[Lefty Noob]

Field Gulls :: Summer Sunday Open Thread: The NFL Game That Changed Your Life has an interesting discussion going on right now: "What NFL game will you always remember? Which one did you see in the stands, or on the TV, that most exemplifies why you love this game?"

The first one I ever went to was a game between the Browns and the Giants, so that one really sticks in my mind. Vinnie Testaverde was QB for Cleveland and he threw a bullet pass right into his guard's buttocks that I swear made this 300-pounder leap two feet off the ground!

Plus, New York came away with the 'W'. I was a big fan at the time, so that really made my day. The only downside was that I was young and stupid, and I arrived at Municiple Stadium wearing a Giants coat. Not only was I "fined" five bucks for charity because I was wearing it (), I got pelted with a couple pop/beer cups on the way out. That's a mistake I made sure not to repeat!

What about you guys? What great stories do you have to share?

[simple simon]

id have to say one game i will for sure always remember is: The "Tuck Rule" game

as a Patriots fan it was a great moment in pigskin history

[Lefty Noob]

The following is Gotham's list. For some reason he had edited my original post and added them, so I'm going to remove them and post them here instead:

Games I remember best:

1) Garo trying to throw a pass in the Super Bowl for Miami...what a laugh...I was a kid but I clearly remember that.

2) Cowboys losing to Redskins in the 1972 Title Game...I was little and I cried my hear out...

3) Clint Longley throwing a last second pass to Pearson on Thanksgiving 1974 against the Redskins.

3a) Stabler on one knee to Davis to beat Miami in the last seconds of a playoff...

4) Staubach's Hail Mary against the Vikings in 1975

5) Swan all over the Cowboys secondary in the Super Bowl 1975...and Lambert taking exception to Cliff Harris tapping Gerela on the helmet after a miss kick.

6) Jackie Smith dropping a wide open pass in the 1978 season Super Bowl against the Steelers...

7) Dorsett going 99 yards on a run against Minnesota in the early 80's

The Raiders "Holy Roller" paly against the Chargers in the late 70's

More to follow...

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

The following is Gotham's list. For some reason he had edited my original post and added them, so I'm going to remove them and post them here instead:

Sorry...I hit the wrong button on it...it was my freakin laptop...the print is tiny...

[simple simon]

lots more NFL fans here now ...... anyone care to add ?

[EmpireWF]

My favorite NFL game was a Giants/Eagles Week 17 game from 2002 (the year they ended up losing to San Fran....the worst NFL game ever).

At Giants stadium with a playoff spot on the line. The game was a defensive masterpiece. The Eagles scored early in the game but never again, it was 7-0 Philly going late into the 4th. Kerry Collins hit Jeremy Shockey in the endzone who literally grabbed the ball out of the hands of Brian Dawkins (on the way down, did some talking as well lol).

Game went into overtime where David Akers missed a potential game winning field goal. Giants got the ball and Matt Bryant kicked the game winning field goal.

[simple simon]

really surprised your favorite doesnt involve Simms Empire

[EmpireWF]

Originally Posted by simple simon

really surprised your favorite doesnt involve Simms Empire

I've only been a Giants fan since the late 90s so I haven't seen any Simms games.

[simple simon]

Originally Posted by EmpireWF

I've only been a Giants fan since the late 90s so I haven't seen any Simms games.

who did you like before them ?

[Bette]

Two of my most memorable games came for the Cowboys during the Parcells era. The first was at the Meadowlands when Billy Cundiff kicked a 52 yard field goal to send the game into OT. He kicked a 25 yarder there to win the game.
The next was the same year. Cowboys beat the Panthers and a teary Parcells declared, "They cant call them losers anymore."
The year the Rams won the Super Bowl. I can still see that Titan trying to stretch that yard.
Another was the NFC playoffs I think. The Packers and the Rams. Favre threw a record high 5 interceptions that day. The Packer fans here got up and left early. My grandson and I had a ball.
The game of the infamous Tuck Rule. Players had more snow on their helmets than we had on the ground at the time. Patriots got lucky there. The warm weather team was holding their own in the snow and the cold.

[bears9]

My favorite was last year NFC Divisional playoffs Seahawks at Bears the games stays close the whole time and then the Seahawks a driving down by 3 then: "Hasselback the give to Alexander Briggs knocks it lose!!! Its a fumble!! Alex Brown recovers!!!!! Man i can not miss hearing that from Troy Aikman on FOX

[suedon70]

The defining NFL game for me was the 1982 playoff game between the 49ers & the Cowboys when Dwight Clark made "The Catch" from Montana sealing the victory that sent them to the Super Bowl that year. I was 12 years old and not a fan of either team, but that game & that play in particular stood out to me for what makes NFL playoff games such fun to watch.....

[EmpireWF]

Originally Posted by simple simon

who did you like before them ?

I only started following the NFL around 97 and didn't really have a team. I was cheering for the Jets in the 98 season but the Broncos stopped that. Following year I hooked to the Giants and never looked back.

[Nuke]

Superbowl XXXII Denver Broncos defeat Green Bay Packers

The children of the '80s watch in triumph as John Elway hoists up the Lombardi Trophy and fullfills his destiny.

[indyNASCARgirl]

I have 2. The first one was when we beat NE in the AFCC game! The 2nd would have to be, well ya know, Super Bowl XLI!