Alternate meaning: Buffalo Bills (barbershop quartet)

The Buffalo Bills are a National Football League team based in Buffalo, New York which plays its home games in the suburb of Orchard Park.

Founded: 1960 (charter member of the American Football League; joined NFL in 1970 merger)

Home stadium: 1960 - 1972: War Memorial Stadium; 1973 - Present: Ralph Wilson Stadium (formerly Rich Stadium)

Uniform colors: 1960 - 1961: Light blue and white; 1962 - Present: Red, white and blue

Helmet design: 1960 - 1961: Silver with blue side numerals; 1962 - 1964: White with red center stripe and red standing bison; 1965 - 1973: White with red and blue center stripes and red standing bison; 1975 - 1983: White with red and blue center stripes and blue charging bison with a red slanting stripe streaming from its horn; 1984 - Present: Red with blue center stripes and blue charging bison as before.

League Championships won: AFL 1964, 1965

AFC championships won: 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994

Super Bowl victories: none

Franchise history

In the American Football League, a predominantly offensive league, the Buffalo Bills were a great defensive team. With a linebacking corps of Harry Jacobs, Mike Stratton, and John Tracey; and defensive line stalwarts like Tom Day, Tom Sestak, Jim Dunaway, and Ron McDole, the Bills defense did not allow a rushing touchdown for seventeen straight games over a period of the 1964 and 1965 seasons.

The Bills won AFL championships in both of those seasons, were one of only three teams to appear in an AFL championship game for three consecutive years, and the only AFL team to play in the post-season for four straight years, 1963 through 1966. In addition to their defensive prowess, the Bills had offensive muscle as well, in stars such as fullback Cookie Gilchrist, quarterbacks Jack Kemp and Daryle Lamonica, and receivers Elbert Dubenion and Ernie Warlick.

Pro Football Hall of Famers

Joe Delamielleure

Jim Kelly

Marv Levy

Billy Shaw

O. J. Simpson

Pro Football Hall of Fame - Rozelle winners

Van Miller

Current stars:

Sam Adams

Drew Bledsoe

Lawyer Milloy

Eric Moulds

Travis Henry

Takeo Spikes

Retired numbers:

12 - Jim Kelly

Players and contributors on the Bills' "Wall of Fame

Joe Delamielleure

Elbert Dubenion

Joe Ferguson

Kent Hull

Robert James

Bob Kalsu (1945 - 1970, the only professional football player to die in the Viet Nam War)

Jim Kelly

Jack Kemp

George Saimes

Tom Sestak

Billy Shaw

O. J. Simpson

Fred Smerlas

Mike Stratton

Darryl Talley

Eddie Abramowski (Trainer)

Patrick J. McGroder (Vice President)

Marv Levy (Head Coach)

Ralph C. Wilson Jr. (Founder)

The 12th Man (Fans)

Not to be forgotten:

Cornelius Bennett

Butch Byrd

Wray Carlton

Tom Day

Jim Dunaway

Booker Edgerson

Cookie Gilchrist

Phil Hansen

Doug Flutie

Daryle Lamonica

Paul Maguire

Ron McDole

Andre Reed

Bruce Smith

Steve Tasker

Thurman Thomas

John Tracey

Ernie Warlick

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