12-24-2021, 03:18 PM
(12-24-2021, 02:00 PM)Pat5775 Wrote: Just looked it up. They had a 23-0 lead at the start of the 4th quarter. The wide open cardinal in end zone was a fourth down play but they also got the ball back for one final chance… Skelton hit a receiver in the middle of the field and the clock ran out. Poor situational awareness by QB and/or receiver gave the Bengals the win. The cardinals had no business losing that game after the worst coached fourth quarter in Bengals franchise history, but luckily the football gods intervened twice in the final minutes
That rings a bell. I remember our hanging on seemed miraculous at the time.
This discussion jogged a few more random memories from that day:
1) It was a smaller crowd that day. Not close to a sellout. I looked and the Bengals site says there were 41k in attendance.
2) There were a group of young Giants fans who were walking around the west canopy level and talking to fans about how they'd made the drive down to cheer aganst the Cardinals, their former NFC East rivals. Had a brief interaction with them, they were hysterical.
3) The national anthem was sung by Barry Williams, Mr. Greg Brady himself. Believe he was in town for some musical theater engagement.
It's funny what you remember and forget.
“We're 2-7! What the **** difference does it make?!” - Bruce Coslet
