1994 - Week 11 - Buffalo Bills at Pittsburgh Steelers

[@bobray8637]

This is when MNF had a playoff type feel

[@gfernandez111]

When Monday night games seemed more special

[@asenita19]

Just gamble mate makes it more special Jk don’t

[@caza728]

When NFL games as whole seemed more special.

[@gluserty]

The last time I loved MNF was 2000; wow, those games were amazing 😍🤩! I do think it makes sense to make the Sunday Night game the marquee game, but I don't feel MNF is leftovers, just lacking its past mystique (I mean, it's an old show!).

[@Jackson-pq4zn]

Sunday night sucks. Mondays used to be special.

[@jcarbol71]

I was so psyched up about this game and felt sleep woke up when game was over. Had to watch the highlights. There was no DVR. I'm loving it now watching it. Boy I miss the great defense and those running backs!! All we needed was a good solid Quarterback!!

[@mf7482]

RIP Kevin Greene I'm glad I got to see a game you played in Especially since he was a Hall of Famer.

[@EdmacZ]

Bills and Steelers had a pretty decent rivalry in the early 90's. The Bills were the established AFC elite power, the Steelers under Bill Cowher were the up-and-comer. The Steelers had something to prove against the Bills, and they certainly played like it in most of these matchups.

[@keithclark8299]

EdmacZ The Bills/Steelers play 8 times in the 90's, which includes 2 playoff games...Buffalo won the first 3 games, 52-34 in 91, 28-20 in 92, and the 92 divisional game 24-3...Pittsburgh then won 4 straight 23-0 in 93, 23-10 in 94, 40-21 in 95 divisional playoff game, and 24--3 in 96. Buffalo then won the final meeting of the 90's 24-21 in 99....since 2001, the Steelers have won the last 6 games.

[@LogoAttitude]

They could have been made division rivals in 1988 after the Cardinals moved to Phoenix, which could have led to this alignment: AFC E: Buffalo, Miami, New England, NY Jets, Pittsburgh C: Cincinnati, Cleveland, Houston, Indianapolis, Kansas City W: Denver, LA Raiders, San Diego, Seattle NFC: E: Atlanta, NY Giants, Philadelphia, Tampa Bay, Washington C: Chicago, Detroit, Green Bay, Minnesota, New Orleans W: Dallas, LA Rams, Phoenix, San Francisco The Bills and Steelers would have played twice a year beginning in 1988, with a nice bonus being an annual trip by Pittsburgh native and former Pitt Panther Dan Marino to Three Rivers Stadium when the Dolphins came to town.

[@Fireyninjadog]

Pittsburgh born jim kelly

[@p.j.4738]

The early 90s...no stats, no score, no info, lol, but even with the lack of constant information, the game was still better than today!

[@nixandi4448]

Blitzburgh...those teams were fun to watch, back when you can actually hit, not like today! #Steelersfan4life!

[@Mr1sammyd21]

man I love these old football videos.

[@benjammmin7180]

The '94 Steelers defense was the best they've had since the 70s

[@keithclark7266]

At 1:27:10 the camera view shows the late Dan Rooney and the late Ralph Wilson R.I.P. to both

[@donovanwilson1039]

Key Plays: 18:20 PIT: Anderson 39-yd FG 30:45 PIT: Woodson 37-yd INT ret TD 47:50 PIT: Morris 34-yd rec from O'Donnell 59:35 BUF: Christie 52-yd FG 1:02:20 PIT: Mills 26-yd rec from O'Donnell 1:14:05 BUF: Reed 19-yd rec TD from Kelly 1:27:40 PIT: Williams fumble recovery TD in end zone 1:32:30 BUF: Reed 20-yd rush 1:39:45 BUF: Jones INT 1:47:50 PIT: Blocked Buffalo FG attempt 2:13:55 PIT: Lake 2-yd INT ret 2:24:40 BUF: Brooks 22-yd rec from Reich Key Stats: BUF: Jim Kelly 22/43 pass, 212 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT Thurman Thomas 21 car, 91 yds Andre Reed 6 rec (13 targets), 63 yds, 1 TD Bill Brooks 7 rec (12 targets), 89 yds Russell Copeland 4 rec (10 targets), 47 yds PIT: Neil O'Donnell 14/27 pass, 148 yds, 1 INT Bam Morris 15 car, 61 rush yds, 2 rec, 41 rec yds Rod Woodson 1 INT, 1 TD, 1 sack Kevin Greene 3 sacks Gerald Williams 1 FR, 1 TD

[@devi2691]

i miss the old Pittsburgh uniforms. :-( the round numbers just look odd...

[@robminmonaca]

devi2691 well they are coming back this year for the Browns game at home.

[@colinmclaurin2673]

Believe the team should revert back. With exception of the helmets, the Giants should revert their uniforms back to the Parcell’s era too.

[@jorgebusch7]

making everything feminine in pro sports

[@devi2691]

@@jorgebusch7 are you saying fonts have a gender? so if Time New Roman is masculine, and Futura Condensed is Feminine, what's Copperplate Gothic?

[@Jackson-pq4zn]

devi2691 Ah, an over -reactive response. That’s the problem, super sensitive folks like you. Yes, football has become far too whussified

[@kenrosaidso8466]

When football was actually FOOTBALL

[@caza728]

Before it became pussified by all the CTE crap. Nobody’s forcing anyone to play football. If you’re not willing to take the risk with millions at stake, don’t play. Also the NFL could have gone to flimsier helmets to discourage “leading with the helmet” hits/tackles.

[@robbie192]

I miss the old uniforms and three rivers ..this was my favorite Steelers team...that d plus Barry foster ..in 95 Woodson tore his acl .in 96 lloyd did..greene gone after 95...this was it with that great d

[@EdmacZ]

Classic Steelers. Great Defense carrying an offense that hopefully does something. Even today.

[@BobCat623923]

I remember watching this that night. Steelers just overwhelmed them with crushing hits and physical play. What a defense the Steelers had in 1994, hopefully we are getting back to that.

[@ericdagostino5682]

I miss Monday night football in three rivers stadium to me it was special Heinz field just doesn't seem to same feel to it

[@jlmartinez8482]

Couldn't agree more Eric ! Three Rivers had an Electric atmosphere. Heinz just doesn't feel the same.

[@seanmorgan9068]

I agree

[@ChiefDad117]

Agree! I was born in 87, and I really miss three rivers. I miss the civic/Mellon arena too. Not just because I was a kid and the memories, but those places always where electric. Fans at today’s games suck.

[@aaazzz090]

It must have been a real thrill to go to Football games at Three Rivers Stadium, was it way louder than the games played at Heinz Field

[@bullock4211]

@@aaazzz090 Yes it was. As a kid growing up in the 80's and 90's I went to plenty football games at Three Rivers stadium. The atmosphere was electric and more intimidating at Three Rivers especially during the 90's. Heinz field not so much. The hardcore fans stopped going because of rising ticket prices and was taken over by corporations and casual Steeler fans. You can almost hear a pin drop at Heinz field.

[@trr3160]

So true about the Steelers offense struggling in 1994 and costing the team in the AFC title game. The offense seemed more potent in 1995 and could have been pretty good in 1996 and '97 had O'Donnell resigned. Fun watching these defenses of the 90s. The front three with Buckner, Steed and Seals was an underrated unit.

[@lunaticfringe896]

The offense struggled in '94? Huh? Why exactly do you say that? And the loss in the AFCC game for this '94 team was the single biggest joke game since the merger, perhaps of all time. The '94 team was, easily, Cowher's best team, save for, perhaps, the '04 Steelers. And yes, I'm including the '95 & '05 Super bowl qualifying/winning teams in that thought/statement

[@trr3160]

The offense averaged only 19.8 points a game. That's pretty bad with the personnel the Steelers had.

[@cbod14]

They were a running team. In The AFC Title game they got away from their identity. 54 passes? Come on.

[@trr3160]

The Steelers moved the ball at will, but couldn't score. Couldn't run on SD's front seven either. Very frustrating game still all these years later.

[@johnnygold753]

This whole team's defense from top to bottom was stacked the line to the linebackers and the secondary insane!!!!

[@steveguerriero7788]

The Steelers should have drafted Dan Marino in the 1983 draft,they would have won 3 super bowls with those lights out defense they put on the field those years.

[@quentincampbell612]

Steve Guerriero Jim Kelly would've wanted to play for the Steelers. Think about that. Jim Kelly playing qb for the Steelers while Bubby Brister would've been in Buffalo. Andre Reed would've wanted to be traded to Pittsburgh lol!

[@jjsteel43]

Biggest draft mistake in steelers history

[@williamwhalen7764]

Greene, Lloyd, Kirkland and Brown, maybe the best linebackers in steelers history.

[@jefflouis3113]

None of them were as good as Lambert.

[@lunaticfringe896]

Close, but there's little question that the combination of Ham, Lambert, and Russell is the best Steeler LB team in their history and, EASILY, one of the top 3 OF ALL TIME. Only the Chiefs and Giants had combinations that could compete with that. NFL Films put the Dome Patrol as the best in NFL history, but that seemed a tad dicey....I did love watching them play though...

[@kclark1169]

Best 4 outside linebackers in Steelers history: Ham, Harrison, Russell, Lloyd

[@charlesstevens6705]

William Whalen those were the days just before free agency tore into the game ,as it is now. The greedy owners destroyed the game and soon we will all be watching highlight games!

[@mikec3949]

​@kclark1169 5 years later and Watt's name deserves to be on that list

[@atombomb31458]

the quality of football was better back then

[@dumisatonyjohnson8145]

30:48 Rod Woodson Steelers Cornerback (26) intercepts a pass for a touchdown

[@patrickm7483]

That defense. Also, imagine a team like Buffalo down by 13 with over two minutes to go essentially conceding the game.

[@wwills1572]

I went to this game, it was an amazing, exciting experience. The crowd was so loud you put me but hear yourself scream😂

[@robbie192]

56:15 Avoid Lloyd 36:45 back to back sacks Greene and C Brown. 12:21 Gary Jones with monster hit

[@anthonyfesta7010]

BB said he had an outer body experience. He said he was looking down on himself from above looking at himself laying on the field.

[@robbie192]

30:45 pick 6 for Woodson

[@jjsteel43]

I'm back watching some of these games to Watch Lloyd and company after watching his press conference the other day on him being inducted into the Steelers Hall of Honor. Some of these bring back frustrating memories of the Steelers passing on Marino and wasting the great defense most of the time

[@bruceleeroy8302]

I remember this game. It was Woodson's last year with the Steelers and he single-handedly won this game for us!

[@jasonh.2656]

Umm, Rod Woodson left the Steelers after the 1996 season.

[@papasul29]

@@jasonh.2656 lol yup your right

[@jeffnorthrup8431]

25:58 Frank: "He (O'Donnell) doesn't throw interceptions, one of the lowest percentages in the league". SB XXX Neil O'Donnell: Hold my beer...

[@benjammmin7180]

Frank wasn't lying.

[@Pensfan5919]

​@@benjammmin7180Yeah. Hastings runs 9 yards for a post instead of 6. But let's blame the all-pro and 3 time Pro Bowl QB instead of the young receiver. Literally ended Neil's career because it was all New York talked about as well.

[@dumisatonyjohnson8145]

The game which Woodson picks off Jim Kelly for a touchdown

[@bosskey7212]

I feel like Rod never gets enough credit for what he brought to this Steelers team. Once he arrived they really started their great run in the 90's as a power house under Cowher. This was in my opinion one of his best teams overall but got upset by the one year wonder Chargers who got demolished that year in the Superbowl. I really feel like had the Steelers gotten there instead in 94 they might have beaten the 49ers.

[@marcomacias3960]

i notice 5 dark green areas at the left side of the playing field. im guessing those are used to cover up the bases and mound when the Pirates are away.

[@Pensfan5919]

Right on the button!

[@Jackson-pq4zn]

Aren’t you smart.

[@robbie192]

1:27:35 Woodson with another TD 30:45 for 1st TD

[@marcusanderson4652]

The Bills was the best team in the AFC for awhile in the early 90s. Then, the Steelers ended up owning them once Bill Cowher took over as their head coach.

[@chriserrington5958]

First Steelers game I attended. While Woodson and the defense were awesome yet again, what gets masked in this game was an offense that struggled to move/score when the running game wasn't dominating. Finished 23rd in the league in passing and just 16th in scoring. Seven of their wins came when scoring less than 20 points and you can add this one, considering the defense contributed both touchdowns. Would come back to haunt them in the AFC Championship game against a San Diego team Pittsburgh should have easily defeated.

[@EdmacZ]

That was Cowher's achilles heel all through the 90's. Offense, in particular the quarterback position.

[@lunaticfringe896]

Ehh, not really. You seem to be cherry picking the passing stat & you aren't considering the defenses the '94 team faced. FO lists the Steelers offense as the 5th most efficient in the league that year & that makes some sense. They were solid.

[@chriserrington5958]

I respect your opinion, but here are some statistics to prove my point. Pittsburgh had the No. 1 rushing offense in the league, compared to the No. 23 passing. I would argue that's due more to the Steelers attempting the second most rushes in the NFL and 24th fewest passes that season compared to the competition it faced. Pittsburgh's opponents were a combined 119-137 and the average defense it faced was 13th in the league - good, but not dominant each week. My point was that this was another game where the offense relied on the defense to win - especially when the running game wasn't a factor. As a huge Steelers fan that watched every game that season, it was often frustrating to see the offense struggle time and again - especially in a very winnable AFC Championship Game. Sure, O'Donnell threw for 349 yards that game, but Pittsburgh was held to 66 rushing and they only scored 13 points.

[@lunaticfringe896]

Ehh, that's just too simplistic an evaluation, using basic stats that I'm not sure show the whole picture. FO is often a good place to start (NFL advanced stats was often excellent to, but they have been consumed by ESPN): www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/teamoff1994 DVOA certainly isn't everything, but examining each and every play and evaluating it from a down/distance/field position perspective is a solid starting point. Insofar as this game was concerned, yeah, the offense didn't score a bunch of points (they got a TD that got called back...duh), but you need to adjust to the game situation. Yes, the defense scored 2 TDs and the Steelers got up big on the Bills, so, then what? Cowher/coaching staff should play as if they didn't get those points? Throw the hell out of the ball?? While it often frustrated me too (i.e. how Cowher would handle the team when they got a lead), it also is VERY hard to argue with just how successful the Steelers were once they did. The Bengal loss, which was absurd, and the Falcon tie (almost as insane) are all that come to mind... And the '94 AFCC game was an utter abomination. It remains the single most amazing, nonsensical game I've EVER seen (since the merger that is). How the Steelers lost and how they only scored 13 points puttnig up ~350 yards, is just...STUNNING. In any case, I urge you to not discount just how good/efficient the Steeler offense was that year.

[@kclark1169]

Steelers played 3 playoff games vs the Chargers...the 1st 2 games(losses) the temperature in both games was in the 40's....the 3rd game in 2008(a win) the temperature was in the 20's

[@LA25250]

“I still can’t believe it was only 11 men on the field” Andre Redd referring to the Steeler defense

[@craighouse1279]

I remember playing in this game. I was the best one.

[@johnnygold753]

I just realized I was at this game game I was literally hanging from overhead pipes from overhead pipes when rod Woodson intercepted this pass for the touchdown for the touchdown. Monday night football is the Greatest

[@mlee81]

Loved this defensive lineup. Gave the smackdown. Great performance.

[@lightoftheworld7398]

This Steeler team should have gone to the Super Bowl! They would have played the 49ers much better than the Chargers did!

[@mpower1969]

Pgh laid an egg @ home vs. SD... one of the most disappointing losses i've ever seen in Pgh. You are right - that Chargers team was underwhelming, and Pgh/SF that year would've been epic. Steelers Def. was no joke in 94-95.

[@BIG-D-STAR]

THEY WOULD'VE LOST TOO, BEING COMPETITIVE IS THE BARE MINIMUM EXPECTATION LOSING IS LOSING!!!

[@jnyfumare]

THIS was an ass kicking.

[@kevinpaige4902]

Loved this Era of MNF

[@chrisspearline767]

How did this Steelers team make it to the AFC Championship? It shows you how much the NFL has changed

[@keithclark7266]

Pittsburgh vs Buffalo 1970 thru 2018 which includes 3 playoff games (1974, 1992, 1995) 1970-79 Steelers were 5-1 1980-92 Bills were 7-1 1993-18 Steelers are 10-1 Overall Pittsburgh is 16-9 vs Buffalo

[@Pensfan5919]

Make it 17-10 now.

[@edwardflorence6401]

Steelers fan miss old Three Rivers Stadium wish those days come back once more

[@chrisorr4902]

Rod Woodson with a pick six. In 2002, Woodson had a pick six on the 500th Monday Night Football game with the Raiders.

[@TheChaz747]

ESPN killed Monday Night Football

[@papasul29]

Rod Woodson won this game by himself lol

[@josecolon2201]

Rip no91 Kevin Greene

[@christopherdonaldson7484]

Dom Capers was the defensive coordinator for the Steelers in Cowher's first three seasons (1992-94). After his last season, became the first head coach of the expansion Carolina Panthers

[@hectorlopez1069]

And the houston Texans expansion team as well.

[@rajwoodson]

This put Pittsburgh in the National spotlight as tops in the AFC as they CLOBBERED AFC reigning Champ Buffalo. Most of us in Pittsburgh already saw this team building for over a year - was finally nice to get some National attention - I think we made SI cover after we beat the Raiders in Oakland. I really miss that team!

[@robbie192]

That 94 team was my favorite...I cried when Woodson tore his acl in the 95 opener because i loved that 94 d plus Barry foster

[@chrisspearline767]

I miss this broadcast trio

[@chrisspearline767]

How did the Oilers manage so many Monday night games?

[@westcoastnigka]

OMG I loved this Defense!! #Blitzburgh

[@jeremyc2445]

Three decades later, It's unthinkable that Buffalo lost 4 SBs in a row

[@nolanchen1876]

This was Cowher’s best team even though they choked the AFC Championship

[@chrisorr4902]

Monday Night Football isn't the same anymore. Back then, Monday Night Football had better commentators and into than today.

[@caza728]

It has to do with football and America as a whole becoming pussified.

[@thesportsdad]

O'Donnell doomed these Steeler team's in the mid 90's he was an average QB at best and had no kind of clutch gene, it was a miracle they made it as far as they did in the playoffs with him, all the credit goes to an outrages defense and running game.

[@robminmonaca]

Steelers Guru he they had a quarterback like Ben with that team the Steelers could have been a dynasty in the 90s.

[@atrain818]

rob mush odonnell made some mistakes, no doubt. But if ernie mills doesn't get hurt in SB 30. They win. I'd bet my life on it. Hastings made an incor6rect cut on that last pick. Mills woulda been in that slot wr position had he not been injured. They owned dallas that 2nd half

[@cityofchamps66]

First of all it's outrageous, not outrages, 2ndly, you can't diss an average QB for getting to a Super Bowl, that's an oxymoron, it further proves you usually need an elite QB more often than not to win a title, other than Brad Johnson and Trent Dilfer(who both had once in a lifetime defenses) it's usually a guy named Brady, Manning, Brees, Roethlisberger, Rodgers, etc winning a title

[@daveguy583]

O'Donnell was better than average.... one game follows him around...although a big game.... played great in the 93 wild card game, 94 playoffs and led the steelers on the game winning drive against the colts in 95.... yeah he played like garbage in the 2nd half in the superbowl but c'mon guys... a little too harsh on a good qb

[@papasul29]

@@daveguy583 agreed. Actually thought 95 was his best season. 9-3 as starter that year 17tds almost 3000 in a still a basically run first offense. He was important that year thats why he was the steelers team mvp in 95. Of course he could have been better. But overall they were winners with O'Donnell

[@mikegames3464]

In today’s game, the Gary Jones 1q hit on Andre Reed & the Rod Woodson 3q hit on Jim Kelly are now both Personal foul penalties now

[@mikegames3464]

That 3q hit by Rod Woodson on Jim Kelly is why he’s better all-time then Deion Sanders. You couldn’t do call a blitz like that the Deion

[@reginaldsingleton820]

We need some more sacking cornerbacks more reiceivers that were quarback in college name Reggie been watching you guys for 40 years.

[@mlee81]

People that rip on Ben need to look at some of these old games. Appreciate what you have when you have it. Landry Jones is an upgrade over Neil O Donnel.

[@CKWolf-kq5wz]

WRONG!

[@EdmacZ]

Bro, I know Neil blew the Super Bowl, but let’s not smoke crack here.

[@edwardweaver1467]

What arrived the "35's"?

[@robertrohde4579]

I wish the Rooney family bought the Pirates!

[@AdmKadmon]

The announcer keeps saying this guy and that guy aren't big. If the Bills linebackers weren't big, Kevin Greene certainly was lol.

[@MasterSkywalker91]

1:28 MNF Intro

[@chrisspearline767]

Dierdorf acted like the Bills were down by 50 when it was 10-0 in the first quarter and Pittsburgh couldn't move the ball

[@ericdagostino5682]

Gray Jones hit on don Beebe awesome hit that happens in the NFL today they probably lock him and throw away the key

[@caza728]

Yea, take any game from a certain year and compare it to a game played 10 years earlier and you’ll see how pussified football has become.

[@KEETH77]

I remember this game for the hit Gary Jones put on Don Beebe on the sideline

[@j-fpilote1576]

that one was in 1993, actually. in today's NFL, would be downright criminal to hit a guy like that.

[@1USACitizen192]

Bill Cowher would have won 5 or 7 Superbowl if he had a good qb.

[@CKWolf-kq5wz]

No he wouldn't

[@1USACitizen192]

If he had BIG Ben Roethlisberger his whole career he would have won 9 or 10, easy. Even a 7 year old Roethlisberger was better than Neil Odonnell

[@sainttrunks1982]

#USACitizen

[@sainttrunks1982]

@@CKWolf-kq5wz all Cowher did with a healthy Big Ben is go 15-1 & win a superbowl.

[@Jackson-pq4zn]

1USACitizen192 9 or 10? You’re a complete, f-tard.

[@westcoastnigka]

Deion who?? #InRodWeTrust

[@phillipwhiteiii5721]

Correct!

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

1:27:43 Ouch

[@jeffersonianideal]

As Howard Cosell said to Curt Gowdy, "Cowboy, isn't Dan Dierdorf shit on Monday Night Football?"

[@kelceyallen433]

They need to bring the cartoon footballs back. 😶😶😶🤣🤣

[@edwardbright9434]

Now bring tht back to Pittsburgh

[@jcarbol71]

We had the defense, we had the coach, but did not have a solid good Quarterback. Probably at least 2 Super Bowls should've been won!!

[@chrisspearline767]

Mark Royals was a weapon

[@fpopee]

I've been watching ed hochuli fuck up games for over 20 yrs

[@chrisspearline767]

9:00 p.m. start time on the east coast

[@chrisspearline767]

I liked when MNF was the only night game

[@dirtnation]

2:25:59 Three coaches on this list, eight Super Bowl titles between them.

[@jamalginsburg7277]

They ripped Buffalo in the beginning.

[@stevenmoomaw1510]

They ripped the Bills each meeting following the 92 playoff bills win

[@Jackson-pq4zn]

jamalginsburg7277 They didn’t rip anyone. They spoke it like it was, without disrespect. It’s just today, no one can say anything truthful without others getting offended.

[@dyates6380]

I never understood why Marv Levy would always, relentlessly, yell at the poor guy who's just responsible for moving the chains about calls all day.

[@caza728]

Dementia.

[@kenrosaidso8466]

Younger fans dont hear it much about this Steelers Defense. This d was one of the most feared ds in steelers history. Steelers 2008 d wasnt even this good. They destroyed the cowboys in superbowl but they cant play Qb also

[@benjammmin7180]

Agreed. I've said this for years. The '94 Steelers defense was the best they've had since the 70s.

[@BIG-D-STAR]

BUFFALO BILLSHIT VS THE MIGHTY PITTSBURGH STEELERS

[@mikegames3035]

I love seeing defenses aloud to do what they get paid to do #letthemplay

[@Jackson-pq4zn]

Allowed. Illiterate.

[@basement_livin]

still Wide Right :(

[@anthonyfesta7010]

4th and 40

[@westcoastnigka]

Too bad Barry couldn't stay healthy

[@brandonthompson8411]

Dodger Blues I agree, he was special and tough to tackle in the 4th quarter, like Bettis. I loved the screens they ran with foster.

[@jjsteel43]

Back when the Steelers had a very good secondary and a boring and mediocre offense

[@mpower1969]

not boring or mediocre... this was a very good blocking team/OL with a bruising run game. dominant defense (now illegal) + run game = lotta wins back in the day

[@toddpeucker9905]

That leatherheads feature is cringey as hell.

[@alexciocca4451]

Ads to long i leave

[@malcomshaw5962]

✌🏿😎🤣