I was there when (rules in thread)

[alphasigko]

I was one of the very few Husky fans at the Husky/Texas game at UT when Kemba hit the winning shot w/2.1 seconds to go in OT in 2011. Kemba at his best!

 

[StllH8L8ner]

Schilling’s bloody sock game.

The last Wing Bowl at Wells Fargo Center. IYKYK

 

[Zanzman]

Wade Boggs 3000 hit a homerun in Tampa
Saw Sammy sosa hit 3 - 3 run homers in coors field

 

[HuskyPride87]

Allen Iverson’s crossover against MJ

 

[Bonamassa]

I was at the Whalers game when Mark Howe slid into the goal and got skewered. They pulled him off of it like a side of beef. Blood all over the ice.

 

[August_West]

Man, That's tough to beat. This is intense! The only thing that would come close is if you told me you were the guy who chucked the beer on Artest as he was lounging on the scorers table.

I didn’t do that. Unfortunately.

 

[August_West]

I was at the Whalers game when Mark Howe slid into the goal and got skewered. They pulled him off of it like a side of beef. Blood all over the ice.

OMG I was at that too. They changed how nets were anchored because of that.

 

[temery]

Wade Boggs 3000 hit a homerun in Tampa
Saw Sammy sosa hit 3 - 3 run homers in coors field

Yaz 3,000th hit at Fenway against the Yankees. Last game I went to with my father before he died (my father, not Yaz). Sox won.

 

[huskyjawz]

Game 4 2001 WS. Tino ties it in the Ninth and Jeter wins it in the 10th. After 9/11, down 2-1 on the verge of 3-1 in games. Pandemonium. Low row upper deck behind the plate did not feel safe; the stands were bouncing.

 

[Jaydumo20]

Game 4 2001 WS. Tino ties it in the Ninth and Jeter wins it in the 10th. After 9/11, down 2-1 on the verge of 3-1 in games. Pandemonium. Low row upper deck behind the plate did not feel safe; the stands were bouncing.

I was there too. I gotta admit, when the Jets flew over heard before the game I got jumpy.

 

[david]

I was one of the very few Husky fans at the Husky/Texas game at UT when Kemba hit the winning shot w/2.1 seconds to go in OT in 2011. Kemba at his best!

I was there too! That was the best UConn game I think I've ever attended. We were down at half and we went outside so my friend could smoke a cigarette and an old Texas fan was saying how Kemba was overrated.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

My first time in AZ I went to a Suns game to see Cliffy play
against the Sacramento Kings . They were totally dominate and had a 30 point + lead at the half.
Which they totally blew and lost going away Chris Webber was totally unstoppable. It had to be among the most amazing comebacks or collapses ever. Teams get more resistance in a layup line .
I saw both the Georgetown and Syracuse wins at the Hartford Civic Center in 1990 which announced the dream season. Most amazing defense against two great teams.
I saw the Whalers blow a big lead in the third period to the Bruins in a playoff game being pummeled by objects from Bruin fans .
I saw the fight between the UConn Husky mascot against the St John’s mascot in a game were we lead all the way but Perno figured a way to lose and as the clocked ticked down their fans chanted “Where is the Puppy now.” Humiliating.
Last year I saw the first game in Storrs in 2023 thanks to my brand new dad at the time Branson. and the last game in Glendale in 2024 thanks to AzHuskie who I took to his first UConn game in the Old New Haven Coliseum when he was 9-10 .
It was my first FF after being a fan for 70 years . Amazing experience.
i was also in Hartford in 2022 on a night it actually snowed ( a novelty to me) in a game against Buffalo
We started slowly Sanogo was struggling and Hawkins was cold and the game seemed stuck on a 12-12 score when Hurley went to his bench with this big guy from Bristol and a kid from Cali plus the rest of that amazing bench and in five minutes it was game over.
i suspected right there this team was going to be special .
I was in Yankee Stadium for Mickey Mantle Day my first hero as a kid .
I had the privilege to be taken to Yankee Stadium as a small boy for an Old Timers game where this legendary men where introduced and played so I can claim having seen these men play .

 

[Dogdeacon]

I was at the infamous 1988 Bills-Jets MNF game when fans started lighting seats on fire (and pissing on the fires to extinguish) and beating up on security guards and other fans. We were in corner of end zone across from all the hubbub which started in 3rd quarter and kept coming toward us throughout 4th. Pretty scary, so we bailed halfway thru.

I was there too, I think that game instituted cutting off alcohol after 3rd Q

 

[cts]

I was there at University of Pittsburgh Fitzgerald Field House on December 12, 1998 in the student section (I was in law school at Pittsburgh at the time.) Down 4, with 9 seconds to go, I watched the furious UConn comeback and El Amin jumping on the scorer’s table. It was pandemonium, and I was likely the only happy person in the student section. Yes, UConn, but a complete surprise! I was also known as PittsburghHuskyFan on McDs.

I was there too! Sitting on the bleachers right under the basket, second row. The old Field House was basically a high school gym. Amazing place to see them play!

 

[Dogdeacon]

4/5 NIT: Was in 2nd row in Morgantown 1998 NIT first round, then L.Tech & VCU (crowd noise shakes dust off field house rafters) home games, I think I watched semis (Lyman shuts down Dana Barros) on TV, then ~5th row under the basket that Lyman dunked on at MSG for NIT championship.

 

[NH Husky]

Unassisted triple play. John Valentin. 7/8/94

At the time I think it was only the 9th or 10th one in history making it one of the rarest occurrences in baseball.

Beats mine for sure.

 

[huskiesNhoos]

I always thought I was at the first ever Baltimore Ravens game in '96 for preseason game at the meadowlands...but it was actually their 2nd...lame

 

[richw]

Tom Seaver coming on in relief, with Willie Mays in right field . Just before All Star break they wanted to get Seaver a few innings. Also Hartland Park Topeka Ks. Connecticut’s Chuck Etchells first 4 second funny car run

 

[MTHusky]

I witnessed Mickey Mantle last World Series Home Run in 1964 against knuckle-baller Barney Schultz. Also attended the opening of Gampel and the next day I moved to California. Finally, the last UConn game I attended was our 1999 National Championship in Florida!

 

[Mister P]

I was in the Orange Bowl for the 1992 Wide Right 2 game between the #3 Canes and the #2 Noles. Noles missed a game tying FG, wide right, as time expired. This game was the season after Wide Right 1 in Tallahassee, when FSU was ranked # 1 and Miami # 2. FSU missed a potential game winning FG, wide right, in the waning seconds.

The game atmosphere in the Orange Bowl that day was one of the best that I’ve ever experienced.

 

[storrsroars]

I was there too, I think that game instituted cutting off alcohol after 3rd Q

That part of the upper deck was already tanked halfway thru the 3rd when all the crap started up.

 

[rgw]

Opening night at Gampel in 1990.

I was also at that game a great win over St John’s. While existing Gampel my brother and I heard the sirens and we walked down the hill where students were throwing all sorts of things on a very large fire. We went back to the car got a six pack came back to witness sofas and other large pieces of furniture dropping from upper floor windows. We watched this huge fire drank our beers. I was quite the spectacle

 

[rgw]

Went to the one game Red Sox Yankees play off game in 78. Went Sunday night found a guy scalping tickets and he had a wad of tickets. Got box seats on 1st base line. Paid $20 for I think was an $8 seat. Next day $2 bleacher seats were going for $100. Unfortunately I am a Sox fan. Fenway before the game was hopping. Soaked my sorrows in a lot of beer that day

 

[Mister Wonderful]

When Jeter ‘definitely’ had to dive into the stands in the old yankee stadium to catch that pop up.

I believe it was a game Nomar refused to play in beforehand as well.

 

[Blue Blood]

Vikings fan went to a game against the giants in 05 first team ever with kickoff punt and interception return tds in the same game. Also saw them set the team sack record vs Detroit in 2018 felt bad for Stafford by the end of that one

 

[Doctor Hoop]

I’ve got three sort of interesting ones.

First, I was at the old Boston Garden for the last game played there, a Bruins-Canadiens exhibition, September, 1995. Got to shake hands with a host of Bruins legends on the way in including Orr, Esposito and Bucyk. Link

Also was on the sidelines for the infamous (in Washington and Philly) 1990 ‘Body Bag game’ on MNF between the Eagles and Redskins. They kept carting Redskins off the field until Brian Mitchell had to QB at the end. Link.

Finally, I was in Boston Garden February 1978 for the first round of the Beanpot (BU 12, BC 5) when the Blizzard of ‘78 shut down the northeast, and the Garden stayed open to keep fans safe. Link.

Addendum:

Sorry, one more. I was in Baltimore at Camden Yards for an Orioles-Red Sox game August 11, 1994. Heavy rain halted the game in the 3rd, and we hung in there for 2+ hours having a great time until it was called … and that was the last game of the season. Baseball went on strike at midnight that night. Link

 

[Scottzer]

I was running at an indoor track meet at Brown in ‘99. We had trained with Conn Coll head track coach for a week once, and knew he was a beast and former Olympian. Watched him set a master’s world record by running an indoor 800m in about 1:53-1:55 (40 years old). Insane to see someone you were pretty well acquainted with to set a record like that. Johnny Grey retired a year or two later and obliterated the mark.

 

[uconnfan68]

I was there too

Probably 20k more too. ;^)

 

[GemParty]

Have you ever gone to a random sporting event and caught a classic, famous or infamous?

Did you buy a ticket to a regular season baseball game and see a no-hitter?

Did you go to the butt fumble game?

*Playoff, tourney games, superbowls, world cups etc. are all amazing events to attend. However, For the purpose of this thread, try to include only the games you went to where something particularly memorable happened out of the blue.
I know that every uconn win is special, but try to include games where something happened besides simply your team winning.

I've been to a few but here's the one that sticks out the most:

I was randomly in the 10th row at a Nets-Bulls regular season game (Brendan Byrne) when Rodman headbutted the ref.

What did you see?

1995 US Senior Open, Jack Nicklaus, Congressional.

Witnessed his hole in one.

What a roar, the crowd made. Fun moment.

 

[shizzle787]

Until recently I had only gone to one MLB game: a Red Sox ALDS game they won on a walk-off homer in the bottom of the 13th.

Only have gone to one UConn football game in 2011. Against USF we were losing 10-9. A couple walked up to us from a lower level and wanted to exchange seats so we did. We got side end zone seats. Hasheem Thabeet was sitting in the row in front. USF fumbled in their own end zone in the 4th quarter right in front of me and we won 16-10.

Went to the Villanova game in 2022 when we won on the Gillespie charge. In all the years, I have been going to UConn home games, we have only lost three times.