1969 Buffalo Bills season
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1969 Buffalo Bills season
| 1969 Buffalo Bills season | |||||||
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| Head coach | John Rauch | ||||||
| Owner | Ralph Wilson | ||||||
| Home field | War Memorial Stadium | ||||||
| Results | |||||||
| Record | 4–10–0 | ||||||
| Division Place | 4th AFL Eastern | ||||||
| Playoff finish | did not qualify | ||||||
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The 1969 Buffalo Bills season was the team’s tenth season, and was the final season of the American Football League before the 1970 AFL-NFL Merger. The Bills played an AFL-record seven games against opponents that went on to reach the postseason;[1] Buffalo lost all seven of these games.
The 1969 season was the first for running back O.J. Simpson, who would go on to a Hall of Fame career, as well as notoriety decades later for a 1994 double-murder indictment.
Although Buffalo only won four games, their penultimate win -- a Week Ten victory against the Miami Dolphins -- would be their last victory against the Dolphins until the 1980 season, an NFL-record twenty consecutive games.
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Offseason
- August 9, 1969: O.J. Simpson signs a four year contract worth $215,000.[2]
- August 20, 1969: The Bills acquired wide receiver Marlin Briscoe.[3]
- August 25, 1969: Guard George Flint and defensive tackle Tom Sestak both announced their retirements.[4]
- August 25, 1969: Running back/returner Ed Rutkowski was released by the Bills.[4]
AFL Draft
Preseason
| Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record | Attendance |
| August 2 | at Houston Oilers | 24–7 [5] | Loss | 0–1 |
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| August 8 | Washington Redskins | 21–17 [6] | Win | 1–1 |
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| August 15 | at Detroit Lions | 24–12 [3] | Loss | 1–2 |
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| August 22 | Baltimore Colts | 20–7 [7] | Loss | 1–3 |
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| August 30 | Chicago Bears (played in Cleveland) | 23–16 [7] | Loss | 1–4 |
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| September 6 | at Los Angeles Rams | 50–20 [7] | Loss | 1–5 |
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Regular season
Season standings
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA |
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| *New York Jets | 10 | 4 | 0 | .714 | 353 | 269 |
| Houston Oilers | 6 | 6 | 2 | .500 | 278 | 279 |
| Boston Patriots | 4 | 10 | 0 | .286 | 266 | 316 |
| Buffalo Bills | 4 | 10 | 0 | .286 | 230 | 359 |
| Miami Dolphins | 3 | 10 | 1 | .231 | 233 | 332 |
This was the final year of the AFL The Baltimore Colts would join the AFL eastern teams and become the AFC East in 1970.
Season schedule
| Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record | Attendance |
| September 14 | New York Jets | 33-19 | Loss | 0–1 |
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| September 21 | Houston Oilers | 21–17 | Loss | 0–2 |
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| September 28 | Denver Broncos | 41-28 | Win | 1–2 |
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| October 5 | at Houston Oilers | 28-14 | Loss | 1–3 |
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| October 11 | Boston Patriots | 23-16 | Win | 2–3 |
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| October 19 | at Oakland Raiders | 50-21 | Loss | 2–4 |
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| October 26 | at Miami Dolphins | 24-6 | Loss | 2–5 |
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| November 2 | Kansas City Chiefs | 29-7 | Loss | 2–6 |
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| November 9 | at New York Jets | 16-6 | Loss | 2–7 |
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| November 16 | Miami Dolphins | 28-3 | Win | 3–7 |
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| November 23 | at Boston Patriots | 35-21 | Loss | 3–8 |
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| November 30 | Cincinnati Bengals | 16-13 | Win | 4–8 |
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| December 7 | at Kansas City Chiefs | 22-19 | Loss | 4–9 |
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| December 14 | at San Diego Chargers | 45-6 | Loss | 4–10 |
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Roster
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Buffalo Bills roster
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Quarterbacks
Running Backs Wide Receivers Tight Ends |
Offensive Linemen
Defensive Linemen Defensive Backs Special Teams |
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Awards and Records
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References
- ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com: In a single season, from 1940 to 2011, in the AFL, in the regular season, in games against playoff teams only, sorted by most games in season matching criteria., tied with the
- ^ Rockin’ the Rockpile: The Buffalo Bills of the American Football League, p. 435, Jeffrey J. Miller, ECW Press, 2007, ISBN 978-1-55022-797-0
- ^ a b Rockin’ the Rockpile: The Buffalo Bills of the American Football League, p.437, Jeffrey J. Miller, ECW Press, 2007, ISBN 978-1-55022-797-0
- ^ a b Rockin’ the Rockpile: The Buffalo Bills of the American Football League, p. 439, Jeffrey J. Miller, ECW Press, 2007, ISBN 978-1-55022-797-0
- ^ Rockin’ the Rockpile: The Buffalo Bills of the American Football League, p.434, Jeffrey J. Miller, ECW Press, 2007, ISBN 978-1-55022-797-0
- ^ Rockin’ the Rockpile: The Buffalo Bills of the American Football League, p.435, Jeffrey J. Miller, ECW Press, 2007, ISBN 978-1-55022-797-0
- ^ a b c Rockin’ the Rockpile: The Buffalo Bills of the American Football League, p.439, Jeffrey J. Miller, ECW Press, 2007, ISBN 978-1-55022-797-0
- ^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 297
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