On This Day Recap- 11/2/1980- My first Bucs game; vs NY Giants

by Niko Houllis on Nov 2, 2009 9:14 PM EST Comment 2 comments

A sight I will never forget!

I will never forget it. Coming out of the tunnel at the old sombrero...and seeing the green grass and the Orange Uniforms for the first time! 29 years ago today, I went to my first Bucs game..and we destroyed the NY Giants. I assumed of course that every game I went to the Bucs would win. That lasted about two games!!

The Bucs ran up 23 unanswered first half points, and Ricky Bell had his last dominating 100 yard game in his life. His muscle disease was starting to take its toll, unknown to anyone at the time.

But the defense, and Doug Williams were equally up to task too.

At the end of the day, it was a two game winning streak, and a 4-4-1 record for the Bucs with the World Champion Steelers coming to town next week, all of that was On This Day!

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thanks Nick!

thanks for the walk through memory lane. It’s really sad what happened to Ricky. I never new about it untill I saw a Movie special for T.V about it back in the 80’s called The Ricky Bell Story, or something like that. I have always tryed to look for it but could never find it. Very Very sad movie. It reminded me of the Brian Piccolo movie. My First game was in 1992, that’s when I got to see my Bucs in Person. it was at Soldier Field. And seeing Vinny in person was amazing. I must have been the only bucs fan there and Boy did I here it from the Bear fans, Picture a sea of navy blue and a kid wearing an orange Testaverde Jersey, I had nacho trays tossed at me, napkins. All that and I would still do it today!

by redtribe14 on Nov 3, 2009 4:39 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

good Suggestion for the NFL.

let me know if you all like this Idea? why doesn’t the NFL try to have teams were their throw back uniforms on all away games next year and call it a throw back season. this way teams don’t have to pay so much to change the stadiums to suit the throw backs. Nice way to make money and please the fans that appricated the throwbacks.

by redtribe14 on Nov 3, 2009 4:43 PM EST reply actions 0 recs