Chandler#81 Posted January 17 Posted January 17 (edited) Lengthy but fantastic compilation. Especially for those who followed the team way back then. Enjoy! Edited January 17 by Chandler#81 4 4 12 Quote
CaseyatBat Posted January 17 Posted January 17 Thats really cool thanks for sharing. Good memories, my favorite part is when they show the folks cheering at the Locker Room. (RIP). also - look at that field! classic football! These days they'd move or cancel the game with a muddy field like that, total wimps 2 1 Quote
JP51 Posted January 17 Posted January 17 This is awesome I totally remember this! Chuck Knox, Villipiano, McCutcheon, Dobler, the Bermuda Triangle... I think they even brought in Ron Jesse... 1 Quote
Chandler#81 Posted January 17 Author Posted January 17 The music score leaves much to be desired, but the intent is there.🤷♂️ 1 Quote
Ned Flanders Posted January 17 Posted January 17 I still say, that if that team had home field advantage, they would have went to the Super Bowl. Recall, there were five teams at 11-5 in the AFC and through some wacky tiebreaker scenario, we had to play AT San Diego, even though Bills beat them earlier in the season. We know what happened there. 1 Quote
machine gun kelly Posted January 17 Posted January 17 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Chandler#81 said: The music score leaves much to be desired, but the intent is there.🤷♂️ Chandman, I thought you were singing this song… The youngins wouldn’t know this song, but it was the thing before the beloved shout song (thank god for the shout song as this was so 1980). I know I often say it, but thanks for reminding us of the memories Chand. I love that about you mature men (I didn’t want to say old timers). Edited January 17 by machine gun kelly 1 1 Quote
Mike in Horseheads Posted January 17 Posted January 17 5 hours ago, Chandler#81 said: Lengthy but fantastic compilation. Especially for those who followed the team way back then. Enjoy! Still sucks that we played SD with Fergy on broken ankle 1 Quote
K-9 Posted January 17 Posted January 17 That field was a mess! Old time football. Loved seeing that. Also nice to see the crowd at The Locker Room going nuts. Was supposed to be there with some buddies as well but woke up with a fever and had to pass. 1 Quote
WotAGuy Posted January 17 Posted January 17 Thanks for posting. This is amazing. Not only the game footage, but the interviews! And Clip Smith, Brian Blessing, Van Miller…just a great trip down memory lane and I’m only 23 minutes into it. I forgot the airport greetings went back that far! That was such a great team; I’ll never forget watching that 49er game and you could barely tell what was going on at times, it was raining so hard. The LA Rams game when the Bills came out for an encore…really a magical season. Seeing that team gives me even greater appreciation for the team we have now. We have had some magical moments this year, and who knows, this could be THE year. But it does remind me of what a special team we have this season and how fleeting these things are. It has been 44 years since that 1980 team played, and it stands out, even with the 90s Super Bowl teams. 1 1 1 Quote
The Frankish Reich Posted Friday at 10:46 PM Posted Friday at 10:46 PM Ground Chuck wins! The passing attack: Fergy 12-20, 102 yards, 1 TD The ground attack: Cribbs, 18 carries, 128 yards. 1 Quote
Chandler#81 Posted Saturday at 07:10 PM Author Posted Saturday at 07:10 PM (edited) What’s really noticeable is there isn’t a jersey in sight in the stands. NFL didn’t market jerseys, so they weren’t available to the public. If you had one, a player gave it to you! Another amazing thing happened that season. Oilers & Raiders traded QBs in the offseason, Pastorini to Oakland, the Snake to Houston. When the Raiders played us early and we beat them in the season, we broke Dante’s leg, forcing the Raiders to turn to ‘washed up’ Jim Plunkett. ‘Plunk’ led the Raiders to a Super Bowl victory. Edited Saturday at 07:25 PM by Chandler#81 Quote
folz Posted Saturday at 08:05 PM Posted Saturday at 08:05 PM Man I loved Joe Cribbs and Jerry Butler! And I enjoyed watching Fergy play (he was the QB of my childhood). He was never a top guy, but he was a very good QB---despite a lot of down years for the Bills during his career. He ranks 57th all-time in passing yards and 55th all-time in passing TDs. Funny enough, Josh Allen currently has just 1 passing TD less than Fergy. So, just two more passing TDs for Josh will move him ahead of Fergy in the Bills' record books. I remember being so upset when Chuck Knox left. But, I guess if he didn't, we might not have had Bill, Marv, Jim and the boys do what they did. The post-game interview with Reggie McKenzie @ 10:55 in the video is priceless. [Reminiscent of the feelings of the Bills breaking the drought in 2017.] And we often talk about the players/league being tougher back in the day. Well, apparently the refs were too. Check out the ref @ 43:19 in the video. We're Talkin' Proud! 1 1 Quote
Tim Tindale Posted Sunday at 01:10 AM Posted Sunday at 01:10 AM 5 hours ago, folz said: Man I loved Joe Cribbs and Jerry Butler! And I enjoyed watching Fergy play (he was the QB of my childhood). He was never a top guy, but he was a very good QB---despite a lot of down years for the Bills during his career. He ranks 57th all-time in passing yards and 55th all-time in passing TDs. Funny enough, Josh Allen currently has just 1 passing TD less than Fergy. So, just two more passing TDs for Josh will move him ahead of Fergy in the Bills' record books. I remember being so upset when Chuck Knox left. But, I guess if he didn't, we might not have had Bill, Marv, Jim and the boys do what they did. The post-game interview with Reggie McKenzie @ 10:55 in the video is priceless. [Reminiscent of the feelings of the Bills breaking the drought in 2017.] And we often talk about the players/league being tougher back in the day. Well, apparently the refs were too. Check out the ref @ 43:19 in the video. We're Talkin' Proud! It was a very dark period between Chuck Knox and Marv Levy…. But it did lead to the Kelly and Bruce draft picks. 1 Quote
ComradeKayAdams Posted 19 hours ago Posted 19 hours ago On 1/17/2025 at 2:50 PM, WotAGuy said: Thanks for posting. This is amazing. Not only the game footage, but the interviews! And Clip Smith, Brian Blessing, Van Miller…just a great trip down memory lane and I’m only 23 minutes into it. I forgot the airport greetings went back that far! That was such a great team; I’ll never forget watching that 49er game and you could barely tell what was going on at times, it was raining so hard. The LA Rams game when the Bills came out for an encore…really a magical season. Seeing that team gives me even greater appreciation for the team we have now. We have had some magical moments this year, and who knows, this could be THE year. But it does remind me of what a special team we have this season and how fleeting these things are. It has been 44 years since that 1980 team played, and it stands out, even with the 90s Super Bowl teams. Fun fact: the Buffalonian tradition of greeting our pro football team at the airport goes as far back as December 12, 1948! On that day, thousands had arrived to cheer the Buffalo Bills of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) after they defeated the AAFC’s Baltimore Colts in the first round of the playoffs. This happened to be the first ever road playoff victory for a Buffalo pro football team (and the city’s first pro football playoff game since 1919). That particular AAFC franchise went defunct a season later, but its noticeably fervent fan support is what later inspired Ralph Wilson to place his new AFL franchise in Buffalo. LOVE the discussion of that 1980 Bills team, by the way! I wish more people would talk about the Ferguson era Bills. Too many Bills fans, sadly, think the franchise’s history doesn’t begin until Jim Kelly arrived. 1 Quote
klos63 Posted 19 hours ago Posted 19 hours ago On 1/17/2025 at 6:58 AM, CaseyatBat said: Thats really cool thanks for sharing. Good memories, my favorite part is when they show the folks cheering at the Locker Room. (RIP). also - look at that field! classic football! These days they'd move or cancel the game with a muddy field like that, total wimps Doubt that. We played against the Colts in a couple feet of snow. Has a game since then been canceled because of field conditions? Quote
dave mcbride Posted 19 hours ago Posted 19 hours ago Amazing watching a rookie Joe Montana there. I remember that game well. That Niners team won the SB the next season! Quote
mannc Posted 19 hours ago Posted 19 hours ago 4 minutes ago, dave mcbride said: Amazing watching a rookie Joe Montana there. I remember that game well. That Niners team won the SB the next season! I think that was his second pro season… Quote
RiotAct Posted 18 hours ago Posted 18 hours ago On 1/18/2025 at 2:10 PM, Chandler#81 said: What’s really noticeable is there isn’t a jersey in sight in the stands. NFL didn’t market jerseys, so they weren’t available to the public. If you had one, a player gave it to you! Another amazing thing happened that season. Oilers & Raiders traded QBs in the offseason, Pastorini to Oakland, the Snake to Houston. When the Raiders played us early and we beat them in the season, we broke Dante’s leg, forcing the Raiders to turn to ‘washed up’ Jim Plunkett. ‘Plunk’ led the Raiders to a Super Bowl victory. yup jerseys being sold to the genral public didn’t really take off until the early 90s right? Quote
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