5 NFL games remembered for crazy weather conditions

5 memorable NFL games featuring wild weather

Crazy weather conditions have made for some of the most memorable games in NFL history.

#3 - The Freezer Bowl

The 1981 AFC Championship game between the San Diego Chargers and the Cincinnati Bengals is the coldest weather game in NFL history when including the wind chill factor. The thermometers read nine degrees below zero, but it felt like an insane negative 59 degrees in Cincinnati.

Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Fouts and the infamous "Air Coryell" offense could not overcome the elements. They fell flat as Ken Anderson brought the Bengals to the Super Bowl for the first time in franchise history.

#4 - The Fog Bowl

The 1988 NFC Divisional Playoff game between the Chicago Bears and Philadelphia Eagles featured heavy foggy weather, hence the name the Fog Bowl. The fog was so intense at Soldier Field that the coaches both had to officially agree to continue playing or the game would have been postponed.

The game was agreed to continue in one of the strangest weather environments in NFL history. It was reported that fans in the stands could not even see the players on the field at all.

It was a wild situation, but the Eagles found a way to win with quarterback Randall Cunningham having a big day despite the impaired vision.

#5 - The Snow Plow Game

It snowed so much for a 1982 game in Foxborough between the New England Patriots and Miami Dolphins that the league had to create a new rule prior to the start of it. The rule would allow for the game to be paused in order to clear snow off the field and make the yard markers visible.

The severe winter weather made for a scoreless game until late in the fourth quarter. The Patriots got in field goal range and the new rule was implemented to see the exact distance of the attempt.

The snow plow left a perfect area on the field "unintentionally" for a clean field goal spot without snow interference for kicker John Smith. It was a 3-0 Patriots victory.