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.
Offseason [edit]
AFL Draft [edit]
Preseason [edit]
Regular season [edit]
Season schedule [edit]
| Date |
Opponent |
Score |
Result |
Record |
Attendance |
| September 14 |
New York Jets |
33-19 |
Loss |
0–1 |
46,165
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| September 21 |
Houston Oilers |
21–17 |
Loss |
0–2 |
40,146
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| September 28 |
Denver Broncos |
41-28 |
Win |
1–2 |
40,302
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| October 5 |
Houston Oilers |
28-14 |
Loss |
1–3 |
46,485
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| October 11 |
Boston Patriots |
23-16 |
Win |
2–3 |
46,201
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| October 19 |
at Oakland Raiders |
50-21 |
Loss |
2–4 |
54,418
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| October 26 |
at Miami Dolphins |
24-6 |
Loss |
2–5 |
39,837
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| November 2 |
Kansas City Chiefs |
29-7 |
Loss |
2–6 |
45,844
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| November 9 |
at New York Jets |
16-6 |
Loss |
2–7 |
62,680
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| November 16 |
Miami Dolphins |
28-3 |
Win |
3–7 |
32,686
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| November 23 |
at Boston Patriots |
35-21 |
Loss |
3–8 |
25,584
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| November 30 |
Cincinnati Bengals |
16-13 |
Win |
4–8 |
35,122
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| December 7 |
at Kansas City Chiefs |
22-19 |
Loss |
4–9 |
47,112
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| December 14 |
at San Diego Chargers |
45-6 |
Loss |
4–10 |
47,582
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Season standings [edit]
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This was the final year of the AFL The Baltimore Colts would join the AFL eastern teams and become the AFC East in 1970.
Roster [edit]
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Running Backs
Wide Receivers
Tight Ends
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Offensive Linemen
Defensive Linemen
Defensive Backs
Special Teams
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Awards and Records [edit]
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References [edit]
- ^ 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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