The Buffalo Bills: The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly

THE BUFFALO BILLS AMERICAN * FOOTBALL* THE GOOD, THE BAD, & THE UGLY Founded in 1959 & purchased by Ralph Wilson THE BEGINNING BILLS WIN CONSECUTIVE AFL CHAMPIONSHIPS 1964 & 1965 32 1969: DRAFTED O.J. SIMPSON, THE FACE OF THE FRANCHISE FOR NEARLY A DECADE AFL AND THE NFL MERGED IN 1966, & BILLS OFFICIALLY JOINED NFL WITH THE REST OF ITS AFL COUNTERPARTS IN 1970 NFL 1971: RECORD FOR FINISHING WITH WORST OVERALL RECORD (1-13), SCORED THE FEWEST POINTS, AND ALLOWED THE MOST 1972: BILLS MOVE FROM WAR MEMORIAL IN BUFFALO TO RICH STADIUM IN ORCHARD PARK, WHERE THEYVE BEEN SINCE 1973 ELECTRIC COMPANY ERA THANKS TO THE "ELECTRIC COMPANY ERA," THE BILLS MADE THE PLAYOFFS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 1974 THE BILLS DROPPED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE AFC EAST & TRADED O.J. SIMPSON TO SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS IN 1976 1978 HOPED TO SEE THE BILLS BACK ON TOP UNDER HEAD COACH CHUCK KNOX BILLS BEAT THEIR ARCHRIVALS, THE MIAMI DOLPHINS, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 11 YEARS IN THE 1983 DRAFT THE BILLS SELECTED QUARTERBACK JIM KELLY, (BUT HE CHOSE TO PLAY FOR THE USFL HOUSTON GAMBLERS) 1985: BILLS DRAFTED DEFENSIVE END BRUCE SMITH 1ST OVERALL IN NFL DRAET MARV LEVY-JIM KELLY ERA THE USFL FOLDED in 1986 & JIM KELLY FINALLY CAME TO PLAY FOR BUFFALO THE BILLS FIRED HEAD COACH HANK BULLOUGH & REPLACED WITH LEGENDAY COACH MARV LEVY IN 1988, THE BILLS WENT 12-4 & FINISHED ATOP AFC EAST FOR 4 CONSECUTIVE YEARS ALTHOUGH THEY LOST AFC CHAMPIONSHIP TO CINCINNATI BENGALS THE "BICKERING BILLS" FINISHED WITH A RECORD OF 9-7 IN 1989 BILLS LOST TO THE CLEVELAND BROWNS IN THE DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS IN 1989 THE SUPERBOVWL YEARS 1989-90: THE SUCCESSFUL "K-GUN" FORMATION STARTED THEIR MOST SUCCESSFUL RUN IN 1990 FINISHING THE 1990 SEASON WITH A RECORD OF 13-3 AGAIN, THE BILLS FINISHED WITH A 13-3 RECORD GREAT BILLS' 51-3 VICTORY OVER THE RAIDERS IN 1991 AFC CHAMPIONSHIP THEY LOST SUPERBOWL XXV 20-19 AGAINST THE NEW YORK GIANTS 1990-91: THURMAN THOMAS NAMED NFL'S MVP SUFFERED A 37-24 LOSS TO WASHINGTON REDSKINS IN SUPERBOWL XXVI 1991-92: SUPERBOWL XXVII 52-17 LOSS TO THE DALLAS COWWBOYS MARKED BILLS AS FIRST TEAM TO LOSE 3 CONSECUTIVE SUPERBOWLS 1992-93: (LEAD BY BACKUP QUARTERBACK FRANK REICH) AFC WILD CARD PLAYOFFS FOREVER KNOWN AS "THE COMEBACK" A 41-38 OVERTIME VICTORY OVER THE HOUSTON OILERS THE BILLS WON THE AFC CHAMPIONSHIP & FINISHED WITH A 12-4 RECORD IN REGULAR SEASON LOST REMATCH AGAINST DALLAS COWBOYS 30-13 AT SUPERBOWL XXVIII BILLS ARE ONLY TEAM TO EVER LOSE 4 CONSECUTIVE SUPERBOWLS THE DECLINE 1995: BILLS WON WILD CARD PLAYOFFS AGAINST MIAMI DOLPHINS AS OF 2013, THEY HAVE NOT WON A PLAYOFF GAME SINCE 1996: LOST WILD CARD PLAYOFFS TO VISITING TEAM JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS, THE FIRST VISITING TEAM TO EVER WIN PLAYOFF GAME AT RICH STADIUM WADE PHILLIPS BECAME NEW COACH IN 1998 & TRADED A 1ST ROUND PICK FOR ROB JOHNSON & SIGNED DOUG FLUTIE 1999 BILLS' LOSE IN LAST PLAYOFF APPEARANCE AGAINST THE TENNESSEE TITANS (16-15) 2000: THURMAN THOMAS, ANDRE REED, & BRUCE SMITH WERE ALL CUT AFTER 8-8 SEASON, GEN. MANAGER JOHN BUTLER & FLUTIE LEFT 2001-04: RALPH WILSON RETIRED AS PRESIDENT AND HANDED THE FRANCHISE TO TOM DONAHOE 2004: UNDER NEW COACH MIKE MULARKEY BILLS DRAFTED QUARTERBACK JP LOSMAN QUARTERBACK DREW BLEDOSE AND BILLS LOSE OUT ON PLAYOFFS WITH UPSET LOSS AT HOME VS. STEELERS 2006: BILLS FIRED DONAHOE AFTER 5-11 SEASON, HIRE DICK JAURON AS HEAD COACH 2007: COWBOYS RALLY TO BEAT BILLS 25-24 IN FIRST HOME MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL GAME IN A DECADE. 2008 SEASON ENDED IN A 7-9 RECORD, & THE LONGEST ACTIVE STREAK OF MISSED PLAYOFFS AT THE TIME TERRELL OWENS WAS ACQUIRED IN 2009, & DICK JAURON WAS FIRED MIDSEASON 2009: 10TH CONSECUTIVE SEASON WITHOUT PLAYOFF APPEARANCE THE BUDDY NIX ERA 2010: HIRED BUDDY NIX AS GENERAL MANAGER NAMED CHAN GAILEY AS HEAD COACH AND LET TERRELL OWENS GO BILLS BEAT PATRIOTS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 8 SEASONS SNAPPING 15-GAME LOSING STREAK VS. AFC EAST RIVAL CHAN GAILEY AND HIS ENTIRE COACHING STAFF FIRED IN 2012 TODAY 2013: RALPH WILSON PASSED THE TORCH TO RUSS BRANDON DOUG MARRONE BECOMES THE NEW COACH NIX RESIGNED AND DOUG WHALEY PROMOTED TO GEN. MANAGER ON MARCH 25, 2014 RALPH WILSON PASSED AWAY AT AGE 95 TERRY & KIM PEGULA PURCHASED THE BILLS FOR AN ESTIMATED $1.4 BILLION THE SOURCES AMERICAN * FOOTBALL* http://www.buffalobills.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Buffalo_Bills http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/8799106/ralph-wilson-buffalo-bills-owner-cedes-full-control-team-russ-brandon Mainstreethost BROUGHT TO YOU BY: DIGITAL MARKETING AGENCY SINCE 1999 *****