as many sacks and they still lost.

 

Originally a St. Louis Cardinals fan and huge fan of Otis Anderson, I did not have a good feeling when it became obvious they were just going to keep giving Otis the ball in the Super Bowl. I had only been a Bills fan for 2 years at that point, but it damn near killed me.  Still don't like to think about it.

 

As for my favorite moment it is easily the Comeback.

[Philly McButterpants]

2 hours 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.

 

^^^ This . . . Partying and drinking champagne with 80,000 of my closest friends that entire second half. 

[cba fan]

When I sat in my car in my parking lot at work listening intently on radio to the breaking news spilling all over the airwaves that it has been confirmed that Terry Pegula had entered into an agreement with the trust of Ralph Wilson estate to purchase the Buffalo Bills. Not a rumor not hopeful but confirmed. Finally a ray of sunshine had beared down on the Bills franchise. Hope of better days to come was in the air.

 

I can not explain that feeling. It only comes around a few times in a persons life.

 

The whirlwind that followed with Pegulaville and first press conference was almost as good at times especially when Terry announced:

 

"My name is Terry Pegula and the Pegulas just bought a football team. Actually, that’s not totally correct. (Pauses) I knew that this was going to happen. We all just bought a team. Our team: the Buffalo Bills. The name of our team will not change. It will stay the Buffalo Bills. I was humbled by you, all the fans, and the outpouring of emotion that I saw when our name was announced as the winner of the bid. I could not believe the pent-up fear of losing the team that was released by you, the fans. I just happened to be in Traverse City, Michigan watching the young Sabres play in that tournament up there. I was driving home, and I don’t want to say I didn’t have anything to do, but I put the radio on and WGR was on and I could not believe what I heard from fans. The one guy we’ve talked about is JR from the Dominican Republic. We want to meet him because I think he was the first caller and he was awesome.

 

The raw emotion was amazing. Probably will never be duplicated until Bills win a Super Bowl.

 

 

Edited November 7, 2017 by cba fan

[vorpma]

Too many:

 

- OJ gaining 1,000 yards at the seven game mark on MNF with Howard Cosell and Don Meredith  egging on the crowd

- Beating the Dolphins and ending the streak.

- Beating the Rams in 1980 and the curtain call

- The 1987 season, we knew the team was back.

- Sitting in Saudi Arabia with 500 military personnel watching the Bills demolish the Raiders to go to their first SB; lots of Buffalo pride that day. It made up for the 1968. 1971, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1984, and 1985 seasons! Almost!

- The comeback game against the Oilers.

- Flutie magic against Jacksonville

 

Biggest Disappointment - The 1966 AFL Championship game, winner goes to first Superbowl and Bills get bear 31 - 7; back in those days you just expected them to win!

[SinceThe70s]

 

Taking my kids to their first NFL game against the Broncos in September. Didn't want to leave the stadium after the game. They still talk about the super-exuberant guy sitting next to them: "If this isn't a top 5 defense, I don't know what is!!!!". Walking past Andre Reed on the way back to the car. Going out to eat before the flight home, still seeing all the Bills jerseys and talking Bills with the waiter. 

 

As for game play, it's the Comeback hands down.

[BuffaloBillyG]

My favorite memory had to do with one former Bill. Fred Smerlas. I was but a wee lad, maybe 7 or 8 when my mom came home from work one cold, snowy afternoon. She had heard that the big guy was coming to Batavia for a meet and greet at the tiny mall there.

 

We got there on time and there were maybe 100-150 people already there. Time came for him to show up...no Fred. Half hour later...no Fred. People were getting frustrated and the atmosphere was tense. It was getting loud and people were being obnoxious. 

 

Suddenly the crowd just got dead silent and I looked up to see a mountain of a man walk past. No joke (to an 8 year old) this was the biggest man alive. He walked up to the front and said in his loud voice..."Yea, got stuck in the snow. It happens."

 

He stayed way past his allotted time to make sure everyone got an autograph. I still remember being in awe when it was my turn, he signed my Melton's Smerlas sweatshirt, a football card and asked me who my favorite player on the team was. I panicked and said it was Joe Theisman. 

[Another Fan]

The weeks leading up to Super Bowl 27 and 28.  Regardless of how it turned out it was still exciting for my team to be right there being in grade school.  

[Ned Flanders]

1 hour ago, Kelly the Dog said:

I was a kid and my mom bought me and my brother season tickets in the inaugural season of Rich Stadium and opening day in a brand new stadium (after the Rockpile) OJ rushed for 250 yards and we killed the Patriots. 

Umm...that game was in New England.

36 minutes ago, vorpma said:

Too many:

- Beating the Rams in 1980 and the curtain call

Now, that was a great moment too.  Freddy Smerlas leading some players back out onto the field and doing a victory dance, while we fans stayed and savored the victory.

Edited November 7, 2017 by Ned Flanders

[BillsfanAZ]

My dad taking my brother and I to see Feguson and Cribbs play at Rich Stadium. I also remember Bob Chandler coming to my elementry school. 

[Bongo]

Definitely the comeback. What an emotional lift. Definitely the antithesis of the last 18 years. 

[I'm Spartacus]

1990 Bills 51 / Raiders 3

- The hit laid out by Jamie Mueller on a sweep (either Kenneth Davis or Thurman running?)

- I think it was in the 4th quarter. You could hear the hit on TV. They kept replaying it on TV too. The Raider players helmet was streaked with red marks from Mueller's helmet!

Edited November 7, 2017 by I'm Spartacus

[SlimShady'sSpaceForce]

depending on how you look at this ...

 

It may just be memorable.  

 

Playoff game at the Ralph, Joe Montana lying on the frozen turf staring off into space after being sacked by Bruce Smith and the last play of his career.  

 

 

[Buffalo Boy]

Too many !!!!! But one I haven’t shared was the ‘91 Steelers game when Kelly threw 4 first half picks. 

My buddy Joe and I had season tickets in the tunnel EZ. Two Steelers fans were in front of us just being Jackwagons. Taunting us with” How many picks was that ?  Two picks!!!”  Etc

Then Kelly started throwing TDs. 6 total.

They left in the early fourth as we kept taunting them, “ How many TDs was that? 3 TDs.” Etc

[Houston's #1 Bills Fan]

I agree that both the 1990 AFC Championship game against the Raiders and "The Comeback" were equally thrilling and emotional.

 

For me, the edge goes to the Championship game. I was so sick of hearing how the Raiders were going to destroy the Bills, had already made plans for the week in Florida, etc. We didn't just beat them: We obliterated them! It was such an awesome feeling that we were going to the Superbowl and were the favorites!! Can't top that feeling!

Edited November 7, 2017 by Houston's #1 Bills Fan

[Kelly the Dog]

1 hour ago, Ned Flanders said:

Umm...that game was in New England. 

Well I was a kid. Ha. My memory is shot now.

[BuffaloHokie13]

I'd have to go with the 2011 home win over the Patriots*. The scene as the clock struck 0:00 and the way everyone happily just lingered in their seats to applaud and process what they had just witnessed was something I've only experienced at a few games in Lane Stadium.

[Bad Things]

Getting a hummer in the parking lot?

 

I kid, I kid.