Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the Buffalo metropolitan area.
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18 Facts About Buffalo Bills
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The Buffalo Bills compete in the National Football League as a member club of the league's American Football Conference East division.
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The Bills' name is derived from an All-America Football Conference franchise from Buffalo that was in turn named after western frontiersman Buffalo Bill.
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Buffalo Bills began competitive play in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League led by head coach Buster Ramsey and joined the NFL as part of the AFL–NFL merger in 1970.
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The Buffalo Bills won two consecutive American Football League titles in 1964 and 1965 with quarterback Jack Kemp and coach Lou Saban, but the club has yet to win a league championship since.
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Under head coach Sean McDermott, the Buffalo Bills broke the playoff drought, appearing in the playoffs for four of the next five seasons.
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In 2005, the Buffalo Bills revived the standing bison helmet and uniform of the mid-1960s as a throwback uniform.
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Buffalo Bills usually wore the all-blue combination at home and the all-white combination on the road when not wearing the throwback uniforms.
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The set initially featured striped socks, but by 2021, the Buffalo Bills gradually reduced its usage and began wearing either all-white or all-blue hosiery without stripes in most games.
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Buffalo Bills sporadically wore white at home in the 1980s, including all eight home games in 1984, but stopped doing so beginning in 1987.
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Since 2011, the Buffalo Bills have worn white for a home game either with their primary uniform or a throwback set.
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Buffalo Bills' uniform received minor alterations as part of the league's new uniform contract with Nike.
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Buffalo Bills have retired three numbers in franchise history: No 12 for Jim Kelly, No 34 for Thurman Thomas and No 78 for Bruce Smith.
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The Buffalo Bills had stationery and various other team merchandise showing a running player wearing that number, and it was not supposed to represent any specific person, but the 'spirit of the team.
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Buffalo Bills fans are particularly well known for their wearing of Zubaz zebra-printed sportswear; so much is the association between Buffalo Bills fans and Zubaz that when a revival of the company opened their first brick-and-mortar storefront, it chose Western New York as its first location.
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Buffalo Bills are one of the favorite teams of ESPN announcer Chris Berman, who picked the Buffalo Bills to reach the Super Bowl nearly every year in the 1990s.
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Actor Nick Bakay, a Buffalo native, is a well-known Bills fan; he has discussed the team in segments of NFL Top 10.
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Several former Buffalo Bills players earned a name in politics in the late 20th century after their playing careers had ended, nearly always as members of the Republican Party.
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