The CRAZIEST Bills Mafia Story You've Never Heard

[@BigfootAnthropologist]

I went to a home Bills game in 1980 with my wife on the first day of our honeymoon. Forty years later, we're still happily married.

[@Sephiroth766]

When Scott Norwood missed the FG at Super Bowl 25, Buffalo held a parade for them and the fans chanted for Norwood to appear. When he did they all cheered him. Fans forgave him immediately. Why can’t other fan bases be the same way.

[@hovtchil873]

me, a jets fan: 👀🙄

[@RichV20]

It wasn't a parade, but a rally at City Hall.

[@jerryjanik480]

It was a rally I had the day off Pre-K I believe or kindergarten my and I was in Catholic school we had the day off

[@davee.9906]

Actually most fans are the same. It's the people that claim to be fans but are really just casual fans at best that are the ones that boo and overreact. True fans know how hard this game can be and appreciate every players hard work no matter if they make a bad play or win the Super Bowl. I've been to several stadiums in several different states and fans are fans no matter age, sex, color or religious affiliation. I was always told growing up that the fans of my favorite team were the worst in the world. We've been called every name under the sun and accused of throwing snowballs at Santa Claus, ok that one is true but he wasn't the real Santa and he was drunk and belligerent. But believe me I've witnessed much worse behavior than that during a Jets and Patriots game lol.

[@jry3270]

Because Buffalo is a special football city. This city has the Bills, Sabres, and thats pretty much it. We love our teams more than life itself, and that love is unconditional.

[@armusc757]

There is also the time BILLS fans stormed the field after beating Miami. Wherein they tore down a goal post, broke it into pieces sending a chunk up to Ralphs box via crowd surfing!!! That was wild!!!

[@P2thaR]

*vs jets That was my first nfl game.

[@eyechartny]

That was their first win over Miami after losing 20 in a row to them, The Bills lost every game they played against Miami in the 70's, and to finally beat them...you can't blame them for what they did.

[@blazer79]

That win VS the Rams was the last game that season at Rich Stadium. Loss at New England, win at San Francisco to win the AFC East & a tough playoff loss in San Diego. Saw the entire Home Slate in 1980. No one wanted to leave after the Rams game. And they weren’t in a hurry to leave after snapping a 20 game losing streak to Miami on opening day.

[@davidcostantino1838]

Technically "Bills Mafia" started in 2010. Football fandom in Buffalo has always been...different. Thanks for the memory.

[@chadwickwhite6107]

We are the ORIGINAL 12th Man. The Seattle Seahawks STOLE OUR NAME. I just WISH Terry Pegula had the BALLS to do the RIGHT THING and SUE THE SHIT out of the Seattle Seahawks for STEALING OUR NAME.

[@redmustangredmustang]

Before Thurman Thomas there was Joe Cribbs. Before Jim Kelly there was Joe Ferguson. Before Marv Levy there was Chuck Knox. Chuck Knox took the Rams and got them to the playoffs consistently. Then he took Seattle who were freaking terrible their entire franchise and his first year took them to the AFC championship game. No one really gave Chuck Knox much credit for turning teams around.

[@stosh64]

*JOE Cribbs

[@tygrkhat4087]

Chuck Knox and Marty Schottenheimer both deserve to be in the Hall of Fame. Both won over 170 games, Marty over 200, both made the teams they coached for better and were well respected by their players and other coaches in the league. Yeah, they didn't have the postseason success; but it's hard to have postseason failure without regular season success.

[@scottfarmer8758]

Zero Super Bowl appearances. That's why he's not in the Hall of Fame.

[@atlasking6110]

"consistently" LOL. He got them to the playoffs twice and went 1-2 in the playoffs. Knox was NOT a great coach for The Bills. Look it up. 38-38 record. As mediocre as it gets.

[@thelastmanonearth2631]

I know you're not getting the views you think you deserve, and I completely agree with you. But keep at this, bro. You're definitely going to get there. You make very high quality content. Keep plugging away at this!

[@dugger0]

The hardest working man on KZbin right here folks. Thanks JG9. Could you possibly cover some Titans stories in the future? I know that might be hard considering you are a Jags fan. 👍

[@adamplace1414]

He really is! Putting in full days, every day, for these great stories. It's genuinely inspirational, in the sense that, if JG9 can put out this quality daily, with footage he sources from God knows where, I should be able to do something like it with video I've shot.

[@astrostar49]

Good spotlight. Bills had a couple of good seasons under Knox from 1980 to 1981. Both times in the playoffs they lost close ones to the Chargers and Bengals. They had a lot of good players, and probably could have gotten to the Super Bowl one of those years if they had a few more breaks go their way.

[@atlasking6110]

Knox's record with The Bills, including playoffs, was a dead-even 38-38. So very overrated by Bills fans. Everybody "remembers" that they "had a couple of good seasons." 38-38. That's all I'm sayin'.

[@sugarbear8574]

I eas at that game. The atmosphere walking into the stadium was electric. The hitting was ferocious all day. When Mickemeyer kicked that OT FG the place erupted.

[@sashabenner1058]

I always love your videos but the Bills are my favorite. In a die hard Bills fanatic and history buff so I dig it. Thank you keep up the good work ❤

[@mostowy]

Great content, as always

[@joeyrivaldo5239]

I was in the stands when the Bills beat the Jets in 1988 to win the AFC East & watched the fans storm the field & tear down the Goal Posts!

[@P2thaR]

The first football game I ever went to. I started going down the row to get to the isle to run onto the field cuz I thought that was what the fans did in a win. My mom's friend, who took me, grabbed me and asked where I was going. I pointed to the field and he laughed, saying "no way, your parents would murder me." I was 10, and didn't understand why they'd do that but I didn't want him dead, so I went back to my seat.

[@sugarbear8574]

A fan for 55 years and this was my pick as best game I attended includes 2vAFC Championships

[@westpalmtom3461]

WOW. Never heard this one. Go Bills

[@michaelbilloni5128]

Awesome. This brought back great memories

[@DJVexillum]

6:12 "You'd have to be crazy to leave an overtime game early: Me who did just that during the Bills-Colts Snowvertime game in 2017: Don't remind me

[@luisreyes1963]

That's what I call fan loyalty! 😄

[@travismcnamara8919]

I almost shed a tear. Bills fandom runs deeeeeep!

[@Lawomenshoops]

A video about two teams that thought about drafting Doug Flutie in the first round in 1985- The Bills Mafia- if they were called that at the time, wanted the Bills to draft Doug Flutie with the #1 pick overall in 85. The Clowns owner Art Modell wanted to draft Flutie too, but GM Ernie Accorsi said that Bernie Kosar would be the better choice.

[@daved1535]

It looks like both franchises made the right choice on that one

[@SVW1976]

That wasn't Bills Mafia. THAT WAS THE 12TH MAN!

[@shawnokeefe1580]

Wow your videos are great

[@kyledamron]

Aside from Raider Nation (the only real Nation in the NFL, the rest just copied the term), the Bills Mafia is a great name for a fanbase.

[@jerryjanik480]

Yeah there's a book called talking proud after season for the Buffalo Bills winning the division in making the playoffs the 1980 season uncle went to school with my uncle and it's dedicated to him

[@scottfarmer8758]

The Bills won the AFC East after beating the 49ers on the last day of the season, not the Patriots.

[@OfficialJaguarGator9]

Correct. It was the Bills and Patriots battling for the AFC East, and Buffalo had to win one of their final 2 games, which they did against the Niners. I made a video on the 1980 Patriots and how unlucky they were at the end of the season, with every team in front of them winning their games to keep the Pats out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f52sXmiKgZKIkJo

[@sugarbear8574]

I have been looking for the video of this game, where did you find it?

[@Davepool-hs7vr]

Do a video on the Bills 32 point comeback against the Oilers in the 1992 playoffs

[@cjkavy2299]

GO BILLS!!!!!!!!!!

[@gregheiden9986]

Its pronouced Fred Smerless, and if the Bills had him on the roster for Super Bowl 25 it would have changed NFL history. IMO. He was a run stopping nose tackle that the Bills cut in the 1990 offseason, and went on to play for the Pats.

[@WideTier]

That year the Bills, Browns and Chargers all finished 11-5-0 winning their respective divisions. During the regular season the Bills beat the Chargers head to head in San Diego. And yet, the Bills had to play their divisional playoff game in San Diego. There would have been no way on God’s green earth “Air Coryell” could have won in Buffalo in January against their #1 defense. Yet because of the illogical “3 way tie breaker rule” with Cleveland being involved the Chargers managed to steal the home field advantage away from the Bills despite losing to them head to head during the regular season and not winning more games. More bad Bills luck.

[@100secondworkout]

Bills would have beat Tampa Bay !

[@TimEric4d3d3d3]

Curdin Call

[@scottconner7930]

41 Years Ago

[@Fireyninjadog]

Dosen't seem so crazy. These guys break tables. What do you expect?

[@Lawomenshoops]

It's Fred SmerLISS, not las! And Chuck Knox coached wallflower players like Isiah Robertson, Conrad Dobler, Phil Villapiano- (I know that is spelled wrong) and The Bozo, I mean the Boz. What did he do to the football gods to get sentenced to coaching those players!

[@atlasking6110]

"Wallflower" doesn't mean what you think it means.

[@Lawomenshoops]

@@atlasking6110 it’s called sarcasm

[@jry3270]

Calling it 'Bills Mafia' in 1980 is a bit of an anachronism.

[@jdbassociates]

❤️💙🔥❤️💙🔥

[@100secondworkout]

Bills

[@camilocienfuegos2866]

I was born and raised as a Jets fan in Upstate NY and as a kid I would go to the games at Rich Stadium when they came around for their annual match-up with the Bills. What a miserable place...the stadium always smelled of stale Canadian beer, body odor and poor life choices.

[@jamalginsburg7277]

As a Bills fan, I couldn't agree with you more.

[@daved1535]

So stale Canadian beer smells different than stale American beer?

[@jamalginsburg7277]

@@daved1535 yes.