Broncos -Raiders AFC Championship 1977. Broncos Rob Lytle fumbled on the 2 yd line, Raiders recovered, but they called it a TD, Broncos win.

Tuck Rule game, Raiders-Pats. Horrible call that lead to a dynasty.

Bottlegate. Browns are still the only NFL team to have a play reviewed after running a play.

Holy Roller, Raiders vs Chargers. Dave Casper cheated, no call.

Funny fucked up game- Bears-Packers, can't remember the year (70s I think). Chester Marcol's FG blocked, but he caught it and ran it in for a game-winning TD in OT.

Also the "Holy Roller"... it was so clear that Stabler threw the initial "fumble" forward that it's not even close to funny.

And as late greatest game offering I offer the Oilers at Chargers, 1979 playoff game. Dante Pastorini was out as was Earl Campbell.

Oilers went in with their back up QB, Gifford Nielsen, and their back up RB, Rob Carpenter. Carpenter literally threw down his crutches and went into the game on an ankle sprained so badly that he did not walk on it all week, let alone practice.

The Oilers' D picked off Fouts 5 times. Safety Vernon Perry had four of them.

It was one of the greatest team efforts I have ever seen at any level.

AFC title game which Oilers would have won over Steelers if not for bad ref call.

Browns/Broncos "The Drive" game......because Karlis missed.

The Bleacher report list 10 games of the past decade as the worst....but from what I can see, they only picked those because they were low scoring. Maybe they just didn't like defens

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/307520-the-10-worst-nfl-games-of-the-decade

Could the 72-41 game between the Giants and Redskis or the 58-48 Browns/Bengals game in 2004 or the 51-45 Browns/Bengals game in 2007 be considered just as bad because no team was playing defense?

(do you think we could see a similar shootout tomorrow?

What about the game last year between the Packers and Seahawks...where the replacement refs called the Seattle TD that seemed to clearly intercepted.

the Coin Flip game...Thanksgiving 1999...Steelers/Lions where the player calls tails but the ref hears "heads'.

@mld-woody said:

The category was "Greatest Game", not "most fucked up games". That would be like putting 10 cent beer night on a list of greatest baseball games ever played.

Though, putting together a list of "Most Fucked Up" games could be very interesting.

OK Woody, you started the list: Most Fucked Up Games in NFL history:

A. Bottlegate........What else.

@browns149 said:

Totally believable only 4 cameras.

More unbelievable- go try and find a complete copy of the Brown's 1964 Championship game- you won't be able to- because one doesn't exist.

Browns-Steelers in 1980 was awesome, when Sipe hit Ozzie in the corner of the end zone in the last minute, 27-26.

@tml1138 said:

I saw something about that game. They said there was only 4 TV camera's at that game?

How can that be?

Even back then NFL films had guys on the sidelines.

So there had to be more then 4.

Although, in the end, it didn't matter because the stoolers lost the next week to the undefeated Dolphins

@the-gipper said:

True that. Which gives my only leg to stand on that did he really make that catch with the ball being so close to the ground? Perhaps. IMO more unlikely, but that's worth nothing. We'll never know for sure.

@aggie-brown-fan said:

Operative term: attempt.

@aggie-brown-fan said:

I saw that, I was attempting humor again.

I got it. Well played...

@the-gipper said:

Yea, I think they were listing only NFL games.

I saw that, I was attempting humor again.

@tml1138 said:

And, of course remember, the rule that could have disqualified Franco from making that catch was repealed....and has been for many many years. If it happened today no one would question that it was a legitimate catch.

@aggie-brown-fan said:

Yea, I think they were listing only NFL games.

@the-gipper said:

Can you think of any other Browns game that could be listed under the greatest games ever?

Maybe this Sunday's game? Only possible addition I care about ATM...

@jim_brown said:

I think in today's high-def, high speed cameras and instant replays, they'd find something wrong with that play to negate it. Like did it hit Tatum or not, and even though that's the more controversial part of it, I question that the nose of the ball didn't touch the ground. How many times have we seen low to the ground catches in modern day football that were called receptions, but then overturned on challenges after viewing the replays?

But it was a different time then, and I'm sure plenty of stuff got by that wouldn't today. Still, the golden rule applies here. "If it seems too good to be true..."

@the-gipper said:

@manzier said:

Bud Carsons debut

I have a DVD of that game, save the first 5 minutes, it always cheers me up Three Sewers was a Ghost Town by halftime- the look on Chuck Noll's face- Priceless.

@browns149 said:

I was at the Bernie double OT game. So that is my favorite BY FAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ditto.

@opal312 said:

I was at red Right 88, it was a long cold trip home in the snow.

Not only was I there, I had a bird's eye view of the stinking play from what was to become the Dawg Pound.