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  • The King
    Without me it's just Awe so
    • Jun 2004
    • 42380
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    10 Things You Should Know - 1990 Buffalo Bills

    I will be tackling these articles over the course of the off-season. Feel free to make suggestions, they're a work in progress.
    With that said, here are 10 Things You Should Know about the 1990 Buffalo Bills.

    10 Things You Should Know – 1990 Buffalo Bills
    http://www.billszone.com/?p=1742
    Buffalo's 41 points in a half is still an NFL record (January 20th 1991 vs LA Raiders, AFCC) Bruce Smith had his best season statistically (19 Sacks (1st), 4 Forced Fumbles (2nd), 101 Tackles (2nd)) He was also named DPOY NFL Network named the 1990 Bills as one of the five greatest teams to never ...




    1. Buffalo’s 41 points in a half is still an NFL record (January 20th 1991 vs LA Raiders, AFCC)
    2. Bruce Smith had his best season statistically (19 Sacks (1st), 4 Forced Fumbles (2nd), 101 Tackles (2nd)) He was also named DPOY
    3. NFL Network named the 1990 Bills as one of the five greatest teams to never win a Super Bowl
    4. #1 Draft Pick James Williams was the first player in Bills history to wear number 31. (The number was reserved for merchandising and reflected the spirit of the team)
    5. Jim Kelly had his career best QB Rating in 1990 (101.2)
    6. The best player selected by the Bills in the 1990 draft was 8th round pick Marvcus Patton. Patton never missed a game in his 12 year career.
    7. Thurman Thomas led the league in yards from scrimmage for his second consecutive year, his streak ended at 4. Still an NFL record.
    8. The Bills won 8 games in a row in 1990, their best streak in the NFL. (Won 9 in a row during the 64 AFL season.
    9. 1990 Was Paul Tagliabue’s first full season as NFL Commissioner. The play clock was reduced from 30 seconds to 25 seconds.
    10. Emmitt Smith was selected one pick after the Bills drafted James Williams.
    Last edited by The King; 05-14-2014, 02:12 PM.
    I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said. "I'm off the team, aren't I?"
    "Well," said Coach, "you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet.
    You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times."
    It was all     true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach.
    He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can     mold. But that's when I felt the handcuffs go on.


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  • Bunion
    Registered User
    • Sep 2008
    • 410
    #2
    Re: 10 Things You Should Know - 1990 Buffalo Bills

    Originally posted by The King View Post
    10. Emmitt Smith was selected one pick after the Bills drafted James Williams.
    Son of a *****.

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    • YardRat
      Well, lookie here...
      • Dec 2004
      • 86282
      #3
      Re: 10 Things You Should Know - 1990 Buffalo Bills

      Originally posted by The King
      Emmitt Smith was selected one pick after the Bills drafted James Williams.
      Bill Polian sucked.
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      • DynaPaul
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        • Sep 2003
        • 7540
        #4
        Re: 10 Things You Should Know - 1990 Buffalo Bills

        #11 - We lost to a broken down, old, slow Giants team in the Super Bowl on a last second kick.
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        • Ginger Vitis
          Registered User
          • Feb 2009
          • 3451
          #5
          Re: 10 Things You Should Know - 1990 Buffalo Bills

          #12 The Bills were 7 point favourites going into Super Bowl 25

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          • Mace
            Haha...yeah you think so ?
            • Mar 2013
            • 20315
            #6
            Re: 10 Things You Should Know - 1990 Buffalo Bills

            Passing thought, we just didn't have a focused coaching staff. We had a speed game perfect for slicing muscle teams, then tried playing their game instead of ours. We'd play snatches of ours and slice them, then go back to their game and get decimated. Those Super Bowl years made me crazy, because we were never the same team in the game that we were to get us there, and it was never because we were outmanned.

            Anyway, thanks to the King for the idea. Imho, we should have won 3 of 4 Super Bowls after learning hard from the first one. History makes those last couple Cowboys teams looks so much better, they really weren't, except they played us and we were still playing the first one inadequately.

            I'll never understand why we did so bad in that final game, I'll always blame Marv Levy, who was not a good coach but had some awesome players, but who I have found I love, because no one else could have so poorly gotten them so close spitting frothing and throwing his headset with such literary introspect after.

            I wish more fans could remember those teams, they didn't know how to lose until that last game when they were totally lost.
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            • Turf
              Registered User
              • Jul 2002
              • 8379
              #7
              Re: 10 Things You Should Know - 1990 Buffalo Bills

              I remember when my father say the low point spread against the Giants, he didn't like it. He said why's it so low? He smelled a rat. All the money was on the Bills.
              And Marv? He doesn't belong in the HOF. I understand what he meant to players. But he has to win one of those.
              Lou Saban: You can get it done, you can get it done. And what’s more, you’ve gotta get it done.
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              • The King
                Without me it's just Awe so
                • Jun 2004
                • 42380
                #8
                Re: 10 Things You Should Know - 1990 Buffalo Bills

                My intent wasn't to drudge up all the old feelings, although i guess that's what you get.
                I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said. "I'm off the team, aren't I?"
                "Well," said Coach, "you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet.
                You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times."
                It was all                 true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach.
                He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can                 mold. But that's when I felt the handcuffs go on.


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                • DynaPaul
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                  • Sep 2003
                  • 7540
                  #9
                  Re: 10 Things You Should Know - 1990 Buffalo Bills

                  I still say that we should have won that game 9 times out of 10.

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                  • Historian
                    2020-2023 AFC East Champions!
                    • Dec 2002
                    • 61893
                    #10
                    Re: 10 Things You Should Know - 1990 Buffalo Bills

                    Off topic in regards to the photo at the top.

                    One of my fav Bills of all time is Kent Hull. Met him once. Great guy, his passing was very sad.

                    Anyhow, a guy I work with had an authentic Kent Hull jersey (#67) and an authentic Nate Turner jersey (#38) He wore both frequently.

                    Last fall, he saw me in my Bills track jacket, and wanted to swap me the Hull jersey for it.

                    I told him that I could not swap with him in good conscience, as I paid 29 bucks for the warm-up, and his 1993 Hull jersey was priceless.

                    He asked if I was sure, and I told him that as much as I would love to, I would be taking advantage of him, so we left it at that.

                    Then two weeks before Christmas, his house burnt to the ground.

                    We had a fundraiser at work, and collected lots of money and clothes for he and his family. I even gave him some of my Mom's furniture which I had been storing since she passed.

                    I gave him a couple of the navy-Donahoe era jersies, along with some polo shirts.

                    It was at that point where he told me he wished I had traded him for the Hull, as it was destroyed in the fire.

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                    • Pinkerton Security
                      Pinkerton's son
                      • Feb 2006
                      • 6003
                      #11
                      Re: 10 Things You Should Know - 1990 Buffalo Bills

                      Wow - way to take the trip to Negative Town everyone - guess I shouldnt be surprised.

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                      • kscdogbillsfan1221
                        Registered User
                        • Nov 2007
                        • 5652
                        #12
                        Re: 10 Things You Should Know - 1990 Buffalo Bills

                        Originally posted by NaturalBornSpiller View Post
                        Wow - way to take the trip to Negative Town everyone - guess I shouldnt be surprised.
                        it's hard not to. this was (arguably) the greatest bills team ever and we didn't finish the job.
                        I came.
                        I saw.
                        I conquered.
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                        • The King
                          Without me it's just Awe so
                          • Jun 2004
                          • 42380
                          #13
                          Re: 10 Things You Should Know - 1990 Buffalo Bills

                          I tried to keep it positive. As a rule I probably won't focus on teams as much as individuals. And going after the most popular Super Bowl team probably wasn't the easiest of tasks, but we move on.
                          I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said. "I'm off the team, aren't I?"
                          "Well," said Coach, "you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet.
                          You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times."
                          It was all                           true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach.
                          He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can                           mold. But that's when I felt the handcuffs go on.


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                          • trapezeus
                            Legendary Zoner
                            • Oct 2004
                            • 19525
                            #14
                            Re: 10 Things You Should Know - 1990 Buffalo Bills

                            as most of us say to not let it eat you up, "when we win, it'll be that much better". Even though we never won, those seasons were just pure joy. even when you were in them. to wake up on a sunday and know the team would be competitive? that was a great feeling in and of itself.

                            the last 14 have been unusually painful. I'd say 75% of the 14 years we all collectively knew a beating was coming. and not necessarily on the score board, but just a slow boring game where we didn't do enough to even be entertaining. Hopefully this bold draft this year actually gives us bold results.
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                            • The last buffalo fan
                              I told the pet store guy "How else am I supposed to get the mouse out of my ass?"
                              • Sep 2004
                              • 18204
                              #15
                              Re: 10 Things You Should Know - 1990 Buffalo Bills

                              14.- **** that Desert Storm!
                              The Mexican & too!!

                              - Adriano & Emiliano, the next Villa & Zapata. Viva Mexico, cabrones!!! -

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