The WORST FIELD in NFL HISTORY | Bills @ Packers (1982)

During week 5 of the 1982 NFL season, the Green Bay Packers played the Buffalo Bills at Milwaukee County Stadium. And to say that the field conditions were awful for this game would be an understatement, as afterwards, due to a variety of circumstances that led to the field being a giant mud pit, both Bills and Packers players and officials criticized Milwaukee officials for letting the field get this bad. This is the story behind the worst, sloppiest, and ugliest field in the history of the NFL
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Members of the 1982 Packers:
Rich Campbell
Lynn Dickey
David Whitehurst
Gerry Ellis
Harlan Huckleby
Jim Jensen
Eddie Lee Ivery
Mike Meade
Del Rodgers
Phil Epps
John Jefferson
James Lofton
Paul Coffman
Gary Lewis
John Thompson
Derrel Gofourth
Ron Hallstrom
Leotis Harris
Tim Huffman
Greg Koch
Larry McCarren
Tim Stokes
Karl Swanke
Byron Braggs
Robert Brown
Mike Butler
Ezra Johnson
Terry Jones
Casey Merrill
Richard Turner
John Anderson
George Cumby
Mike Douglass
Jim Laslavic
Cliff Lewis
Guy Prather
Larry Rubens
Randy Scott
Rich Wingo
Johnnie Gray
Maurice Harvey
Estus Hood
Mike Jolly
Mark Lee
Mike McCoy
Mark Murphy
Bill Whitaker
Ray Stachowicz
Jan Stenerud
Bart Starr (coach)
Members of the 1982 Bills:
Efren Herrera
Nick Mike-Mayer
Greg Cater
Matt Kofler
Joe Ferguson
Matt Robinson
Joe Cribbs
Arthur Whittington
Steve Freeman
Lemar Parrish
Roland Hooks
Charles Romes
Chris Williams
Mario Clark
Ted McKnight
Booker Moore
Allan Clark
Jeff Nixon
Phil Villapiano
Rod Kush
Bill Simpson
Curtis Brown
Roosevelt Leaks
Jim Ritcher
Chris Keating
Will Grant
Eugene Marve
Jim Haslett
Lucius Sanford
Isiah Robertson
Shane Nelson
Joey Lumpkin
Tom Lynch
Ervin Parker
Tim Vogler
Reggie McKenzie
Joe Devlin
Ken Jones
Jon Borchardt
Fred Smerlas
Ben Williams
Justin Cross
Jerry Butler
Perry Tuttle
Frank Lewis
Sherman White
Buster Barnett
Mark Brammer
Robert Holt
Mike Mosley
Lou Piccone
Ken Johnson
Darrell Irvin
Mark Roopenian
Chuck Knox (head coach)

[@arizonawrestlinginterviews1040]

The 1982 NFL season, the gift that keeps on giving

[@andrewschultz6608]

It's pretty amazing, especially since it has just over half the games of a usual season.

[@DolFan316]

Hey, I liked it 😁

[@okolo22000]

One things for certain; whenever a NFL video takes place in 1982, it’s guaranteed to be a banger! 👍 Whenever JG9 puts out a video in general, it is going to be pure gold! 🏅 In other words; seeing you do a video involving 1982, I knew right away that this is going to be an all-time favorite of mine. 😊 As you would say, of all the NFL games that have ever been played; this was certainly one of them.

[@rwboa22]

For once, the title for "worst turf" was not the old Veterans Stadium in South Philadelphia. Despite the horrible Astroturf there, at least this game vindicates the use of artificial turf in multi-use facilities or having separate facilities for MLB and NFL teams. Besides, what you got that day was a REAL foot...I mean "MUD-BALL" game. 🏈

[@matthewdaley746]

Absolutely, worst, fans, unquestionably.

[@michaelv3340]

I remember reading about the field conditions in the very early NFL in the thirties, they played on a field that was covered with coal mine tailings. When they were tackled, they'd literally be cut up.

[@daBEAGLE1017]

Good ole County Stadium where both football teams had to share the same sidelines. Miss that place.

[@CTubeMan]

This unofficial Official Jaguar Gator 9 historian will remind everyone you made a video about how Packers Receiver James Lofton wanted the team to move to Milwaukee after that season. Quoth Alanis Morrisette, “Isn’t it Ironic?”

[@johnliberty3647]

I miss when adjusting to conditions was part of the game. The better team always wins, the team that adjusts the best is the better team with or without field conditions or weather.

[@bemore1134]

I imagine the gambling industry would be thrilled to have every game played under sanitary, sterile conditions. And the networks & sponsors would be simply beside themselves if the conditions didn't allow for Joe Mediastar Diva QB to pass for 450 yards.

[@matismf]

At least it was the same for both teams. Unlike the "snowplow" game in New England!

[@matthewdaley746]

Don Shula's treacherous hypocrisy.

[@billtooke6642]

The 1982 season strikes back

[@markbrian7179]

This reminds me of the Buffalo Bills-New York jets game at Shea Stadium in 1974. It was really muddy in that game too.

[@DolFan316]

You mean the game where the teams combined for 94 runs and 33 passing yards, all by the Jets? That game?

[@markbrian7179]

@@DolFan316 No, the game you're thinking about happened at Rich Stadium, which the Bills won 16-12. The game I was talking about happened at Shea Stadium which the Jets won 20-10.

[@atlasking6110]

That was at Rich Stadium, not Shea.

[@nicholassmith479]

As a kid I LOVED playing on a muddy field. 🤣

[@DolFan316]

I hated it because even then I was obsessed with cleanliness, but the games I played then were rougher than NFL games now TBH.

[@mrmoose6619]

Some of my favorite Turkey Bowl memories include mud and/or snow...

[@Nasamike]

Where do you come up with these? You seem to know everything about football.

[@andrewschultz6608]

I remember reading about this game in an NFL yearbook. How bad could it be? I don't think I ever saw video until now. Thanks for this. Also I suppose the easy story for the day of a Packers-Bills game would have been to mention Steve Tasker getting ejected, but this is a much deeper dive.

[@camerenrandi]

That looks like a scene straight from the “Best of Times” a movie where Kurt Russell plays a QB and Robin Williams was a “WR” but I’m dating myself now. ……..Football has come a long way in every aspect of the game/management. Great content

[@markphelt6395]

Ha! That movie is what got me into football. “Good hands” “What!?” “Cold lil ‘ol hands” one more one more.. what do you think about Beirut?

[@Bruce12867]

Due to a weird quirk in the strike-shortened 1982 season (as pointed out by Bob Costas at the start of the broadcast), three of the Packers four home games that season were played in Milwaukee. I suspect the reason the infield wasn't sodded after the Brewers' season ended was because wasn't cost efficient to sod the infield for the only game the Packers would play in Milwaukee after the resolution of the strike.

[@brianevans6328]

They went 3-0 in Milwaukee and 0-1 at Lambeau.

[@markbrian7179]

What is strange is that now the Brewers are now in the National League and the Astros are in the American League.

[@matthewdaley746]

What's, truly, even stranger, is, both, teams, played a team in the, Playoffs, in, both, Leagues, Cardinals, for, the Brewers, Phillies, for, the Astros.

[@Official_Kings_Versus]

All facts 💯

[@matthewdaley746]

​@@Official_Kings_Versus Another, fact, the 1980 NLCS, is, The, Greatest, Playoff, Series, You've, Never, Heard, Of, Greg Luzinski hit the, only, HR, (by, either, team), Terry Puhl hit, .526, four, Games went to extra innings, (in a row), and, when it, was, over, the, Eventual-Champion, Phillies outscored the Astros by, exactly, one, run, it's, really, just too, bad, it, wasn't, a, best-of-seven.

[@rubberneckinc.8937]

"Holy Flricking Schnitt." (To quote Kang from the Simpsons) I remember the joys of duel use stadiums. Watching your favorite running back make a cut at 3rd base, then he blows out his knee when he hits the outfield. Also Lynn Dickey & Joe Ferguson were both decent starters. They weren't epic Hall of Famers but they could play. Dickey might have been a bit better but Joe has him beat on longevity.

[@kurtcrowley9372]

Finally got to see this game on KZbin! Game was blacked out in Milwaukee, the 5,000-6,000 worst seats were a hard sell after the strike. Packers had a similar mud pit for a Monday night game on Nov. 1, 1971. They did not sod the infield than neither. But if you think 1982 World Series was bad, 1979 Baltimore World Series says hold my beer. At least they got some Diamond Dry on the field at halftime.

[@Hogtownboy1]

Oh every game at the old war memo stadium in Buffalo was a much worse whenever it rained in The 60s. By yhe half you could not read the numbers on the players shirts

[@saamathandphysics3250]

The Packers also won an NFL Championship against the Cleveland Browns in the "Mud Bowl" in which field conditions were also a muddy mess.

[@subtlebluntduality5997]

I saw the highlights of this game on Classic Sports. Jan Stenerud's only miss was from 22 yards but he had to kick in the mud.

[@CTubeMan]

In fairness to Bart Starr, the grounds crew for the Ice Bowl didn’t have much time to prepare for the freezing conditions. But he had to believe, as I initially did, that the Milwaukee grounds crew had over a month to get the field in better shape to handle the rain.

[@bemore1134]

The grounds crew before the Ice Bowl WAS prepared in the sense that there were heating coils installed under the turf. The problem was, the coils heated the field but the tarp gathered moisture due to the heat. When the tarp was removed the moisture more or less "flash froze" over the field causing it to be like a rock.

[@redmustangredmustang]

@@bemore1134 there was a hole in that tarp allowing that ice to come in

[@mrmonty86]

This was old-school football in the mud.

[@tomservo56954]

Every player on both teams was a stud...

[@SuperNuclearUnicorn]

In the AFL (the one in Australia, not the pre-NFL one), there have been multiple occasions where there have been straight up dangerous fields where multiple players have been injured and it's crazy that such a big sport can't ensure fields are totally safe Edit: the field reminds me of the Suns playing at Cazaly stadium where the ball would hit the ground and just stop. No bounce or anything

[@patrickcorrelliiii4063]

The Dolphins and Steelers dealt with it in 2007 at Heinz (now Acrisure) stadium, where the ball literally goes *SPLAT* after a punt 🤣, and the weather laced the field with chocolate basically. No points till the very end!

[@marcus813]

I knew the 1982 season was hella weird, but this is ridiculous. If the NFL hadn't gone on strike, I think the field would've been in much better shape even with the Brewers winning the American League title. That field made Gillette Stadium's field for the 2006 Jets/Patriots game and then-Heinz Field's surface for the Dolphins/Steelers MNF game the following season look like child's play. Many people complain about artificial turf fields (I support any trashing of Veterans Stadium's crappy AstroTurf surface), but I've seen plenty of games played on awful natural turf.

[@matthewdaley746]

Yeah, in that same vein, the Expos, probably, would have been broken up, and, eventually, moved, even, without, The, Strike, (that they agreed to), Montreal is a hockey town, 2005 must have been miserable.

[@Boomhower89]

Worst field I ever saw was the nfc championship game between Vikings and rams in the coliseum.

[@Sicklajoie]

Hold my beer - Jets/Dolphins 1982 AFC Championship game at the Orange Bowl.

[@matthewdaley746]

Yeah, Don Shula, hypocritically, (at best), complained about a snowplow, but, was, perfectly fine, with, leaving the field uncovered, during a monsoon, you add that to him rewarding Earl Morrall, for, saving the Dolphins, by, benching him, and, later, insulting him, only, getting bailed out by the punter, plus, him allowing the team to break up by being cheap, and, his, notorious, waterless, three-a-days, he's, truly, a, profoundly, incorrigible, figure, blood simple.

[@mikevanriel7573]

@@matthewdaley746 If I am correct, Shula cannot get away with what he did during the 1982 AFC Championship Game today, leaving the field uncovered during a monsoon.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@mikevanriel7573 Probably, right, just, like, Bill Belichick can't get away, with, leaving the stadium uncovered in a blizzard, but, since, the Patriots, won't be returning to the Playoffs, for, the foreseeable future, that's far, less, of an issue, it would appear.

[@kvltizt]

they didn’t care about players even a little back then golly

[@davidtropps4380]

Maybe not this bad, but these type of games are my favorite games actually. I love bad weather games.

[@saamathandphysics3250]

Another thing about County Stadium is that teams were on the same sidelines rather than opposite sidelines.

[@morkmeatshield5373]

And I thought that one field down on Mexico that was played on Monday Night Football a few years ago was horrible.

[@bombaysapphire8885]

FYI: Greg Koch pronounces his name like Cook.

[@algeborusas2775]

Shades of the 1950 Grey Cup!

[@mrnosaj71]

I miss muddy football!

[@shackdaddy7106]

I really do miss those mud games from the day. They were so much fun to watch. You still can get an occasional snow storm to make the field white. I love those games. Regarding this particular game, the final score was 33 to 21 relatively high scoring game. And I have seen plenty of games with a lot of turnovers in perfect conditions. The players seem to adjust just fine, even though they did not like the conditions.

[@patrickcorrelliiii4063]

Even the extreme rarity of a chocolatey AND snowy game!

[@sabgab]

I don't know, I remember watching the 1977 NFC playoffs, the Vikings AT the Rams the enite center line of the field end zone to end zone was a line of mud and muck. Despite watching the Monday Night Game where Heinz Field fell apart I have though the 1977 game was FAR WORSE.

[@geekynerd7346]

Isn’t this like almost any November NFL game before 1965?

[@denisceballos9745]

True; the 1965 NFL Championship was played in a quagmire. I believe it was played in Green Bay. Jim Brown’s last game, he was held to just over 50 yards on the muddy ground.

[@voicevitality7197]

Using logic based on your first minute of commentary, Veterans Stadium was downright criminal. Prove me wrong.

[@matthewdaley746]

I, cannot, and, I will, not, I mean, the fact that there, was, a court, literally, built inside of the stadium, truly, says it all.

[@christianwootton100]

I remember a game similar to this, a 1970s game between Minnesota and Los Angeles.

[@WaltGekko]

That was the 1977 NFC Divisional Playoff in Los Angeles (LA Coliseum) between the Vikings and Rams that was played the day after Christmas after I believe 6-7" of rain fell in LA, making the field a total quagmire.

[@DzNutz-kf9ob]

I saw this game on NBC.

[@juanaboynkin1196]

The final game of the 2002 season Kansas City at Oakland was played in a hard rain and the field was a total quagmire. I was there and was drenched!

[@benjaminfeige7986]

3:10 mark. A pond forming by where the Second Baseman would be playing.

[@DolFan316]

I must say, this is excellent video quality for a 40-year old game. I've seen multiple games from the '00s with worse quality than this.

[@brianevans6328]

The 1982 Packers only played 1 game at Lambeau Field. They played 3 in Milwaukee.

[@MyVideos-fm7ug]

County Stadium should still be running strong today… along with Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Metropolitan Stadium, Three Rivers Stadium, Riverfront Stadium, Wrigley Field, Fenway Park…. all the dual purpose football / baseball stadiums when football was real

[@markgraham2312]

Another video about the 1982 (or 1983) NFL season. The announcers for this game were Jim Simpson and Bob Costas. See The Oakland Raiders at the Miami Dolphins in 1970 played in a Monsoon.

[@smoothsmitty67]

At 10:57 the referee going down like he was shot from the grassy knoll was great

[@atlasking6110]

Jets at Bills '74 is a contender. Only 3 completed passes, total! all by The Jets. Receivers couldn't run routes as they didn't know where they were going to stop hydroplaning when they tried to stop.

[@WaltGekko]

There was another "Mud Bowl" game played two years earlier in San Francisco in December 1980 between the Bills and 49ers that was played in very muddy conditions. The 49ers had just a season earlier gone back to grass from Astroturf and the 49ers more than a few times during the latter parts of the 1980 and '81 seasons played on very muddy fields.

[@cmdrflake]

Ah, Buffalo’s War Memorial Stadium A/K/A the rock pile had some awful fields in it’s day.

[@kingporter67]

Wow, this is what NFL football should always be, rain, cold, snow and sloppy muddy field!!

[@jamesmooney8933]

The game should be played in mud. Mud has characters. It also evens the talent. Some Racing horse are good mudders. The 1995 or 1996 Cowboys only lost one game to the Cardinals on a national grass field. The Cowboys had a large offense line with a 300# average weight for the linemen. Ironically the Super Bowl was being played at the Cardinal's stadium. The Steelers had a poor 1st half which sealed the game. The 2nd half was better, but the Steelers could have won with better coaching. I believe that the grass field was a factor.

[@Jason_Maier]

@JaguarGator 9 In a way, I kind of miss having shared football/baseball stadiums because of how schedules regarding stadium usage can conflict. Then again, if the grounds crew fucks up big time (like here) ..... you're thankful the shared stadiums era is done with. And this field condition was way worse then what happened as shown in the Packers/Broncos 1987 game that resulted in a Brewers game being postponed.

[@andrewpadaetz5549]

The AFC Championship that year was also a "mud bowl" since no tarp covered the Orange Bowl field and you got a typical Miami rain..

[@VinnyXwolf]

Field Conditions and Weather is a part of football and teams need to adjust. Now yes this field was horrible and more akin to a High School game.

[@jeffmerklin2022]

Films of the 1965 NFL title game at Lambeau between the Browns and the Pack seemed worse than this game in all areas except the baseball infield.

[@jamesmooney8933]

Why don't they make the fields pool tables? With thick rubber mats underneath the green felt. So the players bounce when they hit the ground.

[@iangraham9988]

I still think that 70’s Viking-Rams playoff game was worse

[@higgy04]

That was one of the first games I ever saw the Packers play on TV when I was living in Ottawa. Only weeks earlier, at a local supermarket, I put a quarter in a vending machine which dispensed mini football helmets. I took a look at the helmet I received and had to ask my dad which team's helmet I got. I had never seen a yellow helmet with a cool looking 'G' and had to ask where Green Bay was located. It was the beginning, and a slow one at that, of becoming a die hard Packers fan. The TV series 'Step by Step' solidified love of the green and gold and to proudly wear a cheesehead. Side note: It was still easy to recognize Larry McCarren snapping the ball throughout the highlights.

[@jasong428]

I am currently 46 and some of my first NFL memories were also in figuring out what team was whom based on those little plastic football helmets. Good times!

[@DolFan316]

I had helmet stickers for all 28 teams at the time and put them on my bedroom wall divided by AFC and NFC. Good times.

[@ericjones4776]

Those mini helmets bring back memories.. I remember spending many of quarters to get my beloved Buccaneers helmet

[@Rockhound6165]

This was just one game. But in truth, what did the Bills in that season was that they ended the season on a 3 game road trip, a rarity in football. They lost all 3 games. In fact, 4 of their last 5 games were on the road. All 4 road games were losses.

[@mgb4692]

Browns ended up with one in 2001

[@hamma2006]

Couldn't they just have played the Game in Lambeau? If they knew that it would be a mess, why not just move the game to their home stadium?

[@NickJaime]

So hearing this to have a 2 team stadium lol one had to suck. That defeats the purpose of having a two-team stadium right? Having one be a loser while one a winner.

[@matthewdaley746]

Well, in the, Early-1970s, both, Oakland teams, were, great, though, the severe weather problems faced by Milwaukee obviously, weren't, going to present themselves, there.

[@wewin03]

Patriots and Dolphins played in horrible field conditions in 1994. But nothing on this level. WOW

[@Stackali]

idk why they didn't just move the game to lambeau. since they knew the field had not been sodded.

[@Z64sports]

I always loved these weather games tbh

[@Moment-14]

Football should be played on natural grass and mud. Players wouldn't get hurt as much

[@WaltGekko]

And WHY was this game in Milwaukee in the first place? Packers were playing three games a year in Milwaukee (which continued into the '90s) that was done by Vince Lombardi to prevent the AFL from putting a competing franchise in Milwaukee at County Stadium.

[@kenmograd2009]

Green Bay played some home games in Milwaukee as far back as the 1930s to attract more fans and money.

[@Stackali]

still not as bad as turf fields that are causing an alarming number of injuries.

[@soneblac1]

Looks better than skins field when rg3 got hurt

[@Davepool-hs7vr]

Great matchup ruined by piss poor field

[@Fireyninjadog]

Fred smerlas should be in the hall of fame. He was a first team all pro in 1982

[@aarondersnah863]

I guess there were significant improvements in resodding technology between late 1982 and early 1997. In January 1997, the Packers were able to successfully resod Lambeau Field in the week between their Divisional Playoff "Mud Bowl" game against the 49ers and the NFC Championship game against the Panthers.

[@chrisp679]

Bob Costas: Master of the Obvious even in 1982. (Don’t know if you watched him during the Yankees-Guardians series but man, he just did not shut up. Even for him he was wordy.)

[@drewzuhosky6826]

Better than Matt Underwood.

[@DolFan316]

Christmas '82 was the best one I ever had. Visited my DolFan grandparents in south Florida, my team beat the Bills in a big MNF game in Miami (after trailing 10-0), and I got (deep breath) Castle Grayskull, the AT-AT *and* a record of The Hobbit (the Ralph Bakshi movie) all at the same time 😁😁😁

[@matthewdaley746]

1984, was, the, worst, Christmas, for, me, my, dirt-cheap, Mom, bought Transformers, for, my, lower-income, neighbors, and, a Castle Grayskull from a store, for, discontinued toys, for, me, when I questioned why I got a toy from a cartoon that, was, already, airing, while, I, was, asleep, she called me, an, ungrateful brat, who should be happy to get toys, at all, my sister, later, confirmed, what I suspected, the, only, reason I didn't grow up, without, a Nintendo, was, because, my, Dad, won, one, in a raffle, at least, my Grandparents would save the day, by, getting me a Voltron, and, threatening to call the police, if she didn't apologize to me, immediately.

[@luisreyes1963]

Playing football in a field meant for baseball is never a good idea. 😞

[@benjaminfeige7986]

Also; Patriots vs Dolphins to open the 1994 season!

[@cpcva724]

If you have to do the breast stroke to score a TD it's time to call the game

[@kapo2012fb]

When real men played in the NFL

[@pappy4075]

49ers used to have some doozies

[@brentvance3958]

FedEx field called and wants a recount.

[@MichaelParthum]

Remember when NFL games were played in baseball stadiums?

[@DolFan316]

Ah yes, "multipurpose" stadiums were all the rage in the last century. It seemed like a good idea at the time.

[@randallfloyd4476]

4:09 paperrrrr.

[@chrisguardiano6143]

As someone who supports a lower league English Football League (EFL) club fields like the one described here are unfortunately still commonplace in England from October-March outside of the Premier League & the 2nd division EFL Championship. I should point out that lower league English soccer is equivalent to AA or single A minor league baseball here in the US in terms of the quality of the facilities (though some are excellent) & the amount the players are paid. Many clubs at that level do not have the funds to hire & maintain a full time grounds crew to maintain the pitch. Clubs often only hire one or two people to do the job on a part time basis & they only work 1-2 days a week during the season. This often results in the field turning into an absolute mud bath in rainy conditions & large clumps of grass being ripped up. When the field is like this, many clubs (especially ones that are cutting costs) often leave the field as it is because they don't want to pay to have it fixed/replaced even though it greatly increases the risk of injury. The EFL & the English FA have had to step in on multiple occasions throughout the years and either provide clubs (especially the cash strapped ones) with additional funds to fix/replace their field or outright fine or in the case of one club back in the 1920's kick them out of the league because their field was so poor.

[@crowtservo]

In high school we played a game in what we started calling the Mud Bowl during stretches and warm ups. It was late October of 1996 and it had poured down rain most of the night before, all morning and had continued until about 3:00 or so, highs in the 50’s, but by 7:00 when the game started, it was probably down to the high 40’s. And there was the Sophomore game at 4:00 on the same field so the field was already in bad shape. We were covered in mud after warm ups and stretches. The equipment manager found towels for guys to wipe themselves off when they weren’t playing. Despite never having played on such a bad field on the road before, we won. So yeah, kind of know what the Bills and Packers went through. Although, I will say that the field we played on was football only…

[@steelersteve37]

Love your channels bro

[@jmed412]

Watch old films of football and you will find worse than that field

[@DolFan316]

I saw a Vikings-Steelers game from '76 that I could swear was played on a high school field. That's how it looked.

[@bemore1134]

For my money, a game played in conditions like this is infinitely more interesting. Both teams have to deal with the field. I seldom watch the NFL anymore, but I would be much more inclined to watch a game under adverse conditions than something played under sterile, artificial, pampered circumstances.

[@dembuckeyes]

MILWAUKEE!!!!

[@rokrok60]

I was at that game@ County Stadium! It was the infield that was always an issue there. The strike-shortened season had made it easy to get tickets at face value(Gold package).

[@mfm4205]

the pic shown: i could see faint bits of the blue numbers (which look more like purple on my screen) but there was no way you could tell the color of the pants, and considering they weren't wearing white pants, that says a lot about how bad the field was. guess they couldn't take the cash hit and play the game in green bay instead (can't imagine the field up there would have been as bad as this field).

[@brucebaron1212]

As a 12 year old me and the neighborhood gang of boys used to play Nerf football on lawns at least as muddy is this one if not worse and we didn’t even have cleats. But we never had any issues so I don’t see what these guys are complaining about. Just saying 🎃

[@gilt2349]

In the 80s we played in cow pastures and prayed for rain or snow. Then again we were a running team. But I played defense and those were my favorite games

[@westholmes2001]

Also during the 1982 season, the Rams, like the Packers at Milwaukee County Stadium, didn’t sod their field after the Rams baseball tenants, the AL West champion California Angels lost the American League Championship Series to the Brewers. The Anaheim Stadium grounds crew left the field in its baseball state for the rest of the Rams home games for the 1982 regular season. However, this happened In California, where it is sunny most of the time.

[@matthewdaley746]

Despite, losing, Fred Lynn, was, the, ALCS MVP, hitting, .611, with, 1 HR, and, 5 RBIs, the Angels blew, a, 2-0, lead, he, was, also, the, first, player to, win, MVP, and, Rookie Of The Year, in the same season, Ichiro Suzuki, was, the, only, other, player to do that.

[@madmanotl]

Reminds me of the 2003 Marlins preventing Pro Player Stadium from sodding their turf and the Dolphins kicker Olindo Mare missing two game winning attempts against New England off the dirt.

[@matthewdaley746]

Speaking of which, great, for, the players, but, there's, truly, no, "fanbase," which deserved, not, one, but, two, Championships, less.

[@carloscolon3331]

Funny because packers vs bills is today

[@markphelt6395]

Ahh rasputitsa has done it again

[@CTubeMan]

I’d like for the man at 10:16 to introduce himself.

[@matthewdaley746]

Turned out to be the key player in, two, Dynasties, Of, One, the Cardinals, stupidly, placed, winning, Citizenship Medals, over, winning, Games, it absolutely cost them the 1985 World Series, and, probably, cost them the 1987 World Series, as well.

[@denisceballos9745]

Jets at Dolphins 1982 AFC Championship game comes to mind.

[@matthewdaley746]

Yeah, people who talk about what a, great, competitor Don Shula, was, tend to gloss, over, the way, he, indefensibly, did the Jets dirty.

[@DolFan316]

@@matthewdaley746 Dolphins had already beaten the Jets twice that season, why would they have been scared of them the third time around? Besides, the media thought the snow plow game was hilarious so...karma and stuff.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@DolFan316 Correct, they'd have, probably, won, anyway, which made what they did all the, worse, at least, Washington prevented them from accomplishing, the, ultimate, disgrace, after, reaching, SB 17, Disaster Averted.

[@dutchfan1]

Cardinals won 6-3 in Game 7

[@OfficialJaguarGator9]

Correct. I could’ve made that clearer when I said that they won the series 4-3, not the game 4-3

[@Staceyatkinson4496]

Hi jg9, not sure what you think about teams play in Europe, in the middle of a season, it robs the fans of a home game, I'm not keen of the games, I think the league will ruin the product, I'd be interested in hear, what you think, great channels by the way

[@chriskay1449]

But it doesn't rob a home game anymore. Now that the season is 17 games long, you go to London the years ytou are scheduled a 9th home game and will still have the 8 home games they always had in a 16 game season.

[@Staceyatkinson4496]

@@chriskay1449 that's fair enough, though, I'd be a bit annoyed if I was a fan in the states,, I live in the UK by the way, and it annoys me when our media always go on about having a franchise here, or the old favourite, play the superbowl over here, to both them I say no

[@daBEAGLE1017]

@@Staceyatkinson4496 one day, America won't just host "friendly" games of soccer (football). I'm sure there will be actual matches played for points in the future.

[@Staceyatkinson4496]

@@daBEAGLE1017, you could be right

[@matthewdaley746]

​@@daBEAGLE1017 Unlikely, the, two, most, popular sports in the world, are, soccer, which Americans, only, care about until age, ten, and, pretend to care about, for, two, weeks every, four, years, (including, this, one), thereafter, and, cricket, which doesn't even get that treatment, the, other, football reigns supreme, simple as that.