1974, 1980, and 2025

[oldmanfan]

The two best opening games I ever saw were the 1974 Monday nighter against the Raiders, then the 1980 Squish the Fish game.  Now we have this one today, an amazing comeback.  I’m not sure this one wasn’t the best.

[White Linen]

I was born in '74, maybe there's something happening.

[hondo in seattle]

1 hour ago, oldmanfan said:

The two best opening games I ever saw were the 1974 Monday nighter against the Raiders, then the 1980 Squish the Fish game.  Now we have this one today, an amazing comeback.  I’m not sure this one wasn’t the best.

 

I guess I'm old because I remember those games.

 

The 1974 game was the only home game I ever attended.  The Raiders were undefeated on Monday night.  The Bills were only allowed on MNF because we had OJ.  The Juice got off to good start but when he got hurt just before halftime, it seemed like the Raiders would continue their Monday night dominance.  OJ was pretty much our entire offense the year before.  But Fergy, surprisingly, came through dramatically for our first MNF victory.

 

Amazingly, we went 0-for-the-1970s against the Fish.  If I recall correctly that game had like 9 or 10 interceptions but after all those changes of possession, we ended our 20-game losing streak.  The fans tore down the goalposts in celebration.  

 

 Picking a favorite among these three is hard.  But I'd probably choose this one because I transitioned from absolute misery when it was 40-25 to absolute jubilation just a few minutes later.