1997 - Week 9 - Denver Broncos at Buffalo Bills

[@olbuddy5251]

I was 12 years old at the time and my late grandfather took me to this game. I'm so glad to be able to see this legendary Bronco's team in person. Neither of us thought our Bills had a chance but they made it close. The one thing the broadcast does not show for whatever reason was the snow coming down in OT. The only "snow game" I've been to in my life. So bizarre the cameras don't pick it up.

[@stevennations9262]

thank you for the game...those were the good old days

[@scottfarmer8758]

This was Chris Speilman's last game of his career. They found out after the game that he played with a neck issue and was put on IR. He sat out the 98 season to care for his wife who had breast cancer. In 99 he was traded to Cleveland but reinjured his neck in the preseason and was forced to retire. I am surprised that he's never been considered for the Hall of Fame.

[@hezamachine]

Chris Spielman was one of my favorite players growing up. I feel that his career is underrated. He was a productive player until the injury. If you look at his stats he should have more trips to the Pro Bowl. He was a 4x Pro Bowler. If he played on a Super Bowl team his career would be viewed differently. The Lions would get into the playoffs and lose. He was with the Bills when the Bills were not the same team from the early 90's.

[@Jacen777]

I've heard of guys getting into the HOF late. It took Jim Thorpe 35 years to get in. Perhaps there's still hope yet.

[@peterraeljr5180]

What I remember most about this game is waking up that Sunday morning and my Dad telling me their was a huge snow storm in Denver over night and all the roads were closed and they had trouble getting people to the team buses the had asked people with 4 wheel drives and snow mobiles to pick up the players they got to Buffalo really late

[@Nonsense1986]

I attended the Giants vs Bengals game that day. I live in Northern NJ and am an Eagles fan but my dad is a Giants fan.

[@robertduran6038]

Thanks for the game.. I was stuck inside for 2 days because of the blizzard. Crazy day and game.

[@aarondersnah863]

And how the Broncos didn't make it to Buffalo until late Saturday night for the 1 PM Sunday game.

[@JJPasadena]

DREDD nought I remember the images of Broncos players wearing ski-goggles, other outdoor gear and running through 20” of snow in their front yards just to hop on the snowmobiles. Man! Until reading your comment I haven’t thought of that memory since I was young. Thanks!

[@Josh_H00]

JJPasadena miss these days of football. Also miss the snow storms that Denver use to get. Haven’t seen one like that in awhile. Great memory.

[@82dorrin]

I remember that blizzard well. I actually stood outside and watched it come in. A big, white cloud rolling down the foothills. Coming in fast.

[@loosecrash]

hey wasn’t this the game that the Broncos almost had to forfeit because the Denver metro was so snowed in that players couldn’t get to the airport? i remember seeing on the news as a kid ppl picking up players on snowmobiles. crazy. you know it’s a bad snowstorm when Denver gets shutdown.

[@jamalginsburg7277]

I subscribed because of your BILLS videos.

[@phantomkaz]

Even though the game wound up an 'L' for Buffalo, I still consider this a classic game from that era of Bills football. The comeback, the long FG by Chrisite...and the bonehead call in OT, of course. Fun game to watch. GREAT upload!!! Keep 'em coming, JP!

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

1:57:32 This is the same Keith Traylor who had a memorable 67 yard run with the Bears. But people forget this play

[@derrymcguinness783]

The reason I looked this game up

[@keithvanhouw8790]

Traylor ate a few thousand hamburgers in between this INT and the infamous 2001 INT. He's actually pretty fleet here!

[@BIG-D-STAR]

@@keithvanhouw8790 Keith Traylor was 1st drafted by Denver as a middle linebacker at 250 lbs he posted a 4.57 40 yd dash he was very athletic before he gained weight and switched positions...his career lasted till 2007 with 6 teams he's got 3 SB rings with Denver (2) and NE(1) he has a 62 yd int/td and a 67 yd int return...not bad for a dude of his size.

[@scottfarmer8758]

I was at this game. It was the 10th game I attended and it was the first time I saw them lose.

[@ylgotbars4531]

Even as a Titans fan (sorry for the miracle), I always had respect for the bills. Such a dominant team and they were homegrown stars. Bruce Smith is the greatest defensive player next to LT

[@christianisch1394]

First regular season game I ever attended

[@juliansmith1951]

I was watching this game while visiting my late grandparents in Columbus Georgia on their nbc affiliate WLTZ channel 38 plus Dallas verses Philadelphia was on FOX

[@quentincampbell612]

This was supposed to be the playoff matchup in the 96-97 playoffs but,Jacksonville ruined it for everyone. It would've been Jim Kelly,Andre Reed,Bruce Smith and the rest of the early 90's trying for one last chance at a Super Bowl victory against John Elway,who was also looking to get back to and win the Super Bowl along with running back Terrell Davis and a tough defense. Considering how this regular season game was exciting,think how amazing the playoff game would've been! The Jaguars messed it up for you,me, commentators Dick Enberg, Paul McGuire and Phil Simms!

[@RichV20]

Bills veteran skill should of got them past Jaguars. The Bills were too old and anemic on offense to go beyond the Wild Card or beat the Broncos on the road in 1996.

[@walterlv01]

This game was kind of the final hurrah of the Bills' Super Bowl teams, they still had a lot of the main players from those 4 Super Bowls and still showed the fight that they were famous for against that season's Super Bowl champs. They were 4-3 at this time and in contention, but sunk fast after this loss and wound up 6-10 and Levy retired.

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

I actually think their final hurrah was the game that ended up being Levy's final win a month later vs. the Jets.

[@jeremythompson9122]

Their last hurrah really was the Wild Card loss to Jacksonville in 96...Jim Kelly's final game. They had no chance in 97 with Todd Collins under Center. I'm surprised Marv Levy didn't retire after the 96 season along with Jim Kelly

[@jermountain2342]

I attended this game w my family I was about 8, a local lifetime bills fan, I also loved elways broncos due to my brother, I wore my new elway jersey and was seated in Elvis’ corner.. I worked up the courage to run down and stand next to him to cheer, forgetting I had the opponents jersey on.. he asked me if i was from denver and I was so starstruck I lied and said yes and ran back to my seat

[@samjean3688]

1:48

[@donovanwilson1039]

Key Plays: 16:05 DEN: Davis 29-yd rush 19:30 DEN: Elam missed 38-yd FG 45:15 DEN: Braxton 23-yd INT ret 53:50 DEN: Elam 23-yd FG 1:02:50 DEN: Davis 25-yd rec from Elway 1:08:30 DEN: Davis 9-yd rush TD 1:33:50 DEN: Carswell fumble recovery 1:57:25 DEN: Traylor 62-yd INT ret TD 2:01:30 BUF: A. Smith 26-yd rush 2:10:25 DEN: Atwater fumble recovery 2:13:20 BUF: Schulz 2-yd INT ret 2:14:40 BUF: Reed 27-yd rec TD from Van Pelt 2:36:30 DEN: Crockett 10-yd INT ret 2:43:10 BUF: Early 22-yd rec from Van Pelt 2:45:20 BUF: Early 31-yd rec TD from Van Pelt 2:57:45 BUF: Early 15-yd rec from Van Pelt 2:59:30 BUF: Reed 24-yd rec from Van Pelt 3:01:10 BUF: Christie 55-yd FG 3:18:05 Buffalo final drive start 3:24:10 Denver game-winning drive start 3:25:25 DEN: McCaffrey 17-yd rec from Elway 3:32:20 DEN: Elam GW 33-yd FG Key Stats: DEN: John Elway 16/30 pass, 133 yds, 2 INT Terrell Davis 42 car, 207 yds, 1 TD Rod Smith 3 rec, 35 yds Shannon Sharpe 4 rec, 35 yds Keith Traylor 1 INT, 1 TD, 1 sack Neil Smith 2 sacks BUF: Todd Collins 7/18 pass, 35 yds, 2 INT Alex Van Pelt 12/24 pass, 177 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT Antowain Smith 16 car, 92 yds Andre Reed 4 rec (10 targets), 70 yds, 1 TD Quinn Early 6 rec (13 targets), 91 yds, 1 TD Phil Hansen 2 sacks

[@Diljabar]

I was at that game

[@lisahardy9707]

NFL on NBC Week 9 Sunday Oct 26, 1997, 1 pm ET kick-off a chilly 35 F/ 1 C Attendance - 78,458 Game 1 of NBC Doubleheader

[@yalesss]

Do you have the 1993 game vs Dallas, week 2 of the season?

[@JeanPaulMueller]

Not sure. You'll have to wait until December when I travel back to WNY.

[@placekicker1]

@@JeanPaulMueller Hey, Man. First of all, congrats on your material, as it brings back quite the memories and it's been really helpful in filling some historical voids. And on that note, you think that it'd be possible to use some clips of it for educational, researching and custom purposes? It'd be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[@JeanPaulMueller]

@@placekicker1 Sure, go ahead.

[@placekicker1]

@@JeanPaulMueller Thank you, my Man, as it is greatly appreciated. Also, please let me know if there's some highlight that you may be longing to see for me to check my archives and share it as well if I should have it ('cause I got some stuff taken down). As it'd be my pleasure. Cheers.

[@Fireyninjadog]

Van pelt threw his only tds in 1997 in this game. 2 weeks later, he had as many completions as he had picks

[@speedyeagle2.25]

2:14:48 Andre Reed TD

[@aarondersnah863]

A few years later (during the Matt Millen era), the Lions won the overtime coin toss in a game against the Bears, and they chose to take the wind rather than the ball. However, the Lions never got the ball in OT as Chicago drove down the field and kicked the winning FG. Having seen this Broncos-Bills game, I knew a team like could win with this strategy, However, to be successful, it would help a lot if the team had more in common with the 97 Broncos than the 02 Lions.

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

Mike Shanahan was no Marty Mornhinweg and the Broncos were not a Lions-esque laughingstock

[@StukInBuf]

Had the Bills won this game, it might've derailed the Broncos from eventually winning Super Bowl XXXII.

[@rkid727]

How? They went 12-4 and won as a wild card. Still would have been a wild card at 11-5 or 10-6.

[@jonathankuhls3778]

Christian McCaffrey's dad is playing for the Broncos in this game

[@jonathankuhls3778]

I was only 38 back then

[@jonathankuhls3778]

I went to that game

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

Jaret Wright would've been the most improbable Game 7 World Series winner since Johnny Podres in 1995. Then Jose Mesa came in...

[@bennyrobinson1935]

todd collins makes mike glennon look like michael vick

[@lewisgottschalk2178]

Todd Collins brutal play probably the reason Marv Levy left coaching after this year.

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

NFL/NBC Halftime Report!

[@lisahardy9707]

Davis taking a piss @ 1:39

[@donham2540]

Only here bc Marcellus said Shannon sharpe was whooping his butt lol

[@mgreg8134]

I really hated Randy Cross as an announcer his bias against Denver was so obvious even when they had gotten to SB 32 it showed.

[@koolkitties8552]

please stop telling the funal score. It ruins watching the game.

[@lisahardy9707]

You realize this was played 20 years ago right ?

[@koolkitties8552]

Wayne Hardy yeah I know but I didn't get to see it then.

[@joegriego3091]

Karo French; You mean, in 20 years, you never found out what the score was?

[@baxter1896]

Karo French don't look at the description

[@mariorico841]

de chiripa ganaron los broncos

[@victorsandoval3690]

Apenas ganaron