The history of the Buffalo Bills began in 1960, when the team began play as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL), winning two consecutive AFL titles in 1964 and 1965. The club joined the National Football League (NFL) as part of the 1970 AFL-NFL merger.The Bills have the distinction of being the only team to advance to four consecutive Super Bowls between 1990 and 1993, but ...

Ralph Cookerly Wilson Jr. (October 17, 1918 – March 25, 2014) was an American businessman and sports executive. He was best known as the founder and owner of the Buffalo Bills, a team in the National Football League (NFL).

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 of the American Football Conference (AFC) East division.

The Buffalo Bills were founded in 1959 as an American Football League (AFL) charter member. The team was established by Ralph C. Wilson Jr., a businessman from Detroit, who originally had an interest in purchasing an NFL team but could not.

Jan 30, 2025 · The Buffalo Bills are an American professional football team based in Buffalo, New York, that plays in the American Football Conference of the National Football League and has appeared in four Super Bowls (1991–94), losing each time.

Feb 4, 2024 · "Buffalo Bill" Cody was born in LeClaire, Iowa, in 1846. He grew up in Leavenworth, Kansas, until he left home at age 11 to work herding cattle and on a wagon train. How did the Bills come up...

Jan 9, 2020 · To better understand the history of the Buffalo Bills team name, we first have to note that the Bills were not the first professional football team to play in Buffalo. Various professional teams had played in Buffalo and upstate New York since the beginning of the 20th century.

The Buffalo Bills began their pro football life as the seventh team to be admitted to the new American Football League. The franchise was awarded to Ralph C. Wilson on October 28, 1959.

Jan 24, 2021 · Buffalo Bills fans know and love their mascot, Billy Buffalo, an eight-foot-tall, anthropomorphic blue bison. Some fans may recall the cheerleading squad called the Buffalo Jills, which supported the team from 1967 to 2013. But many don’t know the actual origin story of their beloved team’s name.

The Buffalo Bills began their pro football life as the seventh team to be admitted to the new American Football League. The franchise was awarded to Ralph C. Wilson on October 28, 1959. Since that time, the Bills have experienced extended periods of both championship dominance and second-division frustration.