WotAGuy Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 (edited) Soothing my football withdrawal by watching classic Bills games. Watched the "No Punt" Bills-49ers game from September 1992: The talent of Kelly, Thurman and Andre is so far beyond anything we've had since then is stunning.Major downside was Trumpy as color commentator.Funny seeing a youngish Mike Shanahan as 49ers OC, and an even younger Jeff Fisher as DB coach.Geo Metros looked fugly even when brand new.Bruce did not have a great game. Walt Corey had him standing up on the left side, in a stance from the right and middle and still got stood up by Wallace and others. He did cause a fumble and key holding call though.Brad Lamb had an awesome porn stache.James Lofton was 36 that season and had set the career receiving yards mark the week before.Pete Metzleaars - just another in our long line of lumbering TEs. Two TDs and a career yardage game, including 50+ yd TD.Trumpy and Enberg didn't focus on the lack of punts as much as the total yards being piled up.Funny hearing them talk about a QB controversy in SF, and joking that there were no calls that week for Steve Bono to come in.Miller Genuine Draft - do they still "brew" that?Our D was loaded and they couldn't slow down SF at all for long stretches. Tom Rathman was a great fullback. He handled Bruce more than once."Candlestick" Park was named for a native bird!The Bills sideline gear was horrendous - white shirts with a spray-painted logo effect. Fun game to watch and exciting - even knowing the outcome. Edited February 18, 2015 by WotAGuy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st pete gogolak Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 How did you watch it? I missed that game and have always wanted to see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. L. Hot-Flamethrower Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 I remember that game. High scoring Bills win correct? Ah the old days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUFFALOKIE Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 I miss MGD. Drank that stuff a lot when I was young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnychemo Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 I miss MGD. (Miller Genuine Draft) Funny, I know what all those words mean, yet when you put them in that order it makes no sense.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotAGuy Posted February 11, 2015 Author Share Posted February 11, 2015 How did you watch it? I missed that game and have always wanted to see it. It's one of dozens and dozens of games I have on DVD, from VHS, from stone tablets...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsCelticsAngelsBama Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 (edited) I remember the Bills falling behind early by more than a score, I want to say, and I got mad and left the Sports Bar where I was watching it here in SoCal. But saw the recording later. What a game . Still have VHS of Bills 51 Raiders 3 with all the interruptions from the Gulf War back in Jan. of 1991 Edited February 11, 2015 by MOVALLEYRANDY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thronethinker Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Link, or it never happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotAGuy Posted February 11, 2015 Author Share Posted February 11, 2015 Link, or it never happened. This was before the invention of the internet. Links were golf courses back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Biscuit97 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Jim Kelly in his 3rd NFL season and 5th Pro season overall threw more ints than tds. He would have been destroyed on this board. That said, that one of the greatest football games I have ever seen. I was so spoiled as a little kid. To think I thought the Bills were losers for losing SBs. So young and jaded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Gehman Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 The Big Guy Steps Up During the 1990 and 1991 campaigns, tight end Pete Metzelaars stopped blocking long enough to post 15 receptions for 114 yards. But when the two-time defending AFC champion Bills traveled to San Francisco on September 13, 1992, the 6’7”, 254-pound veteran became the larger-sized Andre Reed and caught four of Jim Kelly’s passes for a career-high 113 yards and two touchdowns. The first time Metzelaars found the then-Candlestick Park end zone was early in the third quarter with Buffalo behind, 24-13, when he scored on a 53-yard play. And, well, it was not easy. "I barely got in," he laughed. "Actually, it was one of our real basic plays that we ran six or seven times a game. My part was to just run as fast as I could, which wasn’t real fast, and get out of the way. But for some reason Jim said, ‘Hey, Pete, just be ready.’ He just had a sixth sense in the middle of the game where he would just feel like something was going to work, something would be open. And more times than not, it would work out just the way he thought it was going to. So I released and got down the field a little bit, looked around, and there was the ball. I caught it and made the free safety miss, or he just missed, and got to the end zone. Barely!" Less than six minutes later, Metzelaars was back in the end zone finishing off a 24-yard scoring play that put the Bills on top, 27-24. They’d go on to win, 34-31. "That was actually about the same thing," said Metzelaars. "It was the same pattern. I don’t know that Jim said to be ready, but it was one where I was clearing down the field and he got some pressure and started scrambling. I just broke it off to the right and there was nobody there, and he threw me the ball for another touchdown. "It was a Ping-Pong match, a tennis match, whatever you want to call it. It was just back and forth. They’d go down and score, then we’d go down and score. That’s the way it went throughout. It was an incredible game.” Excerpt from: “Then Levy Said to Kelly…” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metzelaars_lives Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Enberg and trumpy were unbelievable. Not sure if trumpy had a bad game but they were the voice of the AFC on nbc for a long time. Enberg saying "oh my" is one of the best tag lines any announcer has ever had. I miss him doing NFL games dearly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWings Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Enberg and trumpy were unbelievable. Not sure if trumpy had a bad game but they were the voice of the AFC on nbc for a long time. Enberg saying "oh my" is one of the best tag lines any announcer has ever had. I miss him doing NFL games dearly. Enberg is one of my favorite broadcasters of all time. I miss him doing any sports these days. Trumpy was obnoxious...almost as bad as Collinsworth is today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadingpain Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 I agree that Dick Enberg was great and I really miss him. I never liked Trumpy. I remember watching that game live and thinking "this is incredible" the entire time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st pete gogolak Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Anyone know if this game is on YouTube or any other streaming source. Twenty three years later, I'd still love to watch this game!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metzelaars_lives Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Enberg is one of my favorite broadcasters of all time. I miss him doing any sports these days. Trumpy was obnoxious...almost as bad as Collinsworth is today. Sounds like you hate guys who played for the Bengals. Collinsworth is the best color man in sports right now. Has been since Harry Neale left HNIC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadingpain Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Sounds like you hate guys who played for the Bengals. Collinsworth is the best color man in sports right now. Has been since Harry Neale left HNIC. Yes he is. The Sunday Night Football team of Michaels and Collinsworth on NBC is so good, I will watch any game in that slot, usually for its entirety (no matter how bad) simply b/c the "spectacle" of the broadcast is so good. It's just fun to listen to Al and Chris talk football, diagnose football, call football, and the production value of that broadcast is off the charts good from a technical standpoint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philly McButterpants Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Trumpy was a Bills hater. He walked up to Jim Kelly prior to the '93 AFC Championship game in a Dolphins jacket and then wondered why Kelly wouldn't give him an interview. He was a jerk . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metzelaars_lives Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Trumpy was a Bills hater. He walked up to Jim Kelly prior to the '93 AFC Championship game in a Dolphins jacket and then wondered why Kelly wouldn't give him an interview. He was a jerk . . . That can't be true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF Bills Fan Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 I recall watching that game in college with my friend that was from San Francisco. What an incredible game it turned out to be. I live in the San Francisco now and I drive by the soon to be imploded Candlestick every night on my commute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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