Its not that bad for the fans either, because that's a lot of body heat . The ones that do get cold choose to let it get to them. I have been to to a bunch of snow games at Mile High Stadium and never got cold. Think about the Barrel Man, He never got cold. It's mind over matter.
It's actually the other way around. Cold air can't hold very much moisture, so when the real cold front blows in, the snow stops, or at least slows way down.
@@russellbrian741 just said that same thing… we get snow and afterwards the wind kicks in and the drifting can be much worse with the bs reel feel.. don’t give two shits about your location. Best thing I seen all year was northern Georgia covered in snow. Have fun with that, our little herd is going to be living there best life.🤣
Snow is the best football weather. It's so much fun. And even when you're taking it serious, it also takes on this slightly ridiculous and hilarious bent when people start sliding or disappearing into the snow lol. And the constant movement keeps you warm, the excitement helps you ignore the wet. It cushions falls. You get that glorious crunch that only fresh fallen snow can make as you run. Some great Thanksgiving morning memories growing up in Denver.
@@louisinjoliet8546 huh? The Dolphins beat the Bills the entire 1970s. That's ten games in Buffalo and they beat Dallas on Thanksgiving Day when it snowed.
It's really not. Everything hurts, even the slightest bit of contact especially on the hands. I couldn't stand blocking in the cold. Fingers were stinging every snap. I'd much rather play in the rain and mud.
@@mfree80286And one time when it snowed so much in Buffalo that the opposing team and refs couldn't get to the game on time and they couldn't get the field clear even with half the city of buffalo out there with shovels. It had snowed something like 3 meters in 48 hours
@@pogo503 He is actually 5'11". That being said, the best RB are all short. Walter Payton was 5'10", LaDainian Tomlinson is 5'10", Emmitt Smith is 5'9" and Barry Sanders is 5'8".
I LOVE watching snow football!!! It’s the best kind of football to watch. I like football in the rain too, especially when it’s pouring down and the players are slippin’ and sliddin’ all over the place, just like in the snow.
I've been to at least a dozen snow games living in Western New York and being a fan of the Buffalo Bills. Snow games are some of the best games to go to, including the 4-5 hours of tailgating outside the stadium before the game, and usually an hour more after the game waiting to get out of the parking lot. Between the barbecue, fires, and a few adult beverages while tailgating, everyone keeps pretty warm and has a good time. Usually in Buffalo going to a game is an all day event. There is an RV lot at the stadium that start filling up on Thursdays for the games on Sundays and Monday. If you have the proper gear you're pretty warm all day, and if you live around the teams that get this type of weather most everyone has their winter gear for just such occasions.
Though I grew up on Long Island, I'm a Dolphins fan. I went to SUNY Buffalo for a few semesters. I've always admired the Bills fans. They stuck with the Bills long before they were good in a frozen Rich Stadium back when.
When y'all came out and whooped our (Seahawks) asses earlier this year, I met a lot of cool Bills fans pregame. Too many. I've only seen that kinda reppin' done by 49ers or Packers fans out here. Kudos to Bill's fans for being great football fans. Y'all gonna get one someday. Keep fighting!
We didn't have lake effect in Denver, we just had good old mile high blizzards. :D But yeah, you describe it perfectly. You're used to the weather so you dress appropriately for it. You can keep really warm if you dress right. And it's beautiful, falling snow does amazing things for sound and light. Camp stoves, bbqs, everyone standing around laughing. Foggy breath in the air. Snowball fights in the stands. Just laughter and joy. And in Denver we had the Barrel Guy who never wore a shirt in like 18 years of games. lol. Saw a bunch of the shirtless crazies in this video too. Football in the snow is just magic. It's like an entirely different game. Even the teams are having more basic fun.
I'm from Detroit. 1960. Snow never stopped anything . Life didn't stop because of any amount of snow. I learned how to drive in 14 inches of snow. We walked to school in big deep snow. As kids we were always playing out side year round. It was a great way to live if thats all you know. The summer was fishing in all of our lakes. Camping, nothing fancy. We were working class families and it was a good life. ☮️😅🇺🇸🇦🇺
@@Margie-to5ir I have seen your fans doing that before many games and I have great respect for y’all! How do yall tailgate in that weather is all I want to know. In KC we may have some snow games but to extremes is rare.
oh yeah Snow in Buffalo gets ridiculous due to something called Lake Effect, the Cold Air coming from Lake Erie makes the snow worse. I dealt with that when i lived in Pennsylvania
Snow games are so fun! Our Canadian season goes into Nov and even being into the stands isn't too bad. Dress warm, keep moving (dancing lol), and some appropriate bevies to warm your insides!
The 1981-1982 AFC championship game in Cincinnati Ohio was played with wind chill factors of -59° Celsius. The Ohio river had frozen over, and people were walking across the ice to go between Ohio and Kentucky.
You should check out the Kansas City Chiefs vs Miami Dolphins game played on January 13, 2024. It was one of the coldest games on record. The wind chill was -27° F (-32 C). It was so cold that KC’s quarterback, Patrick Mahomes, helmet broke after one play. It shattered due to the cold. And the stands were pretty full with fans. 30 fans were treated at local hospital for frostbite and there were some amputations. Crazy huh!
@@PatrolNationThe temperature and wind chill during the 1981 AFC Championship Game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the San Diego Chargers were: Air temperature: 9°F below zero Wind chill -59°F Winds around 23-30mph most of the game and yes they played in this and yes fans actually were there including a few fans without shirts on
@@PatrolNation1967 NFC championship it was -28 *temperature* (not wind chill) at kickoff and got colder as the game progressed. They do have heaters on the sidelines but it's one of many reasons I wouldn't attend a game in person
Playing football in the snow is one of the most fun things you can do. I remember when we'd have snow days we'd play out in our friend's front yard. Full tackle, no pads, worst that would happen is you get the wind knocked out of ya. Good times.
Yup! My brother and I had fake pads and helmets when we went as football players for Halloween one year and we played tackle football every winter with those uniforms on. But nothing was more fun than playing a game in deep ass snow with a handful of kids
We not only play American football in the snow, but occasionally football (soccer) as well. I attended a match in university when the temperature was below freezing and it snowed lightly. The players still wore shorts!
The adrenaline keeps you warm. Something special about snow games. Snow games are fun to watch fun to cheer, just all round fun. Even the biggest meanest rivals cant help but enjoy every play.
Some of my best memories are from playing backyard football every day after school in a muddy field (during a blizzard if we were lucky, and we usually were lucky). No helmets, no pads, no refs, no coaches or screaming parents. Just kids having fun. From Cleveland, OHIO - USA
Meanwhile my school had a neglected cinder track around the football field and teachers put on part time because we couldnt afford paying every teacher full time
Snow doesn't necessarily mean bitterly cold temperatures. Although bitterly cold temperatures don't stop things; look up the Ice Bowl, the 1967 NFL Championship - brutal cold and Green Bay's pioneering subsurface heating system malfunctioned, leaving the field an ice and soil matrix the consistency of concrete.
That playoff game the Chiefs & Dolphins played last year was like -5 at kickoff & -8 by game’s end. There was no snow, as I recall, but it was the 3rd or 4th coldest game. I remember Mahomes’ helmet was so brittle from the cold that it cracked on impact.
@@jasonknotts5001 Used to live in North Dakota, where in the winter they often said it was too cold to snow, though this isn't exactly true, its often much dryer in the cold and the air can't hold as much vapor, therefore there's less of a chance for precipitation.
I watched it live on TV. There were times we could not see anything in the first half, just snow. I remember seeing players have little pyramids of snow on their helmets, it was falling so fast. Brent Celek gave up a TD to end the guy. Freaking loved that guy.
Snow never hurt anyone who isn't alone in the wilderness or something. They aren't gonna freeze to death, it's a physical unpredictable sport. And it's fun.
From Michigan and the weather is just starting to turn, some of us love it. Acclimated all my life and if you dress right the crisp air just feels so good.
I love fall and winter. Grew up where all 4 seasons occur. Dress right in winter and you’re good to go or stay home and cozy. I could not live as happily where it’s warm year round.
The Detroit plays you were watching were all from the same game! The game in Philly that year is well remembered! Many analysts were surprised by Detroit's ability to play in the snow because their home field is a dome!
if you dress for the cold you wont be cold. So much fun. clean cool air in your lungs. you feel alive and full of energy. hot chocolate warms your tummy
Some of my best time back in the day was Snowfootball ........... ❄️🏈🏆🏈❄️ Long-johns, sweatpants 2 or 3 sets, then the shirts & hoodie and football jerseys 2 to 3 sets of each the jerseys best condition on first out to worst ( basically just threads from the last game) a good warm winter hat and tight gloves for catching the football. We wouldn't go out before or after the storm we'd meet at the park in the middle of a good ole' winter Nor'easter with 12" - 15" of snow on the ground and still falling a few inches per hour. Call everyone in the neighborhood, and they 'd start calling people and by game time we'd have 10- 15 guys out there for kick-off The games would slow till the first big hit then it would be go-time and bodies would be flying what great time and unforgettable memories ! 😁 We stay out for a little bit of drarkness that adds to the drama and we'd stay out till broken tired or frozen ! Then we'd head in for a college game if there was one on. Thankmyou for the video 🏈😎
The Bills Colts game that was in here was crazy. That was the last year the starter was Tyrod Taylor but he was injured, so Nathan Peterman (ny Autocorrect went to Petermeme) started, and got injured, and the emergency QB Joe Webb had to take over, and I have no idea how the Bills won. Especially with that 43 yard extra point that Vinateri hit by aiming five yards wide...
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I live in North Dakota, one of the coldest states in the US, I can’t imagine playing in this much less sitting in the crowd 🥶 There’s another video compilation about the coldest games ever played. It includes temperatures. Also imagine, for some of these teams, they come from the south where temps are like 95 F or more (35 C) then the next day, going up north and playing in snow, sometimes in the -degrees. It’s such extremes. But also the opposite can be said. Teams use to playing in 65 F (18 C) then have to play in 95 F or more. Some times those temps can be over 100 F (37 C).
I absolutely love weather games! Every play has the possibility of a blow out(good blow out or bad blow out). These games bring a HUGE what if to the twelfth man on the field.
Idaho here, but been to ten games in Detroit! Grew up in that city, and you haven't begun to see snow! The worst part isn't the snow,...it's the tornados! 13 in one night in Detroit in the fall of 1985! We had to move to Northern Idaho in order to find more snow!!
players tend not to get injured in the snow, they are moving at much lower speeds than on a perfectly dry field. they don't change direction well, so they rarely cut and risk ankle/knee injuries. and, as many have noted here, playing in the snow is the ultimate conditions when you are a kid playing tackle in the back yard, way too much fun. this was a fun vid, thanks!
Some parts of the country get colder than others. Pretty much anywhere along the border with Canada. New England, New York State, Michigan, Wisconsin, The Dakotas, Washington State. So the teams would be, the Patriots, Buffalo Bills, Chicago Bears, Pittsburgh Steelers, Green Bay Packers, Seattle Seahawks, Detroit Lions, and I'm sure I missed some.
Washington state in the mountains gets cold, but Seattle sits on low land by the pacific coast and is much milder. Technically counts as a temperate rain forest
Snow games are the best. They're fun to watch, because even though they players do take it seriously, with snow they know it's not gonna be an easy one and so they also tend to have a little fun too. We used to go out on Thanksgiving as friends and play just pickup games in the snow. Get a good 10 inches of snow and it's an absolute blast. You work up quite a sweat playing in that kinda condition. Snow actually warms things up. It's a really good insulator. Igloos are made of ice but it can easily reach 70F+ inside. It's when the snow stops and the sky clears... THAT is when the temperature is gonna plummet and you get cold. Besides, everyone is jumping up and down and excited and cheering and plenty of hot cocoa. Or as a guy selling in the stands at one cold game as a kid said: "COLD NIGHT, WARM BEER!"
Nothing better than a blizzard and a great game of football. When I was a kid and it snowed, then all the kids from the surrounding couple of blocks got together to have a football game. So much fun. A lot of teams have moved away from open air stadiums to domes so less games in nature.
I remember when I was in high school in Ohio and playing on the team in this kind of weather. While the game was happening, you had so much adrenaline that you weren’t cold. The people in the stands were freezing their butts off though.
As a Michigander, I was in college driving to the UP up to Michigan Tech for a conference. I remember hearing about the high school games playing in like a foot and a half of snow. As a football player, In Michigan, The High School the state championship is in late November (Thanksgiving Weekend.), so it wasn't too bad for us in the lower penninsula . I didn't mind playing in the snow, I didn't like playing in the freezing rain. The only good thing is that I was an OLineman so I was one of the few people that wasn't too cold.
I grew up in Texas. It would never snow. However one Christmas Day we had a good 3 inches of snow and all the kids (boys) in the neighborhood spent the day playing football in snow rather than with their presents
Buffalo girl, here, and, of course, I'm a huge Bills fan. Snowy games are so much fun to watch and attend. The coldest game I ever went to was in January 1994 with a blistering high temperature of -4 degrees F. I was 13 yrs old and my father made sure that we had lots of layers, hand and foot warmers, hot chocolate, a sleeping bag and were standing on cardboard. Bills beat the Raiders 51-3. :) Go Bills!
One year our Christmas game, in Baltimore was against Green Bay, and it was single digits. We couldn't complain because, Green Bay. It was brutal. You couldn't drink enough to feel warm and we were marching, dancing, doing jumping jacks to keep warm. Fortunately the snow held off, but the cold, wet air coming off the harbor was frosting everybody. Ravens won, so Merry Christmas to us, but it was the coldest game I ever attended. Mad respect to the fans in Buffalo, Green Bay, Detroit and Mini, who put up with it on the regular. Now you understand why the Canadian Football League is over by November.
The many memories of playing football as a kid on ice, and snow in Michigan. It's part of a right of passage, at home football is not just a game "It's a religion"!
The US has a lot of crazy weather games and not just in football. Will never forget the time our national soccer team played Costa Rica in a blizzard in Denver. They were furious the game wasn't called off.
Having a 5 or 6 inches on the field while you are playing a football game is the most fun experience anyone could ever have. Even if it's just a backyard pickup game. I got to play a high school playoff game in the snow and I will remember it forever. Rain is fun, too. Just get muddy as hell and slosh around in the slog then go home and take a hot shower and get a big ol dinner to warm your belly.
It’s nice that I came across your channel I’ve been a Buffalo Bills season ticket holder for the past 8 years and have been to a number of snow games I will say the snow it’s self isn’t bad its much worst went it’s raining and windy.
Nice headphones, I have the same ones. Don't get rid of them when the pleather earpads start getting hard and cracking, you can get replacement ear pads for them. Totally worth it.
as a native arizonan, it's so nice to see all the comments about how fun this is cause i admit at first i was like "omg they must hate that" so it's nice to know that they probably dont :D
It’s all about temperature and wind chill. Sometimes it can be snowing so hard you can barely see but there’s no wind, it doesn’t feel very cold at all. If it’s barely below freezing, you’ll even get hot during physical activity. This can be fun. Other times, it might be barely snowing but it’s like -20 C with the wind howling and your lips feel like they’re about to fall off.
I’m in Buffalo near where the bills play. I think it was around 2000 and Miami came to town and played as a blizzard hit. We called it the snow bowl. It was great.
I was legit at the Detroit v Philadelphia game, top row of the East endzone. My Eagles jacket was made for cold weather, it was so warm I had to unzipper it a third of the way, with an inch of snow on my head. Was an awesome game to witness
I worked at the stadium in buffalo for years and absolutely hated the snow games since we didn't get to at least drink the cold away like the fans. I did catch the famous buffalo/indy game from home since i got snowed in. Was surreal watching, we got 2 feet in the time from the game started to the final whistle.
Coldest game I had been to was 0 degrees Fahrenheit and even lower wind chill. My beer froze before the end of the first quarter. Browns bears in Cleveland
My parents were at the Denver Broncos VS Oakland Raiders playoff game at Mile High Stadium where it was 13F or -10.5C. As I recall, Bronco fans were so excited about the win that would send them to the Super Bowl that they tore down the goal post in all of that snow.
I went to a game with snow when the Vikings still played at Met Stadium. It's fun as hell. When it's really cold, it sucks. Those Detroit games were in Philadelphia. In the NFL the second/bottom team on the scoreboard is the home team.
Me and my friends loved playing football in the snow. Especially on snow days when schools were closed. Nfl is a late summer to mid winter sport so all sorts of weather is experieced during a season.
The ice bowl is something to check out. A super bowl game with temps of like -20 f. They say by the end of the game there was almost 4in of ice on the field itself.
growing up playing football/soccer/basketball/tennis/baseball in the snow was the most fun ever as a kid. we prayed for a fluffy snow fall. the shoveling suck*d but we would make igloos.
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American Football is a winter sport and snow games are fun.
I’m from Buffalo - it’s just another day in the park for us.
I just wish every NFL stadium would have (at minimum) an overhang to protect the fans and everyone on the sideline from rain, snow, etc.
@@TommyBuskulic-u2kwhy? That's part of the experience.
I like rain games better. Playing in the rain is more fun
yea so much better when it snows you have a cushion getting tackled on the frozen ground
the real cold of snowfall is not as it falls, but when it stops. Then the temperature really drops
Its not that bad for the fans either, because that's a lot of body heat . The ones that do get cold choose to let it get to them. I have been to to a bunch of snow games at Mile High Stadium and never got cold. Think about the Barrel Man, He never got cold. It's mind over matter.
I always say I like when it snows because it makes sense that it's cold. If it's just gloomy out my mindset gets worse.
It’s usually nice right before and during the snowstorm… the after when the clouds leave and the wind kicks in is when it gets miserable.
It's actually the other way around. Cold air can't hold very much moisture, so when the real cold front blows in, the snow stops, or at least slows way down.
@@russellbrian741 just said that same thing… we get snow and afterwards the wind kicks in and the drifting can be much worse with the bs reel feel.. don’t give two shits about your location. Best thing I seen all year was northern Georgia covered in snow. Have fun with that, our little herd is going to be living there best life.🤣
A lot of us grew up playing football in the snow. Good times
Really great memories
Those snow day football games with the neighborhood kids. We didn't know how good we had it
Snow is the best football weather. It's so much fun. And even when you're taking it serious, it also takes on this slightly ridiculous and hilarious bent when people start sliding or disappearing into the snow lol. And the constant movement keeps you warm, the excitement helps you ignore the wet. It cushions falls. You get that glorious crunch that only fresh fallen snow can make as you run. Some great Thanksgiving morning memories growing up in Denver.
Dude, the game in the snow is the best. It's even better than the mud. You're running around, your blood is pumping, and you're warm because of it.
Unless you are from Florida. I cannot recall a Florida team ever winning a snow game.
@@louisinjoliet8546 huh? The Dolphins beat the Bills the entire 1970s. That's ten games in Buffalo and they beat Dallas on Thanksgiving Day when it snowed.
It’s close playing in the mud or snow both a lot of fun
@@josephrkennedy845 a lot of us weren't around in the 70's 🤣. I can't laugh too hard, I'm an early 80's baby.
Growing up playing football that's the most fun you could possibly have
I remember one time it snowed so much we were able to play tackle football in the street.
It's really not. Everything hurts, even the slightest bit of contact especially on the hands. I couldn't stand blocking in the cold. Fingers were stinging every snap. I'd much rather play in the rain and mud.
Preach!
...and getting stepped on! There's a pain delay and it hurts so bad!
eh I hated it but i’m also from texas and don’t like super cold weather. I loved playing in rain games
Lightning is really the only weather related reason the NFL will postpone a game.
And tornadoes.
@@rdramos13 And the stadium roof collapsing from snow loading.
@@mfree80286And one time when it snowed so much in Buffalo that the opposing team and refs couldn't get to the game on time and they couldn't get the field clear even with half the city of buffalo out there with shovels.
It had snowed something like 3 meters in 48 hours
@@rdramos13and hurricanes
For reference a lightning strike can travel up to 5 miles in water.
Green Bay, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, and Buffalo are all football cities on the Great Lakes that get “lake effect” snow.
Chicago's new stadium is going to be a dome.
@@andrewd8481 WOW!
Detroit plays in an indoor stadium.
That Detroit game was in Philly!
@@andrewd8481 Wussies 😂😂
I think LeSean McCoy is the best running back in the snow. He always seemed to have HUGE games when the weather was terrible.
Crazy Work! 😂
It's because he's 5'3 220. Can't tip a cinder block.
@@pogo503 he was 5’11 210 lbs, but I get your point. His center of gravity helped make those cuts on a dime.
@@pogo503 He is actually 5'11". That being said, the best RB are all short. Walter Payton was 5'10", LaDainian Tomlinson is 5'10", Emmitt Smith is 5'9" and Barry Sanders is 5'8".
Check out the fog bowl. It was bears vs eagles playoff game
I LOVE watching snow football!!! It’s the best kind of football to watch. I like football in the rain too, especially when it’s pouring down and the players are slippin’ and sliddin’ all over the place, just like in the snow.
I've been to at least a dozen snow games living in Western New York and being a fan of the Buffalo Bills. Snow games are some of the best games to go to, including the 4-5 hours of tailgating outside the stadium before the game, and usually an hour more after the game waiting to get out of the parking lot. Between the barbecue, fires, and a few adult beverages while tailgating, everyone keeps pretty warm and has a good time.
Usually in Buffalo going to a game is an all day event. There is an RV lot at the stadium that start filling up on Thursdays for the games on Sundays and Monday. If you have the proper gear you're pretty warm all day, and if you live around the teams that get this type of weather most everyone has their winter gear for just such occasions.
GO BILLS ❤ fingerlakes region my entire life. The best party on the planet is in Orchard Park parking lot.
Though I grew up on Long Island, I'm a Dolphins fan. I went to SUNY Buffalo for a few semesters. I've always admired the Bills fans. They stuck with the Bills long before they were good in a frozen Rich Stadium back when.
When y'all came out and whooped our (Seahawks) asses earlier this year, I met a lot of cool Bills fans pregame. Too many. I've only seen that kinda reppin' done by 49ers or Packers fans out here. Kudos to Bill's fans for being great football fans. Y'all gonna get one someday. Keep fighting!
We didn't have lake effect in Denver, we just had good old mile high blizzards. :D But yeah, you describe it perfectly. You're used to the weather so you dress appropriately for it. You can keep really warm if you dress right. And it's beautiful, falling snow does amazing things for sound and light. Camp stoves, bbqs, everyone standing around laughing. Foggy breath in the air. Snowball fights in the stands. Just laughter and joy. And in Denver we had the Barrel Guy who never wore a shirt in like 18 years of games. lol. Saw a bunch of the shirtless crazies in this video too. Football in the snow is just magic. It's like an entirely different game. Even the teams are having more basic fun.
I'm from Detroit. 1960. Snow never stopped anything . Life didn't stop because of any amount of snow.
I learned how to drive in 14 inches of snow. We walked to school in big deep snow. As kids we were always playing out side year round. It was a great way to live if thats all you know. The summer was fishing in all of our lakes. Camping, nothing fancy. We were working class families and it was a good life. ☮️😅🇺🇸🇦🇺
I agree.
nothing like a good old fashioned snowball fight
Cleveland- 1965. Same. Good times
As a kid from Ohio there was nothing more fun then playing football in snow!
As a Buffalo Bills fan I have spent many an hour at the stadium shoveling snow a few days before a game. It's part of the tradition! Go Bills! 👍👍👍
Now you got 2 Billion dollar open air stadium!
@@Margie-to5ir I have seen your fans doing that before many games and I have great respect for y’all! How do yall tailgate in that weather is all I want to know. In KC we may have some snow games but to extremes is rare.
oh yeah Snow in Buffalo gets ridiculous due to something called Lake Effect, the Cold Air coming from Lake Erie makes the snow worse. I dealt with that when i lived in Pennsylvania
I know when we were kids. Snow games were best. We would be all muddy and snow almost to your knee. lol
Snow games are so fun! Our Canadian season goes into Nov and even being into the stands isn't too bad. Dress warm, keep moving (dancing lol), and some appropriate bevies to warm your insides!
Dude, I've seen the spiders, snakes, and other creepy-crawlies from the Land of Nope. I'll take the snow over those things any day!
Lol
The 1981-1982 AFC championship game in Cincinnati Ohio was played with wind chill factors of -59° Celsius.
The Ohio river had frozen over, and people were walking across the ice to go between Ohio and Kentucky.
My family and I did that. We walked across the river and back. Crazy
You should check out the Kansas City Chiefs vs Miami Dolphins game played on January 13, 2024. It was one of the coldest games on record. The wind chill was -27° F (-32 C). It was so cold that KC’s quarterback, Patrick Mahomes, helmet broke after one play. It shattered due to the cold. And the stands were pretty full with fans. 30 fans were treated at local hospital for frostbite and there were some amputations. Crazy huh!
-26 that should be illegal to even be out in that weather.
@@PatrolNationThe temperature and wind chill during the 1981 AFC Championship Game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the San Diego Chargers were:
Air temperature: 9°F below zero
Wind chill -59°F
Winds around 23-30mph most of the game and yes they played in this and yes fans actually were there including a few fans without shirts on
@@PatrolNation1967 NFC championship it was -28 *temperature* (not wind chill) at kickoff and got colder as the game progressed.
They do have heaters on the sidelines but it's one of many reasons I wouldn't attend a game in person
@@psymar Yea and the heaters were melting players boots, they would have to keep dipping them back in snow every so often to put them out 😀😁😄
The icicles in a coach's mustaches was pretty funny
I remember playing football in the snow when I was a child. One of the most enjoyable things I have ever done.
Playing football in the snow is one of the most fun things you can do. I remember when we'd have snow days we'd play out in our friend's front yard. Full tackle, no pads, worst that would happen is you get the wind knocked out of ya. Good times.
Yup! My brother and I had fake pads and helmets when we went as football players for Halloween one year and we played tackle football every winter with those uniforms on. But nothing was more fun than playing a game in deep ass snow with a handful of kids
We not only play American football in the snow, but occasionally football (soccer) as well. I attended a match in university when the temperature was below freezing and it snowed lightly. The players still wore shorts!
The adrenaline keeps you warm. Something special about snow games. Snow games are fun to watch fun to cheer, just all round fun. Even the biggest meanest rivals cant help but enjoy every play.
Some of my best memories are from playing backyard football every day after school in a muddy field (during a blizzard if we were lucky, and we usually were lucky). No helmets, no pads, no refs, no coaches or screaming parents. Just kids having fun. From Cleveland, OHIO - USA
You'd be surprised how warm you stay. In addition, in these modern times, a lot of teams have sideline heaters... even some high schools.
Meanwhile my school had a neglected cinder track around the football field and teachers put on part time because we couldnt afford paying every teacher full time
Snow doesn't necessarily mean bitterly cold temperatures. Although bitterly cold temperatures don't stop things; look up the Ice Bowl, the 1967 NFL Championship - brutal cold and Green Bay's pioneering subsurface heating system malfunctioned, leaving the field an ice and soil matrix the consistency of concrete.
That playoff game the Chiefs & Dolphins played last year was like -5 at kickoff & -8 by game’s end. There was no snow, as I recall, but it was the 3rd or 4th coldest game. I remember Mahomes’ helmet was so brittle from the cold that it cracked on impact.
I grew up in the Green Bay area. My parents were at that game. I still remember how cold it was that day.
Right. Actually it seems like if the temps are in the single digits there's almost never snow.
@@jasonknotts5001 Used to live in North Dakota, where in the winter they often said it was too cold to snow, though this isn't exactly true, its often much dryer in the cold and the air can't hold as much vapor, therefore there's less of a chance for precipitation.
@@jasonknotts5001 It is very difficult for it snow with so little moisture in the air. Cold air can't hold enough water (snow).
The players are become little boys loving to play in rain and snow slipping and sliding in it
They are some of the funnest games to watch
I was at the Eagles, Lions game. Full ski gear. Not a drop of snow on ground when we got to parking lot. Awesome experience.
I watched it live on TV. There were times we could not see anything in the first half, just snow. I remember seeing players have little pyramids of snow on their helmets, it was falling so fast. Brent Celek gave up a TD to end the guy. Freaking loved that guy.
We go looking for snow, to play in it, to have fun. Snow games are just the best.
Detroit plays in a dome,
so no weather there. Was at Philly…
Believe it or not a lot of football players like a snow game. It’s more fun!
Snow never hurt anyone who isn't alone in the wilderness or something. They aren't gonna freeze to death, it's a physical unpredictable sport. And it's fun.
From Michigan and the weather is just starting to turn, some of us love it. Acclimated all my life and if you dress right the crisp air just feels so good.
I love fall and winter. Grew up where all 4 seasons occur. Dress right in winter and you’re good to go or stay home and cozy. I could not live as happily where it’s warm year round.
@@teresas8173 Forgot about the cozy effect, snuggled into a blanket on the couch or bed reading a book is so comfortable.
Snow games are always EPIC
The snow bowl (Philly V Detroit) was one of the best football game I've ever seen!
The Detroit plays you were watching were all from the same game! The game in Philly that year is well remembered! Many analysts were surprised by Detroit's ability to play in the snow because their home field is a dome!
if you dress for the cold you wont be cold. So much fun. clean cool air in your lungs. you feel alive and full of energy. hot chocolate warms your tummy
And where can you buy XL Cup of draft beer and have it be as cold or colder before you finish it.
Lesean McCoy in the snow is a mythical creature in himself
You ask why we play football in the snow? Because we can!
Because it's Sunday! (or Monday, or Tuesday, or Wednesday...)
The funniest touchdown celebrations is a good one to react to.
Snow games are the best.😃
loved playing football in the snow, rain and ice.
The Ice Bowl in the 1960s. Legendary.
Some of my best time back in the day was Snowfootball ...........
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Long-johns, sweatpants 2 or 3 sets, then the shirts & hoodie and football jerseys 2 to 3 sets of each the jerseys best condition on first out to worst ( basically just threads from the last game) a good warm winter hat and tight gloves for catching the football.
We wouldn't go out before or after the storm we'd meet at the park in the middle of a good ole' winter Nor'easter with 12" - 15" of snow on the ground and still falling a few inches per hour. Call everyone in the neighborhood, and they 'd start calling people and by game time we'd have 10- 15 guys out there for kick-off
The games would slow till the first big hit then it would be go-time and bodies would be flying what great time and unforgettable memories ! 😁
We stay out for a little bit of drarkness that adds to the drama and we'd stay out till broken tired or frozen ! Then we'd head in for a college game if there was one on.
Thankmyou for the video 🏈😎
The Bills Colts game that was in here was crazy. That was the last year the starter was Tyrod Taylor but he was injured, so Nathan Peterman (ny Autocorrect went to Petermeme) started, and got injured, and the emergency QB Joe Webb had to take over, and I have no idea how the Bills won. Especially with that 43 yard extra point that Vinateri hit by aiming five yards wide...
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Thunder snow is a winter time snow storm with thunder and lightning ! It's kind of rare but, it's well worth the experience.
I live in North Dakota, one of the coldest states in the US, I can’t imagine playing in this much less sitting in the crowd 🥶
There’s another video compilation about the coldest games ever played. It includes temperatures.
Also imagine, for some of these teams, they come from the south where temps are like 95 F or more (35 C) then the next day, going up north and playing in snow, sometimes in the -degrees. It’s such extremes. But also the opposite can be said. Teams use to playing in 65 F (18 C) then have to play in 95 F or more. Some times those temps can be over 100 F (37 C).
I absolutely love weather games! Every play has the possibility of a blow out(good blow out or bad blow out). These games bring a HUGE what if to the twelfth man on the field.
There is no better time than a snow game, had the pleasure once
This is how FOOTBALL FANS embrace the moment!!! EEEEE-HAAAAW!!!!
The show must go on!
Idaho here, but been to ten games in Detroit!
Grew up in that city, and you haven't begun to see snow!
The worst part isn't the snow,...it's the tornados!
13 in one night in Detroit in the fall of 1985!
We had to move to Northern Idaho in order to find more snow!!
that;s when it's the most fun to play
I played football in the snow once. It was amazing 😊
I was at the game in the first clip in Philadelphia. One of the best days of my life, not sure I’ve ever had more fun!!
It takes extra fortitude but nothing more fun than a mud or snow game.
players tend not to get injured in the snow, they are moving at much lower speeds than on a perfectly dry field. they don't change direction well, so they rarely cut and risk ankle/knee injuries. and, as many have noted here, playing in the snow is the ultimate conditions when you are a kid playing tackle in the back yard, way too much fun. this was a fun vid, thanks!
I love how much of this is Buffalo Bills games - we're about to get our first snowstorm of the year this weekend. It's... an experience.
Shady balls out in the snow. That Philly, Detroit game was wild.
Some parts of the country get colder than others. Pretty much anywhere along the border with Canada. New England, New York State, Michigan, Wisconsin, The Dakotas, Washington State. So the teams would be, the Patriots, Buffalo Bills, Chicago Bears, Pittsburgh Steelers, Green Bay Packers, Seattle Seahawks, Detroit Lions, and I'm sure I missed some.
Seattle doesn't get much snow. And, yeah, you missed Minnesota.
Washington state in the mountains gets cold, but Seattle sits on low land by the pacific coast and is much milder. Technically counts as a temperate rain forest
The first snow game I watched was the "Ice Bowl". Green Bay against the Cowboys. That last drive of Green Bay was a heartbreaker.
Snow games are the best. They're fun to watch, because even though they players do take it seriously, with snow they know it's not gonna be an easy one and so they also tend to have a little fun too. We used to go out on Thanksgiving as friends and play just pickup games in the snow. Get a good 10 inches of snow and it's an absolute blast. You work up quite a sweat playing in that kinda condition. Snow actually warms things up. It's a really good insulator. Igloos are made of ice but it can easily reach 70F+ inside. It's when the snow stops and the sky clears... THAT is when the temperature is gonna plummet and you get cold. Besides, everyone is jumping up and down and excited and cheering and plenty of hot cocoa. Or as a guy selling in the stands at one cold game as a kid said: "COLD NIGHT, WARM BEER!"
Nothing better than a blizzard and a great game of football. When I was a kid and it snowed, then all the kids from the surrounding couple of blocks got together to have a football game. So much fun. A lot of teams have moved away from open air stadiums to domes so less games in nature.
Went to a game that was -7 F (-17 F wind-chill) and one where we sat in 6 inches of snow over the last couple years. They're actually more fun.
I remember when I was in high school in Ohio and playing on the team in this kind of weather. While the game was happening, you had so much adrenaline that you weren’t cold. The people in the stands were freezing their butts off though.
As a Michigander, I was in college driving to the UP up to Michigan Tech for a conference. I remember hearing about the high school games playing in like a foot and a half of snow. As a football player, In Michigan, The High School the state championship is in late November (Thanksgiving Weekend.), so it wasn't too bad for us in the lower penninsula . I didn't mind playing in the snow, I didn't like playing in the freezing rain. The only good thing is that I was an OLineman so I was one of the few people that wasn't too cold.
My Dad played football in high school and he said this was his favorite weather to play in!
I grew up in Texas. It would never snow. However one Christmas Day we had a good 3 inches of snow and all the kids (boys) in the neighborhood spent the day playing football in snow rather than with their presents
Buffalo girl, here, and, of course, I'm a huge Bills fan. Snowy games are so much fun to watch and attend. The coldest game I ever went to was in January 1994 with a blistering high temperature of -4 degrees F. I was 13 yrs old and my father made sure that we had lots of layers, hand and foot warmers, hot chocolate, a sleeping bag and were standing on cardboard. Bills beat the Raiders 51-3. :) Go Bills!
One year our Christmas game, in Baltimore was against Green Bay, and it was single digits. We couldn't complain because, Green Bay. It was brutal. You couldn't drink enough to feel warm and we were marching, dancing, doing jumping jacks to keep warm.
Fortunately the snow held off, but the cold, wet air coming off the harbor was frosting everybody.
Ravens won, so Merry Christmas to us, but it was the coldest game I ever attended.
Mad respect to the fans in Buffalo, Green Bay, Detroit and Mini, who put up with it on the regular.
Now you understand why the Canadian Football League is over by November.
The many memories of playing football as a kid on ice, and snow in Michigan. It's part of a right of passage, at home football is not just a game "It's a religion"!
Snow football is its pinnacle. When it snows, that's when everyone comes out to play.
The US has a lot of crazy weather games and not just in football. Will never forget the time our national soccer team played Costa Rica in a blizzard in Denver. They were furious the game wasn't called off.
i can understand costa ricans not being fond of that lol
and also why the americans didn't mind it at all 😂
Why was a football match scheduled in Denver? They get freak snowstorms all the time due to being so close to the mountains.
Having a 5 or 6 inches on the field while you are playing a football game is the most fun experience anyone could ever have. Even if it's just a backyard pickup game. I got to play a high school playoff game in the snow and I will remember it forever. Rain is fun, too. Just get muddy as hell and slosh around in the slog then go home and take a hot shower and get a big ol dinner to warm your belly.
It’s the most fun. Football in the snow is the best. The best part is hitting the ground doesn’t hurt as much lol
5:43 I was at this bill-steelers game it was COLD AF and my car died in the parking lot😂😂 had to jump start it 😂
It’s nice that I came across your channel I’ve been a Buffalo Bills season ticket holder for the past 8 years and have been to a number of snow games I will say the snow it’s self isn’t bad its much worst went it’s raining and windy.
Nice headphones, I have the same ones. Don't get rid of them when the pleather earpads start getting hard and cracking, you can get replacement ear pads for them. Totally worth it.
Yep, had them for about 7 years. Replaced the pads, I'm trying the memory foam pads very nice so far.
When you are working that hard, the cold feels good.
as a native arizonan, it's so nice to see all the comments about how fun this is cause i admit at first i was like "omg they must hate that" so it's nice to know that they probably dont :D
It’s all about temperature and wind chill. Sometimes it can be snowing so hard you can barely see but there’s no wind, it doesn’t feel very cold at all. If it’s barely below freezing, you’ll even get hot during physical activity. This can be fun. Other times, it might be barely snowing but it’s like -20 C with the wind howling and your lips feel like they’re about to fall off.
We're going to have one of these games tomorrow. 3 - 5 " expected in Philly for the Playoff game.
I’m in Buffalo near where the bills play. I think it was around 2000 and Miami came to town and played as a blizzard hit. We called it the snow bowl. It was great.
I was legit at the Detroit v Philadelphia game, top row of the East endzone. My Eagles jacket was made for cold weather, it was so warm I had to unzipper it a third of the way, with an inch of snow on my head. Was an awesome game to witness
I worked at the stadium in buffalo for years and absolutely hated the snow games since we didn't get to at least drink the cold away like the fans. I did catch the famous buffalo/indy game from home since i got snowed in. Was surreal watching, we got 2 feet in the time from the game started to the final whistle.
Coldest game I had been to was 0 degrees Fahrenheit and even lower wind chill. My beer froze before the end of the first quarter. Browns bears in Cleveland
My parents were at the Denver Broncos VS Oakland Raiders playoff game at Mile High Stadium where it was 13F or -10.5C. As I recall, Bronco fans were so excited about the win that would send them to the Super Bowl that they tore down the goal post in all of that snow.
Those are the best games to go to in the snow,especially when they come up from the south.
I’m pretty much a strictly hockey girl but I’ll admit that these snow games look like a lot of fun 😀
Back before indoor, carpeted fields became the norm we'd get 10 of these a year. Now if we get one it's good luck.
I went to a game with snow when the Vikings still played at Met Stadium. It's fun as hell. When it's really cold, it sucks.
Those Detroit games were in Philadelphia. In the NFL the second/bottom team on the scoreboard is the home team.
I live 25 minutes from the chiefs stadium in Missouri. Rain & snow games are the BEST! We do have heated fields too!!
Me and my friends loved playing football in the snow. Especially on snow days when schools were closed. Nfl is a late summer to mid winter sport so all sorts of weather is experieced during a season.
I was at all these Buffalo games. most were not that cold because the winds weren't so bad. super fun games.
1981 AFC Championship -9f with 35 mph winds giving a wind chill of -59f, called The Freezer Bowl
The ice bowl is something to check out. A super bowl game with temps of like -20 f. They say by the end of the game there was almost 4in of ice on the field itself.
growing up playing football/soccer/basketball/tennis/baseball in the snow was the most fun ever as a kid. we prayed for a fluffy snow fall. the shoveling suck*d but we would make igloos.
Ravens - Vikings snow game was insane. The final 2 minutes especially! Worth checking out
we grow up playing football and watching football games in the cold. Everyone learns how to manage it.
!!!!GO BILLS!!!! love the snow bowls