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Buffalo Bills

Buffalo Bills
Current season
Established 1960; 56 years ago (1960)
First season: 1960
Play in and headquartered in New Era Field
Orchard Park, New York
Buffalo Bills logo
Buffalo Bills wordmark
Logo Wordmark
League/conference affiliations

American Football League (1960–1969)

  • Eastern Division (1960–1969)

National Football League (1970–present)
Current uniform
Sports uniform of the Buffalo Bills.png
Team colors

Royal Blue, Red, White, Navy Blue

                   
Fight song "Shout", among others
Mascot Billy Buffalo
Personnel
Owner(s) Terrence and Kim Pegula
CEO Terrence Pegula
President Russ Brandon
General manager Doug Whaley
Head coach Rex Ryan
Team history
  • Buffalo Bills (1960–present)
Championships

League championships (2)

Conference championships (4)

Division championships (10)
Playoff appearances (17)
Home fields
Former name(s):
Rich Stadium (1973–1998)
Ralph Wilson Stadium (1999–2016)

American Football League (1960–1969)

National Football League (1970–present)

Royal Blue, Red, White, Navy Blue

League championships (2)

Conference championships (4)

Division championships (10)

The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area. The Bills compete in the National Football League (NFL), as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The team plays their home games at New Era Field in Orchard Park, New York. The Bills are the only NFL team that plays its home games in the state of New York (the New York Giants and New York Jets play at MetLife Stadium, located in East Rutherford, New Jersey). The Bills conduct summer training camp at St. John Fisher College in Pittsford, New York, an eastern suburb of Rochester.

The Bills began play as an original franchise of the American Football League (AFL) in 1960. The club joined the NFL as a result of the AFL–NFL merger for the 1970 season. The 1964 and 1965 Bills were the only teams representing Buffalo that won major league professional sports championships ("back-to-back" American Football League Championships). The Bills are the only team to win four consecutive conference championships and are the only NFL team to lose four consecutive Super Bowls. The team was owned by Ralph Wilson from the team's founding in 1960, until his death in 2014 at the age of 95. After his death, Wilson's estate reached an agreement to sell the team to Terry and Kim Pegula, which was approved by the other NFL team owners on October 8, 2014. The Bills have the longest active playoff drought in any major professional sport: they have not qualified to play in the NFL playoffs since 1999 and are the only team that has not appeared in the playoffs so far in the 21st century.


Buffalo Bills retired numbers
No. Player Position Tenure Notes
12 Jim Kelly QB 1986–96 Previously worn by Joe Ferguson, QB, 1973–84; and Daryle Lamonica, QB, 1963–66
78 Bruce Smith DE 1985–99 Previously worn by Tom Day, DE, 1961–68; Dave Foley, OT, 1972–77; Gene Grabosky, OT, 1960; and Scott Hutchinson, DE, 1978–80, 1983
Buffalo Bills Wall of Fame
Inducted No. Name Position Tenure
1980 32 O. J. Simpson RB 1969–1977
1984 15 Jack Kemp QB 1962–1969
1985 — Pat McGroder GM 1983
1987 70 Tom Sestak DT 1962–1968
1988 66 Billy Shaw OG 1961–1969
1989 — Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Owner 1959–2014
1992 The 12th Man
1993 44 Elbert Dubenion WR 1960–1968
1994 58 Mike Stratton LB 1962–1972
1995 12 Joe Ferguson QB 1973–1984
1996 — Marv Levy HC
GM 		1986–1997
2006–2007
1997 68 Joe DeLamielleure OG 1973–1979
1985
1998 20 Robert James CB 1969–1974
1999 — Edward Abramoski Trainer 1960–1996
2000 61 Bob Kalsu G 1968
26 George Saimes S 1963–1969
2001 12 Jim Kelly QB 1986–1996
76 Fred Smerlas DT 1979–1989
2002 67 Kent Hull C 1986–1996
2003 56 Darryl Talley LB 1983–1994
2004 51 Jim Ritcher C/G 1980–1993
2005 34 Thurman Thomas RB 1988–1999
2006 83 Andre Reed WR 1985–1999
2007 89 Steve Tasker WR 1986–1997
2008 78 Bruce Smith DE 1985–1999
2010 24 Booker Edgerson DB 1962–1969
2011 90 Phil Hansen DE 1991–2001
2012 — Bill Polian GM 1984–1992
2014 — Van Miller Broadcaster 1960–1971
1977–2003
2015 — Lou Saban Coach 1962–1965
1972–1976
Buffalo Bills Hall of Famers
No. Name Position Tenure Inducted
32 O. J. Simpson RB 1969–1977 1985
66 Billy Shaw OG 1961–1969 1999
— Marv Levy HC
GM 		1986–1997
2006–2007		 2001
12 Jim Kelly QB 1986–1996 2002
80 James Lofton WR 1989–1992 2003
68 Joe DeLamielleure OG 1973–1979
1985		 2003
34 Thurman Thomas RB 1988–1999 2007
78 Bruce Smith DE 1985–1999 2009
— Ralph Wilson Owner 1959–2014 2009
83 Andre Reed WR 1985–1999 2014
— Bill Polian GM 1984–1992 2015

Former name(s):
Rich Stadium (1973–1998)
Ralph Wilson Stadium (1999–2016)
Unofficially retired:
Reduced circulation:
  • Eastern Division (1960–1969)
  • Buffalo Bills (1960–present)
  • Henry Kunttu (2013)
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