When did The Curse begin?

[MJS]

19 minutes ago, Warcodered said:

Schrodinger's curse?

It wasn't named after the animal though.

"Buffalo" always comes back to the animal. If it was named after a creek, the creek was named after a Seneca man, and the man named after the animal, it still comes back to the animal. So, there isn't really any way to logically separate the two.

[BillsfaninCT]

There's 2.

1 - when they started construction on Rich Stadium August 17, 1973

2 - when they started Rob Johnson over Doug Flutie in "that game"

 

[zow2]

Probably something happened right when KC boat raced the Bills to go to Super Bowl 1.  Something mysterious happened to curse the city right around then.

[Marcus Aurelius]

Superbowl 25?

Take that back ...

The Ronnie Harmon alligator arm non-catch at Cleveland Municipal Stadium

Jan. 6, 1990 

Edited November 28, 2023 by Marcus Aurelius

[Saxum]

1 hour ago, Simon said:

I'm not debating whether or not a curse exists; the inexplicable number of bizarre incidents this team (and to a lesser extent, the Sabres) has dealt with over the decades is undeniable.

My question is when exactly did this all start?

 

September 18, 1960.

[reddogblitz]

1 hour ago, JohnNord said:

September 14, 1901 when President William McKinley was assassinated. 

 

How come Dallas doesn't have a similar curse with the Kennedy assassination? All of their major sports teams have won a championship.

 

1960.

[JohnNord]

3 minutes ago, reddogblitz said:

 

How come Dallas doesn't have a similar curse with the Kennedy assassination? All of their major sports teams have won a championship.

 

1960.

Because this happened 59 earlier.  And because it wasn’t McKinley.  
 

[Dan Darragh]

The curse started the day I watched my first Bills game, January 1, 1967.  The Bills were coming off back-to-back AFL titles and were playing KC at the Rockpile for the right to play in Superbowl 1.

 

The Bills fumbled the opening kickoff which resulted in an early KC touchdown.  It was all downhill from there, and the Bills lost 31-7.

 

If I had been smart, I'd have said "oh well" and given up football forever.

[reddogblitz]

It's all BS.  We just haven't been good enough.

[Clyde Smith]

The Madden curse has started again 

[TheBrownBear]

January 7 - February 10, 2000.  There were three separate actions during those 35 fateful days that cemented the "curse."  Johnson over Flutie, Music City Miracle, and then unceremoniously dumping Bruce, Thurman and Andre on the same day.  My wife believes that the curse will last 40 years like the Israelites wandering of the desert.  I sure hope not.

[benderbender]

I knew there would be a day when there was a thread about magic. My questions is: since a high percentage of this board seem to legitimately believe in a mystical evil that pervades our team, why has no one ever tried to hire a priest or Gandalf impersonator to exorcise the demon? Perhaps a polyjuice potion made from Ryan Fitzpatrick’s chest hair, scrapings from his wedding ring, and Rex Ryan’s Dr. Scholl’s insert? Can Tyrod burn sage in Highmark? 

Edited November 28, 2023 by benderbender

[Sherlock Holmes]

I knew I should've listened to my mother about doing that...

[Awwufelloff]

2 hours ago, The Wiz said:

When Ralph built the stadium on the Indian burial grounds.

Now we’re building a new one on the same grounds. We should have built it downtown 

[Fan in Chicago]

2 hours ago, Simon said:

I'm not debating whether or not a curse exists; the inexplicable number of bizarre incidents this team (and to a lesser extent, the Sabres) has dealt with over the decades is undeniable.

My question is when exactly did this all start?

September 1993. X-Files "Pilot" featuring a short appearance by the Cigarette Smoking Man. 

Few months later, Superbowl 3rd quarter, Bills up 13-6, Thurman fumbles which Cowboys return for a TD and the Bills eventually lose.....

[LabattBlue]

The day Lamonica was traded away.  😞

[BuffaloBillies]

I didn't start it, but I may have helped it continue.

I was never going to open it, I swear. It was sitting on a shelf above my basement bar.

But I got stoned one night ~10 years ago and opened my box of Flutie Flakes.

I know. I know. I'm sorry.

[LABILLBACKER]

2 hours ago, The Wiz said:

When Ralph built the stadium on the Indian burial grounds.

That's the one I've heard the most along with the Flutie curse. But it had to happen before the 90's.  I don't deny we're cursed. I just can't pinpoint the source.  

41 minutes ago, reddogblitz said:

It's all BS.  We just haven't been good enough.

We've been cursed to never have even 1 elite HC.  Sorry Marv....nice guy like Sean but better coaches absolutely schooled you like we see now with McDufus.  

[coloradobillsfan]

1 hour ago, BillsfaninCT said:

1 - when they started construction on Rich Stadium August 17, 1973

 

The stadium opened in 1973, I don't think that was the construction start date

[frostbitmic]

The curse began when they named a team in the City of Buffalo after this guy ...

 

How did Buffalo Bill get his nickname?

Cody was given the name Buffalo Bill for his talent in slaughtering buffalo. At first, Cody hunted buffalo for food. Buffalo were plentiful around the country, and hunting them was a popular sport, but Cody was obscenely prolific in killing—claiming to have shot dead 4,280 buffalo in just 18 months.