What Is The Worst Bills Game You've Attended

[Stank_Nasty]

last years saints game comes to mind immediately...….but the 04 steelers game is easily the worst ive ever felt walking from the stadium. was the first game I ever attended. lol.

Edited July 9, 2018 by Stank_Nasty

[BillsBytheBay]

I live in the Duval.... So for me, it's the game Fitz and TO hook up for the longest TD in bills history. 

 

We lost.

 

I received many kidney punches on the way out for my behavior during said TD.

 

It was insult and injury....  Literally....

[US Egg]

Some of the worst games I went to were when Hank Bullough was head coach.

 

They were also some of the most fun ones. By the 4th quarter no one was there, we'd be 1st row behind the visitors bench harassing the opponents. 

 

With no security, we'd be within feet of the players who'd come right up to the wall......ah, the good old days.

[reddogblitz]

Just now, blitzboy54 said:

Worst game I actually attended was NY Giants in 2007 at the Ralph. It started as a driving rain and ended in snow. We they had 3 running backs go over 100 yards on us. it was humiliating and so god awful wet and cold. 

 

The giants used that game to spring board the rest of their season and ended up in the SB. 

 

I remember people standing in 6 inches of water while it snowed. It was vicious weather and a humiliating loss. 

 

I was going to nominate this one as well.  Christmas Eve Eve.  As we drove to the stadium from Rochester it was a beautiful day.  I brought all kinds of cold weather gear because it was predicted.  I remember waiting outside to get in taking to some giants fans who said if Eli's last name was Schwartz he'd be working at McDonalds.

 

Game started great as we jumped out to an early lead.  the Beast and Trent were on fire.

 

Then, old man winter arrived.  It rained really hard for about a half hour. Rain was soaking through my ski pants.  then it got colder and colder (as did the Bills play).  We left as the sleet started.  It later turned to snow.

 

Earth Wind and Fire seemed unaffected as they ran all over us.

[vorpma]

1977, The Washington Redskins beat the Bills 10 - 0; it was cold, small crowd, really sloppy football, and the Bills really sucked! During the 4th quarter the few Bills fans attending were openly hostile chanting "We Want Wilson!"

21 minutes ago, LabattBlue said:

1971 season...only game I ever saw at the Rockpile....Colts beat the Bills 43-0....no wonder my Dad cheered for the Dolphins throughout the 70's.  lol

Man I remember that!

1968, another nightmare season, Chargers beat the Bills 21 - 6; just horrible play. You know it's bad when the home team gets a standing ovation getting a first down!

[EpicMcPhail]

2001 Home Opener vs the Jets.

 

Drew Bledsoe debut

17-0 Lead

Honoring Jim Kelly

Started really well

 

2 kickoff returns against

1 to start 17 point comeback in the 2nd quarter and one in OT

All-time fastest OT game in NFL history and we lose 37-31.

 

That was the day I learned what it is like to be a Bills fan...

[Bleeding Bills Blue]

Jeff Tuel start against KC.  I should preface this by saying that i was incredibly hung over which didn't help the experience.

 

Just an absolutely frustrating game that epitomized the last 15 or so years.  An 8-0 Chiefs team came in and was completely outplayed, and Buffalo lost by 10.  Pick six was terrible - as he scanned past a wide open stevie to throw it to double covered TJ Graham.  Graham also fumbled away the game in the 4th quarter.

 

Held them to 115 net yards passing and sub 100 rushing and lost...  by 10!!!!  Such a terrible game to attend.

[Mango]

I think it was Nov 2007. Pats V. Bills at the Ralph. Brady scored a touchdown on EVERY.SINGLE.POSSESSION. I think we managed 7 points? 

[Chandler#81]

It’s well known I’ve been around ‘a while..’, so I’ve witnessed some serious Stinkers. But off the top of my head, the ‘Death of EJ Game’ @ Houston 4 years back. Because of our Defense, we were in this game the whole way needing only ONE positive play from Manuel to bring home a W. 

 

Silver Lining: He never saw the field again 

[reddogblitz]

17 minutes ago, dneveu said:

  I should preface this by saying that i was incredibly hung over which didn't help the experienc

 

No dog hair at the Ralph that day?

[plenzmd1]

2 hours ago, sodbuster said:

The Saints game last year was pretty bad, and my buddy locked my keys in my car, so I left the stadium a little early to call AAA and missed the streaker.

 

 

I stayed the whole freaking game, but was in the head for the streaker ! Only good thing in the game and I missed it!

43 minutes ago, I am the egg man said:

Some of the worst games I went to were when Hank Bullough was head coach.

 

They were also some of the most fun ones. By the 4th quarter no one was there, we'd be 1st row behind the visitors bench harassing the opponents. 

 

With no security, we'd be within feet of the players who'd come right up to the wall......ah, the good old days.

I loved a lot of those games too... damn we had fun at those games. 

 

BTW, absolute worst feeling I had at game I attended was first Cowboys Super Bowl in Pasadena. I was sure the Bills were gunna win.. then we get there and the place is just a dump( I know beautiful scenery etc, place is a dump) pain in da balls to get a beer and have a smoke.  And the Bills get absolutely destroyed. By far the worst feeling I have ever had after a game

[reddogblitz]

1 minute ago, Chandler#81 said:

It’s well known I’ve been around ‘a while..’, so I’ve witnessed some serious Stinkers. But off the top of my head, the ‘Death of EJ Game’ @ Houston 4 years back. Because of our Defense, we were in this game the whole way needing only ONE positive play from Manuel to bring home a W. 

 

Silver Lining: He never saw the field again 

 

did you miss the Jacksonville game in London?

[Chandler#81]

3 minutes ago, reddogblitz said:

 

did you miss the Jacksonville game in London?

Oh! Crap. Yeah, slipped my mind. Fairly certain he didn’t play again the year Orton took over after Houston.

Aside from 12 minutes of the 1st Half, he did bring the Bills back in Londontown..

[Ned Flanders]

1 hour ago, Freddie's Dead said:

Bills-Jagoffs 1996.  Jim Kelly's final game as a Bill.  I had goal line seats and watched Jimmy Smith walk in on that quick out right in front of me.  Watched the Bills get to midfield before Kelly was carted off after getting concussed, game over.  I was physically ill walking out of that stadium.

This and a 1983 stinker at home against the Patriots

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198310230buf.htm

Also, the opener in 2004 vs. Jax, where the Bills lost on the last play of the game, where only moments before, Jax had a fourth and a mile and the Bills "prevent defense" gave up a huge gainer.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200409120buf.htm

Edited July 9, 2018 by Ned Flanders

[Jauronimo]

1 minute ago, Chandler#81 said:

Oh! Crap. Yeah, slipped my mind. Fairly certain he didn’t play again the year Orton took over after Houston.

Aside from 12 minutes of the 1st Half, he did bring the Bills back in Londontown..

Those 12 mins were Petermanesque, however.

[Talley56]

52-28 loss to Pats in 2012.  We actually had a 2TD lead in that game and we were at the 1 yard line with a chance to make it a 3TD lead when Spiller lost a fumble.  All NE after that.

 

I believe that was the game where a fan held up the “Tom Brady sits while he pees” banner and where Tom was caught saying F*** you b****es after he was given a TD on 4th down even though he came up short of the end zone.

[eball]

1 minute ago, Jauronimo said:

Those 12 mins were Petermanesque, however.

 

Doesn't have quite the ring of Favre-like, does it?

[reddogblitz]

8 minutes ago, Chandler#81 said:

Oh! Crap. Yeah, slipped my mind. Fairly certain he didn’t play again the year Orrin took over after Houston.

Aside from 12 minutes of the 1st Half, he did bring the Bills back in Londontown..

 

I almost give EJ a pass on that game due to the late "pass interference" call.  It's part of the NFL's strategy to sell Jags as Lodon's team.  They already have a full time marketing office there. They play there every year.

 

Nothing sells easier than winning. Those Brits don't know the rules so they won't know the difference anhway

Edited July 9, 2018 by reddogblitz

[plenzmd1]

4 minutes ago, Talley56 said:

52-28 loss to Pats in 2012.  We actually had a 2TD lead in that game and we were at the 1 yard line with a chance to make it a 3TD lead when Spiller lost a fumble.  All NE after that.

 

I believe that was the game where a fan held up the “Tom Brady sits while he pees” banner and where Tom was caught saying F*** you b****es after he was given a TD on 4th down even though he came up short of the end zone.

Ya know, that spiller TD would have put the Bills up 14, and I was all like “ typical Bills”. All the Pats I go with were just smirking that Pats smirk. But the Bills get the ball to start  2nd half, March down the field get a TD from Donald Jones.  And man was I in their face.  I was all” see, new Bills team! Mentally tough!

 

then they give up TDS on 6 straight possessions! Man, was that ever a long post game tailgate with my butthole Pats friends. 

[klos63]

1 hour ago, row_33 said:

this was the worst, most demoralizing

 

November 4th, 1984

The 1-8 Browns at the 0-9 Bills

 

Bills had a 4th quarter lead 10-6, caused a Cleveland fumble on a completion at the 50, so there was hope, then Earnest Byner scooped the ball up and ran for the winning TD.

 

Didn't even cover the 2.5 point spread

 

 

 

 

don't forget is was about 50 degrees and a heavy downpour all game. That game defined the Kay Stephenson era. The 1984 team may have been our worst of all time.  A couple weeks earlier in front of a wonderful crowd of 31000, Denver crushes us 37-7, I actually left in the 3rd qtr, me and my brother suffering from brutal hangovers couldn't bear to sit through anymore. Probably the 2 worst games I ever attended. excluding super bowl 26 and 27.

Super Bowls XXVI and XXVII really sucked to be at. I was ready to leave at halftime of both games but had nothing else to do.

[major]

December 1997 game - bills/jags. Our offense was terrible and our fans were a special kind of bad that day. Remember some yelling at a child wearing a jags jersey. Only thing I remember is a fan holding up a sign that said “bring flutie in”. That dude was a prophet 

[dave mcbride]

I'm not sure who was the home team in the January 1993 Super Bowl, but I was there and it doesn't get much worse than that. NINE freaking turnovers (which is hard to even if you try!), and Dallas should have had 59 if not for Don Beebe.

[corta765]

2 hours ago, Dablitzkrieg said:

Good God, look at that roster, pitful!

 

Funny thing is they were up 6-0 at halftime too

[Bleeding Bills Blue]

30 minutes ago, reddogblitz said:

 

No dog hair at the Ralph that day?

 

I had quite a few the night before, blacked out, messed up my hand in a fight, and was puking into the woods/porter for a good couple hours that morning... classy i know.

[corta765]

2 hours ago, cage said:

Last season... Bills at Jets Thursday night game.  Bills were riding a wave, had already beaten the Jets earlier in the season, they were 5-2, looking to be 6-2 at the halfway point and in first place.  Laid an egg, to start a 3 game losing streak where they were badly outplayed in all three (Jets, Saints, Chargers).  After a good opening drive, they were beaten pillar to post the rest of the game... now I'm depressed!

 

That may be the all time worse for me watching wise. I went into that day soo freaking excited to the point had Bills sock and matching blue and red tie for work plus brought my mini Bills helmet. Got to our local bar we go to for night games which was pretty packed everyone was excited they had a special on Bills shots. It would've been the first time in my adult life I remember the Bills being 6-2 and genuinely feeling like the playoffs weren't a lie.

 

AND.... then the game started. I ended up Gronk spiking my Iphone in anger after Tyrod's fumble in the 3rd and we left after because I knew it was time for me to go home. I think I had a three day depression after because it just reconfirmed like 17 years of doubt and fear in literally 3 hours. I really give McD and the team credit for coming back after the 3 game skid because it was impossible to not view it as another tease.

3 hours ago, Seasons1992 said:

That is the worst game I've ever seen (didn't attend).

 

Mine was also a Browns-Bills game. It was the Trent Edwards 3-pick 1st quarter MNF game. 

To come back after all that, and let Brady Quinn make a drive, and we missed the field goal at the end........lots of people just sat there after game staring off into the distance. Those were the dark ages.

 

God I remember watching that game in college and you weren't as much angered as just so utterly shelled that they were so hopeless haha

[BearNorth]

For me has to be Home Run Throwback.  Yup, I wuz there.  Talk about the Thrill of Victory, Agony of Defeat in a few moments, and the hosing the Bills got from the Refs.

[Punching Bag]

Worst game for me was the away game in Arizona where my ticket was literally behind a pillar and I could not see anything at all except for a tv out of side of my eye.  Spent most of game trying to find place to watch game and being shooed away.  Perfect game for those who love domes.

 

After that is was the Browns-Bills game when we were just begging it to end sitting against the wall because no one else was in section and we had 1st row seats on 2nd level.

[Logic]

The 6-3 Browns game has been thoroughly covered in this thread, so I'll go with another awful gameday experience:

Patriots over Bills, 56-10.

The game was flexed to Sunday night so that the national audience could see the undefeated Pats do their thing. Trent Edwards was hurt, so JP Losman got the start. I somehow believed that the Bills had a chance. Instead, Randy Moss caught FOUR first half touchdowns. That's not a misprint. The fun didn't end there. Belichick opted to go for it on 4th down, up 49-7. The Pats converted. Then the Bills faced a 4th down, and Jauron decided kicking the field goal would be best. 

And that's all I have to say about that.

[DocLawless]

Worst game I attended at the Ralph was Bills steelers in 2016. It was very cold and wet and Leveon Bell ran all over them all game. He had 236 yards rushing and 3 td's. I travelled 7 hours to watch the worst tackling I have ever seen. It was a must win game and the 27-20 score was wayyyyyy closer than the game actually was. Brutal .

[corta765]

10 minutes ago, Logic said:

The 6-3 Browns game has been thoroughly covered in this thread, so I'll go with another awful gameday experience:

Patriots over Bills, 56-10.

The game was flexed to Sunday night so that the national audience could see the undefeated Pats do their thing. Trent Edwards was hurt, so JP Losman got the start. I somehow believed that the Bills had a chance. Instead, Randy Moss caught FOUR first half touchdowns. That's not a misprint. The fun didn't end there. Belichick opted to go for it on 4th down, up 49-7. The Pats converted. Then the Bills faced a 4th down, and Jauron decided kicking the field goal would be best. 

And that's all I have to say about that.

 

Thats the game I picked. We left late 3rd and on our way to the parking lot heard the FG go through. Shout song and all came on and literally you heard nothing from the stadium otherwise. Sooo bad.

[Rico]

Either my first or most recent game.

 

My first was in 1969 against the Bungles. Blizzard was just as bad as last year’s Colts game, really hard to see anything at the Rockpile, but the Bills did win, thank you Harry Jacobs!

 

I was also at that abomination last year against the Chargers, what a downer but it couldn’t have been a more beautiful day, absolutely perfect weather.

[707BillsFan]

2 hours ago, Rocky Landing said:

I've lived in Los Angeles since '91, so I don't get to attend too many games. But, I was at the Chargers game last year to witness Nate Peterman making history. 

Also a West Coaster, that was my worst game too. 

 

Close second, a game in 95 vs the 49ers. Bills & 49ers both 8-4 going into the game, Bills could have took a lead in the 3rd, but Darick Holmes fumbled at the 1, ball was ran back 99yds by the 49ers for a TD to go up 17-10, instead of vice versa. At that point, all 49er fans wanted to fight. Wonderful experience. It was then I realized 49er fans were no better than Raider fans. Oh yeah, Bills lost 27-17, fumble killed the vibe of the game. 

Edited July 9, 2018 by 707BillsFan

[Gigs]

One NE game I went to I watched Trent Edwards mope onto the field in relief of Fitz...only to limp off when nobody touched him. 

 

People acually liked that fragile turd.

[Augie]

The human mind is a wonderful thing that protects us from all types of emotional agony. Would there ever be a second child if a mother couldn’t forget the pain of child birth? That’s how I feel about so many Bills game days.....

[BobbyC81]

Oye, too many to choose from.  Living on the West Coast, I've attended about a dozen games out here and the Bills won only once, the Rams game 2 seasons ago.

 

The Chargers game last year ended up a rout but it was a good atmosphere of Bills fans.  I'd have to say the worst was vs the Niners in December of 2001 at Candlestick Park.  Not only were the Bills never in a 35-0 game, it was cold, windy & rainy to make it extra miserable.

[Domdab99]

Super Bowl XXVII

 

I was living in LA, and since the SB was in Pasadena, I got a bug up my butt about attending. The day before, I found one ticket for $700. Score!

I go there and this is what I find:

 

The Rose Bowl sucks. It has rows of benches instead of seats, and they are so close together, that you've got the knees of the person behind you digging into your back. There are barely any concessions outside the stadium - because at the Rose Bowl, there is no "inside" the stadium. It's really just really big bleachers. I found more variety of food and beverages and stuff at a regular LA Clippers game. 

 

Michael Jackson was the halftime entertainment. I hate Michael Jackson. Most overrated performer ever. No one listens to him anymore. He stole his dance moves from James Brown and his singing voice is horribly treacly and shaky. Just listen to "She's Out of My Life." I bet you can't make it through the whole song without wanting to gouge your ears with an awl. 

 

I was surrounded by a family from Mexico - about ten people - who all wore Dallas jerseys and did not speak any English except for "COWBOOOOOYS!" every time the Cowboys did something good. And if you remember this game, that was like every 30 seconds. They did share their yummy snacks with me and patted me on the back in empathy a few times. That family was the only thing I enjoyed about the game. 

 

The game itself. Jesus. Horrible in every way. I actually left a Super Bowl that I paid a lot of money to see just as the 4th quarter was starting so I could get ahead of the traffic. 

 

The parking - we all parked on some golf course that was just a mud pit by the time I was leaving. Had to scrape the mud off my shoes before driving home. 

 

****

 

So that was my Super Bowl experience. 

[apuszczalowski]

Probably my first game, early 2000s I believe, Pat's at Bill's in December after a snow/ice storm in the area. It was when Flutie was playing for the Pat's, they were getting beat into the 4th and we left, as we are walking in the Parking lot we hear the Bill's score their first TD.

 

Otherwise they haven't been that bad, usually go late in the year when the tickets are almost free. 2nd worst might have been the Christmas eve game against the Titans that they lost, but mostly cause of how cold it was.

[Beast]

Easy.

 

First game after the 1982 strike against the Fish.

 

Miserable day, miserable performance. In fact, that game was the start of some dark days that didn't end until Kelly arrived.

Edited July 9, 2018 by Binghamton Beast

[FrankoElTanko]

2 hours ago, reddogblitz said:

 

did you miss the Jacksonville game in London?

 

I was there and that was the worst... Corey Graham to seal it... with like 2 something minutes left and EJ STILL found a way to lose... salt to the open would was that was just about the apex of the Sammy injury controversy and I remember him throwing a fit about not playing (due to injury) and spending the entire game (and after) with a black hoodie tied over his face. That whole game was painful EVERY time we touched the ball and it was not a defensive player...

 

I did get the chance to speak with Graham afterward and I am nearly sure he is one of if not my all-time favorite Bill. I have never seen another athlete so proud to play for his hometown than him. He truly loved being a Bill and I love that he got a ring last year. 

[klos63]

37 minutes ago, Domdab99 said:

Super Bowl XXVII

 

I was living in LA, and since the SB was in Pasadena, I got a bug up my butt about attending. The day before, I found one ticket for $700. Score!

I go there and this is what I find:

 

The Rose Bowl sucks. It has rows of benches instead of seats, and they are so close together, that you've got the knees of the person behind you digging into your back. There are barely any concessions outside the stadium - because at the Rose Bowl, there is no "inside" the stadium. It's really just really big bleachers. I found more variety of food and beverages and stuff at a regular LA Clippers game. 

 

Michael Jackson was the halftime entertainment. I hate Michael Jackson. Most overrated performer ever. No one listens to him anymore. He stole his dance moves from James Brown and his singing voice is horribly treacly and shaky. Just listen to "She's Out of My Life." I bet you can't make it through the whole song without wanting to gouge your ears with an awl. 

 

I was surrounded by a family from Mexico - about ten people - who all wore Dallas jerseys and did not speak any English except for "COWBOOOOOYS!" every time the Cowboys did something good. And if you remember this game, that was like every 30 seconds. They did share their yummy snacks with me and patted me on the back in empathy a few times. That family was the only thing I enjoyed about the game. 

 

The game itself. Jesus. Horrible in every way. I actually left a Super Bowl that I paid a lot of money to see just as the 4th quarter was starting so I could get ahead of the traffic. 

 

The parking - we all parked on some golf course that was just a mud pit by the time I was leaving. Had to scrape the mud off my shoes before driving home. 

 

****

 

So that was my Super Bowl experience. 

That's pretty much how I remember it, without the Mexican family. My friend sat next to Bon Jovi- he was rooting for the Bills.