sven233 Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 (edited) Well, you have to start with the Super Bowls, particularly 25. But, if you;re talking just regular season, there were multiple occasions the Kelly era Bills would go to KC on a Monday night and just get spanked. Happened several times for whatever reason, but the Bills always came back and beat them in the playoffs. Hopefully history repeats itself this season if we get another crack at the Chiefs in the postseason. All good teams have a bad loss or 2 during the season. But, good trams learn from those losses and it makes it a lot hard for teams to beat you 2 or 3 times during the same season. The Bills have some holes to fill talent-wise. If they can get a couple pieces in here, and we really are as good of a team as I think we can be, a bounce here or there and the next time we face the Chiefs or Titans, it may turn out differently. Edited October 21, 2020 by sven233 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royale with Cheese Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Super Bowl 25 for sure. I think we were favored by 7 and they had their back up QB in. We were outcoached all game long. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFanSD Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 (edited) In honor of Jets week, I'll nominate our 24-17 loss to the 4-9 Jets in 1992, which came on the heels of a loss to the 5-7 Colts. I think that was the week after Dennis Byrd. The 1992 Bills were pretty good. People are all upset right now about losing to the top two seeds in the AFC. Those were back-to-back losses against bottom-feeders. Edited October 21, 2020 by BillsFanSD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P Riv Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 13 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said: Super Bowl 25 for sure. I think we were favored by 7 and they had their back up QB in. We were outcoached all game long. Yes, everyone loves M Levy but its tough to overlook the SB25 gameplan. Gee, the Giants O-line outweighs our D-line by about 40 lbs on average and they have a couple of huge blocking TEs and a FB. Ok, lets run a no-huddle and leave our under-sized D on the field for 40 min. Great plan..... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg S Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 32 minutes ago, P Riv said: Yes, everyone loves M Levy but its tough to overlook the SB25 gameplan. Gee, the Giants O-line outweighs our D-line by about 40 lbs on average and they have a couple of huge blocking TEs and a FB. Ok, lets run a no-huddle and leave our under-sized D on the field for 40 min. Great plan..... Thurman was on fire that game. Would have been the MVP if they won. I wish they would have gotten the ball in Thurman's hands more. I bet the Bills would have won if they did. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mcbride Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, C.Biscuit97 said: I think the Bills were the hottest team in nfl at the time and could have been dangerous if they got in. They were crushing teams but I remember it being a lot of bad ones though. But that is a good call. also, some of those Steelers backups were pretty good (Willie Parker, James Harrison). We lost to Tommy Maddox with a 120 yards passing. 🤮 https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200501020buf.htm How can the answer be anything other than 52-17, a game in which the Bills turned it over nine-count-em'-nine times?? And it should have been 59-17 if not for Leon Lett's showboating. Edited October 21, 2020 by dave mcbride Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichRiderBills Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 (edited) I'm eliminating SB losses, but the 23- 0 loss to Pittsburgh on MNF back in 1993. We couldnt even fart right that night and got completely dominated. I remember the sting to this day. We looked like a girl scout troop that night. Otherwise, that other damn loss to Steelers w Bledsoe and the backups in 2004. That was an ass kicker. The 31-0 loss to the Pats in 03 was rough as well, but that team really underperformed. It just rubbed out the whole victory of that 31-0 opener, which was one of the best Bills wins ever. Watch now , all your hopes for the future crumble away kind of losses. Edited October 21, 2020 by RichRiderBills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Like A Mofo Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 1989 Bickering Bills year: Bills lose on road to a 3-13 Atlanta Falcons team 30-28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubes Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 8 minutes ago, dave mcbride said: How can the answer be anything other than 52-17, a game in which the Bills turned it over nine-count-em'-nine times?? Hard to believe they actually led that game 7-0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mcbride Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Just now, Rubes said: Hard to believe they actually led that game 7-0. And were down 14-10 and goal to go at the 3 yard line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg S Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 (edited) 18 minutes ago, dave mcbride said: How can the answer be anything other than 52-17, a game in which the Bills turned it over nine-count-em'-nine times?? And it should have been 59-17 if not for Leon Lett's showboating. The Giants game and the 2nd Dallas game were way more painful. The Bills should have beaten the Giants as they were the better team. The 2nd one against Dallas the Bills were leading at half. So when Dallas came back it was more disappointment. The one against the Redskins and the first Dallas game were easy to get over. It sucked losing the SB but the Bills just flat out got their asses kicked that it wasn't as painful as the other two SB games. Edited October 21, 2020 by Greg S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXI~PsychedelicBillsfan~ Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwhit34 Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 1988 they were 11-2 and in good shape to be #1 seed and lost to a bad Tampa Bay team 10-5. One of the worst regular season losses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mcbride Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 8 minutes ago, Greg S said: The Giants game and the 2nd Dallas game were way more painful. The Bills should have beaten the Giants as they were the better team. The 2nd one against Dallas the Bills were leading at half. So when Dallas came back it was more disappointment. The one against the Redskins and the first Dallas game were easy to get over. It sucked losing the SB but the Bills just flat out got their asses kicked that it wasn't as painful as the other two SB games. I think the question was the worst loss, not the most painful loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextmanup Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 (edited) I recall at least one game back when we were going to Superbowls every year where we'd go on the road to Indy (at the time in our division and also one of the worst teams in the NFL) and LOSE after playing a lousy game. I think that may have happened more than once in that era, actually. Edit: 11/29/1992: Lost at Indy 16-13 EDIT again: 10/8/1989: Loss at Indy 37-14. Those were both big losses at the time that had everyone stirred up. Edited October 21, 2020 by Nextmanup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo03 Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 I was only 6 years old at the time so I don't have much memory of it but it was said on WGR a few months ago that in 1992 toward the end of the season, the Bills were trying to get to their 3rd straight Super Bowl and from what I believe Bulldog or maybe it was Sal Capaccio said was the Bills lost to a really bad Jets team at home toward the end of that season and the Jets were even like 15 point underdogs or something like that. Luckily, we turned it around in the playoffs and did get to the 3rd straight Super Bowl but I found it interesting that even our greatest teams had big bumps in the road a time or two Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg S Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 4 minutes ago, dave mcbride said: I think the question was the worst loss, not the most painful loss. 20-19 was the worst and most painful loss. AINEC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextmanup Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 3 minutes ago, Greg S said: 20-19 was the worst and most painful loss. AINEC. I don't think I'd call that the worst loss. Easily the most painful, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Wide Right 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg S Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Nextmanup said: I don't think I'd call that the worst loss. Easily the most painful, yes. Losing the Super Bowl by one point on a missed FG in the final seconds. I can't see any loss worse than that. Edited October 21, 2020 by Greg S 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextmanup Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Just now, Greg S said: Losing the Super Bowl by one point on a missed FG in the final seconds. I can't see anything loss worse than that. That's what makes it painful. A "bad loss" is one where you shouldn't have lost at all and played horribly. At least that's my definition of it. And no doubt, we did underperform in Superbowl XXV and perhaps should have won the game. But it was the Superbowl, it was against the NFC champions, they had phenomenal coaching (all time best in fact), and so on. Painful, and OK, let's call it bad too. 😢 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muppy Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 2 hours ago, Gugny said: Welcome to the board, Leodis! would you clue me as to what this post actually means? I don't get the "Leodis" reference. as far as painful losses are concerned they are ALL painful and Im personally not into bringing back the memories all that much just sayin' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P Riv Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 2 hours ago, Greg S said: Thurman was on fire that game. Would have been the MVP if they won. I wish they would have gotten the ball in Thurman's hands more. I bet the Bills would have won if they did. Probably... If you look at the red zone possession where they ran a conventional offense, put J Mueller in the game and huddled up, the Giants couldn't stop them. I was like W T F ??? Stick to that and let the D rest before going up against the Giants roadgrader O-line again. We should have scored 30+ that game. Run the ball, work the clock and play action pass instead of quick drives and punts. We gave that one away with a bad game plan against an inferior team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 The Ryan Leaf rookie debut game sticks out to me in '98. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jokeman Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Nextmanup said: That's what makes it painful. A "bad loss" is one where you shouldn't have lost at all and played horribly. At least that's my definition of it. And no doubt, we did underperform in Superbowl XXV and perhaps should have won the game. But it was the Superbowl, it was against the NFC champions, they had phenomenal coaching (all time best in fact), and so on. Painful, and OK, let's call it bad too. 😢 Then Super Bowl XXVII would be my choice, as that was one of the worst beat downs I've ever seen. Thank goodness for Don Beebe or it would have been worse. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills fan since 87 Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Houston beat us 27-3 in week 17 before the comeback game. In fact prior to us coming back they had out scored us 62-3 in six quarters of football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Super Bowl against Dallas...the first one, and I don't think 2nd place is particularly close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Biscuit97 Posted October 22, 2020 Author Share Posted October 22, 2020 22 hours ago, dave mcbride said: How can the answer be anything other than 52-17, a game in which the Bills turned it over nine-count-em'-nine times?? And it should have been 59-17 if not for Leon Lett's showboating. Again I was young for it but weren’t the Cowboys just much better than us? Like looking back, the only SB to really get mad at was the Giants because the Bills were the better team. Washington was one of the lost great teams that year and Dallas was just better than Buffalo, sadly. 20 hours ago, Doc Brown said: The Ryan Leaf rookie debut game sticks out to me in '98. At least, Leaf went on to a successful, trouble Free career. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haslett_Stomp Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 On 10/21/2020 at 1:25 PM, XXI~PsychedelicBillsfan~ said: I don't need to watch and that is a great call - the Ronnie Harmon game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgotBILLStopay Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 1. SB wide right 2. Home run throw forward by titans 3. loss to backup steelers that cost us a spot in the playoffs 4. Pats MNF game 5. playoff loss to texans 6. playoff loss to Jax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 20 minutes ago, IgotBILLStopay said: 1. SB wide right 2. Home run throw forward by titans 3. loss to backup steelers that cost us a spot in the playoffs 4. Pats MNF game 5. playoff loss to texans 6. playoff loss to Jax the last 2 sucked but not the worst Losing because of the Refs sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albany,n.y. Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 (edited) On 10/21/2020 at 9:07 AM, Playoffs? said: Super Bowl 25 On 10/21/2020 at 10:08 AM, Offside Number 76 said: 52-17. I went to all 4 Bills Super Bowls and my co-workers were pretty brutal when we'd get back after the losses. When the Giants beat the Bills they put up crime scene tape at my desk, every newspaper clipping from the NY & Buffalo papers they could find & had a body outline with #12 on the floor by my desk. For the 1st Dallas game I went with my friend Petrino who worked in the sales unit that worked on the sale transfer documents which were called EA5217, which we called 5217s. When Petrino got back from the Bills loss in Pasadena they had scanned his ID photo made a fake coffin with his photo & the rest of the coffin filled with 5217s. Edited October 22, 2020 by Albany,n.y. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsPride12 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 After how much it was referenced after the Titans loss I'm surprised that Chiefs loss on MNF in 91 hasn't been brought up more in this thread. That's the one that sticks out to me. We got Thumped that night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FieldGeneral Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 One of the 90s MNF games. KC and Pittsburgh come to mind. They absolutely thrashed us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 On 10/21/2020 at 9:10 AM, Rubes said: The one that immediately comes to mind is the 1988 loss to the Buccaneers, 10-5. Bucs sucked that year, and the loss basically cost us home field for the championship game against the Bengals, which of course we lost. My thoughts exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubes Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Rico said: My thoughts exactly. 32 years later and I still remember that one pretty vividly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Barbarian Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 To the titans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
without a drought Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Bills vs. Chiefs October 7, 1991. Chiefs beat up and embarrassed the undefeated Bills on MNF 33-6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg S Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 What about the regular season game at NE (not the MNF game) years ago where their refs just basically gave NE the game and we suffered a heartbreaking loss on the final drive. I forgot what year that was. I think it was at least 10 years ago maybe more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgrochester55 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 (edited) I remember in 1991 a 10-1 Bills squad going into New England who was at their lowest point two years before getting Bledsoe and losing in foxboro. Not sure if 2004 quite qualifies as a good team, but losing to the Steelers backups in a game where a win would have meant making the playoffs has to be up there. Buffalo has had a rough two weeks, but I do not see them losing to the Jets. A bad team playing hard can win on a given day, but this Jets team seems to have lost their fighting spirit and have Gase as the coach. Being shut out by a Miami team that was not playing their best in that game shows that they are in a bad way. Edited October 23, 2020 by dgrochester55 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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