How would you rate the hospitality offered to fans of the opposing team?
Poor
Below Average
Average
Above Average
Excellent
1%
3.2%
13.2%
31.3%
51.2%
What is the worst incident you have witnessed against an opposing fan or yourself at the ballpark?
"An old man who probably had season tickets since the Hayes administration kept yelling at us to 'Sit down, you kids act like you've never been to a game before? Sheesh.' Well, no, actually, we hadn't, because fossils like that guy have been clutching on to their season tickets year after year and keep out those of us who are actually excited to be there."
"I've seen beer dumped down the opposition's back and wet willies every time the Packers scored."
"Two older women in their late 70s were sitting behind two Bears fans at a Packers-Bears matchup. The Bears scored a touchdown and the Bears fans stood up and cheered. The two old ladies dumped their beers on them when they sat down. Hilarious. The Bears fans didn't know what to do."
"Because people can lose season tickets, very little trouble occurs, in fact, I have seen a Bills fan receive free beers from Packers fans. That doesn't really make up for being a Bills fan, but it is a start."
What is your favorite memory from a game at the stadium?
"Al Harris' interception for a touchdown to win the 2004 playoff game against Seattle."
"The Monday Night Football game against the Vikings in the pouring rain. The game went to overtime and the Packers won the game on a circus touchdown catch by Antonio Freeman."
"Brett Favre nailing Donald Driver with a snowball. Brett walking off Lambeau for the last time as a winner."
"Bundling up in about 10 layers and wearing battery-powered socks for the 1996 NFC Championship game against Carolina. Minus-23 degree wind-chill. It was worth it to see Reggie White hold the championship trophy over his head in celebration."
How would you rate the hospitality offered to fans of the opposing team?
Poor
Below Average
Average
Above Average
Excellent
2.6%
3.4%
21.1%
38.4%
34.5%
What is the worst incident you have witnessed against an opposing fan or yourself at the ballpark?
"I saw a man get into a heated altercation with a woman who was wearing the opponent's jersey. Both seemed intoxicated, and the woman was standing in the row in front of the man, facing him and yelling. The man grabbed the woman by the throat with one hand and launched her down three rows of seats where she landed on a pile on the concrete."
"It was an idiot Raiders fan who started a fight because of a call didn't go his way. He starting yelling and cussing and when one of our fans told him to shut up. He started a fight. He was eventually ejected."
"A Raiders fan got into the face of my 72-year-old father-in-law, avoiding all of the people his age or younger when the Raiders made a play late in the game to clinch a victory."
What is your favorite memory from a game at the stadium?
"First game, first year in Nashville, playing against the Ravens. My dad got club seats from a friend. We sat in the same section as Fred Thompson and Ralph Emery. Everything was so new, all the fans were really excited. I still wear the hat dad bought me at that game."
"Rob Bironas making a 60-yard field goal to beat the Colts as time expired a couple of years ago."
"Music. City. Miracle. Buffalo. Home Run Throwback. Less than 20 seconds on the clock. Lorenzo Neal to Frank Wycheck to Kevin Dyson for six and the wild-card win."
How would you rate the hospitality offered to fans of the opposing team?
Poor
Below Average
Average
Above Average
Excellent
2.8%
5.4%
27.4%
34.4%
30%
What is the worst incident you have witnessed against an opposing fan or yourself at the ballpark?
"I've never witnessed any bad behavior toward opposing fans. Hoosiers are very nice people. A little too nice. It hurts our ability to keep opposing fans away and maintain a pure homefield advantage. Clevelanders are vicious but they don't have to worry about a bunch of visiting team fans showing up and embarrassing them, because everyone is too scared to go to a Browns game wearing anything but orange and brown."
"I witnessed a New England Patriots fan get sucker punched in the face just walking in the tunnel."
"I witnessed myself harass someone for three hours for wearing a Tony Romo jersey. I might have made him cry. If you are out there Romo guy, I am sorry."
"We booed a little girl in the Punt, Pass and Kick competition who was wearing a Patriots jersey. Parents should know better than to dress their children in clown clothes."
What is your favorite memory from a game at the stadium?
"The "Luke" is too new. However, beating the Pats in the AFC Championship game in the old dome in 2006 was one for the ages. "
"It was the dome, during the AFC Championship Game against the Pats two years ago. The moment Marlin Jackson intercepted Tom Brady's pass and ensured us a trip to the Super Bowl. It was the culmination of everything it meant to be a fan. I was sitting next to this guy from Jersey who had been a Colts fan since their Baltimore days, and we started hugging and jumping up and down. We embraced for nearly a minute; then I realized he was crying on my shoulder."
"This is a new stadium. Opening the roof and end zone windows does it so far."
How would you rate the hospitality offered to fans of the opposing team?
Poor
Below Average
Average
Above Average
Excellent
8.9%
7.9%
33.8%
27.9%
21.5%
What is the worst incident you have witnessed against an opposing fan or yourself at the ballpark?
"Once there was a guy mocking Chargers star Shawne Merriman with a giant poster of a bloody needle."
"When I was a season-ticket holder, the fans sitting across from me were brutal. Drunk, swearing, rude, vulgar, aggressive every single game to the opposing fans. One game I witnessed them throwing the hat of the opposing team's fan from the 300 level calling him every homophobic name in the book and spitting in his face. You could tell this person didn't get to go to many games and this is how they were treated for rooting for a team other than the 'Hawks, I'm a lifelong 'Hawks fan but the actions by the hometown fans and the non-action by security were the reasons I didn't renew my season tickets and go to such few games in person."
"During last year's Redskins playoff game, an undercover cop walked up and down our aisle for half the game, wearing a 'Skins jersey, mocking the 'Hawks fans and refusing to sit down. After two quarters, a Hawks fan finally snapped and pushed him. The fan was quickly handcuffed and escorted out. It was the sickest display of entrapment I have ever seen by stadium security."
What is your favorite memory from a game at the stadium?
"Tony Romo's fumble in the 2007 NFC wild-card game. Matt Hasselbeck still had more than a minute to get the Hawks into field-goal range, even if the kick been good. Seeing a Cowboy weeping into his hands on the Qwest Field turf was a golden moment."
"The 2005 NFC Championship Game. The game was over early and it was a party for the whole second half. I've never had so much fun at a sporting event. High-fiving and hugging complete strangers!"
"I love the crowd noise, I love the raising of the 12th man flag, and I love watching the Seahawks play well. My favorite memory is probably last year when Mack Strong raised the 12th man flag. It brought tears to my eyes because he was such a stable cornerstone of the franchise for so long."
How would you rate the hospitality offered to fans of the opposing team?
Poor
Below Average
Average
Above Average
Excellent
13.8%
14.5%
35.3%
21.9%
14.5%
What is the worst incident you have witnessed against an opposing fan or yourself at the ballpark?
"Browns fans were being pelted with snowballs, but then again, that was pretty funny."
"The guy who sits in front of me harassed a Browns fan and his young daughter the entire game until the father and daughter finally left early in the fourth quarter. In a later incident, he punched a Jets fan in the face during a playoff game. I reported him to security and also wrote a letter to the team requesting that he not be allowed to attend games. They made him sit out the AFC Championship Game the next week but he was back the following season. He has been on his best behavior since then. In general, people use attending a football game as an excuse to drink to excess."
"Last year during the Steelers-Jaguars playoff game, I witnessed a Jacksonville fan get the hell beat out of him, but he was running his mouth so bad to all of the Steelers fans. You do not do that! You never run your mouth especially when you just beat a team in the playoffs at their field."
What is your favorite memory from a game at the stadium?
"The game was a so-so blowout of the Redskins, but what made it memorable is that I had a broken foot and a seat in the nosebleeds. The stadium staff treated me like royalty getting me to and from my seat in a wheelchair. I even got a little mini-tour of the loge area."
"Watching Jerome Bettis bowl over Brian Urlacher in what became the beginning of a win streak that led straight to the Super Bowl win in Detroit."
Invesco Field At Mile High|Capacity: 76,125|Opened: 2001
How would you rate the Fan IQ of the home crowd?
Poor
Below Average
Average
Above Average
Excellent
1.4%
2.1%
11.6%
31.4%
53.4%
How would you rate the hospitality offered to fans of the opposing team?
Poor
Below Average
Average
Above Average
Excellent
6.6%
15.2%
39.6%
23%
15.7%
What is the worst incident you have witnessed against an opposing fan or yourself at the ballpark?
"I saw an opposing fan [a Bengals fan dressed as Santa with a Chad Johnson jersey] get shoved down about four aisles of seats on Christmas Eve after the guy stood on his seat and cheered a Bengals interception of a Jay Cutler pass. Then all the Broncos fans in the section blamed the altercation on the Bengals fan, who got kicked out of the game."
"During the second quarter of an AFC West contest between the Broncos and K.C., a Broncos idiot launched a full beer and a load of expletives, at a K.C. mom and her kid, who were just watching the game. The kid stood there wet and crying."
"Lincoln Kennedy getting hit with snowballs was awesome. Him going up into the stands was not so awesome."
"A Cincinnati fan was severely bludgeoned with his own trumpet after playing Charge! for the Bengals for three quarters during a game at the old Mile High Stadium in the early '80s. I do remember it being annoying, but still. I was 5, and that is my first Broncos memory."
What is your favorite memory from a game at the stadium?
"The first game at the new stadium and Terrell Davis giving his Mile High Salute to the crowd."
"Jason Elam's 63-yard field goal against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Oh wait, that was at Mile High Stadium. Never mind. The best thing at Invesco was Barack Obama's speech."
"Champ Bailey picking off Tom Brady in the playoffs and running it to the Pats' 1-yard line"
How would you rate the hospitality offered to fans of the opposing team?
Poor
Below Average
Average
Above Average
Excellent
5.4%
8.7%
37.9%
28.5%
19.5%
What is the worst incident you have witnessed against an opposing fan or yourself at the ballpark?
"Anytime the Eagles come to town you witness something. They are hands down the worst fans in the NFL. Horrible!"
"I have seen quite a few Eagles and Redskins fans beat up in my day due to their sassy mouths."
"The horrendous cheering when Brett Favre got hurt in the Thursday night game in 2007. It was like they wanted him out of pro ball on a permanent basis."
What is your favorite memory from a game at the stadium?
"Every Thanksgiving Day game."
"Sitting in the second row on the 30-yard-line while watching the '92-93 Cowboys stomp on opponents and watching Emmitt Smith turn the corner and flash by faster than I have seen any human being move ever."
"On Turkey Day, backup Clint Longley coming in for an injured Roger Staubach to beat the hated Redskins."
"Emmitt Smith breaking Walter Payton's all-time rushing record."
How would you rate the hospitality offered to fans of the opposing team?
Poor
Below Average
Average
Above Average
Excellent
3.7%
9.3%
31.2%
32.1%
23.7%
What is the worst incident you have witnessed against an opposing fan or yourself at the ballpark?
"At a game in 2007, a Tampa Bay fan decked out in pirate gear was egging the crowd on. People were getting annoyed but surprisingly enough, ignored him for the most part. Then he kept it up wanting a reaction. Someone stole his "clapping" hat and he complained to security. Turns out, he didn't have a ticket for the seats he was in and was ejected. Instant Karma."
"To be honest I have never seen an opposing fan treated poorly. Saints fans are rowdy but very happy-go-lucky. Good-natured ribbing followed by handshakes at the end are what we see most often, even when the Falcons are in town. I have engaged in chanting against an opposing team's fans, but we always shake hands at the end win or lose. That is in stark contrast to how we Saints fans were treated by the hooligans and thugs that attend Bears games. They threw beer at us, made fun of Hurricane Katrina, cursed at the women and did not care that children were present. Very low class."
"I attended the Saints-Jets game where tackle Kyle Turley tore off the helmet of a Jets defensive player for roughing up former Saints QB Aaron Brooks. After that game there was much tension between opposing fans and I saw plenty fist fights where blood was drawn and noses broken. I witnessed a lot of arrests that day."
What is your favorite memory from a game at the stadium?
"The reopening in September 2006 after Hurricane Katrina. That whole experience (U2 and Green Day, parties all day outside, the emotional rush, and the trouncing of a divisional opponent) beat any event I have been to including the Indy 500, Game 2 of the 2003 World Series, Mardi Gras and the Sugar Bowl."
"The Monday night home opener after Katrina was one of the best days of my life. The emotion in the city that day was indescribable."
"I've been to both playoff wins in Saints history but any fan who was there will tell you that it was never better than 2006 opening night at the Dome against the Atlanta Falcons. Every once in a while a game can transcend sports. This was one of those moments."
How would you rate the hospitality offered to fans of the opposing team?
Poor
Below Average
Average
Above Average
Excellent
7.4%
15.7%
40.3%
25.4%
11.2%
What is the worst incident you have witnessed against an opposing fan or yourself at the ballpark?
"I saw a Steelers fan get hit in the head with a full beer can. He was bleeding pretty severely."
"I have seen people's jerseys stolen and burned in the parking lot."
"After a loss, a fan of the opposing team went to shake the hand of a Ravens fan. The Ravens fan turned and farted on the guys hand. I personally thought it was hilarious. But I guess if you're the guy who just had his hand farted on, it might be kind of messed up."
"I'll never forget when the Steelers were in town, and as we all know, the Steelers have a huge contingent. This was just a group of four Steelers fans, one fan was an elderly Steelers fan waving her Terrible Towel to this group of Ravens fans. It was funny, until all of the sudden one Raven fan took the old lady's towel and started stomping it on the ground and threw it on top of their grill, took it out with tongs and proceeded to urinate on it to put out the fire. The worst and grossest, and probably one of the funniest, things I have ever seen."
What is your favorite memory from a game at the stadium?
"Opening Day in the first season of the stadium. I believe Bill Cowher said it was the most excitement he had ever seen in a city for a singular sporting event. I concur with his opinion. M&T Bank Stadium absolutely provides the best atmosphere in the NFL to watch a game. Having been to Pittsburgh, Cleveland, D.C., New England, New Orleans and Kansas City, I know this is true. The fans are rabid and intelligent."
"The first playoff game held in Baltimore in my lifetime, a 21-3 victory over Denver on Dec. 31, 2000. It was the first step on the run to the Super Bowl."
"When QB Jim Harbaugh gave the game ball to Johnny Unitas after the Ravens beat the Colts in their first game in Baltimore in 1998."
"When the U.S. invaded Afghanistan. At halftime they showed President Bush announce the invasion. Afterward Born in the U.S.A. played and the crowd chanted U-S-A! To this day it still gives me chills."
How would you rate the hospitality offered to fans of the opposing team?
Poor
Below Average
Average
Above Average
Excellent
2.3%
7.2%
35.2%
36.8%
18.6%
What is the worst incident you have witnessed against an opposing fan or yourself at the ballpark?
"Colts fans decided it would be classy to throw popcorn and trash in the direction of my 80-year-old grandmother the day the Jags ran for 300-plus yards and beat the Colts. They were hammered."
"An opposing team's fan was drunk, and every time his team did something good he would stand up and mock the Jags. The Jags won the game with a last-second field goal. A Jags fan, carrying his toddler on his back, walked by the other team's fan and the toddler took a swing at the fan and knocked his hat off while the crowd went wild!"
"We took away a Steelers fan's terrible towel when we beat them 9-0 in 2006."
What is your favorite memory from a game at the stadium?
"Beating the Dolphins in the playoffs in Dan Marino's last NFL game."
"Morten Anderson missing a chip shot field goal in 1996 that allowed the Jags to make it to the playoffs for the first time. "
"Beating the Steelers 9-0 on Sunday Night Football. It was just crazy in the stadium. Probably the loudest I can remember."
How would you rate the hospitality offered to fans of the opposing team?
Poor
Below Average
Average
Above Average
Excellent
9.1%
18.6%
45.8%
16.7%
9.8%
What is the worst incident you have witnessed against an opposing fan or yourself at the ballpark?
"Things got calm about 10 years ago when they started enforcing rules. Since then, a drunk fell on a buddy of mine who just had a heart replacement, and a guy behind us repeatedly hit my brother, a Colts fan, with his cane. It was all in good fun."
"An intoxicated man jumped from five rows above us and landed on my wife."
"I saw a female Miami fan beaten because she was wearing a Miami jacket. She was hospitalized and they never caught the assailants."
"As a 12-year-old, I attended the final game of the '85 regular season. The Pats beat Cincinnati to clinch a playoff spot and the fans went nuts. The goalpost was ripped down and carried down Route 1 where the post hit a power line and the fans were [nearly] electrocuted. It was scary, but it seems pretty funny now. I don't miss Schaffer/Sullivan/Foxboro Stadium one bit. Thank god for Bob Kraft."
What is your favorite memory from a game at the stadium?
"Miami Dolphins versus New England Patriots in a 2003 winter game. Snow covered the stadium -- we had to dig our seats out with shovels. The crowd was throwing snow in the air to the beat of Jock Jams. It was an awesome experience."
"Beating Peyton Manning and the Colts for the 2003 AFC championship. Gillette was going bonkers! The week prior, the Colts had scored on every possession against the Chiefs. All the pundits were picking the Colts."
"Opening night against Pittsburgh in 2002. Former President Bush flipped the coin and the Super Bowl banner was unveiled. My dad has been a ticket holder since the mid-'60s and as we walked to our seats in Section 138, I think I saw tears in his eyes. Boston sports fans have had the worst stadiums. We couldn't believe that we really had a state of the art facility to watch the Pats."
How would you rate the hospitality offered to fans of the opposing team?
Poor
Below Average
Average
Above Average
Excellent
3.4%
8.9%
43.8%
28.1%
15.8%
What is the worst incident you have witnessed against an opposing fan or yourself at the ballpark?
"The Eagles were visiting and a crazy Eagles fan threw a 49ers fan down the stairs and then got his head beat in after he did it."
"Traffic! It took four hours to get out of the parking lot."
"A female Cowboys fan was punched in the nose by male 49ers fan after a September 2005 loss."
"San Fran fans tend to be pretty easy on opposing fans, The worst thing about the 'Stick is bad for everyone -- its freezing cold, windy and smells like vomit."
What is your favorite memory from a game at the stadium?
"The Catch, Steve Young's run for a touchdown against the Vikings, Eddie, Jerry & Joe in the locker room, Sec 21 Seats 1-4, working sidelines for ESPN on Sunday night at the 'Stick, meeting Jim Brown and pissing in the dugout urinal where Willie Mays did."
"The 1995 NFC Championship game against Dallas (and I HATE Dallas): Those cocky Cowboys came in after saying how Larry Brown owned Jerry Rice the year before. We punched them in the mouth and got a 21-0 lead. Honestly it was the best day of my life. It felt better than beating the Chargers two weeks later to win our fifth Super Bowl."
"I will always remember my first game with my dad 20 years ago, sitting at the very top of the stadium in the fog on a Monday night."
Ralph Wilson Stadium|Capacity: 73,967|Opened: 1973
How would you rate the Fan IQ of the home crowd?
Poor
Below Average
Average
Above Average
Excellent
0.9%
3.3%
11.5%
34.2%
50.1%
How would you rate the hospitality offered to fans of the opposing team?
Poor
Below Average
Average
Above Average
Excellent
22.9%
21.8%
33.5%
12.5%
9.2%
What is the worst incident you have witnessed against an opposing fan or yourself at the ballpark?
"I saw snowballs (actually iceballs) being hurled relentlessly at two fans wearing Detroit Lions parkas sitting in the end zone. The only respite these unfortunate fans got was when a Lions player was near the end zone."
"The first game I ever attended was a Monday Night Football matchup: 1993 Houston Oilers at Buffalo Bills. A nice man and his pre-teen aged son were wearing their Warren Moon jerseys. The kid was so excited and some big drunk Bills fans harassed them unforgivingly, even throwing stuff at the kid as he walked to a Port-a-Potty."
"A Miami fan came and didn't get pelted with beer until the fourth quarter. That was really disappointing."
"The worst thing I ever saw in Ralph C. Wilson Stadium is O.J. Simpson's name on the "Wall Of Fame.""
What is your favorite memory from a game at the stadium?
"Bills versus Ricky Williams and Dolphins in 2003, I believe: We were losing and it started snowing bad and the more it snowed, the more we scored. We ended up winning big and the whole stadium stood the entire fourth quarter singing 'Let it Snow ... Let it Snow ... Let it Snow!'"
"That one is easy. It just happened last weekend. I took my 8-year-old to his first NFL game. We live in Pelham, N.H. We drove more than eight hours each way to get to the game. They had some fun things going on inside the field house on game day, and then we got to watch the Bills mount another fourth-quarter comeback to win the game."
"Seeing Frank Reich dismantle the Houston Oilers in the greatest comeback game ever."
"My first game ever: I was 10 years old in November, 1988, when I saw the goalposts come down after the crowd stormed the field when Scott Norwood kicked the winning field goal for us to beat the Jets 9-6 in overtime. We won the division earlier than any other team had, but to me it was amazing because of the spectacle of it all. We were in the far top corner of the upper deck and it was miserable and rainy throughout the game -- we were decked out in our finest garbage bags -- and I came in knowing absolutely zero about football. My grandfather explained it all to me as the game progressed, and it was love at first sight. Being from Buffalo, we're used to being the whipping boys of not only the NFL but also the USA -- and it was great to be able to celebrate not just the team but the city."
How would you rate the hospitality offered to fans of the opposing team?
Poor
Below Average
Average
Above Average
Excellent
18.1%
18.8%
39.5%
14.3%
9.3%
What is the worst incident you have witnessed against an opposing fan or yourself at the ballpark?
"A guy in a Favre jersey got pelted with food and beer from about 10 people, but he had it coming."
"A guy wearing a Barry Sanders jersey (one week after he retired) slipped and fell on the steps. There was much pointing and laughing."
"A guy wearing an Eagles hard helmet got pelted with chicken wings."
"Nacho cheese was dumped over a Green Bay Packers fan. It gives "Cheese Head" a new meaning. Go Bears!"
"In the 2006 NFC Championship Game, people were telling the Saints that the Bears were going to finish what Katrina started."
What is your favorite memory from a game at the stadium?
"I liked watching Keith Traylor run the slowest 50-yard dash in history after an interception."
"My favorite moment was Walter Payton breaking Jim Brown's all-time rushing record (at the old Soldier Field)."
"Bears versus Saints in the NFC Championship Game: The Bears had the ball and a heavy snow started to fall. The fans sensing the demise of a dome team started to chant 'Super Bowl, Super Bowl, Super Bowl.' On the next play, Rashied Davis caught a pass from Rex Grossman in the end zone and the place just went crazy."
Bank of America Stadium|Capacity: 73,298|Opened: 1996
How would you rate the Fan IQ of the home crowd?
Poor
Below Average
Average
Above Average
Excellent
8.1%
23.5%
30.1%
26.7%
11.7%
How would you rate the hospitality offered to fans of the opposing team?
Poor
Below Average
Average
Above Average
Excellent
2.7%
4.2%
29.8%
40.6%
22.7%
What is the worst incident you have witnessed against an opposing fan or yourself at the ballpark?
"Jerry Richardson's policy to evict any fan who removes his shirt in the stadium. I personally don't want to see any of these shirtless rednecks, but it is N.C., with temperatures sometimes near 100 degrees in August and September. Please! Concentrate on this joke of a team."
"None -- in fact the opposing fans often outnumber us."
"Beer poured on an Oakland Raiders fan's head."
What is your favorite memory from a game at the stadium?
"Jake Delhomme came off the bench in the second half versus Jacksonville on opening day several years ago and led the Panthers to a comeback win, capped by a last-second touchdown pass to Ricky Proehl."
"Beating the Cowboys in the playoffs. But of course everybody beats the Cowboys if/when the Cowboys actually make the playoffs."
"Seven pretty, mid-20s women were thrown out of the stadium from a row about 15 back from my seat, which is three rows from the field behind the visitor's bench. It was an Atlanta game about 2002, as Seifert was coach and Weinke was QB. Following a great Michael Vick play, the women stood up and cheered, opening a banner that was long enough to span all seven of them. It read: You have a little Weinke, but we've got a BIG VICK! Alas, among much cheering, they were led from the stadium."
How would you rate the hospitality offered to fans of the opposing team?
Poor
Below Average
Average
Above Average
Excellent
18.1%
22.8%
39.2%
14.2%
5.6%
What is the worst incident you have witnessed against an opposing fan or yourself at the ballpark?
"An Eagles fan went after a smack-talking Giants fan after the 12-sack game last season, only to get knocked out by said Giants fan."
"I saw a fight at the stadium last year where a Packers fan was exchanging punches with a Giants fan. A female acquaintance of the Packers fan caught one of the punches and went head over heals a row or two forward. She was carried out on a stretcher."
"Someone wearing an Eagles jersey was picked up and tossed from the second to last row in the upper deck, down about five rows of seats at halftime. Luckily most were unoccupied at the time. One wasn't -- the guy's fall was broken when he crashed into a girl from behind, knocking her forward headfirst into the seats in front of her. Both the girl and the guy's face were very bloody afterward. The ones who tossed the Eagles fan got thrown out."
"Watching a Jets and Giants fan pummel each other rolling down rows of seats over people. The Giants weren't even playing the Jets that day, they were playing Green Bay in Week 2 of 2007!"
"I attended the infamous Chargers-Giants snowball game on Dec. 23, 1995. Hands down the worst thing I have ever witnessed at Giants Stadium. It was actually started when a Pittsburgh Steelers fan randomly won the giveaway game ball [signed by the Giants] and started taunting Giants fans."
What is your favorite memory from a game at the stadium?
"George Martin returned a John Elway pass 80-plus yards in 1986 to seal a victory. I still can't believe Elway didn't catch him."
"The final regular-season game against the Pats last year. The crowd stood for the entire game, which I had never seen before, even for playoff games. It had the feeling of a Super Bowl. It was just a great atmosphere."
"Either the 2000 NFC Championship against the Vikings, Eli Manning's huge comeback win in 2005 against the Broncos, or the feeling we all had walking out of Week 17 against the Patriots last year. I told all those Pats fans we'd seem them in five weeks. We did."
Raymond James Stadium|Capacity: 65,857|Opened: 1998
How would you rate the Fan IQ of the home crowd?
Poor
Below Average
Average
Above Average
Excellent
5.5%
12.3%
29.7%
32.9%
19.6%
How would you rate the hospitality offered to fans of the opposing team?
Poor
Below Average
Average
Above Average
Excellent
5.5%
9.2%
41.3%
32.6%
11.5%
What is the worst incident you have witnessed against an opposing fan or yourself at the ballpark?
"A few years ago, Bucs fans went overboard and drenched Viking fans in beer. That turned into a brawl of about 50 people."
"I 'inadvertently' spilled a bag of popcorn on a Jacksonville Jaguars fan at RayJay last year. I have to use quotes because while I believe consciously it was an accident, I can't really be sure what I was thinking at a subconscious level."
"I saw a Jets fan get kicked out of the park because all of the Bucs fans around him lied to the security guards that he was shouting vulgarities. In reality he was chanting J-E-T-S over and over."
What is your favorite memory from a game at the stadium?
"I was in the stands when Michael Spurlock ran back Tampa Bay's very first kick return back for a touchdown. I'll never forget the sound of 60,000-plus fans collectively sucking in their breaths, then going "Ooooh...," then exploding and clutching each other when they realized they were watching Buc history on the field below."
"During the 2002 Super Bowl year, we played the 49ers in the playoffs and all 65,000 fans were waving Bucs flags. It was incredible."
"Mike Alstott's 'definite' two-point conversion against the Redskins."
How would you rate the hospitality offered to fans of the opposing team?
Poor
Below Average
Average
Above Average
Excellent
16.3%
18.8%
41.1%
16.5%
7.3%
What is the worst incident you have witnessed against an opposing fan or yourself at the ballpark?
"I saw some Redskins fans intimidating two older couples (in their 50s) wearing Eagles jerseys in 2005. It was offensive and inexcusable, and I would have defended the Eagles fans had they been actually touched. The Eagles fans were sitting in their seats, not making a sound."
"One time a Redskins fan belittled a female fan of the opposing team so badly she began to cry. He was drunk and was picking fights with everyone and cussed in front of kids, who were sitting all around him."
"How about when a whole section of the crowd was tear-gassed, then the gas drifts on to the field, causing players and fans to throw up? Amazing."
"An Eagles fan, after running his mouth for about three quarters, was given the option to shut up or be tossed off the top of the stadium."
"I saw a full-scale brawl involving blood, a blown eye socket and no security response whatsoever -- and that was in the club section. I can't imagine what it's like in the nosebleeds."
What is your favorite memory from a game at the stadium?
"Beating the Giants on Christmas Eve to make it to the playoffs; it was Amazing."
"The blocked field goal against the Cowboys' Mike Vanderjagt that Sean Taylor ran back and was face-masked on, giving the 'Skins 15 more yards and a final play on which to kick a game-winning field goal."
"Eh ... RFK has all the memories. FedEX field is about as fun as a cold-water enema."
How would you rate the hospitality offered to fans of the opposing team?
Poor
Below Average
Average
Above Average
Excellent
8.5%
13.4%
33.9%
31.7%
12.5%
What is the worst incident you have witnessed against an opposing fan or yourself at the ballpark?
"I avoid that by never going to the Raiders games. Basically, Raiders fans should all be either turned away or arrested, maybe both."
"Every year the 'Raider Nation' shows up and as a group act like a---s. My whole family has season tickets and my mom and some of our friends don't bother to show up because of how most (definitely not all of them) act."
"We play the Raiders every year ... take your pick of any violent incident possible."
"A Raiders fan was caught on tape stabbing a Chargers fan once at the stadium. After that, they no longer sold single-game tickets to home games against the Raiders. Yeah, I still don't go to those."
What is your favorite memory from a game at the stadium?
"I was sitting in Section 19 against the Broncos, Dec. 10, 2006, to watch LT make history and score his record-breaking touchdown right in front of me."
"Doug Flutie scrambling for a touchdown to beat the Bills in his first game against the Bills after they kicked him to the curb was a memory I won't forget."
"The day the Chargers won the AFC Championship in Pittsburgh and flew home late that night, to be met by thousands of absolutely elated fans. There was just so much joy and camaraderie and strangers hugging and laughing."
University of Phoenix Stadium|Capacity: 63,400|Opened: 2006
How would you rate the Fan IQ of the home crowd?
Poor
Below Average
Average
Above Average
Excellent
11.4%
18.3%
33.7%
25.2%
11.4%
How would you rate the hospitality offered to fans of the opposing team?
Poor
Below Average
Average
Above Average
Excellent
8%
4.5%
39%
31%
17.5%
What is the worst incident you have witnessed against an opposing fan or yourself at the ballpark?
"None. That's mostly because in Arizona, the visiting team has more fans in the stands."
"I saw beer poured on an old lady's head."
"A Raiders fan attacked a Cardinals fan for no apparent reason. You know those Raider fans, the bad ones giving the good ones a terrible name."
What is your favorite memory from a game at the stadium?
"Karlos Dansby choosing me for the only Lambeau Leap at the U. of P. Stadium. We stopped Seattle from scoring the winning touchdown and then he made a bee-line toward me. I pulled him up into the stands and picture wound up on the front of the sports section on Monday."
"The Pat Tillman Tribute with him being added to the Ring of Honor. Things may not have been perfect from a 'production' perspective, but the feeling around the whole event of this unselfish American hero was unforgettable."
"The first real game in the stadium, and how much better it is than Sun Devil Stadium ever was."
How would you rate the hospitality offered to fans of the opposing team?
Poor
Below Average
Average
Above Average
Excellent
10%
10.8%
45.5%
21.6%
12.1%
What is the worst incident you have witnessed against an opposing fan or yourself at the ballpark?
"Detroit fans asking the opposing fans if they are enjoying their trip to Detroit. Weird, I know. This will completely count against us in the "Best Fan Ranking" on that other sports site. Apparently we should start fights with them instead."
"The stadium security chased some poor sap around the stadium for holding up a "Fire Millen" sign, only to be gang tackled. Morons!"
"It is the best incident for the opposing fan and the worst incident for me -- the Lions taking the field before kickoff."
What is your favorite memory from a game at the stadium?
"It was actually at a 2007 Supercross event at Ford Field. There are too many bad football memories to list."
"Don't have any yet. Unless you count the Millen-man march and the orange-out against the Bengals three years ago. This is the worst organization in football. "
"A couple of years ago, the Lions scored a touchdown with zero time on the clock. They needed a two-point conversion to tie it and force overtime. The crowd was unbelievably loud. Unfortunately, they did not convert and lost the game. Typical Lions. Always coming up short."
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome|Capacity: 64,111|Opened: 1982
How would you rate the Fan IQ of the home crowd?
Poor
Below Average
Average
Above Average
Excellent
6.6%
14.9%
34.8%
32.1%
11.5%
How would you rate the hospitality offered to fans of the opposing team?
Poor
Below Average
Average
Above Average
Excellent
8.8%
13.5%
43.1%
23.5%
11.1%
What is the worst incident you have witnessed against an opposing fan or yourself at the ballpark?
"One man dropped his pants and laid his ----- on the head of an opposing fan. "
"At the end of a game, the throwing of plastic bottles and half-full beer cups at a Chicago Bears fan with Down's Syndrome who wasn't moving as quickly as others toward the exit doors. It was the most disgusting behavior I have ever personally witnessed at a football game."
"Just giving obnoxious people the glare ... remember, we have Minnesota Nice."
What is your favorite memory from a game at the stadium?
"The opening game of the 1998 season where the Vikings hosted the Bucs and rookie receiver Randy Moss caught four passes for 95 yards and two touchdowns."
"Brad Johnson throwing a TD pass to himself during the Carolina Panthers game. I can say I witnessed something on the field that has never been done in the NFL -- before or since."
How would you rate the hospitality offered to fans of the opposing team?
Poor
Below Average
Average
Above Average
Excellent
11.2%
12.6%
37.1%
25.9%
13.3%
What is the worst incident you have witnessed against an opposing fan or yourself at the ballpark?
"One fan punched another for drinking his beer through a straw. Not manly enough, apparently."
"I think it is more important to measure the worst incidents by opposing fans at the stadium. With Miami playing so horribly last year, game after game opposing fans verbally [and in many cases physically] initiated confrontations with Miami fans at our home stadium. The worst fans in the league are Patriots and Eagle fans."
"Usually it's the Jets fans who start the fights."
What is your favorite memory from a game at the stadium?
"Joe Montana's final game was a playoff loss to the Dolphins, and I was there. Although nothing was official, there was a sense of finality to it, knowing that this was it for Joe. Plus, seeing two future Hall of Famers, Joe Montana and Dan Marino mano-a-mano was a once in a lifetime opportunity."
"Marino beating John Elway in their last regular-season matchup, 31-21. It was an amazing Monday Night game. Magic was in the air."
"On Jan. 5, 1991, the Dolphins returned to the playoffs after a four-year absence with a 17-16 win over the Kansas City Chiefs in Joe Robbie Stadium. John Offerdahl and Christian Okoye met at the line with the loudest collision between two humans. It sounded like a car wreck. Okoye fumbled the ball and the Dolphins recovered."
Lincoln Financial Field|Capacity: 68,532|Opened: 2003
How would you rate the Fan IQ of the home crowd?
Poor
Below Average
Average
Above Average
Excellent
3.5%
2.6%
6.1%
18.9%
68.9%
How would you rate the hospitality offered to fans of the opposing team?
Poor
Below Average
Average
Above Average
Excellent
62.8%
15%
9.2%
2%
11%
What is the worst incident you have witnessed against an opposing fan or yourself at the ballpark?
"Worst? There's always something being thrown at the opposing team's fans. And we like it like that!"
"We are in the front row of the upper bowl. While cheering a touchdown one time, a guy's hat fell off his head and into another guy's basket of fries with ketchup on the top. Well, some ketchup got onto the hat and before you know it, the guy with the wet hat just started wailing on the poor unfortunate guy who put his fries down in front of him in order to cheer. To this day, I am convinced the guy was trying to push the other over the railing. And these were two Eagles fans."
"One Cowboys fan had beer poured on his head, then he was punched in face and thrown down six rows of chairs in the stands. The best part was that the victim was the one who was kicked out."
"I saw a little girl, about 10, get put in a trash can because she was wearing a Giant's jersey."
"Fans threw snowballs at Santa Claus."
What is your favorite memory from a game at the stadium?
"The NFC playoff game against Green Bay where the famous 4th-and-26 completion from Donovan McNabb to Freddie Mitchell allowed our playoff run to continue."
"Lito Sheppard returning an interception for a score against Dallas in 2006 during T.O.'s homecoming game."
"After attending three-straight losses in the NFC Championship, beating Atlanta to go to the Super Bowl in 2004 was just an amazing feeling. When Chad Lewis caught the final touchdown to put the Eagles over the top, there was a 5,000-pound monkey lifted off all the fans' backs, and we jumped and screamed and cheered like little girls."
How would you rate the hospitality offered to fans of the opposing team?
Poor
Below Average
Average
Above Average
Excellent
5.5%
4%
44%
31%
15.5%
What is the worst incident you have witnessed against an opposing fan or yourself at the ballpark?
"One very drunk female fan from New Orleans -- a Saints fan -- was standing in one of the concession lines and started trash talking to me -- a true Falcons fan -- since the Falcons were losing. She became extremely rude and obnoxious and then proceeded to spit at me. Lucky for me, her nasty spit only hit my neck and collar area. I immediately located an Atlanta police officer and requested that she be removed from the Dome. The officer confiscated the game tickets of her and her other female friends (total of five of them), then he (along with myself and my friend) escorted the drunk along with her female friends down the ramps and out of the stadium. I was proud to know that the officer took this offense seriously and handled the situation accordingly."
"A Packers' fan had his cheese head hat thrown off of the second level."
"A drunk guy filled up his cup with urine and threw it all over a Saints fan. The Saints fan was a jerk, but that was a bit much."
What is your favorite memory from a game at the stadium?
"Beating San Francisco in the playoffs in 1998 on the way to the Super Bowl."
"Matt Ryan's 62-yard pass to Michael Jenkins on the first pass of his NFL career."
"Michael Vick's Superman dive on 4th-and-10 versus Carolina."
How would you rate the hospitality offered to fans of the opposing team?
Poor
Below Average
Average
Above Average
Excellent
37.2%
24.3%
27.6%
6%
4.8%
What is the worst incident you have witnessed against an opposing fan or yourself at the ballpark?
"An idiot Broncos fan in the Dawg Pound wearing a John Elway jersey was pelted with batteries, dog biscuits, beer bottles and other objects."
"During a Browns-49ers game, there was an older lady that revealed she had a Steelers jersey on. They escorted her out as fans from three sections over threw stuff at her and she had beer dumped on her many times on her trip down the aisle."
" Well, back in the day, we used to throw batteries at John Elway."
"During the blizzard game, people were throwing snowballs at a 10-year-old girl who was wearing a Bills jersey."
What is your favorite memory from a game at the stadium?
"I'm a Cleveland fan. We're not allowed to have 'favorite' memories."
"Granted it was at the old Municipal Stadium, but it has to be when Joe 'Turkey' Jones slammed Terry Bradshaw on his head back in '76. I was there with my father, my uncle and my grandfather. It is my fondest childhood memory!"
"The kickoff from the game the Browns returned to the NFL in 1999. Even though we lost 43-0. It will be a moment that no Clevelander will ever forget. We loved our team when we had them, but when they left, it was like a member of the family was gone for three years."
How would you rate the hospitality offered to fans of the opposing team?
Poor
Below Average
Average
Above Average
Excellent
5.2%
9%
31.3%
36.5%
18%
What is the worst incident you have witnessed against an opposing fan or yourself at the ballpark?
"Home fans are outnumbered, so opposing fans usually have a great time, not to mention their team is normally winning by 30 points. It's got to be the best place in the NFL to watch a road game."
"Are you kidding? This is the Rams we are talking about. No one cares. The only time they fill up more than half the stadium is when they play an opposing team with a large local fan base (see: Packers, Steelers). That said, one time I heard a guy yell 'Steelers suck' it was pretty intense."
"The last couple of years, so many visiting fans show up, they end up heckling the Rams fans."
What is your favorite memory from a game at the stadium?
"Ricky Proehl's TD catch in the 1999 NFC Championship Game to beat Tampa Bay and advance to the Super Bowl."
"The 1999 Playoff game versus the Vikings when Isaac Bruce scored on the Rams' first offensive play. The roar was unbelievable in the dome."
"The entire 1999 season when the Rams transformed from the SOSAR (same old sorry a** Rams) to the Greatest Show on Turf. Unfortunately the Rams are more of the SOSAR then the GSOT these days."
How would you rate the hospitality offered to fans of the opposing team?
Poor
Below Average
Average
Above Average
Excellent
11.1%
21.1%
38.3%
18.9%
10.6%
What is the worst incident you have witnessed against an opposing fan or yourself at the ballpark?
"I witnessed Colts fans being pelted with beer bottles after wearing shirts that had a Colt performing a sexual act on a Bengal"
"It's the Bengals ... we are so bad that when we play the Steelers in Cincinnati there are more Steelers fans than Bengals fans!"
" In 2001, the Bengals and Browns played each other [a game which the Bengals won] at Paul Brown Stadium and two fans got into it right in front of us after the Bengals fan called the Browns fan "pregnant." Police were involved in the breakup of the fight and I believe both men were arrested."
What is your favorite memory from a game at the stadium?
"When the Bengals were really awful in the '90s, my parents took me and my family to our first game at Riverfront Stadium for my 11th birthday. Doug Pelfrey came out during halftime and kicked field goals, but the crew didn't raise the nets. The balls went into the crowd behind the end zone and I managed to get one. After the game I got it autographed by what it is probably the worst team in Bengals history, but it was the greatest day of my life."
"Going on to field after the Freezer Bowl to pull down a goal post. There were as many cops as there were us. They just smiled and led us off the field politely."
"The atmosphere of the Steelers-Bengals 2005 wild-card playoff game at kick off. But we all know the rest of the story. Carson goes deep, gets hit, tears ACL, season over."
"I saw Chad Johnson's Tiger Woods celebration in person."
How would you rate the hospitality offered to fans of the opposing team?
Poor
Below Average
Average
Above Average
Excellent
35.1%
29.3%
26.1%
5.3%
4.3%
What is the worst incident you have witnessed against an opposing fan or yourself at the ballpark?
"A major brawl spilled on to a lady who was seven-to-eight months pregnant. In 36 years, there have been many at Jets home games, but this was disturbing."
"A New England Patriots fan urinating in his seat and claiming it was just beer to security."
"Some guy wearing a Dolphins jersey was having problems breathing after getting into a verbal shouting match with a few guys. The medics had to come and they loaded him up on a stretcher. As they were carrying him down the stairs everyone started tossing bottles (some still full) and anything else they could find at the guy. All the time he's flat on his back, getting oxygen, strapped to a stretcher. Hanging with the Jets crowd is like going to a frat party. That's why I go to one game a year and that's it."
What is your favorite memory from a game at the stadium?
"Fans wearing paper bags over their heads saying "J-ust, E-nd, T-he, S-eason" during the Rich Kotite era."
"The Jets' Monday Night comeback against the Dolphins with Jumbo Elliot making a touchdown catch."
"A recent December game versus the Steelers. It snowed all morning and throughout the game. There were not many fans there, but the ones who showed up enjoyed Curtis Martin running all over the Steelers and the snow-covered field. Great atmosphere, great game. Also, announced before the game was the capture of Saddam Hussein, just crazy."
How would you rate the hospitality offered to fans of the opposing team?
Poor
Below Average
Average
Above Average
Excellent
61.7%
11.3%
14.8%
0%
12.2%
What is the worst incident you have witnessed against an opposing fan or yourself at the ballpark?
"Making an apposing fan pee on the wall. They would not let him use the urinal or stalls."
"With a 5-year-old, we were totally surrounded by drunks using "F" bombs the whole game."
"A Raiders fan had a sock full of loose change, used it to club a Broncos fan and knock him out."
"A Raiders fan peed on a Broncos fan who had the courage to pop off and wear his colors into the black hole. I would not recommend that to anybody -- especially a Broncos fan."
What is your favorite memory from a game at the stadium?
"Winning the AFC championship versus Tennessee and having Metallica play a pregame concert!"
"Mark van Eeghen smashing through the K.C. Chiefs' line for three touchdowns in one game."
"Any Raiders versus Steelers playoff game: Just the excitement and anticipation of two rivals going head-to-head for the championship."
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