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Packers walloped the Cardinals in the 1982 playoff game. We drove from Fargo the night before. I remember scraping the ice of my bench seat. 19th row 45 yard line behind the Packers bench. Still have the ticket stub.

Never been to one. Never had any desire to go to one even when I was much more of a NFL fan back in the 70s. It's just too easy to watch them on TV vs. the crap you'd have to go through to actually go to one.

JohnStOnge wrote:Never been to one. Never had any desire to go to one even when I was much more of a NFL fan back in the 70s. It's just too easy to watch them on TV vs. the crap you'd have to go through to actually go to one.

I totally get that. Grew up a Packers fan, and always wanted to go to Lambeau for a game. Saw the playoff tickets go on sale, so I wrote a letter stating it would be my first NFL game with my check. May have been the reason I got such great seats. I live 20 miles from a NFL stadium, but have gone to many more games in Lambeau than Minneapolis. Lambeau is more of a college atmosphere, with a large tailgating lot and free residential parking if you look around. Been a while since I have gone to a game, and I only watch the Packers at this point. Spend most of my football time following NDSU.

I use to go to one Giants pre-season game for several years in the early 80's.
I think my first real game was the 1983 Redskins-49ers NFC Championship game at RFK Stadium.

The Body Bag Game

The only professional sporting event I have been to was a Oilers @ Flames hockey game.

Vidav wrote:The only professional sporting event I have been to was a Oilers @ Flames hockey game.

In Edmonton or Calgary? Gretzky years?

Gil Dobie wrote:

Vidav wrote:The only professional sporting event I have been to was a Oilers @ Flames hockey game.

In Edmonton or Calgary? Gretzky years?

In Calgary in 1999.

I think for me it was the Eagles/Buccaneers and the Ricky Watters "For who, for what?" game. Kinda like JSO - pro football was/is so easy to watch on TV that going to a game seemed like a chore. And already going to Delaware games on most Saturdays meant I was getting my fill of live, in person football most weekends.

Eagles/Jets pre-season back at Veterans Stadium, probably mid 80's. Went to tons of Flyers games, many, many Phillies games, but NFL was just too darn cumbersome. I still rarely go, even when offered free tix.

Strangest game I went to was Eagles at Ravens at old Memorial Stadium in B'more. What a dump. Couldn't believe I was watching an NFL game there. Not sure how the Colts put up with it all those years. The upper deck only went to the 40 yard line.

2010

January game between the 4-11 Broncos led by Tim Tebow and the San Diego Chargers.

Last game of the year. Blustery and snowing. Broncos lost in the final minute to end their season at 4-12.

Yuckaroo.

89Hen wrote:Eagles/Jets pre-season back at Veterans Stadium, probably mid 80's. Went to tons of Flyers games, many, many Phillies games, but NFL was just too darn cumbersome. I still rarely go, even when offered free tix.

Strangest game I went to was Eagles at Ravens at old Memorial Stadium in B'more. What a dump. Couldn't believe I was watching an NFL game there. Not sure how the Colts put up with it all those years. The upper deck only went to the 40 yard line.

That chain link fence really sets the mood.
Surreal indeed.

DuckDuckGriz wrote:

89Hen wrote:Eagles/Jets pre-season back at Veterans Stadium, probably mid 80's. Went to tons of Flyers games, many, many Phillies games, but NFL was just too darn cumbersome. I still rarely go, even when offered free tix.

Strangest game I went to was Eagles at Ravens at old Memorial Stadium in B'more. What a dump. Couldn't believe I was watching an NFL game there. Not sure how the Colts put up with it all those years. The upper deck only went to the 40 yard line.

That chain link fence really sets the mood.
Surreal indeed.

Reminds me of the Oakland Coliseum BART Train exit.

1970 Thanksgiving game in Detroit between the Lions and Raiders (Daryle Lamonica and the bunch). It was played at the long gone Tiger Stadium. Notable in that the Lions won.

9/29/97 San Fran @ Panthers, I think Carolina's fist MNF game. We got box seats with my wife's work and rode down from Greensboro in a bus with about 20 other people. Steve Young was QB for SF.

Wait a minute. The St. Louis Cardinals actually made the playoffs? John Riggins actually threw a pass? Where have I been. SMH....

AshevilleApp wrote:1970 Thanksgiving game in Detroit between the Lions and Raiders (Daryle Lamonica and the bunch). It was played at the long gone Tiger Stadium. Notable in that the Lions won.

Did Blanda come off the bench after Lamonica stunk the joint up again?

Incidentally, I have only been to one NFL game, and I didn't even get to see that. I was running garlic fries at a Rams-49'ers game at Levi's Stadium as part of a fundraiser for the Sirens cheerleaders.

An actual game ticket is cost-prohibitive for me. MUCH easier to get baseball tickets....

Went to a couple Bronco games when I lived in Colorado including one in their first SB win season. But the college game is much more fun.


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