I came home from Army leave 10 days before this. We got tickets and I was at this game. Sat in end zone under scoreboard side and saw Riddick score his touchdown right near us.
I can't believe that for decades I've been wondering where the heck I would hear this "Jaws" like theme music. And now I know where it came from. From watching this football game decades ago on TV as a kid. I guess every time the Bills would kick off inside their stadium back in the day they would play the "Jaws" theme music. I appreciate @Bart Simpson sharing this game. That theme music was bouncing inside my head for decades....lol.
This was the first home playoff game at then-Rich Stadium, now New Era Field. There have been ten playoff games there, all between 1988-96. The Bills have gone 9-1 in playoff games there -- they won the first nine before losing a wild card game to Jacksonville.
Bruce Mattews #74 of the Houston Oilers Career Accomplishments Played 19 seasons from 1983-2001 14x consecutive Pro Bowl selections (9 at Guard / 4 at Center) 9x All Pro selection 1990's All Decade Team 3x Offensive Lineman of the Year Hall of Famer Started 292 of his 296 games played in the regular season and started all 15 playoff games in which he played. Played every position along the offensive line during his long career. Left Guard 99 games Right Guard 67 games Center 87 games Right Tackle 22 games Left Tackle 17 games
Arcadia Apache He's one of the only two good things about that place, Clay's the other. (Ha ha ha, just kidding. I'm from rival CIF Muir Mustang/Pasadena Bulldog, Foothill Div. country)
The 2019 Bills remind me of the 1988 Bills more than any other Bills playoff team since the 1964-65 AFL Championship teams. Theyve won alot of tight, low scoring games this year mostly on the strength of their awesome defense...exactly like they did in 1988. The 1990-93 Bills were carried more by their offense than their defense. They did have some great players on D like Bruce Smith, Cornelius Bennett, Darryl Talley, and Shane Conlan but they were vulnerable against the run and the Giants, Redskins, and Cowboys exploited that weakness in the Super Bowl. I believe if Fred Smerlas and Art Still were still in Buffalo for the 1990 season they would've won Super Bowl 25. They were much better run defenders than Jeff Wright and Leon Seals were. Wright really wasnt big enough to play 3-4 Nose Tackle and Seals really shouldve only come in on passing downs
Super bowl 25 should have been won by buffalo. 1990 buffalo bills were better than everyone in 1990. It was a fluke they lost. This 88 team had a championship defense and i often wonder if they would have won SB23. It would have been a defensive war in SB23
@@justinyoung8062 The giants were tough and came in with the right attitude/team energy after upsetting the 49ers. The Bills were better to me (and better than 49ers), but the 51-3 raider game was also a bit of a fluke and made them overconfident.
What a great season this was! It was so much fun to watch. Had the Bills beaten Cincy during the regular season and gotten Home Field in the playoffs, I think they would have made the Super Bowl. Bills were just too tough to beat at home in '88.
Or had lohmiller made the 19 yd fg at the end of regulation. Skins had bengals beat in week 17. Not enough bills fans talk about 88. It was a fluke that bills weren't in SB 23. I think they had a great shot to beat niners.
Our offense was too inconsistent and disappeared at the wrong times. I think the Bills scored in single digits in five regular season games in '88. Even in the playoffs, we didn't exactly light it up. 17 against Houston and only 10 against Cincinnati. That loss to Tampa Bay killed us. The Bucs were hot trash in '88, their defense gave up over 400 points and Vinny Testaverde threw 35(!)interceptions. There is NO WAY we should have lost to them. That cost us the #1 seed and a Super Bowl berth in my opinion. I'll go to my grave believing the Bills would have beat the Bengals in the AFC championship game if it was at Rich Stadium. Arrgh.
@@justinyoung8062 Niners were hot 2nd half of season when Walsh went with Montana over Young. Bills were winning a lot of close games with their top defense and conservative offense. The Bills didn't have enough experience or inspired offensive playcalling to beat genius Bill Walsh and cold-blooded Joe Montana in XXIII.
this game was so tight....so fun. Defense, mistakes, big plays and LOTS of bad kicking. watch Bills fan show his true colors by flashing the middle finger in front of the camera during one of Zendajas' muffs.
This was the year that is was very possible that these Bills and the NOLA Saints were going to make it to the...(Gulp)...Super Bowl I was too prejudiced to believe that could be a game worth watching, so I planned ahead by stockpiling VHS tapes of movies taped off of HBO while I was at work, to watch on SB Sunday.
@@marccole7902 Maybe I wasn't, and I am definitely not nowadays. One of my father's friends told me in 1985 that he and his wife made attending the SB their annual vacation. I asked him, but what if the two teams that make it are two teams you can't stand? He said it "didn't matter" I suppose the pageantry, and just being on holiday made up for everything else. I remember the four straight years; Buffalo vs... the NFC East, those were four straight years that I took on extra shifts or went to the movies or did just about anything else. Not that I have nor had anything against the Bills, just the opposite; I hated each of the teams they played but I didn't believe the Bills could beat any of them.
Oilers/Moon losing in the playoffs: 87 - @ Broncos/Elway in DR (after a 23-20 OT win vs Seahawks/Krieg in WC) 88 - @ Bills/Kelly in DR (after a 24-23 win @ Browns/Pagel in WC) 89 - vs Steelers/Brister in WC 90 - @ Bengals/Esiason in WC 91 - @ Broncos/Elway in DR (after a 17-10 win vs Jets/O'Brien in WC) 92 - @ Bills/Reich in WC 93 - vs Chiefs/Montana in DR No AFC Championship Game appearances. 3-7 record. Glanville 2-3 / Pardee 1-4
Proof positive that Moon shouldn’t be in the HOF. Good player and deserves to be in the CFL HOF but not playing in a conference championship game says it all. He didn’t play at a high level when it mattered most.
@@MaximusWolfe Its the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He won 5 straight Grey Cups before coming to the NFL. Forget Doug Williams, Warren Moon broke the QB color barrier. He ran a prolific scoring offense for years. He was a 9 time Pro Bowler. He stayed prolific well into his 40s and played until he was 44. Playoff success was the only knock on him. But most of that was due to a porous defense. He also held the all-time pro football passing yardage at retirement. He is a HOF QB due to his resume, although on the lower tier.
Oh yeah, back in those good old 1970s, Baltimore Colts, Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots all had a white helmet, and I loved it! Eeeewwwwwww, those ugly green helmets era of the New York Jets. I do not care for a blue facemask, Travis.
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I came home from Army leave 10 days before this. We got tickets and I was at this game. Sat in end zone under scoreboard side and saw Riddick score his touchdown right near us.
Love these old games!
Same here.. :-]
i know I'm kinda off topic but do anyone know of a good site to stream new series online ?
@Griffin Apollo I would suggest FlixZone. You can find it by googling :)
@Griffin Apollo I would suggest flixzone. You can find it on google :)
One of my Top Ten Favorite Buffalo Bills Game ever. 1st Playoff Game ever at Rich Stadium and it was a victory 👍
Ahhhh the 80s and such memories and great games.
When the NFL was worth my time.
Love those old oil well helmets.
Great find. First ever NFL Home Playoff Game in Buffalo.
First playoff game at Rich Stadium, not first in Buffalo.
I can't believe that for decades I've been wondering where the heck I would hear this "Jaws" like theme music. And now I know where it came from. From watching this football game decades ago on TV as a kid. I guess every time the Bills would kick off inside their stadium back in the day they would play the "Jaws" theme music. I appreciate @Bart Simpson sharing this game. That theme music was bouncing inside my head for decades....lol.
They should bring the Jaws music back.
Classic intro NBC great memories of the great playoff game love that era of football
Awesome upload. This game is definitely an obscure classic.
This was the first home playoff game at then-Rich Stadium, now New Era Field. There have been ten playoff games there, all between 1988-96. The Bills have gone 9-1 in playoff games there -- they won the first nine before losing a wild card game to Jacksonville.
Lucky they didnt play Pittsburgh. Guaranteed loss.
@@1USACitizen192 -- In that time frame, the Bills played the Steelers in the playoffs twice, both times in Pittsburgh. The teams split the two games.
@@1USACitizen192 that year Pittsburgh was bad and we have beaten them the last 2 years at Heinz and bills stadium
Make that 11 and 1 with wins in the 2020 playoffs against Indy and Baltimore
@@mikemurphy2932 Dude....it is all scripted, just like wwe.
Bruce Mattews #74 of the Houston Oilers
Career Accomplishments
Played 19 seasons from 1983-2001
14x consecutive Pro Bowl selections (9 at Guard / 4 at Center)
9x All Pro selection
1990's All Decade Team
3x Offensive Lineman of the Year
Hall of Famer
Started 292 of his 296 games played in the regular season and started all 15 playoff games in which he played.
Played every position along the offensive line during his long career.
Left Guard 99 games
Right Guard 67 games
Center 87 games
Right Tackle 22 games
Left Tackle 17 games
Thats crazy! I didnt realise he played all of those differant positions so much!
Arcadia Apache
He's one of the only two good things about that place, Clay's the other.
(Ha ha ha, just kidding.
I'm from rival CIF Muir Mustang/Pasadena Bulldog, Foothill Div. country)
This was fantastic. I don't remember this game.
The 2019 Bills remind me of the 1988 Bills more than any other Bills playoff team since the 1964-65 AFL Championship teams. Theyve won alot of tight, low scoring games this year mostly on the strength of their awesome defense...exactly like they did in 1988. The 1990-93 Bills were carried more by their offense than their defense. They did have some great players on D like Bruce Smith, Cornelius Bennett, Darryl Talley, and Shane Conlan but they were vulnerable against the run and the Giants, Redskins, and Cowboys exploited that weakness in the Super Bowl. I believe if Fred Smerlas and Art Still were still in Buffalo for the 1990 season they would've won Super Bowl 25. They were much better run defenders than Jeff Wright and Leon Seals were. Wright really wasnt big enough to play 3-4 Nose Tackle and Seals really shouldve only come in on passing downs
Super bowl 25 should have been won by buffalo. 1990 buffalo bills were better than everyone in 1990. It was a fluke they lost. This 88 team had a championship defense and i often wonder if they would have won SB23. It would have been a defensive war in SB23
@@justinyoung8062 The giants were tough and came in with the right attitude/team energy after upsetting the 49ers. The Bills were better to me (and better than 49ers), but the 51-3 raider game was also a bit of a fluke and made them overconfident.
What a great season this was! It was so much fun to watch. Had the Bills beaten Cincy during the regular season and gotten Home Field in the playoffs, I think they would have made the Super Bowl. Bills were just too tough to beat at home in '88.
Or Tampa Bay or Indianapolis in games 14 and 16.
Or had lohmiller made the 19 yd fg at the end of regulation. Skins had bengals beat in week 17. Not enough bills fans talk about 88. It was a fluke that bills weren't in SB 23. I think they had a great shot to beat niners.
Our offense was too inconsistent and disappeared at the wrong times. I think the Bills scored in single digits in five regular season games in '88. Even in the playoffs, we didn't exactly light it up. 17 against Houston and only 10 against Cincinnati. That loss to Tampa Bay killed us. The Bucs were hot trash in '88, their defense gave up over 400 points and Vinny Testaverde threw 35(!)interceptions. There is NO WAY we should have lost to them. That cost us the #1 seed and a Super Bowl berth in my opinion. I'll go to my grave believing the Bills would have beat the Bengals in the AFC championship game if it was at Rich Stadium. Arrgh.
@@markminter6312 same thing with the 2021 bills when they lost 9-6 to the jaguars
@@justinyoung8062 Niners were hot 2nd half of season when Walsh went with Montana over Young. Bills were winning a lot of close games with their top defense and conservative offense. The Bills didn't have enough experience or inspired offensive playcalling to beat genius Bill Walsh and cold-blooded Joe Montana in XXIII.
Tasker should be in the hall of fame why he missed out is very frustrating the man was a beast on special teams.
this game was so tight....so fun. Defense, mistakes, big plays and LOTS of bad kicking. watch Bills fan show his true colors by flashing the middle finger in front of the camera during one of Zendajas' muffs.
One of many warren moon
Gag jobs
Another scintillating playoff performance by Warren Moon.
(sarcasm)
I hope ur download of this game will stay on longer than mine did bro.
same here dude, so sick of everything getting blocked constantly lol
@@frankiesacco mine got taken down immediately too
Cornelius Bennett was always a great player but in 1988 he was an elemental force of nature.
To all the Bills fans…you had one of the best teams in the 90s.
Always thought the Oilers had great looking uniforms
Decent
Better than the Titans, no doubt. So clean.
BRUTAL PI call at 2:36:20. Defender was in perfect position.
By 1990, neither of these teams would look anything like in this game. K-gun for Buffalo, run and shoot for Houston.
I liked the pre 90s style much better
This was the year that is was very possible that these Bills and the NOLA Saints were going to make it to the...(Gulp)...Super Bowl
I was too prejudiced to believe that could be a game worth watching, so I planned ahead by stockpiling VHS tapes of movies taped off of HBO while I was at work, to watch on SB Sunday.
Your not a true footbal fan then if you'd rather watch movies over the Super Bowl
@@marccole7902
Maybe I wasn't, and I am definitely not nowadays.
One of my father's friends told me in 1985 that he and his wife made attending the SB their annual vacation.
I asked him, but what if the two teams that make it are two teams you can't stand?
He said it "didn't matter"
I suppose the pageantry, and just being on holiday made up for everything else.
I remember the four straight years; Buffalo vs... the NFC East, those were four straight years that I took on extra shifts or went to the movies or did just about anything else.
Not that I have nor had anything against the Bills, just the opposite; I hated each of the teams they played but I didn't believe the Bills could beat any of them.
the only thing i remember about this game is lying in bed from an alcohol and cocaine bender from the night before
Moon never could win the big game..Good Qb until the playoffs started.
Outstanding career but never made it to a Super Bowl. So sad.
How does a guy that helps to win 6 championships could never win a big game? Did Moon play defense as well as QB the team?
Moon had plenty of good playoff games. Houston defenses usually lost the game.
Oilers/Moon losing in the playoffs:
87 - @ Broncos/Elway in DR (after a 23-20 OT win vs Seahawks/Krieg in WC)
88 - @ Bills/Kelly in DR (after a 24-23 win @ Browns/Pagel in WC)
89 - vs Steelers/Brister in WC
90 - @ Bengals/Esiason in WC
91 - @ Broncos/Elway in DR (after a 17-10 win vs Jets/O'Brien in WC)
92 - @ Bills/Reich in WC
93 - vs Chiefs/Montana in DR
No AFC Championship Game appearances. 3-7 record. Glanville 2-3 / Pardee 1-4
Moon didn't play in 1990, he was injured 2 weeks before that game and Carlson started. Still won Offensive Player of the Year
Proof positive that Moon shouldn’t be in the HOF. Good player and deserves to be in the CFL HOF but not playing in a conference championship game says it all. He didn’t play at a high level when it mattered most.
@@MaximusWolfe Its the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He won 5 straight Grey Cups before coming to the NFL. Forget Doug Williams, Warren Moon broke the QB color barrier. He ran a prolific scoring offense for years. He was a 9 time Pro Bowler. He stayed prolific well into his 40s and played until he was 44. Playoff success was the only knock on him. But most of that was due to a porous defense. He also held the all-time pro football passing yardage at retirement. He is a HOF QB due to his resume, although on the lower tier.
@@MaximusWolfe Your ignorance is astonishing.
@@stevenyanchak549
No, those are facts and you know zero. His hof induction is proof that the NFL is a joke.
Both teams playoff teams from 1988-1993. And we were the faces of the AFC.
Oilers were from '87-93...
True
@@LuigiLaker True. They lost to Denver in the 87 playoffs
Go Oilers!!!
that middle finger
Nobody remembers marv Albert? Seriously folks
Strange seeing Marv Albert calling a football game.
he had broadcasted many NFL games on NBC.
he had called many games on nbc
Nothing strange at all. I've watched Marv Albert calling baseball, boxing, golf, and hockey.
THE HOUSTON OILERS
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Haha @1:38:16 Here is da bird for you Oilers!
Dirty bird
moon choked against steelers..every time
Actually he didn't. He was 10-12 vs the Steelers, lifetime.
I do not really care for those red Buffalo helmets.
Its because jets Miami colts Patriots all had white helmets it was easier for there qbs
@@johnconnell4503 Jets actually wore the green helmets during this period. But I get what you're saying.
Oh yeah, back in those good old 1970s, Baltimore Colts, Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots all had a white helmet, and I loved it!
Eeeewwwwwww, those ugly green helmets era of the New York Jets.
I do not care for a blue facemask, Travis.
I thought they were cool.
Neither do I
oilers choked,,every time