fan_in_tx Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 1 hour ago, dhg said: This is before they extended the upper deck in the endzone with Luxury Suites. Josh Allen could have easily thrown one out of that endzone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_kidd_4 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 “Jaws” on kickoffs was fun too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDawkinstein Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 1 hour ago, chaccof said: Wow, the Buffalo Jills, remember them? So they get introduced as "your 1989 Buffalo Jills" but there is clearly snow on the ground? Did the team just wait until mid to late in the season to introduce them or did it actually snow in Sept? 😆 They got announced like that every game, right before the team announcements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_kidd_4 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 I’ve been to hundreds of Bills games. But those 88 & 89 videos is how they will always look & feel in my mind. Some of the best times from my youth. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboticus Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Ned Flanders said: I actually found this video oddly entertaining. I think that was the John Forcade game/loss? If so, I was there, my buddy and I hung out after game walking around inside stadium. Got down on the field, ran into a bummed out Van Miller (in his long fur coat) and had a brief exchange with him. Those were the days (sigh)..... a different world. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muppy Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 (edited) I sat below it many many times in the Batavia party zone. It was the black and gray (white) look you see in some of the photos. One of my favorite memories of my first Bills game ever attended was the first ever Monday night football game at Rich stadium Bills vs Kansas City circa 1973 . Howard Cosell was there along with dandy Don Meredith Iconic booth guys from back in the day. Someone took a tantruming kicking his arms and legs baby and put Cosells head on it with a caption that said "You're our Baby Howard" and displayed it on the scoreboard....They showed a picture of he in the booth laughing at it......fun memory. Edited November 24, 2020 by Muppy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JÂy RÛßeÒ Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Some video of it here (a game I had tickets for buy my Dad refused to go cause it was raining a little) - starts at the 11:47 mark 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 2 hours ago, jkx2 said: I found a screen shot of it from the 1980. Highlight tape There was only a few missing bulbs. By 83 it was joke. RW: "I'll hold the ladder. Here are the bulbs, don't drop any." SB: "This was NOT in the GM's job description!" 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaccof Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 1 hour ago, DrDawkinstein said: They got announced like that every game, right before the team announcements. Ah, ok. That makes sense. I simply didn't recall that. I mean, snow in Sept. in Buffalo is just too crazy to believe. Now October, that's a different story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkx2 Posted November 24, 2020 Author Share Posted November 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Muppy said: I sat below it many many times in the Batavia party zone. It was the black and gray (white) look you see in some of the photos. One of my favorite memories of my first Bills game ever attended was the first ever Monday night football game at Rich stadium Bills vs Kansas City circa 1973 . Howard Cosell was there along with dandy Don Meredith Iconic booth guys from back in the day. Someone took a tantruming kicking his arms and legs baby and put Cosells head on it with a caption that said "You're our Baby Howard" and displayed it on the scoreboard....They showed a picture of he in the booth laughing at it......fun memory. I was that game too. OJ went over a 1000 yards that night only have way through the season and the talked turned to 2000. It was also Halloween or the day before and everybody was dressed in costumes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muppy Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 6 minutes ago, jkx2 said: I was that game too. OJ went over a 1000 yards that night only have way through the season and the talked turned to 2000. It was also Halloween or the day before and everybody was dressed in costumes. it was the only game I ever attended with my mother. she was in her absolute glory that night with the Bills winning.....Do you remember the scene I mentioned on the scoreboard with Cosell? The other thing I remember from that night was the absolute traffic nightmare getting into the stadium...we lleft batavia 4 hours early to be able to tailgate and we barely made it into our seats by halftime it was a DEBACLE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkx2 Posted November 24, 2020 Author Share Posted November 24, 2020 37 minutes ago, Muppy said: it was the only game I ever attended with my mother. she was in her absolute glory that night with the Bills winning.....Do you remember the scene I mentioned on the scoreboard with Cosell? The other thing I remember from that night was the absolute traffic nightmare getting into the stadium...we lleft batavia 4 hours early to be able to tailgate and we barely made it into our seats by halftime it was a DEBACLE It was crazy getting in and out. I don't remember that Cosell moment. Those were the days you could make signs and hang them. I made one and had a hard time finding a place to hang it because there were so many there about Howard. It was a magical night. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Flanders Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 2 hours ago, BUFFALOBART said: Yeah. It was cold, w/light snow, and here were were playing a dome team. Shoulda killed 'em. The 4th, and 23 completion by John Forcade, killed the Bills, instead. The 22-19 loss was a painful one.. Bills-Saints 1989 entire game: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotAGuy Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 That scoreboard was very cool in that it showed instant replays. Pretty advanced for its time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That's No Moon Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 4 hours ago, Muppy said: I sat below it many many times in the Batavia party zone. It was the black and gray (white) look you see in some of the photos. One of my favorite memories of my first Bills game ever attended was the first ever Monday night football game at Rich stadium Bills vs Kansas City circa 1973 . Howard Cosell was there along with dandy Don Meredith Iconic booth guys from back in the day. Someone took a tantruming kicking his arms and legs baby and put Cosells head on it with a caption that said "You're our Baby Howard" and displayed it on the scoreboard....They showed a picture of he in the booth laughing at it......fun memory. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 7 hours ago, dhg said: Is that the game where we beat the Jest to clinch the division for the first time in ages? I wonder how many of us hooligans are in that picture somewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That's No Moon Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 3 minutes ago, Simon said: Is that the game where we beat the Jest to clinch the division for the first time in ages? I wonder how many of us hooligans are in that picture somewhere yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boater Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Speaking of scoreboards... it's a damn shame that the Aud scoreboard isn't somewhere to see. Someone told me it fell onto the ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That's No Moon Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 41 minutes ago, boater said: Speaking of scoreboards... it's a damn shame that the Aud scoreboard isn't somewhere to see. Someone told me it fell onto the ice. No, that was the original one at the new arena that fell. The old one at the Aud hung there until they demolished the building. I agree that it would be cool to have at least a panel of it somewhere but you don't really realize how big those things are, even the small ones. The thing I always wanted out of the Aud was the big buffalo medallion that hung in the wall in the main entrance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyBatty is alive Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 13 hours ago, TBBills said: Where else you gonna find a huge family party? Thanks God the Jills are bygone history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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