Video Shows NFL Fan Doing the Unthinkable for His Friend in a Sharp Contrast to 49ers and Raiders Chaos

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Fans at last Sunday's 49ers-Raiders game threw so many punches that police made 11 arrests and tossed 45 people out of Levi's Stadium.

But in that same parking lot, one fan's buddy was busy doing something far more selfless.

It was also far more disgusting – and more than 120,000 people have now watched it.

Fists Flew in the Seats and the Parking Lot

The fighting started in the stands and spilled outside once the crowd hit the lots.

Roughly a dozen fight videos raced across social media.

In the worst of them, two people were punched and left unconscious on the pavement.

49ers fan Ken Winland, who filmed one of the fights, called it "a full-on brawl" where "people and bodies were going left and right."

Another fan, Steven Gomez, recorded a separate fight from his seat and said he watched a woman get hit in the face.

Seven people were cited for disorderly conduct, four were arrested for fighting in public, and at least one faced a drug possession charge.

Two people ended up in the hospital before being released.

One Raiders fan came back to find her car window smashed, and at least four more cars parked at an off-site lot had their glass busted out.

Retired San Jose police detective Michael Leininger said one man whose head slammed into the pavement "is lucky to be alive."

The Same Lot Where One Buddy Had a Friend's Back

Hours earlier, before kickoff, a very different scene played out in the same stadium lot.

The clip, shared on X by user @Mappy6984, catches a 49ers fan bent over beside a vehicle.

His friend reaches over and jams his hand right into the man's mouth to get him to throw up.

It works.

The hand stays put while everything comes up, and then the friend goes back in for a second round.

The poster summed it up in one line: "I mean, I guess this is the true definition of friendship."

The New York Post headline called it a "disgusting display of friendship."

Whatever the poor guy had before kickoff, his pal made sure it did not ruin his Sunday.

One group of fans in that lot was knocking strangers out cold.

Another guy was sticking his hand down his buddy's throat to help him out.

Police Vow More Arrests as Fans Say Enough

"Incidents of violence at large-scale events in Santa Clara will not be tolerated," Santa Clara Police Lt. Eric Lagergren said.

Police had brought in about 30 outside agencies to help with security, and it still was not enough.

Investigators are hunting for more of the people responsible and want anyone holding video to come forward.

They also admitted some victims are refusing to cooperate.

The 49ers said they have a "zero-tolerance policy for violence at Levi's Stadium."

Gomez put it plainly: "It's always fun to banter with Raiders fans and stuff, but we gotta be better."

He said he does not think he can bring his young son to a Niners-Raiders game.

Even a 49ers fan from Sweden, Thomas Vincent, called the scene sad and crazy.

All of this over a game that was not even close – the 49ers won 38-17, cashing in five second-half turnovers to move to 7-1.

This Rivalry Has a Long Ugly History

Bay Area fans have seen this movie before.

In August 2011, a preseason Raiders-49ers game at Candlestick Park ended with two men shot in the parking lot and another beaten unconscious in a stadium restroom.

The violence was so bad that the two teams pulled the plug on their preseason series for a decade.

They did not play another exhibition game until 2021.

Now the Raiders call Las Vegas home, and the fights have followed the rivalry right down to Santa Clara.

Two Buddies Showed What the Brawlers Forgot

Football is supposed to bring people together.

Fathers and sons, old friends, strangers in the same jersey high-fiving after a touchdown.

Somewhere along the way, too many grown men decided a football game is worth throwing haymakers over.

Leininger is calling for more security staff and a hard look at alcohol sales at the stadium, and he has a point.

Then there are the two guys in that parking lot video.

No punches, no police, no ejections.

Just one man who saw his friend in trouble and did the dirty work without a second thought.

It was gross.

It was also the most loyal thing anybody did at Levi's Stadium all day.

Sources:

  • New York Post staff, "49ers-Raiders fan brawls contrasted by disgusting display of friendship in viral video," New York Post, November 11, 2026.
  • NBC Bay Area staff, "11 arrests, 2 hospitalized after violent brawls erupt at 49ers-Raiders game," NBC Bay Area, November 9, 2026.
  • Yahoo Sports staff, "49ers and Raiders fans ejected, arrested after fights at Levi's Stadium: 'We gotta be better,'" Yahoo Sports, November 2026.
  • Yardbarker staff, "Violence Erupts at Levi's Stadium Following 49ers' 38-17 Victory Over Raiders, 11 Arrested and 45 Ejected," Yardbarker, November 2026.
  • CBS Los Angeles staff, "2 Shot, 1 Reportedly Beaten At 49ers-Raiders Pre-Season Game," CBS News, August 2011.

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