Sept. 9, 2025

'Holy (expletive). We won?': Bills fans who left comeback early reflect Monday

Justin Bystrak was fed up with the Bills’ defense.

Baltimore Ravens running back Derrick Henry had just burst into the open field, surging to his second touchdown of the night to give the visitors to Highmark Stadium a 40-25 lead with 11:42 left in the game.

“As soon as he passed the 20-yard line, I turned to my fiancée and I said, ‘We’re leaving, we’re going,’” Bystrak recalled Monday morning.

Bystrak, a Town of Tonawanda resident and a season-ticket holder for the last decade, was among swarms of Bills fans who left in the second half prior to the Bills’ 41-40 comeback victory on a last-second Matt Prater field goal. It marked the first time in National Football League history a team had ove

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