Buffalo Bills

Buffalo Bills


Helmet	Logo

Information
League	National Football League
Conference	AFC
Division	AFC East
Established	1960 (joined NFL in 1970)
Home field	Ralph Wilson Stadium
City	Orchard Park, New York

Uniforms

Color	White

Home Field

Championships
League	2	1964 • 1965
Super Bowls	0	None
Conference	4	1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993
Division	10	1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1980 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 1993 • 1995

The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in Buffalo, New York. They are members of the National Football League (NFL) as part of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the AFC East division. They play their home games in the suburb of Orchard Park at Ralph Wilson Stadium (since 1973), and since 2008 have played one home game per season in Toronto.

The Bills began competitive play in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL). The franchise won two consecutive AFL titles in 1964 and 1965, but the club has not won a league championship since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970. Buffalo is also the only team to win four consecutive AFC Championships -- and the only team ever to play in four consecutive Super Bowl games.

Team history

Founding

The Bills were named as the result of the winning entry in a local contest, which named the team after the AAFC Buffalo Bills, a previous football franchise from the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) that merged with the Cleveland Browns and San Francisco 49ers in 1950. That team, in turn, was named after William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody.

Membership

League affiliations

American Football League (1960-1969)
Eastern Division (1960–1969)
National Football League (1970-present)
American Football Conference (1970-present) AFC East (1970-present)

Achievements

Achievements

AP Most Valuable Player		Offensive Player of the Year		Defensive Player of the Year
1973	O.J. Simpson	1973	O.J. Simpson	1990	Bruce Smith
1991	Thurman Thomas	1991	Thurman Thomas	1995	Bryce Paup
				1996	Bruce Smith

Rivalry

Buffalo Bills vs. Green Bay Packers • Bills lead series 7–4 •

Season	Date	Winning team	Score	Stadium	Series
1974	Oct. 6	Buffalo Bills	L 7–27	Lambeau Field	0–1
1979	Nov. 18	Buffalo Bills	L 12–19	Rich Stadium†	0–2
1982	Dec. 5	Green Bay Packers	W 33–21	Milwaukee County Stadium	1–2
1988	Oct. 30	Buffalo Bills	L 0–28	Rich Stadium†	1–3
1991	Nov. 10	Buffalo Bills	L 24–34	Milwaukee County Stadium	1–4
1994	Nov. 20	Buffalo Bills	L 20–29	Rich Stadium†	1–5
1997	Dec. 20	Green Bay Packers	W 31–20	Lambeau Field	2–5
2000	Sep. 10	Buffalo Bills	L 18–27	Ralph Wilson Stadium†	2–6
2002	Dec. 22	Green Bay Packers	W 10–0	Lambeau Field	3–6
2006	Nov. 5	Buffalo Bills	L 10–24	Ralph Wilson Stadium†	3–7
2010	Sep. 19	Green Bay Packers	W 34–7	Lambeau Field	4–7

Note†: The Bills current stadium, Ralph Wilson Stadium (since 1973), was previously known as Rich Stadium (1973–98) and Bills Stadium (1998).

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