Top 10 bad weather games in NFL history

[JonLP24]

Red Right 88 - This 1980 AFC Divisional Playoff Game at cold Cleveland Municipal Stadium had a memorable, yet painful, finish for Browns fans.

1979 Buccaneers vs. Chiefs Monsoon - Torrential rain nearly prevented the upstart Buccaneers from one of the most amazing turnarounds in NFL history.

Sneakers Game - The Giants' choice of footwear in the 1934 NFL Championship Game helped make this one of the more memorable games ever played.

Snow Plow Game - John Smith's field goal provided the only score in the Patriots' victory over the Dolphins in a 1982 AFC East showdown in Foxboro.

1948 NFL Championship Game - A blizzard couldn't keep the Eagles, led by future Hall of Famer Steve Van Buren, from winning their first NFL title. -

1975 AFC Championship Game - Astroturf turned to ice when the Raiders and Steelers met at frozen Three Rivers Stadium with a berth in Super Bowl X at stake.

1981 AFC Championship Game - The Bengals overcame the potent "Air Coryell" Chargers, as well as a wind chill at 59 degrees below zero, to advance to their first the Super Bowl.

Fog Bowl - The 1988 NFC Divisional Playoff Game between the Bears and Eagles turned surreal when a heavy fog engulfed Chicago's Soldier Field.

Tuck Rule - The 2001 Divisional Playoff Game between the Raiders and Patriots turned out to be one of the most exciting, controversial playoff games.

Ice Bowl - The 1967 NFL Championship Game turned into an epic and icy showdown between Vince Lombardi's Packers and Tom Landry's Cowboys.

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[Auggie]

1. Killer way to cool off in July

Thanks JonLP24.

I was in Cleveland the morning of the 1980 Playoff game, on my way to catch a flight back to the Bay Area. Drove right past Municipal Stadium. Long flight, but I made it back to my apartment minutes before the interception. It was one of the coldest Cleveland days I ever remember.

[many a good man]

6. I was at that game

Bleachers, last row against the scoreboard, between the uprights. In the place that would come to be known as the Dawg Pound. Weather man reported 52 below with the wind chill factor. Radio exhorted people not to drink alcohol in such conditions because they could freeze to death without knowing it. Guess what? Lots of people drinking. Heavily!

[mzteris]

2. Was that the Bengals game

where they came out wearing short-sleeved shirts?

[ProfessorGAC]

3. Fog Bowl Is Rated Too High

The players said they could see most of the time. The fans couldn't see much because nothing was visible past maybe 75 feet. Maybe even more like 30 yards.

I was at that game. It sucked to be a spectator but it was ok temperature-wise, no pouring rain, and the players for both teams said it was weird but wasn't a major factor.

There are freezer games that i would have replaced it with, nearly every playoff season.
GAC

[JonLP24]

4. Maybe

but it's interesting. I was aware of it long before this thread and I didn't watch football in the 80's.

[ProfessorGAC]

5. Fair Point

But, i did have the perspective of actually being there and it wasn't really bad weather. Like i said, sucked for the fans, but the players all said they could see nearly all of what was going on on the field.

I've played golf in fog. Sure, you can't see the ball after 30 - 50 yards, but nearly every play in football happens over a span of less than 50 yards, and players and footballs are a lot bigger than golf balls.

But, given it's legend, i suppose i'm arguing against the legend not about how it rates this many years later.
GAC

[Renew Deal]

7. Here's a pretty good video about it.

[jumptheshadow]

8. Please note...

...Not one of them was in Buffalo...

[KamaAina]

9. I was in Chicago during the Fog Bowl

on the North Side, a block or two from the lake.

What was surreal for me was that there was no fog where I was, at least for the first half hour or so.