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American Football Conference - East Division


Buffalo Bills


Team's name: Buffalo Bills
Conference: AFC
Division: EastBuffalo Bills
Location: Buffalo,
New York
Nickname: Bills
Mascot: Billy Buffalo
Team Colours: Dark Navy, Red, Royal Blue, Nickel and White
Joined the League: 1970
Team's Owner: Ralph Wilson
Football Head Coach: Dick Jauron
Football Stadium:
Ralph Wilson Stadium
Current Capacity: 73,967
First Year of Football: 1959

Team Titles:
AFL Championships: 1964, 1965
Conference Championships: AFC: 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
Division Championships:
AFL East: 1964, 1965, 1966
AFC East: 1980, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995

Charter members of the American Football League, the Buffalo Bills are now members of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League. First established in 1960, the Bills entered the NFL after the AFL-NFL merger in 1970. Although the team has claimed two AFL titles, it has yet to claim the ultimate NFL title, the Super Bowl. The team is located in Buffalo, New York.

The Bills are also famously the team that drafted running back O.J. Simpson, who would represent the franchise throughout much of the 1970s. In 1977, Simpson was traded to the San Francisco 49ers.

After the merger, the team would not see its first Division championship until the 1980s. Nor would the team claim any conference championships until the 1990s. It was then that the Bills claimed four consecutive conference championships, between 1990 and 1993, after the team began focusing on a speedy offense. Despite the team’s regular season and often post season success, it failed to capture the Super Bowl.

The Bills struggled during much of the early 2000s. By 2004, however, things began to look up for the team. First round pick Willis McGahee, a running back with a knee injury, along with Lee Evans, brought a resurgence for the Buffalo team in the last games of the year. Although the team lost a playoff berth to the Pittsburgh Steelers, the final run seemed to promise a better 2005 season.

The Bills signed J.P. Losman as quarterback, but Losman was unable to start successfully for the team. Kelly Holcomb replaced Losman throughout much of the season, but still the Bills ended with a 5-11 regular season record that led to the firing of General Manager Tom Donahoe and the resignation of head coach Mike Mularkey. Marv Levy was named GM while Dick Jauron was hired as head coach.

Jauron, however, was unable to bring about much improvement. Both the 2006 and 2007 regular seasons ended with 7-9 records. The team brought in defensive replacements in 2006, including Donte Whitner, Ko Simpson, Ashton Youboty, Anthony Hargrove, and Kyle Williams. In 2007, the team bolstered its offense, adding Trent Edwards as quarterback among others. Edwards replaced Losman that season.

BY the end of the 2007 season, Levy retired as GM and was replaced by Russ Brandon. Despite the addition of linebacker Kawika Mitchell, defensive tackle Marcus Stroud, cornerback Leodis McKelvin, and wide receiver James Hardy, 2008 saw a repeat of the same 7-9 season.

In March of 2009, the Bills signed wide receiver Terrell Owens as a result of free agency. At the same time, Losman was released to free agency.


Buffalo Bills 2009/10 Schedule

Preseason Schedule
WK DATE OPPONENT TIME (ET) LOCATION
Sun, Aug 9  @ Tennessee  8:00 PM   
Sat, Aug 15  Chicago  7:00 PM  Ralph Wilson Stadium
Sat, Aug 22  @ Green Bay  8:00 PM  Lambeau Field
Sat, Aug 29  @ Pittsburgh  7:30 PM  Heinz Field
Thu, Sep 3  Detroit  6:30 PM  Ralph Wilson Stadium
Regular Season Schedule
WK DATE OPPONENT TIME (ET) LOCATION
WK  DATE  OPPONENT  TIME (ET)  LOCATION
Mon, Sep 14  @ New England  7:00 PM  Gillette Stadium
Sun, Sep 20  Tampa Bay  4:05 PM  Ralph Wilson Stadium
Sun, Sep 27  New Orleans  4:05 PM  Ralph Wilson Stadium
Sun, Oct 4  @ Miami  4:05 PM  Dolphin Stadium
Sun, Oct 11  Cleveland  1:00 PM  Ralph Wilson Stadium
Sun, Oct 18  @ NY Jets  4:15 PM  Giants Stadium
Sun, Oct 25  @ Carolina  4:05 PM  Bank of America Stadium
Sun, Nov 1  Houston  1:00 PM  Ralph Wilson Stadium
BYE WEEK
10  Sun, Nov 15  @ Tennessee  1:00 PM  LP Field
11  Sun, Nov 22  @ Jacksonville  1:00 PM  Jacksonville Stadium
12  Sun, Nov 29  Miami  1:00 PM  Ralph Wilson Stadium
13  Thu, Dec 3  NY Jets  8:20 PM  Rogers Centre
14  Sun, Dec 13  @ Kansas City  1:00 PM  Arrowhead Stadium
15  Sun, Dec 20  New England  1:00 PM  Ralph Wilson Stadium
16  Sun, Dec 27  @ Atlanta  1:00 PM  Georgia Dome
17  Sun, Jan 3  Indianapolis  1:00 PM  Ralph Wilson Stadium

Last Season Statistics (2008/09)

Team Leaders
PASSING  RUSHING  RECEIVING  DEFENSE
Trent Edwards Marshawn Lynch Lee Evans Paul Posluszny
ATT 374 CAR 250 REC 63 TOT 110
COM 245 YDS 1036 YDS 1017 SOLO 87
YDS 2699 AVG 4.1 AVG 16.1 AST 23
TD 11 TD 8 TD 3 SACK 0

Team Statistics   
   YARDS  RUSH  PASS  POINTS 
OFFENSIVE  305  115  190  21 
OPPONENTS 326  122  204  21

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