Though my experience was in a heatwave compared to yours, I have a similar memory of my first Broncos game in a late-December Denver with my (recently) deceased mom. So thankful we both were as determined as we were to go to that game, as we were able to see both TD go over 2k yards for the season and John Elway pass for his 300th career TD. Still, the cold conditions sitting in the upper deck of the original Mile High is the first thing that comes to my mind when I think about that game! Hope my mom’s coffee in heaven is warmer than it was in the bleachers that day!
I remember this game, the NFC Championship between San Francisco and Dallas with "the Catch" later that afternoon, and the "Epic in Miami" game the previous weekend that put the Chargers in this game. The 1981 playoffs were amongst the most memorable.
Was the game in Miami the one where the Chargers had to carry their TE off the field? (I can’t remember his name) I vaugly remember that game and this game
The Chargers in a week's time had to go thru probably the most dramatic temperature change in NFL history. The long game in Miami that went into the night was during a time of very unseasonable heat where players were suffering from heat stroke. I remember Kellen Winslow ( who had a fantastic game) having to be helped off the field because he was so overheated in those high temps and humidity. THEN, a week later, they are playing in Arctic conditions that would have been more common in Siberia! Gotta wonder if the human body is geared for that abrupt a change!
I went to a game at 6 years old with my dad and got stranded downtown. A blizzard had came through the city that night. We were on the bus to make matters worse. I wouldn't change that experience for the world. I've been a fan since '86 (the earliest I can remember watching games) Thank you dad for introducing me to the game and this team. FAN FOR LIFE 🧡🖤
Should have been in the H.O.F. a long time ago. He changed the dynamic of the game, the OG of the "west coast" offense. Anderson is violently underrated.
I'm a lifelong Steelers yet live here in Cincinnati but yes, Kenny Anderson is long overdue for the HOF. Anyone who wins multiple NFL passing championships, held the NFL season completion percentage record for 30+ yrs, and put their team in the Super Bowl should be in Canton
Hall of Fame voters can be jokes. If the coach or player hosts a pre-game show and/or won a SuperBowl, the HOF voters more likely vote them in. Flawed logic. Anderson was as good or better than many SuperBowl winning QB's. Don Coryell is another example. He had many players or assistant coaches who rose to Hall of Famers...his offense is widely been used for decades...yet he's been denied entry.
i was there my first game i was 5 my parents could not get a babysitter so they tripled me up in clothing i remember it was so cold my nose would get runny and then freeze up on the inside
I've been to a Bengals game when it was 19 at game time and that was torture. Can't imagine how this felt but you know the win made it all worth it! Who Dey!!
I was a Charger fan. The game before with Miami was an epic battle. One of the most exciting games ever. The Chargers came from sunny Miami to freezing Ohio all beat up. The didn't have a chance.
I was a senior in high school & had suffered as a fan through all of those choke jobs & near misses in the 70's & was elated during & after this game. Still my favorite Bengals memory!
I'm from Utah, been a Bengal fan for 36 years. Such an awesome video, I learned so much! Definitely won't be a Freezer Bowl this weekend, but still.. we have such a huge game before us. It's do or die for this season. Driving with my daughter 12 hours from Utah to Sofi to see Joey B and the boys carve em up! It's my daughters first NFL game. So excited!!! We will both be proudly wearing the stripes from head to toe and screaming our heads off!! GONNA BE A BENGAL DAY 🐅WHO DEY🐅
I am a Bengals fan and this in my 54th year being a Bengals fan and I remember that game well and the thing is I have never been to a Bengals game in person as my late father promised I would go to one but he passed before that could happen.
Well deserved home field advantage for the Bengals…in November they had beaten the Chargers 40-17 in San Diego. Had the Chargers won that game, both clubs would’ve had 11-5 regular season records with the Chargers getting the home game in the playoff rematch due to the head to head tiebreaker.
1) My hats off to Dave Lapham, Anthony Munoz, and that offensive line for going sleeveless in that bitter cold to send a message to the Chargers. Heaven knows I would be too chicken to try that. 2) LOL to the Chargers owner for asking the game to be moved to San Diego. Next time, ask your team to win the AFC’s top seed if that’s what you want.
Whoever designed the stripes on the helmet an uniform did one of the best things in modern day football history,it seperated the long history of being compared to the browns,for me tbey have been a total different team ever since
Regarding the chargers, the week before they had played in perhaps the hottest playoff game of all time in Miami. Final score 41-38 in overtime. And then the next week they had to go into completely opposite weather conditions. And they were from San Diego, where the weather is always pleasant. It is unbelievable that they were able to play football in that cold environment.
This is an awesome documentary on that famous game! The Bengal players who had segments here were very engaging and you had a good sense as a viewer of their memories and recollections. Outstanding!
I remember watching that game! I can relate to how cold it was because, 10 years later, I went to the Grey Cup (the Canadian Football League's championship) in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The conditions at game time were pretty much identical. It was so cold, beer was turning to slush! 😂
Was standing in the Bengals tunnel. Knew a guy! When the wind blew in that tunnel. It would sting your entire face. The post game party was like an Eskimo disco. High times in the Nati. lmao. Who Dey.
The '81 season was phenomenal. And the Freezer Bowl was epic. The guys on that team are all Bengals legends. I remember watching this game like it was yesterday. Even in NJ, the weather was arctic. We had the fire place going and were all hunkered down and these guys played the game of their lives. Pure delirium when that clock hit :00. As Brent Musburger, said earlier that year, "The guys in the funny helmets are at it again!"
I was a sophomore in h.s. and had been in the hospital for 2 weeks due to ankle surgery. I was released the day before the freezeer bowl and grandpa rode me down to the river on the n. Ky. Side and with the fog coming off the river you couldnt see the stadium or downtown cincy. It was like what i imagined hell would look like. Our french Sheppard scruffy had run away, i believe he was trying to find me since i had been gone for two weeks. When we got back home, it wasnt but 10 min. Later he was scratching at the door. What a great weekend.
Our fuel oil furnace froze up that day, we used space heaters in the living room. Everyone bundled up and watched the game on a 19 inch color TV and it was still cold inside the house. I can't imagine being there. Riverfront Stadium always had a swirling wind and it had to be horrible that day down there. Thank goodness our electric stayed on so we could see the game.
I remember me & my brother in law were smoking a joint out on the concourse and I asked if he wanted anymore & when he said no I got done and threw it over the edge then when I looked over the edge it landed on the hood of a Cincinnati police suburban with 2 officers in the front seat. They both leaned forward to look up to see where it came from and I just waved and went back to my seat. Stories I could tell about that day and how about the radio man for the Bengals Mr. Phil Samp. What a voice !!!
never forget my step dad coming home from this one. he still hadnt regained all his movement from the cold, but it didnt matter one bit a win made it all go away. WHO DEY!
There was a 140 degrees difference from the week before for the chargers. There is no team in history that would be able to play a good game under those conditions. This was beyond home field advantage for the bengals. The game was over before it began
I was 11 years old watchin' this and distinctly remember how the player's breaths came out of their mouths like a volcanic steam vent. You could feel the cold through the tv. I would say the players were tougher back then. They certainly weren't prima donnas like today.
@@oldschoolgnrfan6035 In your opinion, do you think the players were tougher then? Btw I saw GNR open for The Crue on their "Girls Girls Girls" Tour in 1987. Still have the stub.
Was one of those 13,000, and that is accurate. Went to the Wendy's on the other side of the pedestrian bridge, sat on the sink in the bathroom with my feet under running warm water until I could feel them again. Could not convince my dad to go back after that, though.
Lolol my dad (55 year season ticket holder) running off with Forrest Gregg at the end CAN WE BRING A SUPER BOWL TO CINCINNATI THIS DECADE PLZ?! Cmon Mike Brown and co, let’s go!🙏🐅
My parents were friends with Kenny at Augustana College. My dad passed in 1978 so I wa rooting extra hard for the Bengals this game and the Super Bowl. Get Kenny in Canton!
I watched this game on TV and wondered. How in the HELL can they tolerate this? There are going to be ( injuries) from Frost Bite.😮 I was 22 at the time and it was 45 degrees in Jacksonville durring that afternoon.and did not want to go out side. A cold weather Woos I am. Lol.
I remember this game. And I watched the Epic game between Miami and the Chargers. And it was cold that day in the Boston Metro Area. And I was cheering for the Bengals. Now I am a Ravens fan. But thanks for the memories
True. I couldn't root for the Bengals team that made it to Super Bowl 56. Too many players lacking class, though Vontaze Burfict was long gone by then.
Insanity, they should have moved the game to an indoor stadium, not only for the players sake but for the fans sake, do you know how sick you can get being out in the elements for that long?
That's rare! I've never heard a chiefs fan say something good about the Bengals before. But I appreciate the support, best of luck to y'all this season too🤝🏼
I remember this game. I was 16 at the time and remember the Ice Bowl. What a game. Btw, this is from a San Francisco fan who was going to watch The Catch. What a season!!!
I lived in Indianapolis that year. The small lake in my apartment complex was frozen solid by Thanksgiving. Ice had formed 3 inches onto our carpet inside the apartment. I’m from Louisiana but I was the one co-worker’s called for a battery jump in the early mornings. We moved back to Louisiana in February…it was -19 when we left.
I very much enjoyed this video and I give the Bengals a lot of credit. That being said, I'm a lifelong Pittsburgh resident and Steeler fan. I'm sorry, but I just have to chuckle. Anyone remember the Steeler/ Oiler ice bowl game where there was 3 inches of water/ice on the field. That game and maybe a half a dozen others I remember Mike Webster, Terry "Moon" Mullins, Not to mention the entire Steel Curtain. Not only did the Steelers wear short sleeves for every game, The Oilers also looked at us like we were nuts. The best though was watching the Oilers and others wearing winter jackets and sitting on those heated benches. Lambert, Green and Webster wouldn't allow heated benches on our sidelines.Lambert would wear his regular spring jacket with the hood. He never even sat on the bench. He always sat on his helmet on the ground near the bench. Again, Nice video Bengals, but NOBODY was tougher than the Steelers in freezing cold weather. Just stating facts. 👍 I'd like to also salute the Bengals as well. The AFC North plays rough football. I loved Kenny Anderson, Pete "The Runaway Beer Truck" Johnson, as well as their entire offensive and defensive lines. Can't forget the great fans in Cincinnati either !! 👍 If you'd have played the Steelers, we would have been wearing the same as you guys. I doubt we'd have bothered with the heated benches though. Pete Johnson was a beast as usual in this game. Reminds me of the game at Heinz Field in heavy snow when Jerome Bettis put Brian Urlacher on his ass on his way into the end zone. That was Bettis's last year. We won the Super Bowl that year too !
I watched that game from the comfort of my basement 75 miles north of Toronto, Canada -- and I was genuinely sympathetic for what those guys were going through. I knew how bad that was!! But it was also in the age of that gawd-awful "astro turf", which was rendered "fuzzy cement" as someone called it at the time. Extreme, extreme conditions.
I was there with my dad and brothers; he had bought some "electric socks", and it was so cold that the 9-volt batteries would not power up the socks until we went into the Owners booth at halftime to warm up and visit and all the sudden dad says hey my socks are heating up now! Well... they worked so good that his feet started sweating and when we went back out to the seats for the 2nd half 15 minutes into the 3rd quarter the batteries had given out again and his feet about froze into blocks of ice with a bad case of frostbite. I remember it like it was yesterday...RIP pop! ❤
I went to a game where there was snow and ice on the seats, and the wind chill was in the single digits. I couldn't feel my face by the third quarter, and I had to put hand warmers in my shoes because my feet went numb from the cold. That was with wind chills in the single digits. Standing in wind chills of -60 just sounds like a death wish.
The Chargers went from playing in one of the hottest games in NFL history to the coldest game in NFL history .. As a charger's fan this loss hurts even though I wasn't born yet for another two years ..
We watched from home with a couple of friends. It was so cold at home my sewer line froze up. I had to go get a heater from the shop. We were about 60 mi east of Cincinnati up the river.
I remember the week before. The greatest game I ever saw was played between San Diego and Miami. The winner got to go to Antarctica to play the Bengals.
I remember clearly as a kid sawing fanatics without their shirts, some of them on shorts, vapor everywhere you see, even some fat guys cheering, in the middle of a coldstorm, covered on paint and with just a very tiny blanket, INCREDIBLE!!!, I try to do same thing in my city on a very cold day, 3 celsius, end with a full month fighting with influenza.
I am from Cincinnati I was 8 or 9 years old at the time and I still remember how cold it was that day I've never seen it any colder to this day the chargers got destroyed
Fun fact! The Ice Bowl air temperature was -13 degrees, while the Freezer Bowl was -9... but the wind chill of the Freezer Bowl was a whole 22 degrees colder than the Ice Bowl. We are just splitting frozen nose hairs by this point, though.
I remember that game and that day! It was a nationwide arctic blast! I'm from N. Alabama and that very night it was- 2 below Fahrenheit. -9 below windchill.
I was at this game with my friend from high school. We went to Dublin High School in Dublin Ohio and drove down because his father was able to get tickets to this game. We brought trash bags to put over our legs as we sat in the stands.
Since they go by actual temperature the packers cowboys game at -13 is the coldest, this game was -9, but either way glad I wasn’t at either one of them
The Chargers basically went from playing in a sauna in Miami one week to playing in Antarctica the next week. Probably no team in the history of American professional sports has experienced such an extreme weather swing between games.
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"Winslow in noting that he suffers from the residual impact of frostbite in one of his toes..." Kellen Winslow regarding long-term effects of exposure from playing that day.
Was there. Still thawing out. My dad has a special (warm) place in heaven for taking his 14-year-old son to his first Bengal game in those conditions.
Though my experience was in a heatwave compared to yours, I have a similar memory of my first Broncos game in a late-December Denver with my (recently) deceased mom. So thankful we both were as determined as we were to go to that game, as we were able to see both TD go over 2k yards for the season and John Elway pass for his 300th career TD. Still, the cold conditions sitting in the upper deck of the original Mile High is the first thing that comes to my mind when I think about that game! Hope my mom’s coffee in heaven is warmer than it was in the bleachers that day!
I remember this game, the NFC Championship between San Francisco and Dallas with "the Catch" later that afternoon, and the "Epic in Miami" game the previous weekend that put the Chargers in this game. The 1981 playoffs were amongst the most memorable.
Was the game in Miami the one where the Chargers had to carry their TE off the field? (I can’t remember his name)
I vaugly remember that game and this game
@@Recovery2012-x2f it was Kellen Winslow
@ that’s it! Thank you
The Chargers in a week's time had to go thru probably the most dramatic temperature change in NFL history. The long game in Miami that went into the night was during a time of very unseasonable heat where players were suffering from heat stroke. I remember Kellen Winslow ( who had a fantastic game) having to be helped off the field because he was so overheated in those high temps and humidity.
THEN, a week later, they are playing in Arctic conditions that would have been more common in Siberia! Gotta wonder if the human body is geared for that abrupt a change!
@@jimmyrubin4862definitely an impossible weather change for the body and mind
I went to a game at 6 years old with my dad and got stranded downtown. A blizzard had came through the city that night. We were on the bus to make matters worse. I wouldn't change that experience for the world. I've been a fan since '86 (the earliest I can remember watching games) Thank you dad for introducing me to the game and this team. FAN FOR LIFE 🧡🖤
LOVE IT!
@@Bengalswar eagle 🦅 Auburn University represent! Thanks should do more uploads for MLB hidden gems
Kenny Anderson deserves to be in the HoF.
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Should have been in the H.O.F. a long time ago. He changed the dynamic of the game, the OG of the "west coast" offense. Anderson is violently underrated.
I'm a lifelong Steelers yet live here in Cincinnati but yes, Kenny Anderson is long overdue for the HOF. Anyone who wins multiple NFL passing championships, held the NFL season completion percentage record for 30+ yrs, and put their team in the Super Bowl should be in Canton
This! Stop playing with that man and put him in Canton!
Hall of Fame voters can be jokes. If the coach or player hosts a pre-game show and/or won a SuperBowl, the HOF voters more likely vote them in. Flawed logic. Anderson was as good or better than many SuperBowl winning QB's. Don Coryell is another example. He had many players or assistant coaches who rose to Hall of Famers...his offense is widely been used for decades...yet he's been denied entry.
hell yeah!!!! 13 years old for this game!!!!! Loved it!!! Sooooo proud of my bengals.
I was there too… I was 16 years old… Who Dey!!!
My parents were there, and the stories were epic
i was there my first game i was 5 my parents could not get a babysitter so they tripled me up in clothing i remember it was so cold my nose would get runny and then freeze up on the inside
or wait this would been my second bengals game my first was bengals vs browns the same season lol
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did they tailgate before the game?
I wish I could hear those stories
I've been to a Bengals game when it was 19 at game time and that was torture. Can't imagine how this felt but you know the win made it all worth it! Who Dey!!
19? That's warm! Come to Green Bay!!
@@Gabagool99-v8c the stadium is on the river… so that makes it more like -19.
The Fact that Forrest Gregg played in The Ice Bowl and Coached The Freezer Bowl proved what a Savage Badass he was.
I was a Charger fan. The game before with Miami was an epic battle. One of the most exciting games ever. The Chargers came from sunny Miami to freezing Ohio all beat up. The didn't have a chance.
great football team with a great head coach
I was 10 when this game was played. I'll never ever forget it. Man what a game
I was a senior in high school & had suffered as a fan through all of those choke jobs & near misses in the 70's & was elated during & after this game. Still my favorite Bengals memory!
I'm from Utah, been a Bengal fan for 36 years. Such an awesome video, I learned so much! Definitely won't be a Freezer Bowl this weekend, but still.. we have such a huge game before us. It's do or die for this season. Driving with my daughter 12 hours from Utah to Sofi to see Joey B and the boys carve em up! It's my daughters first NFL game. So excited!!! We will both be proudly wearing the stripes from head to toe and screaming our heads off!! GONNA BE A BENGAL DAY
🐅WHO DEY🐅
Hope y’all have a great time and that we come out with a W this week 🫡🔥 from a fellow bengal WHODEY baby lets gooo
@Ivsmokingblunts98 Thank you!🐯
I am a Bengals fan and this in my 54th year being a Bengals fan and I remember that game well and the thing is I have never been to a Bengals game in person as my late father promised I would go to one but he passed before that could happen.
@@BrianMiller-XavierMan66this is fire 🔥
Anthony Munoz Local boy from Ontario CA. Best OF tackle in nfl history
He was a freak.
The standard by which all other Tackles should be measured
Well deserved home field advantage for the Bengals…in November they had beaten the Chargers 40-17 in San Diego. Had the Chargers won that game, both clubs would’ve had 11-5 regular season records with the Chargers getting the home game in the playoff rematch due to the head to head tiebreaker.
1) My hats off to Dave Lapham, Anthony Munoz, and that offensive line for going sleeveless in that bitter cold to send a message to the Chargers. Heaven knows I would be too chicken to try that.
2) LOL to the Chargers owner for asking the game to be moved to San Diego. Next time, ask your team to win the AFC’s top seed if that’s what you want.
Yes please more of this kind of stuff!!!
Whoever designed the stripes on the helmet an uniform did one of the best things in modern day football history,it seperated the long history of being compared to the browns,for me tbey have been a total different team ever since
Now those stripes stink. They should go back to the 1981 stripes uniforms.
Regarding the chargers, the week before they had played in perhaps the hottest playoff game of all time in Miami. Final score 41-38 in overtime. And then the next week they had to go into completely opposite weather conditions. And they were from San Diego, where the weather is always pleasant. It is unbelievable that they were able to play football in that cold environment.
I remember that day I live in the u.p of Michigan the temp without windchill was -18 windchill was -79
I was there. It was absolutely cold but great game. Never forget.
Glad you survived!
@@Bengalswar eagle 🦅 Auburn University represent
@Bengals I'm glad everyone survived. There will never be another game like the freezer bowl.
This is an awesome documentary on that famous game! The Bengal players who had segments here were very engaging and you had a good sense as a viewer of their memories and recollections. Outstanding!
This is SO good.
I remember watching that game! I can relate to how cold it was because, 10 years later, I went to the Grey Cup (the Canadian Football League's championship) in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The conditions at game time were pretty much identical. It was so cold, beer was turning to slush! 😂
Was standing in the Bengals tunnel. Knew a guy! When the wind blew in that tunnel. It would sting your entire face. The post game party was like an Eskimo disco. High times in the Nati. lmao. Who Dey.
The '81 season was phenomenal. And the Freezer Bowl was epic. The guys on that team are all Bengals legends.
I remember watching this game like it was yesterday. Even in NJ, the weather was arctic. We had the fire place going and were all hunkered down and these guys played the game of their lives. Pure delirium when that clock hit :00. As Brent Musburger, said earlier that year, "The guys in the funny helmets are at it again!"
I was a sophomore in h.s. and had been in the hospital for 2 weeks due to ankle surgery. I was released the day before the freezeer bowl and grandpa rode me down to the river on the n. Ky. Side and with the fog coming off the river you couldnt see the stadium or downtown cincy. It was like what i imagined hell would look like. Our french Sheppard scruffy had run away, i believe he was trying to find me since i had been gone for two weeks. When we got back home, it wasnt but 10 min. Later he was scratching at the door. What a great weekend.
I remember this game very well.
Our fuel oil furnace froze up that day, we used space heaters in the living room. Everyone bundled up and watched the game on a 19 inch color TV and it was still cold inside the house. I can't imagine being there. Riverfront Stadium always had a swirling wind and it had to be horrible that day down there. Thank goodness our electric stayed on so we could see the game.
I was born 8 years after this game and even I’m cold from it.
I remember me & my brother in law were smoking a joint out on the concourse and I asked if he wanted anymore & when he said no I got done and threw it over the edge then when I looked over the edge it landed on the hood of a Cincinnati police suburban with 2 officers in the front seat. They both leaned forward to look up to see where it came from and I just waved and went back to my seat. Stories I could tell about that day and how about the radio man for the Bengals Mr. Phil Samp. What a voice !!!
never forget my step dad coming home from this one. he still hadnt regained all his movement from the cold, but it didnt matter one bit a win made it all go away. WHO DEY!
There was a 140 degrees difference from the week before for the chargers. There is no team in history that would be able to play a good game under those conditions. This was beyond home field advantage for the bengals. The game was over before it began
I was 21 and i loved football in tough weather.
I was 11 on that day and almost froze to death walking a 1/4 mile from my friends house
Wow! That's intense!
@ for whatever reason i decided to run home in a t-shirt…
Doubt they would even play that game today, given it’s a softer world….
Very cool. I wish I could have been there
Trust me no you dont!
Very cool literally
@@jehudavis5422 Yes I would. I had a very high metabolism in my younger years. Therefore Winter was a blessing to me.
Around this time of the 1980s, Gregg was also coach of Toronto Argonauts. Didn’t work out for either side.
I was 11 years old watchin' this and distinctly remember how the player's breaths came out of their mouths like a volcanic steam vent. You could feel the cold through the tv. I would say the players were tougher back then. They certainly weren't prima donnas like today.
I was 11 years old also, watching on a black and white TV in New Hampshire. I was just starting to get into football at the time.
@@oldschoolgnrfan6035 In your opinion, do you think the players were tougher then? Btw I saw GNR open for The Crue on their "Girls Girls Girls" Tour in 1987. Still have the stub.
According to my mother, a lot of the women were in the bathroom next to hand dryers 🤣
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@@daltonbolser5100war eagle 🦅 Auburn University represent
NFL in it's heyday. Incredible to see.
I saw a video talking about 13,000 fans left at halftime. They couldn't feel their feet leaving Riverfront Stadium.
Was one of those 13,000, and that is accurate. Went to the Wendy's on the other side of the pedestrian bridge, sat on the sink in the bathroom with my feet under running warm water until I could feel them again. Could not convince my dad to go back after that, though.
Lolol my dad (55 year season ticket holder) running off with Forrest Gregg at the end
CAN WE BRING A SUPER BOWL TO CINCINNATI THIS DECADE PLZ?! Cmon Mike Brown and co, let’s go!🙏🐅
My parents were friends with Kenny at Augustana College. My dad passed in 1978 so I wa rooting extra hard for the Bengals this game and the Super Bowl. Get Kenny in Canton!
This is the day I was born. 😊🥶☝🏾
I watched this game on TV and wondered. How in the HELL can they tolerate this? There are going to be ( injuries) from Frost Bite.😮 I was 22 at the time and it was 45 degrees in Jacksonville durring that afternoon.and did not want to go out side. A cold weather Woos I am. Lol.
❤ Yes dear ❤
45 degrees + or Minus ?
@@Windy456plus . 15 degreesabove freezing
@@heavenlydays2838 wow dear ❤
I remember this game. And I watched the Epic game between Miami and the Chargers. And it was cold that day in the Boston Metro Area. And I was cheering for the Bengals. Now I am a Ravens fan. But thanks for the memories
What a cool piece of history! The players now behave like pampered ponies!
True. I couldn't root for the Bengals team that made it to Super Bowl 56. Too many players lacking class, though Vontaze Burfict was long gone by then.
Them posting this before next week's game against the chargers is so clever!!!!
Yes whatever we can do to bring good energy for Sunday night. WE NEED THIS WIN SO BAD!!!
@@FriendlyStripedTigerthis is fascinating!
Insanity, they should have moved the game to an indoor stadium, not only for the players sake but for the fans sake, do you know how sick you can get being out in the elements for that long?
Even though I've been a Chiefs fan since 1969, I hope the Bengals win a Super Bowl soon.
That's rare! I've never heard a chiefs fan say something good about the Bengals before. But I appreciate the support, best of luck to y'all this season too🤝🏼
The Bengals have lost their three Super Bowls by a combined total of 12 points. That's tough.
I remember this game. I was 16 at the time and remember the Ice Bowl. What a game. Btw, this is from a San Francisco fan who was going to watch The Catch. What a season!!!
Awesome video.
love this old-school football in high def!
I lived in Indianapolis that year. The small lake in my apartment complex was frozen solid by Thanksgiving. Ice had formed 3 inches onto our carpet inside the apartment. I’m from Louisiana but I was the one co-worker’s called for a battery jump in the early mornings. We moved back to Louisiana in February…it was -19 when we left.
I very much enjoyed this video and I give the Bengals a lot of credit. That being said, I'm a lifelong Pittsburgh resident and Steeler fan. I'm sorry, but I just have to chuckle. Anyone remember the Steeler/ Oiler ice bowl game where there was 3 inches of water/ice on the field. That game and maybe a half a dozen others I remember Mike Webster, Terry "Moon" Mullins, Not to mention the entire Steel Curtain. Not only did the Steelers wear short sleeves for every game, The Oilers also looked at us like we were nuts. The best though was watching the Oilers and others wearing winter jackets and sitting on those heated benches. Lambert, Green and Webster wouldn't allow heated benches on our sidelines.Lambert would wear his regular spring jacket with the hood. He never even sat on the bench. He always sat on his helmet on the ground near the bench. Again, Nice video Bengals, but NOBODY was tougher than the Steelers in freezing cold weather. Just stating facts. 👍 I'd like to also salute the Bengals as well. The AFC North plays rough football. I loved Kenny Anderson, Pete "The Runaway Beer Truck" Johnson, as well as their entire offensive and defensive lines. Can't forget the great fans in Cincinnati either !! 👍 If you'd have played the Steelers, we would have been wearing the same as you guys. I doubt we'd have bothered with the heated benches though. Pete Johnson was a beast as usual in this game. Reminds me of the game at Heinz Field in heavy snow when Jerome Bettis put Brian Urlacher on his ass on his way into the end zone. That was Bettis's last year. We won the Super Bowl that year too !
This was an excellent team! Loved Ken Anderson and Anthony Munoz and Cris Collinsworth!
The irony of James Brooks fumbling the ball to help the Bengals is not lost on me 😁. He knew all along that he wanted to be a Bengal! 🤣🤣
This would make for a great movie adaptation WHO DEY!!
Hell yeah it would, question is who would you put in the cast for it to play the Bengals players
I watched that game from the comfort of my basement 75 miles north of Toronto, Canada -- and I was genuinely sympathetic for what those guys were going through. I knew how bad that was!! But it was also in the age of that gawd-awful "astro turf", which was rendered "fuzzy cement" as someone called it at the time.
Extreme, extreme conditions.
Coldest CFL ever 1993 between Calagry and Edmonton -21C with a wind chill of -32C …but dang -51C wind chill for the freeze bowl 🥶
I was there with my dad and brothers; he had bought some "electric socks", and it was so cold that the 9-volt batteries would not power up the socks until we went into the Owners booth at halftime to warm up and visit and all the sudden dad says hey my socks are heating up now! Well... they worked so good that his feet started sweating and when we went back out to the seats for the 2nd half 15 minutes into the 3rd quarter the batteries had given out again and his feet about froze into blocks of ice with a bad case of frostbite. I remember it like it was yesterday...RIP pop! ❤
All three Super Bowls the Bengals SHOULD have won.
I went to a game where there was snow and ice on the seats, and the wind chill was in the single digits. I couldn't feel my face by the third quarter, and I had to put hand warmers in my shoes because my feet went numb from the cold. That was with wind chills in the single digits. Standing in wind chills of -60 just sounds like a death wish.
How NFL history changes had the Bengals defeated the 49ers. From Steelers fan to Bengals fan.. Respect
Our beautiful striped helmets was way before there time 👍🏻 don't ever change them ever!!! WHO DEY 🌿🐅🌿
The warm weather Chargers had a 0% chance of winning this game.
The Chargers went from playing in one of the hottest games in NFL history to the coldest game in NFL history .. As a charger's fan this loss hurts even though I wasn't born yet for another two years ..
We watched from home with a couple of friends. It was so cold at home my sewer line froze up. I had to go get a heater from the shop. We were about 60 mi east of Cincinnati up the river.
I remember the week before. The greatest game I ever saw was played between San Diego and Miami. The winner got to go to Antarctica to play the Bengals.
I remember clearly as a kid sawing fanatics without their shirts, some of them on shorts, vapor everywhere you see, even some fat guys cheering, in the middle of a coldstorm, covered on paint and with just a very tiny blanket, INCREDIBLE!!!, I try to do same thing in my city on a very cold day, 3 celsius, end with a full month fighting with influenza.
What an epic game
Never got to see this wasn't yet a football fan but I did see the Fog Bowl a few years later
Why do I remember it as The Ice Bowl?
Ice Bowl was Dallas at Green Bay, 1967.
Ken Anderson is a H.O.F. QB&I am a 49er lifer!!!!! Thanks for are 1st Super Bowl!!!! Who dat!!!!
It's who dey, who Dat is the aints
My bad! Drunk commenting is a bad idea! Mea Culpa!
I am from Cincinnati I was 8 or 9 years old at the time and I still remember how cold it was that day I've never seen it any colder to this day the chargers got destroyed
This Chargers fan knew it was over before it started. I was mad they didnt move it to a dome!
Man....I had to turn the heat on in my house watching this video.
SD didn't stand a chance
The second coldest game in NFL history
Fun fact! The Ice Bowl air temperature was -13 degrees, while the Freezer Bowl was -9... but the wind chill of the Freezer Bowl was a whole 22 degrees colder than the Ice Bowl. We are just splitting frozen nose hairs by this point, though.
@@Bengals WHO DEYYYY
We actually count the wind chill factor in America
I remember that game and that day!
It was a nationwide arctic blast! I'm from N. Alabama and that very night it was- 2 below Fahrenheit. -9 below windchill.
The fact that the Bengals were initially so reluctant to add the stripes to their helmets is crazy to me!
Right timing for this Video since Bengals won't make the Playoffs this year.
7:25 no matter the weather there will always be these crazy people at the game
I was at this game with my friend from high school. We went to Dublin High School in Dublin Ohio and drove down because his father was able to get tickets to this game. We brought trash bags to put over our legs as we sat in the stands.
Salute to the Bengals and the star crossed Chargers.
My parents were there as well. My mom said she was in the bathroom a lot under the hand warmers lol
nothing like afc central now north fans a salute to them
I was there. They had to carry me out by my arms because I couldn’t walk due to the cold. A lot of people say they were there, but I really was.
Since they go by actual temperature the packers cowboys game at -13 is the coldest, this game was -9, but either way glad I wasn’t at either one of them
The Chargers basically went from playing in a sauna in Miami one week to playing in Antarctica the next week. Probably no team in the history of American professional sports has experienced such an extreme weather swing between games.
Yeah, I was there too. I just had on a pair of shorts and a T-shirt and flip-flops also.
Jus t An Outstanding Video ......... 2 Terrific Teams ................. The MIGHTY .... MIGHTY BENGALS................. ANYONE KNOW THE YEAR THIS WAS MADE.. ?? 2011 MAYBE ?
JUSDT COOL STUFF ............. THANKS FOR THE UPLOAD ............
The Chargers had just come from playing the Dolphins the week before where they had to deal with cramping because of the heat and humidity.
This was a fun team. Maybe more so than 88 or 01 in many ways? Tough call but probably our best?
That first game of 1981, Kenny's son was very sick and in the hospital. He was up all night worring about him at his bedside.......
"Winslow in noting that he suffers from the residual impact of frostbite in one of his toes..." Kellen Winslow regarding long-term effects of exposure from playing that day.
I went to a Browns vs. Ravens game and was 15 and the windchill factor was right below 0. It was freeezzzing but the Browns got the W 💪
But what happened two weeks later against the 49ers?
1. Joe Montana
2. The Goal Line Stand in the 3rd quarter.
3. Ray Wersching.
4. Squib kicks.
Give the editor a raise