For some of you young, spoiled fans, here’s what the rest of us had to deal with. 1984 Buffalo Bills

[Chandler#81]

Back to Back horrible seasons!

 

[Nuncha]

Ah yes.  Back-to-back 2-14 seasons.  They were so bad I actually wore a Bills winter coat to school with the logos removed.  Like you couldn't tell it was a Bills coat by the color scheme. lol

[4th&long]

That actually sums it up perfectly. Video unavailable. 

[I'm Spartacus]

Ironically I had season tickets those 2 years. What was I thinking?

[Chandler#81]

55 minutes ago, 4th&long said:

That actually sums it up perfectly. Video unavailable. 

Just tap on Watch On YouTube 

[PonyBoy]

Yeah....

But! Beating the Cowboys of all teams to break that goose egg was pretty sweet! 😄

[Chandler#81]

1 minute ago, PonyBoy said:

Yeah....

But! Beating the Cowboys of all teams to break that goose egg was pretty sweet! 😄

2nd play of the game, Greg Bell 80 yards to the House!

[I'm Spartacus]

6 minutes ago, Chandler#81 said:

2nd play of the game, Greg Bell 80 yards to the House!

Was sitting in the endzone as Bell ran 80 yards right at us. Amazing run! I also remember buying a seat next to us. Had a 5 gallon igloo cooler with vodka and cider! Can't believe they let us in with that back in the day. 🤪

[boater]

One of those awful years yielded the #1 overall draft pick which ended up being Bruce Smith. Silver lining.

[US Egg]

Not a stretch to say it seemed like we had a whole section to ourselves. Game on? Hell no. Party On!
 

Would go down behind visitors bench in the front rows harass the opponent all game. No security to be seen.

[SoonerBillsFan]

1 hour ago, I'm Spartacus said:

Ironically I had season tickets those 2 years. What was I thinking?

Tell us you are into masochism, without saying you are into masochism.  🤣

[Roundybout]

That Greg Bell fellow looked pretty good, bet he anchored the backfield for many years to come in Buffalo! /s

[EasternOHBillsFan]

2 hours ago, Chandler#81 said:

Back to Back horrible seasons!

 

To be fair, losing is losing... those years after the early 2000s were absolutely terrible and the litany of QBs we had to endure. Two seasons of 2-14 pales in comparison with the worst non-playoff streak in Bills history. Every decade the Bills made the playoffs except for the 2000s. Even in the 1970s when the Bills were abysmal after Kemp retired they STILL made the playoffs and had Fergy.

[Another Fan]

1 hour ago, PonyBoy said:

Yeah....

But! Beating the Cowboys of all teams to break that goose egg was pretty sweet! 😄

I was only a few months old in the 84 season

 

But yeah the 2001 season was my first experience of a truly awful one.  But even then they beat the Jets 2nd to

last game of the year when they were trying to clinch a playoff spot.  Still pretty funny 

[SinceThe70s]

1 hour ago, I'm Spartacus said:

Was sitting in the endzone as Bell ran 80 yards right at us. Amazing run! I also remember buying a seat next to us. Had a 5 gallon igloo cooler with vodka and cider! Can't believe they let us in with that back in the day. 🤪

 

That's awesome! Reminded me of Cleveland's Dog Pound. 

 

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/417030-six-points-before-the-dawg-pound-was-neutered

 

The most inventive smuggling in the history of the Pound may have been the dog house.

 

Painted orange, brown and white to resemble a Browns helmet, it sat in the end zone on top of the hill in front of the Pound for years before security noticed it took six men to carry the dog house in and only two to carry it out.

 

Every Sunday, the dog house was home to a keg of beer. The men who brought it in had lines running to their seats in Section 60.

[Florida Bills Fanatic]

1 hour ago, Roundybout said:

That Greg Bell fellow looked pretty good, bet he anchored the backfield for many years to come in Buffalo! /s

Actually, the only thing he really anchored was a poolside lounge chair at the Transit Valley Country Club.

[PromoTheRobot]

1 hour ago, SoonerBillsFan said:

Tell us you are into masochism, without saying you are into masochism.  🤣

 

Anyone who complains what we have now isn't good enough deserves to go back in time and be made to watch these seasons over and over.

[Bigvinny]

My first game was in 84 against the Cowboys and they won.

[Tuco]

Beating the Cowboys was the only good thing that happened that year. But it was awesome.

 

And now, the rest of the story -

 

In 1983, like many, I moved to Austin, Tx at the ripe old age of 20, with no particular life plan. But the small city was booming and jobs were plenty. While it was always good-natured fun, me and a couple others from up here in New York took a lot of ribbing at work. Now I grew up in Genesee County where we have more cows than people. But when the guys at work heard "New York," they were all convinced I grew up playing stickball in the streets using stolen hubcaps for bases. Never mind that I was the only person who worked there - including the born and bred Texans - who had ever actually been on a horse. One of my friends finally admitted, "Y'all are more country than anybody around here."

 

Anyway, back to football. These die-hard Texas city slickers used to always say anybody from north of Waco was a Yankee. Funny thing though, back then the Cowboys had a good team and the Houston Oilers really sucked. So all of a sudden, every Sunday Dallas magically became part of Texas again. Without the modern-day choices, football meant regional coverage. So every week consisted of a Cowboys game and an Oilers game - and the game against the Cowboys was the only Bills game we'd get to see all year. Naturally since we were all young and single, on the day the Bills played the Cowpokes we had to have a big party at somebody's house. And oh, how they told me over and over it was going to be a blowout. 

 

Fast forward to Greg Bell taking it to the house on play number one and it was an oh so glorious day in Austin as the Goat Ropers went down in flames. Good times I remember.

[billsfan714]

Following this team for over 50 years, I can say without hesitation that no Bills fan is spoiled.