Bills/Broncos: Opponent History

by sireric on Dec 17, 2008 8:15 AM EST in Events Comment 13 comments

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Buffalo Bills (6-8) at Denver Broncos (8-6)
Sunday December 21, 2008; 4:05 PM EST

The Buffalo Bills and Denver Broncos have met 34 times since 1960. Believe it or not, with this being the thirty-fifth meeting between these two franchises, this is only the 12th time the game has been in Denver. The Bills have a 18-15-1 record in those 34 games despite losing the last five meetings.

September 3, 1995: Broncos 22, Bills 7
Jason Elam opened the scoring with a 22-yard field goal. The Bills came right back with a 34-yard Jim Kelly-to-Andre Reed TD hook up. Elam then kicked 4 straight field goals before Denver capped off their scoring with a Terrell Davis 2-yard TD run. Hall of Famer John Elway had a big day with 346 total yards (317 passing, and 29 rushing); most of the passing yards went to Shannon Sharpe, who finished the day with 10 catches for 180 yards. Russell Copeland led the Bills with 6 grabs for 75 yards.

October 26, 1997: Broncos 23, Bills 20 (OT)
The Broncos scored the first 20 points of this game on the strength of 2 Elam field goals, a 9-yard Terrell Davis TD run and a (ready for this?) Keith Traylor 62 yard pick-six. That is not a typo. Nobody could run that big tub of guts down over 62 yards? Anyway, the Bills benched Todd Collins and turned the QB duties over to Alex Van Pelt. TD passes to Quinn Early and Andre Reed along with two Steve Christie field goals (one with 2 seconds left on the clock) sent the game into overtime. A 33-yard Jason Elam field goal with 1:56 left in OT won it for Denver.

September 22, 2002: Broncos 28, Bills 23
Another Bills/Broncos game and another fat Denver D-Lineman scores a TD. This time it was Chester McGlockton picking up a fumble and going 24 yards for the TD. Clinton Portis gained 103 yards and scored a TD on just 18 carries, and Brian Griese tossed 2 TD passes, one to Dwayne Carswell and one to Rod Smith. Drew Bledsoe had a nice game with 283 yards and 2 scores. Eric Moulds caught one of the TDs to go with his 9 catches for 96 yards.

December 17, 2005: Broncos 28, Bills 17
Willis McGahee opened the scoring and gave the Bills an early 7-0 lead with a 1-yard TD plunge. Jake Plummer then tossed two TDs, and after a Rian Lindell field goal, Mike Anderson ran for two more Denver scores to ice the game. Eric Moulds had another nice game, finishing with 9 grabs for 110.

September 9, 2007: Broncos 15, Bills 14
This game will forever be known to Bills fans as the Kevin Everett game. A Roscoe Parrish 74-yard punt return for a TD and a Marshawn Lynch 23-yard TD run accounted for the Bills' scoring. That Jason Elam guy killed the Bills yet again with 3 field goals, with the dagger coming as time expired to give the Broncos the win. Elam did miss 2 field goals; of course Lindell missed one, too. Brian's unhappy recap.

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this actually has the chance to be right up there with the most exciting games of the year so i would watch this if i were bills fans.

i think this matchup between denver and buffalo will probably be high scoring.

their “d” isn’t great and we should be able to move the ball and the same goes for them.

Maybe now you'll never slime a guy with a positron collider

by J2 on Dec 17, 2008 9:51 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

it'll

be entertaining alright. Watching JP in the cold and how the Bills can screw up another game will be great. Seriously, at this point I don’t even want them to win. The last thing I want is 3 straight seasons of 7-9. I’d take 6-10 and a better draft pick.

I’m guessing we hang in there till the end until Cutler marches the Broncos down to beat us on a last second FG.

MARVelous

by MARVelous on Dec 17, 2008 10:23 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Nah, it’ll be a free kick, Flutie style. Ryan Clady will do it, and we’ll add it to the “creative ways to lose” list.

But seriously, J.P. might not play. Pray for Trent Edwards’ groin.

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by Brian Galliford on Dec 17, 2008 10:56 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Pray for Trent Edwards’ groin.

I’m sure Joe P. has said similar prayers in the past.

The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.

by sireric on Dec 17, 2008 11:00 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

They have not been limited to his groin :-)

And, I say that in the most heterosexual way possible.

"If you can't be an athlete, be an athletic supporter."

by Joe P. on Dec 17, 2008 9:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

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by Zumone on Dec 17, 2008 11:07 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Good post

by Kurupt on Dec 18, 2008 1:16 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

groin

i am hoping….kid needs to play if he can. These 2 games are invaluable game experience.

If JP plays i might puke

MARVelous

by MARVelous on Dec 17, 2008 11:18 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

But he’s still working on that highlight reel.

by Zumone on Dec 17, 2008 11:28 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

JP reminds me of Uncle Rico

by Kurupt on Dec 18, 2008 1:16 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Highlight Reel - HA!

I love it how JP is working on a tape for the rest of the league and he is throwing for NOT EVEN 100 YARDS PER GAME!!! Time to quit dude, don’t you get it? JP doesn’t have it and NEVER WILL.

I want the Bills to lose their last two games. There is no point to winning and getting a lower draft pick. NONE.

side note: Bills should release or trade at least 8 players. (This team as a whole is garbage)

by Cutter3636 on Dec 17, 2008 12:30 PM EST reply actions 0 recs