Erik Brady: Joe Ferguson reflects on 1974 game the Bills won without completing a pass By Erik Brady Dec 8, 2021 Dec 8, 2021 Updated Jan 17, 2022 0 Bills QB Joe Ferguson threw for 223 yards in an Oct. 25, 1981, game against the Denver Broncos. (Getty Images) By George Rose Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save By Erik Brady Once upon a time, the wind and the rain were so bad that the Buffalo Bills ran the ball 61 times on 63 plays.kAmp?5 H@?]k^AmkAm%96 BF2CE6C324<[ y@6 u6C8FD@?[ E9C6H ;FDE EH@ A2DD6D] q@E9 76== :?4@>A=6E6]k^AmkAm%9:D H2D `hfc] %96 @E96C BF2CE6C324< H2D y@6 }2>2E9] %96 q:==D 42F89E >@C6 @7 9:D A2DD 2EE6>AED E92? 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Erik Brady: Fox sideline reporter Lindsay Czarniak embraces the 'mom jokes' “I think Buffalo is such a tremendous city,” Czarniak says. “It’s feels like a friendly, familiar place, even if you’re not from there."
Erik Brady: Even south of the border, the Bills still make them want to shout The NFL is popular in Mexico, where the most popular teams are the Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers. But a survey taken in 2015 found th…
Erik Brady: Buffalo hoops legends come home to give thanks “It’s a fellowship and a rejuvenation of what athletics has brought to our lives and to the community," said Buffalo hoops hero Gil Hargrave.
Erik Brady: Make mine an extra large double double. Hold the punctuation mark. This is the story of how Tim Horton’s became Tim Hortons. We’ll call it the Case of the Missing Apostrophe. And it actually begins centuries a…
Erik Brady: A child of South Buffalo found the recipe for happiness at Canisius College: Follow your heart South Buffalo native Tracy O'Grady is the executive chef at Green Pig Bistro, which was named one of the top restaurants in the Washington, D.…
Erik Brady: Search for 'not ever victorious team' spawned a diehard love for the Buffalo Bills Keita Nakagawa lives in Tokyo and loves the Buffalo Bills. How he came to be a Bills fan from afar is a story about Buffalo – and the Buffaloes.
Erik Brady: When legalized sports gambling came to Louisiana, a Buffalo native placed the first bet Jason Kelly made the first legal sports bet in Louisiana history this week with these words: “Gimme 50 bucks on the Buffalo Sabres!”
Erik Brady: Mark Maddox on recovery in Comeback Game, 'You've got to go get this' Maddox, a former linebacker, has an important place in Bills history: He played a crucial role in The Comeback, in 1993, when the Bills came f…
Erik Brady: Take O.J. Simpson's name off Bills Wall of Fame, and don't put it up in new stadium "As it happens, the Bills hope to be playing in a new stadium in a few years. If and when a new one opens, will Simpson’s name still be on the…
Erik Brady: Even a closed border didn't stop these devoted Buffalo Bills fans from Canada For the home opener, they drove to Toronto, flew to Detroit, and then flew to Pittsburgh. There they rented a car for the drive to Buffalo, wh…
