20 years ago

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(12-30-2022, 08:21 PM)Go Cards Wrote: seems to me they were both listed as -39 degrees and got a buddy to go to the Bears game but even he would not do it again the following week. seems like they were back to back games but you're probably right that it was two weeks earlier. 

Both games were miserably cold. 

Although I did not attend the freezer bowl I watched on TV and it was so cold it hurt our lungs trying to smoke a joint at halftime out back.  

I hadn't even considered looking until just now but the highlights are on Youtube, of course.  And, get Tom Jackson with the Sam Shade joke 





Out of curiosity I went to Almanac.com for 12/24/95 and it says the high at Lunken that day was 29.8 degrees with some wind.  I don't recall it being bitterly cold but I could take cold a lot better 27 years ago.  And, I also misremembered a few things:  we didn't finish 8-8 that year and there was no fumble recovery to give us the ball in Vikings' territory with :03 left.  Think I confused this game with the Philadelphia game the year earlier, which was also played at Riverfront on Christmas Eve and also ended with a Pelfrey winner.  

Winning seasons and playoff wins are great, but this game goes to show that a "meaningless" game can still be a lot of fun and stay with you years later.