billsintaiwan Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Casa de pizza on elmwood. Had to knock three times and ask for Luigi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Barbarian Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Java Village Pub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefan66 Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 At the old Manikins nightclub on Niagara Falls Boulevard (old Three Coins). Billed it as a “private party” to allow them to show the game... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 2 hours ago, billsintaiwan said: Casa de pizza on elmwood. Had to knock three times and ask for Luigi Hard to believe the Taylor and Moore morning show would call one of the kitchen ladies there (Bea?), and natter with her for a good ten minutes. * I remember being at home for the game, listening intermittently to the broadcast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 19 hours ago, eball said: In the stands. I've told this story many times but we were at the top of the stadium and watched folks leaving, then coming back. Probably the greatest sporting event I've ever attended for lots of reasons. 18 hours ago, SectionC3 said: Sitting in section c3 w dad and brother. Ticket stubs are framed w a copy of the front page of the buffalo news signed by Reich and Christie thanking my dad for attending. It’s a cool thing. Probably the only one still up in my parents’ house. The section naming system back then was so asinine! Hey @SectionC3, was this section right on about the goal line -10 ya line scoreboard end? I am trying to remember my brothers seasons back then, could swear it was c3. It was where I watched every playoff game in the 90’s save the Jacksonville game. Upper deck for that one as Mom wanted to go so we had to sell his and get tickets upstairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SectionC3 Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 That’s about right. Home sidelines. The seats we were in are now dugout suites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 I had to freaking work while my boss went to the game. On the plus side, I lived in Rochester at the time. I could pick up ch.3 out of Syracuse (it was blacked out here) and could record the game. I ran home doing a break, grabbed the tape and we watched the game at work right after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
without a drought Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 My wife and I were sitting almost all alone in our section by halftime, I asked if she wanted to leave after the pick 6 early in the 2nd half, she still had faith. We never left games early, but I think we would have if she would have said she had enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dopey Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 I had just moved to Tallahassee Fl. Met some FSU students from Illinois at the apartment complex I moved into and we hit it off right away. Still friends and I'm "Uncle Bob" to their kids. Anyway, we watched the game and they couldn't figure out why I would want to keep watching. It wasn't because I felt a comeback coming. I am that person who watched Bills game to the end, even in those consecutive 2-14 seasons. To this day I think it's because it was warmer inside watching than outside shoveling. The tears after the game flowed like champagne. Who am I kidding, those tears were beer. Luckily they left my apartment at 1/2 time and didn't see me crying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
without a drought Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 I'm still in shock that this took place over a quarter of a century ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFanNC Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 At the game. Wanted to leave at 35-3, but my Dad talked me out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george c Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 As unbelievable as it sounds, I went with a friend and his whining 10 year old. We left after the interception to start the 3rd. His kid was cold and wanted to leave.. My car was parked a mile out, and I was to go to his house and meet up with my wife to have dinner there with his wife and family. I got in my car, did a 180 and headed back to the stadium and was one of the lucky people to make it back in before security set up. Got back mid way through the 3rd. Since everyone was gone, I sat at the 50 and saw it all unfold. That night, after being so pumped, I called my friend after the 11:00 news and told him we were heading to Pittsburgh RIGHT NOW for tickets. We got there at 5 AM and we were 5th in line at the box office. ‘Since Pittsburgh wasn’t a perennial playoff team then, the morning news stations were there to cover the ticket line. Since we were all decked out in blue, ofcourse they interviewed us on live TV to comment on the Bills chances. We did Buffalo proud that day saying on live TV that this one’s gonna be EASY, as in just too easy..to a chorus of boos around us.. And, it was easy.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMB 4N6 Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 23 hours ago, eball said: In the stands. I've told this story many times but we were at the top of the stadium and watched folks leaving, then coming back. Probably the greatest sporting event I've ever attended for lots of reasons. ^^^This. Was there with my father and brother, I wanted to leave they wanted to stay. Witnessed the greatest comeback in Bills history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 1 hour ago, Dopey said: Who am I kidding, those tears were beer. Luckily they left my apartment at 1/2 time and didn't see me crying. Uh oh...a 'weepy' drunk. The worst kind. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dopey Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 26 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: Uh oh...a 'weepy' drunk. The worst kind. ? Yea, they're the worst. Oddly, never cried on a loss. Happy tears only. That game was emotional for soneone who watched every game til the end for those consecutive 2-14 years. I try to tell folks on this board to chill, don't let the Bills run your life. Then, I think about that game... I cried last year watching Kyle with his kids celebrating the PLAYOFFS. Again, beer tears, not champagne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubs Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 At Rich Stadium, 35 yard line, visitor side, about 30 rows up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuckyBoys Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Turned tv off late 1st half and went to card show. Guy at card show tells me Bills are back in it (he was watching on tiny tv) I told him to quit messing with me I wasn't in the mood. Watched last half of the 4th on his little portable tv That has probably contributed to me watching a lot of crappy blowouts to the bitter end, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice bowl 67 Posted December 12, 2018 Author Share Posted December 12, 2018 On December 8, 2018 at 1:11 PM, NoHuddleKelly12 said: Was listening to the radio call on Westwood One network on and off in the car while my mother was ferrying me to and from some school activity event of some sort, and thought it was over at half like everyone else, but at some point I became glued in and wouldn’t get out of the car again until final kick in OT, just sitting in our driveway. My non sports aware family never quite understood what I was so excited over that day ?. I distinctly remember the radio national announcers losing their minds in disbelief over what was developing, and at some point during the comeback you just knew fate had decreed that the Bills would pull this off, it seemed like everything that could go right for the Bills did. I also remember the announcers using phrases like, at least the Bills are trying to make it respectable after scoring 2 TDs to get to 35-17...the tone totally changed at 35-24 as I recall, when the amazement really began. I was 14 yrs old at the time Where were you @Ice bowl 67? ? My parents moved in 1994 so I would have been living Right by the football field in Escanaba Michigan then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSE Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 (edited) I stayed the entire game while my friends beat the NASTY traffic home Edited December 12, 2018 by HOUSE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Every year someone on the board asks this question, and every year I think THIS will be the year that someone else was with me watching the game with the Orlando Bills Backers. Maybe this year. Great group. When the Bills scored their first touchdown of the second half, one of our friends was in the bathroom. He ran out when everyone was cheering. When he returned to the bathroom, the Bills scored their second touchdown, at which point we made him stay in the bathroom, convinced that his actions were pleasing the football gods. So if you ever meet a guy who tells you he spent the entire second half of the game in a sports bar bathroom, tell him I said hi. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo1105 Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 8 year old me was with my brother and Mom in the upper deck. I wanted to go home at halftime because of the cold and never thought they would come back. I begged and begged but my mother said we paid good money and we were going to stay no matter what happened. Best decision she ever made. The stadium emptied out so much that me and my brother went down to the lower deck as they were making their comeback. As we went out the concourse people were climbing the fences trying to get back in and eventually security gave up stopping people from getting back in. Great game and great memories. You can catch a 2 second glimpse of me on the 1993 vhs season review video they used to put out every year. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not at the table Karlos Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 (edited) My mom and I were at her friends house and we all swear we watched it on tv but it was a blackout so we must be wrong. All have similar memories of the party and the game. For the people that went and left. Why pay good money to go to a game and leave early. That never made sense to me. We had a group of people that got seasons every year and I don't think they've stayed past halftime for any game they've been to. They would get mad at me for staying. I'd be me sitting by myself in a 5 row block. Edited December 12, 2018 by Not at the table Karlos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Formerly_of_Roch Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Since the game was blacked out, I was at a place in Rochester called Marshall's I believe was the name. Almost left after the 1st TD by Houston after halftime. I was going to give the Bills one more drive, if they didn't score was going to leave. And the rest is history as they say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice bowl 67 Posted January 3, 2019 Author Share Posted January 3, 2019 I enjoyed reading all these stories. This was 26 years ago, wow that's unreal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 (edited) I was upstairs in my bedroom listening on the radio...my Mom had given up an was in the kitchen making dinner. The bills scored their first TD in the second half and I yelled down. Then they scored again and I yelled down again, and she was like "Wow...they are making a game out of it at least!". Then after they scored again...she started getting excited and came back up to listen with me. After they won the game we couldn't wait to watch the highlights on ESPN Primetime with Chris Berman... I can still remember him... they showed the highlight of Bubba McDowell intercepting the pass and returning it for a TD to start off the 2nd half and he was like "its over...it's all over...for Houston..." Edited January 3, 2019 by matter2003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickelCity Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 I was in Williamsville with my dad listening to the game. He was supposed to take my sister to the game but had food poisoning. The good old days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLTbills Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 On 12/8/2018 at 1:50 PM, Peace Frog said: That's easy. I was with my dad, a stripper named Cheri that I worked with (I was a DJ) at Club Diamond Dust, and her 12 yr old nephew. We were sitting near the visitor/scoreboard side corner of the endzone. What a game! You win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLTbills Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 "The worst oil disaster since the Valdez" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peace Frog Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 59 minutes ago, CLTbills said: You win. My story is completely true. Club Diamond Dust was on the corner of Genesee & Transit (now called Scores Buffalo Airport) and was frequented by some of the Bills players after road games. Cheri was good friends with NT Jeff Wright (frequent customer) so she wanted to go to the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That_Guy Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 7th grade. i went to bed thinking we were going to lose. woke up to see Sports Center talking about the largest comeback in NFL history. was so pissed at myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olliemets Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 I was home, watching on TV. The first half was so depressing that by mid 2Q I decided to terminate Christmas. I went in the living room, started to take ornaments off tree, went to attic for boxes, etc and was just PO'd. Game was still on in other room and about halfway into the 3Q my wife said "You'd better get in here". Needness to say I never finished the Christmas cleanup that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuco Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Section M1 Row 1 Seat 109 About 8 of us went in 2 different vans. Three guys left at the half. A while later two girls were getting cold and miserable and said they were going to wait in the van. We had just scored to make it 35-10. I said, hey we just scored, stick around and see what happens. Of course I had about as much confidence as everybody else, but right about then we recovered the surprise onsides kick, and just a few plays later it was 35-17. The girls were glad they stayed. The guys who left, ha ha ha ha ha . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billsfan1972 Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 I went to a bar in Toronto (due to the blackout) with a friend and not many were there and at half I said let's stay for the first possession (pretty sure the Bills were getting the kick to start the second half) and then we'll leave. Left we did when the Bills won it in OT!!!!! We were so close to being gone. Actually when you look at the box score, wasn't as big an offensive performance as I remembered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMDman Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Not born Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Buffalo Joe Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 I was only three, so I don't really remember it. As most in town remember, the game didn't sell out in time. I guess because Reich was starting, people didn't think we had a chance. So my dad went to watch it at a bar he knew that had an illegal feed. After halftime, he gave up, went to visit my grandpa in the nursing home. They listened to it on the radio, and when the Bills started coming back, he told my grandpa, "I love you dad, but I gotta go!" My grandpa understood, and said he'd be going with him if he could. My dad made it to the bar just in time for the start of overtime. He always tells me "The game didn't sell out. The stadium holds 80,000 people. I've met 100,000 who told me they were there. And not one of them admits to leaving at half time." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan in Chicago Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 I had just started working and was back in Buffalo to hang out with friends who were still at UB. Game was blacked out, and we went to this little breakfast joint near the Amherst campus, where the $1 theater stood before. That place was greasy, messy but served an egg, 2 toasts and 2 bacon, sausage pieces for $1!! Coffee was $0.60. anyway, we were listening to the game on their radio ( yeah we used to go there for 'breakfast' after noon) and were frustrated at half time. But then the comeback started and we stayed there listening till the end of the game. Lovely memories! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njbuff Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 I remember the Oilers beating the Bills butts for 6+ quarters (dating back to previous week's season finale in Houston), to the tune of 62-6, but suddenly it all changed in the third quarter right after McDowell's pick six, for whatever reason. I was home watching this game and losing my mind both positively and negatively. What a roller coaster of emotions this game brought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston's #1 Bills Fan Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 At my house in Kenmore, listening to Van, putting seats in my '80 Trans Am. Nothing better to do since I couldn't watch it! Oh, I forgot, I was there!!! (Isn't that what we're all suppose to say?) Living in Houston now, I still have people come up to me (when wearing Bills stuff) to tell me about THAT game! They are somewhat, less enthusiastic than me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBear Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 I was 13, home alone in Lancaster, listening to Van Miller and acting out the game with a rubber football. We had 2 season tickets, and it was usually my Mom and I attending the games, but I wasn't feeling well, so my Dad and Mom went together. I'm sure it was amazing in person, but I still feel there was something magical about listening to Van and putting my imagination to good use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albany,n.y. Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Back in those days there was no EZ pass. When I returned to Albany that night, I handed the ticket to the toll collector & said "We just saw the greatest game in NFL history". Back then I used to tape all the playoff games. When Petrino & I got back to my apartment & before he drove home, we watched the game again to see what the TV announcers said. I had numerous requests for the tape both in Albany & Buffalo. After I filled the Albany requests, since I had 2 VCRs & could make copies, I sent the tape to a friend in Buffalo who was a HS teacher & he had the AV department make copies for anyone who wanted one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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