50 years ago today, the final game at The Rockpile

[JÂy RÛßeÒ]

https://www.stadiumsofprofootball.com/stadiums/war-memorial-stadium/
 

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197212100buf.htm

 

 

Edited December 11, 2022 by JÂy RÛßeÒ

[PromoTheRobot]

I went to one Bills game there. My first, the '69 season opener versus the Jets, right after they won the Super Bowl. We lived near St. Stanislaus Parish so my sister and I walked up to Humboldt Park, then down Best to the War Memorial. The place looked like the Roman Colosseum.

Edited December 11, 2022 by PromoTheRobot

[Wacka]

Went to the game before that one, vs SF. I remember we knocked  Brodie out of the game and won. Only game at the Rockpile and my first one.  Next year(OJ's 2000) went to 5 games.

[wagon127]

When the new stadium brings us back to grass, its going to have better drainage right?

[US Egg]

The free for all fighting for the field goal and extra pt. balls was a must watch when there.

[LeGOATski]

You guys are old

[MiltonWaddams]

5 minutes ago, LeGOATski said:

You guys are old

I’m a bit jealous. Seeing a game at the Rockpile is a badge of honor.

[LeGOATski]

17 minutes ago, MiltonWaddams said:

I’m a bit jealous. Seeing a game at the Rockpile is a badge of honor.

Nah, it's just a badge that says "I'm Old"

 

[Old Man]

4 hours ago, Wacka said:

Went to the game before that one, vs SF. I remember we knocked  Brodie out of the game and won. Only game at the Rockpile and my first one.  Next year(OJ's 2000) went to 5 games.

I was at that game too, we used to the bus from the Thruway Plaza.

[Dan Darragh]

Growing up in Rochester I only got out to the Rockpile 3 or 4 times.  Because of TV blackouts, I had to listen to the other games on the radio (Van Miller was great).

 

For the last game I remember that they played "Auld Lang Syne" on the radio broadcast when the game ended, and the fans came on the field to tear down the goalposts.  Only problem was that these were not '50s-style wooden goalposts, they were '60s-style metal ones.  Van was very concerned that someone would get hurt.

[Toledo Bill]

4 hours ago, I am the egg man said:

The free for all fighting for the field goal and extra pt. balls was a must watch when there.

It was a sad day when they started using nets.

[nucci]

I was there with my Dad

[machine gun kelly]

1.  I’m jealous I’ve never been there.

 

2. You guys are old!  
 

Just kidding.  Thanks for the memory.  My dad talks occasionally about the rockpile.  He’s a dinosaur too at 92 and still kicking.  I was a whoops as my siblings are much older than me.  I remember in college delivering bundles of papers by there (buff news hopper was my college job) and it did look like the Roman coliseum. 

[First Round Bust]

the parents were sick so a friend and I went as 11 year-olds by ourseleves...I do remember JD Hill TD catch and people tearing the place apart to take souveniers home.

Went to three games at the Rockpile...71 Cowboys...72 Vikings...and the grand finale against Lions...

[Dan Darragh]

53 minutes ago, machine gun kelly said:

I was a whoops as my siblings are much older than me. 

You weren't a "whoops," you were a "Honey you're looking especially wonderful tonight."

[Stuartjohn]

7 hours ago, I am the egg man said:

The free for all fighting for the field goal and extra pt. balls was a must watch when there.

Funny that’s what I Remember too! I was 10 years old when my cousin would take me to the games in the old Rockpile

[machine gun kelly]

5 minutes ago, Dan Darragh said:

You weren't a "whoops," you were a "Honey you're looking especially wonderful tonight."

As my mom said so many times, I was a pleasant surprise.  God rest her soul.  
 

That was funny.  Thanks brother, now let’s whoop the J-E-T-S, Jests, Jests, Jests arses.

 

As Boomer used to say, “ITS GAMEDAY”!

[behind a post WMS69]

I went to a bunch of Bills games there, my family had season tickets and I sat "behind a post".

My grandmother also took me to a ton of Bisons games there as well.

That's probably why Highmark doesn't seem so bad to me, I've seen much worse.

[nucci]

1 hour ago, machine gun kelly said:

1.  I’m jealous I’ve never been there.

 

2. You guys are old!  
 

Just kidding.  Thanks for the memory.  My dad talks occasionally about the rockpile.  He’s a dinosaur too at 92 and still kicking.  I was a whoops as my siblings are much older than me.  I remember in college delivering bundles of papers by there (buff news hopper was my college job) and it did look like the Roman coliseum. 

I am

[MarlinTheMagician]

I was there twice with my Dad.  Vs. Raiders in 67 and Pats in 70.  Barely remember 67, but I don't think I was ever as wet and cold as during that Pats game.  James Harris replaced Shaw and almost brought us back.  Joe Kapp on the other side.  I was a big Haven Moses fan.