A Slugfest for the AFC Title! (Bills vs. Bengals 1988, AFC Championship)
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- Check out the 1988 AFC Championship game highlights between the Buffalo Bills and Cincinati Bengals!
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I tore my ACL looking at that Astroturf
Can't imagine getting tackled in the freezing cold on that
Skin comes off in chunks.
It’s basically carpet on concrete. Not good carpet, either. The cheap, thin, crap that was on the floors in your old kindergarten classroom or the stuff that covered your bachelor uncle’s back patio
Ickey Woods did just that in the very next game he played on that turf---September 17th, 1989.
It seems like there are more acl injuries in today's NFL though
Sadly, the last great game my uncle Ickey Woods played in the NFL. Got up EARLY to watch this at my grandparents and was so psyched they had won, I didn't even bother with the Bears/49ers game later on. Had no idea the arc of his career would veer off against Pittsburgh just 1 1/4 regular season games later.
Do you have proof that’s your uncle? Find it hard to believe.... sorry not sorry!!!
@@davidebasinger2997 it’s true i’m their uncle
@@davidebasinger2997 I don’t give two shits whether some moron on CZcams believes me. GTFOH
I just moved to Cincinnati in January of '89 when this game happened, I was 6 yrs old & your uncle Ickey had the city on 🔥we loved Ickey & looked up to him as kids.
Agreed :/ icky is my cousin. So you must be my distant nephew. I use to love watching him run the ball, but I even love his commercials more! Get your cold cuts, get your cold cuts
For those that don't know 2 hours before this game The NFL stated that The Bengals couldn't use their hurry up no huddle offense. According to of all people Marv Levy, it gave the offense an unfair advantage. As Sam Wyche would joke years later "I guess after the Bills invented the no huddle it was okay to use." Maybe the football gods didn't appreciate Buffalo using the offense they complained about.
I forgot about that. Bills used the No Huddle for 4 straight years and SB appearances after this.
Didn't know that. Maybe that's why they are the only team to lose 4 straight Super Bowls.🤡
That’s bullshit lmao
That is so messed up
Wow. I did not know that. Bills sealed their fate forever.
I was down the road in basic training at Ft Knox.
This was right in the middle of the time period where conference championship games were often better than the Super Bowls. This wasn't really one of the better ones but luckily that year the SB was actually pretty great except it went the wrong way for the Bengals. This weekend is going to be AWESOME. I really hope the love between Buffalo and Cincy fans can continue but I know it probably won't. Our fanbases really built up a true friendly rivalry.
GO BILLS!
Your first sentence is basically Dan Reeves' fault
Those three straight title games between Dallas and San Fran from 92-94 were the super bowls those years for sure
If Cincy loses, it's gonna be blamed on the Damar Hamlin non-game and that sucks. But I'm telling you now...there will be some ugliness.
@@SocialAssasin Funny thing is, only the first one was really competitive. Cowboys smoked San Francisco in '93 and the 49ers had the game basically over in the first five minutes in '94. Once the salary cap settled in, things got pretty good competition wise.
@@manuginobilisbaldspot424 Yep i'm bracing myself for some rather ugly and vindictive comments on social media and reddit this weekend regardless of who wins or loses.
If The 1990 Bills had this defense maybe they win The Super Bowl. Funny their offense became more explosive and their defense regressed.
If their kicker hits that FG they beat the Giants. They weren't beating Washington or Dallas idc how good their team was. Those teams were just destined to win it all
did Buffalo start doing that K Gun offense after this season?
@@joshingram071 The Giants held the ball for forty minutes. You don’t deserve to win if you get manhandled like that
@@carsonc29 Yes, they did.
@@carsonc29 yep it was after this season. Defense was still above average. (Bruce Smith Cornelius Bennett). But that offense was one of the most explosive ive ever seen. There team was one of the most loaded ever. They just happen to go up against three off the most talented teams ever. That Giants team remind me of the Ray Lewis Ravens squad during the 2000s the Washington squad at that time 1991 broke offensive records. One of the most slept on teams ever. I remember Washington being so good I knew before the game the Redskins was gonna win. And the Cowboys…… well we all know!!!
Bruce Smith is among other Bills defensive Hall of Famers!
Bruce Smith vs Anthony Munoz twice that year.
Anthony couldn’t handle smith
@@427bullis Time stamp please.
Agreed!!!
The ickey shuffle
The afc's best offense and defense collide. Much Like 1991, also a game featuring these bills
91 featured the fourth and final time Denver got that far in the years they were coached by Dan Reeves.
R.I.P. Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen
Amen oh my!
I was watching this game while visiting my late grandparents in Columbus Georgia on their NBC affiliate WLTZ channel 38
love the Fulcher/Wyche hug
One of the best afc championship wins for the Bengals.
Bengals vs Chiefs was better
@@Nico-ur2po super bowls > afc championships
True!!!
Considering there's only three to choose from, yes, it's one of the best.
What a game i was at the game one of the best
Kelly was a turnover machine in the playoffs
Yup. 21 TD 32 turnovers in 17 games
@@timothyd1496that’s awful
@@timothyd1496 Kelly was somewhat overrated…and I’m a big Bills fan. He certainly wasn’t a first ballot hall of famer
@@JMC786 Quarterbacks who did not make the Hall of Fame on ballot one include Fran Tarkenton, Len Dawson, and Kurt Warner.
@@fortynights1513 Proves my point
This is game is hyped
Nfl throwbacks at it again with another classic throwback game.
A real throwback
I was just looking for this!!
Dick Enberg a legendary versatile sports announcer😁
Voice of my youth: Angels' games
Agreed!!!
I think the bangles will win on Sunday to this is a great game. I love this channel as a person who loves NFL history.
Boomer was underrated
My memory of that game was all the long orange horns that sounded like a swarm of bees. And Marv crying about everything
This Video 📸 Is Incredible NFL Throwback 🏈🏉 Keep Up The Good Work.
NFL best Era: 1985-1998.
In the grasp rule was a joke and Mark Kelso totally fumble the ball befor he was down. Crazy how different football was then. I was 9 and loved it just as much as I do today regardless.
No 2 point conversion yet either
Let's go. Let's go. Buffalo. Bills in September when the Regular season stars Go. Go. Bills. Go. Josh. Allen#1
lol 5:58 so we're just nonchalantly pretend that we didn't just witness a man get KO'd right here on this return?
I used to have an Eric Thomas Score "Speedburner" card way back when, I loved that dude
You here? Nice
Buffalo Bills Against Cincinnati Bengals From 1988 AFC Championship Thanks For Uploading
Saw the NFL network missing rings in the 1988 Bengals it was crazy story
hold up, YOU CANT CELEBRATE IN THE ENDZONE BUT YOU CAN CELEBRATE RIGHT OUT OF BOUNCE??? why is the old NFL so weird 😂😂
A dis to the Ick! Signature dance
5:30 jeez the crowd got crazy ROCKIN' here
wtf 7:55 thats a sack?? Man 1988 was a different time
That "grasp and control" rule was new....it wasn't very popular with the players or fans, and it didn't last very long. NFL implemented it that year after a series of QB injuries.
6:00 Mark Kelso was knocked out after the tackle. He ended wearing a modified helmet at some point in his career. Don't know if he had it on in this game. Look up photos of his helmet. It was a cushion that fit around his helmet. I believe he was susceptible to concussions.
was wondering what happened to him. kinda shitty for this channel to ignore it.
The Great Gazoo helmet
Yep I remember thinking it looked cool. I wanted a helmet like it playing little league lol I wonder how effective was it?
Him and Steve Wallace of the 49ers both wore that shell. Dunno why it isn’t mandatory if it prevented concussions.
Awesome video, keep posting more videos like this
10:57 why that kinda look like diggs lmao
Thanks for the video NFL Throwback! Does anyone happen to know any fights or heated moments that resulted in multiple ejections back during the 1980-1985 and/or 1987-1990 NFL seasons?
I was good friends with Lewis Billups' little brother. We had dinner at his Mom's house in Orlando that season, Lewis and two other Bengals DBs were there, I was probably 12. Great family, Lewis' story is tragic, felt for them..
Isn't he the one who dropped what would have been an interception in the endzone in the Super Bowl?
4:30 Scott Norwood didn’t just miss field goals wide right, he also missed them wide left!
Bruce Smith was taking it to Anthony Muñoz that game, with 2 sacks in the 1st quarter, but he injured his thigh and that was it.
Thurman Thomas really REALLY elevated that Bills offense in the following years
Three promising takes from this game:
1-Norwood’s miss will be his last. He’ll redeem himself in the next big one
2-kelsos concussions are over. He’ll never have to worry about added helmet protection.
3-Everyone was right for passing up on Thurman in the draft. He’ll never make it in this league with that play
Freebie: buffalo is a one-and-done team. They’ll never be back to the AFC championship after this one
5:59 The defensive back from Buffalo looks like he's knocked out cold
1:15 Mark Kelso really thought he could push & shove Anthony Munoz - big mistake. By the end of this exchange there are six Bills players and Munoz is STILL the alpha. What an extraordinary football player.
An extra-ordinary individual as well
As a Lions fan I don't know what's worse. Win 1 playoff game in 65 years or lose 4 straight Super Bowls??!!
Losing 4 straight Superbowls. It sucked as a kid going to school on Monday after my team lost the Super Bowl one time let alone 4 in a row.
Of course winning only 1 playoff game in 65 years is way worse. So many losing regular seasons including 0-16. Jesus Christ.
This is our year! Let’s go red and blue! Bills mafia forever! 🔵🔴❤
Sorry my friend. They had a great year at least. ❤️
@@Demure_Amir and that is all we appreciate.
They're outside playing on carpet.
People think of Boomer as just some sports analyst but he was an amazing QB who only had a few good teams in his time with the Bengals. He deserved to win a Super Bowl
His best shot was literally the 1988 season they coulda won that game ngl it was a slugfest if the dude would have caught taht int I think that gives them momentum
Came close a few times, that team in 89 made it against the 49ers
@@matthewnikitas8905 they really could in my opinion but their offense couldn’t do anything neither 1 really but that was boomers best shot cuz he played 10 yrs with cin and only made the playoffs twice
@@cjcolzie826 Well their offense was actually pretty good I think their defense was the weak point. Cris Collinsworth was a pretty solid receiver and now is a great commentator. Anthony Munoz who is one of the best OL of all time and Ickey Woods who was a decent as well.
@@matthewnikitas8905 I do believe that but In the playoffs their defense really won those 2 playoff games boomer played terrible due to his injury and they stepped up in the 49ers game they end up doing it again but the offense couldn’t generate points unless you mean throughout his career there defense was weak cuz I agree😂😂
Prime Boomer Esiason reminds me a lot of Josh Allen nowadays
Cmon bungles
I remember this game. That penalty killed Buffalo. Killed their whole momentum. Good game Cincinnati!!! Who Dey!!!
Two minutes in and I’m starting to get the feeling that these two teams don’t like each other very much lol
Actually you’d be surprised just how close Cincy and Buffalo really are, they’re like the bromance of the NFL
Stanley Wilson couldnt escape his demons. Very sad end to a promising career.
This Bengals team was 2 min away from winning the SB this season. Montana and the Niners beat them.
We nearly see both teams last year in the Super Bowl but you never know for this year
and no skipping around like school girls after every play
I love watching old games, before tv producers realized that people might want to know what the score is
Bills winning this time
35 Years Ago
Thank you as always for year update in some NFL history video lol
So weird that Cincinnati didn’t paint the endzones for the freaking Championship game! What gives?
Very low funds.
Paul Brown was a cheapskate…passed that down to his kid.
As someone who roots for Buffalo (Second to Denver) Had the regular season game continued (nothing to ignore or take lightly, the situation with Hamlin) - but had that game continued, I am confident that Buffalo wouldn’t be able to handle the Bengals.
That said, aside from the game being played in Buffalo, I have a feeling that you’ll see a similar performance from the Bills. Missed turnover opportunities, points left on the field, and one too many interceptions. (I could obviously be wrong - but that’s how I, unfortunately, see it going)
In addition, I could definitely see the possibility of a Part III matchup between Frisco and Cincy for the Super Bowl.
GO BILLS!!!
As a bengals fan, I hope you’re right. But this is the first time since Palmer or Dalton were leading the team that I’ve felt like fate will make sure they lose this game.
@@80081355318008 possibly. But I feel like advancing to last year’s Super Bowl has given them a lot of useful experience to help with taking away some of those big game jitters. Plus the fact that Burrow has been sacked less this year.
And as a side-note, if y’all do win I’ll be rooting for you if/when you play KC. Not to mention all the support you Cincy fans gave to Hamlin and the organization was very well appreciated.
(And let me just be the umpteenth person to say that Higgins was not at fault.)
Good luck tomorrow 🤝. You guys have an impressive team ~ good enough to pull of a regular season win against the Chiefs.
@@josiahstearns9615 yeah I think I’m just very worried about missing 3 starting Oline for this game. Also I would be rooting for the bills vs KC in the opposite scenario (but to be fair I’d root for any team not from Baltimore or Pittsburgh over KC lol) good luck to you as well
@@80081355318008 congrats on the win, man!!! Maybe minus a TD, that’s about what I expected the loss to look like for Buffalo.
Now go beat those Chiefs!!!
If only Bills fans knew what was coming after this!
Getting a heartbreaking L delivered by the niners?
8:00, That's not something you thought you would hear in the older NFL
That "grasp and control" rule was new....it wasn't very popular with the players or fans, and it didn't last very long. NFL implemented it that year after a series of QB injuries.
..Couldn't nobody beat dem Bengals in The Jungle, I'm talkin' noobody! #513
0:30 why didn’t lewis billups make that interception in the super bowl???
Marv levy cried a river about the Bengals no huddle offense which wad lethal. He said it was a gimmick that gave them an unfair advantage. He would steal it a year later to equally lethal effect. That is until they got their lunch money taken from them in the superbowls.
Defense and the running game won that. Boomer had almost 3 int game, didn't look like his best
How did neither of these groups win a Super Bowl?
the reasons are 49ers, Giants, Redskins and Cowboys.
2:28 get some cold cuts
I was a sr in high school during this season. That in the grasp rule didn't last long. I didn't watch this game. But I watched the nfc title game. It's crazy how cincy fell off after this. Ofcourse the Bills just couldn't win the SB, but they could sure get there.
Anyone keeping track of all the turnovers?
0:50
Boomer with a great 20+ yd run then trips over his own 2 feet OB at the end
🤣😂
In today's NFL, the photographer at 0:55 would have been flagged for roughing the passer.
How Was That a sack on Kelly and he wasn't taken down?
0:13 - That's in the grasp??? They have to be kidding. It's a tackle! Are they supposed to tackle without putting the quarterback in their grasp?
The first of 5 conference championship appearances in 6 seasons for the Bills and no Super Bowl wins! What a half decade of failure for long suffering Buffalo fans.
This is crazy because the upcoming 2023 NFL season,these 2 teams are probably going to meet in the afc championship game again.But this time it's going to be Josh Allen and the Bills vs Joe Burrow and the Bengals.Both of these teams in the NFL 2023 season can beat the defending Super Bowl champuons the Kansas City Chiefs.This game right here was remarkable because the Bolls and the Bengals had high octane offenses.Cincinnati ran away with the win.Boomer Esiason was a beast in 1988.
Y’all on penis mad early, they couldn’t even wait for the divisional
Wild that we used to watch football games not knowing the score or time
Boomer`s arm was messed up..he didn`t play well in the playoffs or Superbowl..
😁🏟️😁🏈🔥
💥💥 Bengals are now 3-0 all time vs bills in the playoffs
Slugfest? Buffalo got their ass kicked!
21-10 isn’t getting their ass kicked
@@427bullisTrue!!!
Score doesnt tell the whole story. Cincy clearly controlled the line
If Icky Woods had any speed he'd have clocked nearly 200 yards
Cry baby Bills cried about the no huddle then stole the no huddle & they get credit wrongly by the National media when Wyche & Bengals invented it. Buffalo crying didn't matter the Bengals kicked their ass again.
Straight up. That 88 Bengals had the no huddle, the zone blitz…they were so far ahead of their time.
Hopefully Josh Allen stops doing stupid shit Sunday we really need him at his best
Big Boomers hear barely fit his helmet
Didn't matter the Bungles lost the super bowl anyways
Phillips from the Bungles wasn’t the brightest bulb in that locker room apparently. You get an INT catch and run backwards with plenty of room to gain field position? That’s a true Cincinnati team move! I’d of sat his ass immediately or held him liable if the team lost..... which we know the result! Go Buffalo... from a Steelers man!!
You must be blind he literally caught the ball and was running right way and try to avoid the Buffalo Bill player who hit him and knock them backwards🤦🏾♂️
In true Cincinnati fashion, they’d lose in the Super Bowls!!!!!
The Icky shuffle...worst celebration ever.
I was just looking for this!!