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Bills vs. Browns: Was 2009 Match-Up the Worst Game Ever?

One year ago the Buffalo Bills and the Cleveland Browns met on the field at Ralph Wilson Stadium. It was quite possibly the worst game of football I have ever seen. Just as an example of the ineptitude, Derek Anderson was the winning quarterback that day: 2-of-17 completions for 23 yards and one interception.

Bills fans will remember this game as the one that Roscoe Parrish muffed deep in his own territory. With the score tied 3-3 and three minutes left in regulation, Parrish mishandled a bouncing punt at his 16-yard line and former Bills special teamer Blake Costanzo recovered. After running out the majority of remaining time the Browns kicked a field goal and Buffalo's last ditch drive was not successful.

The Bills were flagged a crippling 13 times for 75 yards and turned the ball over three times in a game that Brian Galliford said was the straw that broke Dick Jauron's back:

"My guess is that fans calling for his head don't need to ask 'if' anymore; it now looks like a matter of 'when.'"

What say you, Bills fans? Was it the worst game you ever saw? I'll also nominate the 10-3 snoozefest against the 49ers from 2008.

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I was there for that sucktastic game. Also there for the 9ers 10-7 game.
The Browns game was horrible. I hated being there. It was no fun. Tailgating sucked because it was so windy. The game sucked because it was 3-6. The drive home sucked because we just lost to Derek Andersons 2fer. Worst NFL experience ever.

The 9ers game was close… but no TD’s and losing because of a muffed punt. Ugh… that was brutal.

Lets Go Buff a lo!!!

by bflo on Dec 8, 2010 8:16 AM EST reply actions  

I had fun at the tailgate but I was at the game as well.

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by MattRichWarren on Dec 8, 2010 8:20 AM EST up reply actions  

Actually… I think I confused the tailgating with the 9ers game. I was thinking I took a bus that time, but no that was for the 9ers game. IDK how many of you have ever taken a bus to a game… but if you can avoid it… try to. I didnt enjoy that at all…

Actually the Browns game wasnt too bad tailgating. I remember a guy walking around giving us shots in the lot. SoCo I believe… the guy had a gallon of it haha.

Lets Go Buff a lo!!!

by bflo on Dec 8, 2010 8:24 AM EST up reply actions  

The 49ers game tailgating

I was at the 49ers game, and it was windy, rainy, and cold, and tailgating stunk. I happened to be out of town for the Browns game and so didn’t watch it.

Wasn’t the Browns game MNF? If so, then I vote yet, it was the worst game in history…at least, in prime time.

by stetzwebs on Dec 8, 2010 9:25 AM EST up reply actions  

Guess not

I just read it wasn’t a MNF game…I’m just remembering all of the terrible MNF games the Bills have been in.

by stetzwebs on Dec 8, 2010 9:26 AM EST up reply actions  

Yeah this was the Sunday afternoon stinker.

This was also the game that after the game, some idiot was drunk/drugged up? caught selling something in the parking lot and drove over fans and dragged a police officer down the street.

Lets Go Buff a lo!!!

by bflo on Dec 8, 2010 9:42 AM EST up reply actions  

We were near that

We were all sitting around in the grass parking lot near the road and were like, what’s with all the cop cars and stuff? Then we found out what happened and were like, this was totally the worst football day ever. Then the news said some drunks stole that wooden Thurman statue too. Taken as a whole, definitely the worst day of football in Buffalo.

by Fox5alpha on Dec 8, 2010 10:06 AM EST up reply actions  

Thats right, I forgot about the Thurman statue…

So its official. Worst NFL game/experience ever.

Lets Go Buff a lo!!!

by bflo on Dec 8, 2010 10:30 AM EST up reply actions  

That MNF game was in Cleveland. This one was a Sunday.

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by MattRichWarren on Dec 8, 2010 9:33 AM EST up reply actions  

That MNF game was in Buffalo. Trent to start the game with 3 straight picks. That was in Buffalo.

Lets Go Buff a lo!!!

by bflo on Dec 8, 2010 9:40 AM EST up reply actions  

You’re right. For the life of me I thought it was in Cleveland.

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by MattRichWarren on Dec 8, 2010 10:17 AM EST up reply actions  

Just hoping the Bills don’t play that horribly in Buffalo?

by stetzwebs on Dec 8, 2010 12:47 PM EST up reply actions  

Oddly enough, so did Trent

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by Kurupt on Dec 8, 2010 2:25 PM EST via mobile up reply actions  

Zing!

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by MattRichWarren on Dec 8, 2010 3:55 PM EST up reply actions  

brutal game

I was at this game. It was not only the worst sporting event I’ve ever been to in person but also the worst sporting eveng I’ve watched from start to finish. Words cannot describe how awful that game was, it was the worst ever hands down.

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by uscBillsGamecock on Dec 8, 2010 8:25 AM EST via mobile reply actions  

By far this was the worst football game ever.

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by Michael_Necci on Dec 8, 2010 8:26 AM EST reply actions  

before the game my friend said "if we lose to the browns itll be great cause dick juaron will be out"

Well it took a week or two after that to let him go.

I remember bein at buffalo wild wings in henrietta, thanks to the females and the multiple games on, it sucked but not as bad as bein there.

I remember goin to the houston game lasat year, took my girlfriend. When we got home we caught second half if packers Vikings. She says “wow this game is so much more exciting”

Point at hand, the bills were not even watchable for the last few years.

Go chan

Now I’m done.

by sketchydave on Dec 8, 2010 8:56 AM EST via mobile reply actions  

Thank God this was one Sunday I actually had to work. I only work about 2 Sundays a season, and I’m glad this was one of them. Caught some of it live on the radio at work, got home and immediately deleted it from the DVR.

"Ability without character will lose. The Bills are going to be a team of high character. That stamp I will push very hard. I hope we can convey that to our fans and project something very special to the rest of the nation." - Marv Levy

by BuffaloBlueBlood on Dec 8, 2010 9:19 AM EST via mobile reply actions  

Wouldn’t the 2007 Bills-Browns game be considered as well? At least both teams could move the ball a little, but it was just so painful to watch. The Bills were 3/16 on 3rd down and the Browns were 4/14.

And yet it was within one score until the final play, so you couldn’t look away….

by Krenn on Dec 8, 2010 9:19 AM EST reply actions  

terrible.

when this season started i predicted that this years matchup would end 4-2! let’s see how it goes.

LET'S GO BUFFALO!!!!!!!

by BenAllen on Dec 8, 2010 9:20 AM EST reply actions  

all points on safeties? that would actually be a spectacle worth watching just to say you did.

by oompaloompa on Dec 8, 2010 11:18 AM EST up reply actions  

I remember back in during the glory years, every time we played the Jets the radio guy would always say we would win 4-3… on two Bruce Smith safetys. Haha.

Lets Go Buff a lo!!!

by bflo on Dec 8, 2010 11:33 AM EST up reply actions  

I've really tried to forget...

This game was the first game I brought my then 9-year old son to. He had been playing football for a few years and expressed interest, so I thought, why not bring him into a world of suffering and disappointment. He looked at me at one point and said, “Are all real football games like this.” At least he enjoyed the nachos.

On a humorous side note, trying to prepare a 9 year old for their first trip to One Bills Drive is a pretty daunting task. I spent the entire ride from Lancaster to OP telling him about the crazy things he would see, sometimes people drink too much, etc. Then after our first turn in the parking lot, three guys holding one other guy up for a keg stand, followed by a guy puking between two cars. I probably should have been nominated for Dad of the Year!

by pbooth22 on Dec 8, 2010 9:32 AM EST reply actions   1 recs

"Are all real football games like this."

that is a plot for a comedy skit.

by oompaloompa on Dec 8, 2010 11:20 AM EST up reply actions  

Yes, but it was all too real. I can recall thinking, “My son will never watch a football game again” and feeling I had cursed him to a life of being a figure skating fan!

by pbooth22 on Dec 8, 2010 11:54 AM EST up reply actions  

Worst game I’ve ever watched.

by Mindbender14 on Dec 8, 2010 9:50 AM EST reply actions  

Re: Roscoe's fumble

What no one seems to remember about that play is the play right beforehand. The Bills had defied all expectations to stop Jamal Lewis and force a punt, but as I recall the Browns punt team trotted on to the field while the Bills did not. They were all huddled on the sideline except for Drayton Florence, who was gesturing wildly in the middle of the Browns line. We had to call a timeout.

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by PozDispenser on Dec 8, 2010 10:03 AM EST reply actions  

worst ever

Thankfully, they didn’t show the browns/bills game in my area. I would have watched it to the bitter end, then my wife would have wondered why I was so miserable for the next week.

I do, however remember week 12 of the 2001 season. The 1-10 Bills, w/ Alex van Pelt at the helm, destroyed 35-0 by SF. Now, that was the worst game I ever saw.

by Marc Reitz on Dec 8, 2010 10:36 AM EST reply actions  

Pulse of Bills Nation

Could a reminder of Bills ineptitude come at a worse point this season?

(hangs head, hands in pocket and walks off stage left)

by oompaloompa on Dec 8, 2010 11:23 AM EST reply actions  

bad, really bad

so I wanted my first professional sports game attended to be a bills game that they would win. looking thru the schedule I picked the browns to be most likely to be a winner. Disappointed doesn’t come close to the feeling of that day. There was next to nothing to cheer about. Haven’t gone back, thankfully. Maybe next year.

by thatguy81 on Dec 8, 2010 11:31 AM EST reply actions  

Probably

But I mercifully didn’t see it.

The worst Bills game I ever watched was our 13-10 win against Miami in 2007. Against a 1-15 team, we trailed 3-2 in the 3rd Quarter. CBS’ cameras actually went bonkers for a few minutes and I had to watch Terrance McGee’s kickoff return (maybe the most exciting play that day) from the blimp view. Pulling out a W that day was about as edifying as getting the “Tried the Hardest” award on a youth soccer team.

by mattyh11 on Dec 8, 2010 12:04 PM EST reply actions  

I remember that one, too. That was epic in this car accident sort of way.

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by MattRichWarren on Dec 8, 2010 3:56 PM EST up reply actions  

This game

was the game that made me a former season ticket holder. tailgating was a good time as usual but then when it was time to go into the stadium I was overcome w/dread. needless to say they didn’t disappoint that day.

I was also at the niners game the previous year. took my father to the game. during the third quarter I asked him, “why are we here”.

with the way the offense has progressed this year under Gailey and Fitz, I think it’s safe to say that the offensive ineptitude was caused mainly by Jauron and Edwards.

by gatornation on Dec 8, 2010 12:18 PM EST reply actions  

This game and the Niners one are truly bad.

I nominate one additional game: The MNF game against the Pats. I think they lost 56-10 at the Ralph. Belichick pulls Brady a few minutes into the 4th. Cassel promptly throws an INT. Next series Brady comes back in and drive them down the field to a score. It was one of the worst games I can recall. Add in the fact that a national audience witnessed it, I think this one does it for me.

The Browns-Bills games have that Benny Hill vibe going for them. It’s not good, but there’s something quaint about the product.

In the year two thousaaaaaaand.
In the year two thousAAAAAAND!

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by TheAfghanTwilight on Dec 8, 2010 12:36 PM EST reply actions  

I was at that one too. Brought in a sign that read:
   kNock
     Brady
unConscious

I got to keep it a little over a quarter before security took it away.

The only semi-decent thing about that game was that in the third quarter we got to move down to the lower bowl from the nosebleeds. Gotta keep appearances up and such.

"Ability without character will lose. The Bills are going to be a team of high character. That stamp I will push very hard. I hope we can convey that to our fans and project something very special to the rest of the nation." - Marv Levy

by BuffaloBlueBlood on Dec 8, 2010 10:46 PM EST via mobile up reply actions  

Cleveland game was SOOOOOOOOO painful!

I got to go home for two games last year.
And this turd was one of them.
After the game, I was literally speechless. Couldn’t even listen to the post-game show on the radio.
Very depressing.

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by SERGEANT MAJOR THOR on Dec 8, 2010 6:35 PM EST reply actions  

Yes

This game was not only the worst game of football I’ve ever watched but the worst game of professional sport I’ve ever seen and I’ve lived on three continents (Australia, Europe and North America) and avidly followed sport at each destination.

by Billsdownunder on Dec 8, 2010 6:46 PM EST reply actions  

Worst Game I've Ever Seen

When the Bills are inept or worse and get pounded, at least you get to see one decent team. The Browns and the Bills were so bad and so boring that, although I sorta tried, I just couldn’t care much when Roscoe muffed the punt. It was galling that both teams couldn’t lose that game.

by Gino Parilli on Dec 8, 2010 10:47 PM EST reply actions  

Hopefully...

This years affair will be more entertaining. It’s pretty easy to top last years tilt.

by mack8365 on Dec 9, 2010 9:16 AM EST reply actions  

This game Sunday

will be EPIC.

I think it will top the list of all the previously mentioned games.

Broke O-Line for us, Delhomme for them. Toss in snow, rain, sleet mixture, add some wild wind, crappy officiating crew, dogs & cats living together, should make for something else.

Be miserable or motivate yourself. What's to be done it's always YOUR choice.
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by MtJulietTNBillsFan on Dec 9, 2010 9:29 AM EST reply actions  

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