LEBills Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 A fun video to watch, this game was a little before my time so I hadn’t heard about it before. It’s amazing how the spirit of this fan base has not changed throughout generations and we really are the best fans in the NFL. 5 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TailgateChef Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 Awesome moment. Something similar happened on Sep. 25th, 2011, when Fitz and the Bills beat the Pats. Nobody wanted to leave. We didn't wait for the players to come back on the field, but the party went on in the stadium, and parking lot, for hours afterwards. We really felt like we had turned a corner. But alas..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seannc Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 My earliest memories of the Buffalo Bills are of the 80-81 seasons. I was 6 years old and watched the games with my dad. Lots of those player's names are etched in my long term memory. Thanks for the link! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 Great memory! I remember listening to that game on the radio. Pat Haden got his ribs bar-b-qued and had to leave the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotAGuy Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 The video was great for the highlights, but that dude incessantly talking needs to shut up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 I was in the 1st row tunnel side watching the circle dance..crazy good time 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Boy Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 This was the first season my Dad got me into football. The first game being the Dolphins game and I was hooked at the age of 9. I’m pretty sure I was at this game but have no recollection of it. We would have left as the old man would have wanted to stop at his favorite bar before going home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExWNYer Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 11 minutes ago, Buffalo Boy said: This was the first season my Dad got me into football. The first game being the Dolphins game and I was hooked at the age of 9. I’m pretty sure I was at this game but have no recollection of it. We would have left as the old man would have wanted to stop at his favorite bar before going home. That was my kid brother's 14th birthday...September 7, 1980. We had only been in VA a couple of years and that game wasn't being televised in Richmond but the whole family was glued to the TV watching the NBC scroll to keep tabs on the game. It was nerve-wracking until we saw the score go final: Bills 17, Dolphins 7. We erupted in glee after having endured '0 for the '70s'. What a great birthday present for my bro. To this day, that 1980 season is one of my favorite Bills seasons/memories of all time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xwnyer Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 14 hours ago, LEBills said: A fun video to watch, this game was a little before my time so I hadn’t heard about it before. It’s amazing how the spirit of this fan base has not changed throughout generations and we really are the best fans in the NFL. Was at that game we had the goal posts in our hands before they exited the stadium. Freezing rain and fans never left and when players all,came back,onto the field what a celebration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg S Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 I wish their was a video of the full game for the 1980 opener when they ended the streak vs the Dolphins. That was one of the most memorable regular season games in franchise history. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PonyBoy Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 This was my very 1st Bills game as a young teenager. I have a picture of the ticket stub. I tried to upload it but it's too big. If any one can help, would like to post it. Price of ticket was $10.98 County charge: 025¢ Tax:.77¢ Total $12.00 Haha Section E Aisle 8 Row 44 Seat 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Deek Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 To this day I still carry the ticket stub from the Dolphins streak breaking game with me in my wallet. For the younger fans on here...That’s how big of a moment that was in WNY sports. 8 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 I was at the game with my dad - fun times. It is amazing to think how many lean years / decades there have been as a Bills fan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroutDog Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Just coming out of a bad decade and then, after a small blip of good football, right back to bad football. So glad the Pegula era is with us. I was so sick of it after the two two win seasons. Just terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Flanders Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 16 hours ago, WotAGuy said: The video was great for the highlights, but that dude incessantly talking needs to shut up. Yes and his pronunciations need some work. Fred "Smer-loss?" I was at the game, took a bus from Ester's in Rochester...stayed in the stadium for a little while then hightailed it back to the bus lot; it would have been a long walk home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEra Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 19 hours ago, seannc said: My earliest memories of the Buffalo Bills are of the 80-81 seasons. I was 6 years old and watched the games with my dad. Lots of those player's names are etched in my long term memory. Thanks for the link! Same here. This is where it all began! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, Greg S said: I wish their was a video of the full game for the 1980 opener when they ended the streak vs the Dolphins. That was one of the most memorable regular season games in franchise history. I collect old Bills games. That is the "holy grail" of modern Bills games. From what I understand, it was only broadcast in Miami and some parts of Florida. It was around the time when VCR's were becoming a little more common in most houses. Surely, somebody has a copy of it somewhere! I have been looking for a copy of it for probably 20 years. I even joined some Dolphins fan group, just to see if anyone had a copy. Found a guy that had nearly every Dolphins game from the 80's, 90's and early 2000's...but no luck on that game. I was at the game...my first game as a season ticket owner! What a way to start! Edited April 5, 2021 by Buftex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TailgateChef Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 5 hours ago, PonyBoy said: This was my very 1st Bills game as a young teenager. I have a picture of the ticket stub. I tried to upload it but it's too big. If any one can help, would like to post it. Price of ticket was $10.98 County charge: 025¢ Tax:.77¢ Total $12.00 Haha Section E Aisle 8 Row 44 Seat 11 Section E?? Where's that? I think a beer now costs $12. I can't help with the picture, but I'd love to see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PonyBoy Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 2 hours ago, TailgateChef said: Section E?? Where's that? I think a beer now costs $12. I can't help with the picture, but I'd love to see it. Well Section E was pretty high up. I think the E stood for Elevated... way up! It was about the 5 yard line, tunnel end if i remember it. 😃 I personally love that the county took only about 2.75% for tax. Ive only been to 7 games my whole life. This Rams game, the Roland Hooks hail mary, the Eagles Randall Cunningham 95 yard pass, Jim Kelly dive into end zone in Miami and The 1st game of the no huddle season with Jeff George starting his 1st game. Havent been to many, but some memorable ones for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Deek Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Our family tickets were in the lower deck around the five yard line. The face value of the ticket was $13.00. Remember, I still have it in my wallet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arm of Harm Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 On 4/5/2021 at 7:56 AM, PonyBoy said: This was my very 1st Bills game as a young teenager. I have a picture of the ticket stub. I tried to upload it but it's too big. If any one can help, would like to post it. Price of ticket was $10.98 County charge: 025¢ Tax:.77¢ Total $12.00 Haha Section E Aisle 8 Row 44 Seat 11 If you are using Windows do the following: 1) Click on the "type here to search" box to the right of the Windows button. (Lower left corner of your computer screen) 2) Type in the word Paint 3) Click on the button to open the Paint app. 4) Within Paint, click on the word "file" (upper left corner), then on "open". Use Paint to open the picture of the ticket stub. 5) Look at the picture of the ticket stub in Paint and make sure it looks as you wish. 6) Click on "file" then on "save as". To achieve the smallest size/lowest quality, select the .gif option. 7) Upload the .gif version of the file to this site. If your picture is on a cell phone, forward the picture to your own email address so you can open it on your PC. When on your PC, open the email with the picture in it, click on the file for the picture, and save the file to your hard drive. You will then be able to follow the above-listed steps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PonyBoy Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 14 hours ago, Arm of Harm said: If you are using Windows do the following: 1) Click on the "type here to search" box to the right of the Windows button. (Lower left corner of your computer screen) 2) Type in the word Paint 3) Click on the button to open the Paint app. 4) Within Paint, click on the word "file" (upper left corner), then on "open". Use Paint to open the picture of the ticket stub. 5) Look at the picture of the ticket stub in Paint and make sure it looks as you wish. 6) Click on "file" then on "save as". To achieve the smallest size/lowest quality, select the .gif option. 7) Upload the .gif version of the file to this site. If your picture is on a cell phone, forward the picture to your own email address so you can open it on your PC. When on your PC, open the email with the picture in it, click on the file for the picture, and save the file to your hard drive. You will then be able to follow the above-listed steps. I tried this, it didn't work. I'll try again. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Flanders Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 On 4/5/2021 at 12:53 PM, Buftex said: I collect old Bills games. That is the "holy grail" of modern Bills games. From what I understand, it was only broadcast in Miami and some parts of Florida. It was around the time when VCR's were becoming a little more common in most houses. Surely, somebody has a copy of it somewhere! I have been looking for a copy of it for probably 20 years. I even joined some Dolphins fan group, just to see if anyone had a copy. Found a guy that had nearly every Dolphins game from the 80's, 90's and early 2000's...but no luck on that game. It wasn't sold out in time to be broadcast in WNY? And being that is was against the Rams, the game was surely broadcast in the LA area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler#81 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Remember the game vividly. Odd to have Home finale with 2 games to play. We lost at NE, setting up a Must Win at SF with an up & coming young QB named Montana. His last second Hail Mary was -wait for it... KNOCKED DOWN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arm of Harm Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 5 hours ago, PonyBoy said: I tried this, it didn't work. I'll try again. Thank you! If your second attempt fails as well, let me know what went wrong. If (for example) the file is still too large, I can help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PonyBoy Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 2 minutes ago, Arm of Harm said: If your second attempt fails as well, let me know what went wrong. If (for example) the file is still too large, I can help with that. When I get home tonight I'll see if I can crop it down. Said file was still too big. By the time I get it posted, no one will see it 😃. Thank you very much again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arm of Harm Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 1 minute ago, PonyBoy said: When I get home tonight I'll see if I can crop it down. Said file was still too big. By the time I get it posted, no one will see it 😃. Thank you very much again! In Paint you can resize a photo. Near the top left of the screen there will be a button which says "resize." Click that. Then choose "resize as a percentage" which should be the default option chosen. Then pick a percentage, like 50, or 70 or whatever seems best. Make sure you're resizing horizontal and vertical by the same percentage. (this should also be the default behavior). Once you've resized it save it as a .gif . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 4 hours ago, Ned Flanders said: It wasn't sold out in time to be broadcast in WNY? And being that is was against the Rams, the game was surely broadcast in the LA area. No, I was referring to the opening day game from that season...the Miami game where the streak ended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Flanders Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 1 hour ago, Buftex said: No, I was referring to the opening day game from that season...the Miami game where the streak ended. Ah, my bad. Blacked out in WNY? Wouldn't have thunk it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Just now, Ned Flanders said: Ah, my bad. Blacked out in WNY? Wouldn't have thunk it. I think it sold out, but not in time to lift the local broadcast blackout. As I am sure you recall, back in those days, a Sunday game had to be sold out by Thursday in order to broadcast in the home city. Different times! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Flanders Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 3 hours ago, Chandler#81 said: Remember the game vividly. Odd to have Home finale with 2 games to play. We lost at NE, setting up a Must Win at SF with an up & coming young QB named Montana. His last second Hail Mary was -wait for it... KNOCKED DOWN! Remember the play well...told my mother that if 49ers get the touchdown, I was throwing myself into the Christmas tree. Alas, the holiday was saved. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PonyBoy Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Just now, PonyBoy said: This was the Bills Ticket I saved from the Curtain Call game. My 1st Bills game. Thanks to Arm of Harm on this board who kindly taught me how to post this. 4 hours ago, Arm of Harm said: In Paint you can resize a photo. Near the top left of the screen there will be a button which says "resize." Click that. Then choose "resize as a percentage" which should be the default option chosen. Then pick a percentage, like 50, or 70 or whatever seems best. Make sure you're resizing horizontal and vertical by the same percentage. (this should also be the default behavior). Once you've resized it save it as a .gif . Thank you! I just got it posted now. Appreciate the help and follow up! 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arm of Harm Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 9 minutes ago, PonyBoy said: This was the Bills Ticket I saved from the Curtain Call game. My 1st Bills game. Thanks to Arm of Harm on this board who kindly taught me how to post this. Thank you! I just got it posted now. Appreciate the help and follow up! 🙂 You're welcome. Glad to help. Great ticket stub! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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