190 Fun Facts About Buffalo Bills

The Bills began play in 1960 as a charter member of which upstart rival to the NFL?

They joined the NFL in the 1970 merger; the name came from an earlier AAFC team in Buffalo, itself named after Buffalo Bill Cody.

The Bills are the only NFL team that plays its home games in which state?

The Giants and Jets play in New Jersey; the Bills draw much of their fanbase from western New York and southern Ontario.

In which two consecutive years did the Bills win the AFL Championship?

Quarterback Jack Kemp, later a congressman, and coach Lou Saban led them; those remain Buffalo's only major pro championships.

In September 1959, Ralph Wilson sent Lamar Hunt a telegram reading what?

Miami had actually been his first choice, but local officials there were wary after the AAFC's Miami Seahawks had failed.

Ralph Wilson was a minority owner of which NFL team when he decided to join the AFL?

He was one of only three AFL owners on solid financial footing and lent the struggling Raiders $400,000.

Which ex-CFL running back did the Bills 'fire' mid-game in the 1960s before Jack Kemp brokered a reconciliation?

He had refused to take the field with his teammates during a 1964 game against the Boston Patriots.

How many rushing yards did O.J. Simpson finish with in his record 1973 season?

He remains the only player to do it in a 14-game season; his offensive line was nicknamed the Electric Company because it 'turned on the Juice'.

O.J. Simpson won the Heisman Trophy in 1968 playing for which college?

The Bills took him first overall in 1969, and he made five straight first-team All-Pro selections from 1972 to 1976.

How many straight Super Bowls did the Bills lose from the 1990 through 1993 seasons?

Both the four straight AFC titles and the four straight losses remain records; the Braves were dubbed 'the Buffalo Bills of baseball' after their 1990s World Series losses.

How long was Scott Norwood's missed field goal at the end of Super Bowl XXV?

ABC's Al Michaels called it 'wide right'; the Giants won 20-19, still the only Super Bowl decided by a single point.

Who was named MVP of Super Bowl XXV after rushing for 102 yards for the Giants against the Bills?

Whitney Houston sang the anthem, ABC cut to Gulf War coverage at halftime, and neither team committed a turnover - a Super Bowl first.

What was the name of the fictional field-goal-missing kicker in 1994's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective?

In the film the miss costs the 1984 Dolphins the game by one point, exactly Buffalo's margin in Tampa.

What deficit did the Bills overcome to beat the Oilers 41-38 in 'The Comeback' of January 1993?

The 32-point rally is still the biggest in postseason history and was the biggest ever until the Vikings' 2022 comeback.

Which backup quarterback led The Comeback after Jim Kelly was hurt?

Remarkably, he had also led Maryland back from 31-0 down to beat Miami in 1984; he later coached the Colts.

Jim Kelly was drafted by the Bills in 1983 but instead spent two seasons with which USFL team?

He only arrived in Buffalo when the USFL folded in 1986; his no-huddle offense was known as the K-Gun.

Jim Kelly was one of how many quarterbacks taken in the first round of the famous 1983 draft?

He went 14th overall; John Elway and Dan Marino were among the others in that class.

Before Buffalo, Marv Levy won two Grey Cups as head coach of which CFL team?

He also coached the Kansas City Chiefs for five seasons and is in both the Pro Football and Canadian Football Halls of Fame.

Thurman Thomas won the NFL MVP award in which year?

He was a college teammate of Barry Sanders at Oklahoma State, where his No. 34 is one of only three retired numbers.

Where did Thurman Thomas normally leave the helmet he could not find at the start of Super Bowl XXVI?

It had been moved so a stage could be set up for Harry Connick Jr.'s pre-game performance.

Bruce Smith retired as the NFL's all-time leader in sacks with how many?

The Bills took him first overall in 1985 out of Virginia Tech, where he had won the Outland Trophy.

Andre Reed, a fourth-round pick in 1985, played college football at which small Pennsylvania school?

He retired second in all-time NFL receptions and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2014.

Steve Tasker earned seven Pro Bowl selections and five first-team All-Pro nods primarily in what role?

He played at Dodge City Community College and Northwestern before a broadcasting career that included CBS Sports.

In the 2000 'Music City Miracle', who threw the lateral and who ran it 75 yards for the Titans' touchdown?

Buffalo had just gone ahead 16-15 with 16 seconds left; replays of the possibly forward pass were ruled inconclusive.

Which quarterback did Wade Phillips controversially start over Doug Flutie in the Music City Miracle game?

Flutie had won 10 games that season to get the Bills into the playoffs.

How many straight seasons did the Bills miss the playoffs in their drought from 2000 to 2016?

It was the longest active drought in the four major North American sports, ended in Sean McDermott's first season in 2017.

Sean McDermott came to Buffalo in 2017 after six seasons as defensive coordinator of which team?

That stint included Super Bowl 50; he had earlier been the Eagles' coordinator in 2009-10.

Where did Josh Allen play college football before the Bills drafted him seventh overall in 2018?

Lightly recruited out of high school, he started at Reedley College, a junior college; he grew up on a 3,000-acre cotton farm near Firebaugh, California.

In which season was Josh Allen named NFL Most Valuable Player?

He publicly revealed his relationship with actress Hailee Steinfeld earlier that year.

What was the final score of the '13 seconds' playoff loss to Kansas City after the 2021 season?

Buffalo never touched the ball in overtime; the Chiefs won the toss and scored on the opening drive, prompting a change to playoff overtime rules.

Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest during a January 2023 Monday Night game against whom?

First responders performed CPR and used a defibrillator on the field for 10 minutes; he left hospital nine days later and eventually returned to play.

Terry Pegula, who bought the Bills in 2014, made his fortune in what industry?

He founded East Resources with $7,500 in 1983 and profited enormously from fracking the Marcellus Formation; he also owns the Sabres.

Which three ex-Canadian-based pro athletes joined private equity investors in buying a Bills stake in December 2024?

The sale followed Kim Pegula's 2022 brain injury, after which part of her stake passed to her stepdaughter Laura.

How much did Highmark Stadium, which opened in June 2026, cost to build?

Its 60,108 seats made it the smallest NFL venue when it opened; it stands across the street from where Ralph Wilson Stadium stood.

When the Bills' longtime suburban home opened in 1973, it was named after which local food company?

Rich Stadium later became Ralph Wilson Stadium and then Highmark Stadium; before 1973 the team played at War Memorial Stadium, 'the Rockpile'.

In 1984 the Bills changed their helmet shell from white to red mainly to help which quarterback tell his teammates apart from division rivals?

The Colts, Dolphins and Patriots all wore white helmets at the time; the charging buffalo replaced the standing bison after 1973.

The name 'Bills Mafia' was organized via Twitter beginning in 2010 by Del Reid and which two others?

By 2017 the phrase had come to stand for the whole community around the team, and new signings routinely talk about 'joining the Bills Mafia'.

From 2008 to 2014, Ralph Wilson negotiated for the Bills to play some home games in which city?

The Bills Toronto Series at the Rogers Centre was meant to tap the southern Ontario fanbase.

The Bills' four Super Bowl appearances without a win is a record they share with which other franchise?

The Vikings lost their four Super Bowls in the 1970s.

In which season did the Bills go 12-2 and beat the champion Chargers 20-7 for their first AFL title?

Linebacker Mike Stratton's rib-cracking hit on Keith Lincoln in the first quarter is remembered as the turning point.

In which year was Ralph Wilson inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame?

He died in March 2014 at 95, having owned the team since its founding.

Which expansion team was the first visitor ever to win a playoff game at the Bills' stadium, in the 1996 season?

The Bills were the wild-card home team that year and became the Cinderella Jaguars' first victim.

In which town do the Bills play, a suburb of Buffalo?

The new stadium was built next to Erie Community College's south campus.

Who was the Bills' first head coach when they began AFL play in 1960?

The team went 5-8-1 and 6-8 in his two seasons.

The Bills' AAFC predecessor was originally called what before a 1947 name-the-team contest?

Owner James Breuil wanted something more distinctive; 'Bills' punned on Buffalo Bill Cody.

For their first two seasons the Bills wore uniforms modelled on which NFL team's?

Ralph Wilson had been a Lions minority owner, and the AAFC Bills also wore blue and silver.

What did the Bills' original 1960 silver helmets display instead of a logo?

The team's first colours were Honolulu blue, silver and white.

In which year did the standing red bison become the Bills' helmet logo, with new red-white-blue colours?

The jerseys echoed the Buffalo Bisons AHL hockey team of the era.

Who designed the Bills' charging-buffalo logo in 1974?

The aerospace designer's emblem is still the franchise's primary mark.

A proposed 2002 Bills logo, a stylized 'B' made of two bullets, was scrapped because of what?

GM Tom Donahoe's redesign did add a darker blue and nickel gray.

On November 12, 2015, the Bills and Jets were the first teams to take part in which NFL uniform program?

Buffalo wore an all-red combination for the first time in team history.

What nickname did the Bills give their all-white 2025 'Rivalries' uniform, which omits red?

Red was left off because it signified warmth.

The all-gray alternate uniform the Bills unveiled in July 2026 carries what name?

It came with a blue alternate helmet bearing the red 'charge' streak.

How many jersey numbers have the Bills officially retired?

They are Jim Kelly's 12, Thurman Thomas's 34 and Bruce Smith's 78.

Which number was long withheld by the Bills to represent the 'spirit of the team' rather than any player?

It appeared on team stationery on a running player and was reissued in 1990 to James Williams.

O.J. Simpson's No. 32 was returned to circulation in which year?

Ralph Wilson had insisted it stay out of use; Senorise Perry wore it first.

Which number has the Bills not reissued since Kyle Williams retired in 2019?

Williams spent all 13 seasons of his career in Buffalo.

Which receiver was allowed to wear Andre Reed's No. 83 by special permission?

The number is otherwise in reduced circulation.

Where have the Bills held training camp since 2000?

Earlier sites included the Roycroft Inn in East Aurora and Niagara University.

Who succeeded John Murphy as the Bills' radio play-by-play voice after Murphy's stroke?

Former center Eric Wood is the colour analyst.

Van Miller called Bills games for 37 years; from which New York town did his career begin?

He was the longest-tenured one-team commentator in pro football when he retired in 2003.

What 'number' does mascot Billy Buffalo wear on his jersey?

He is an eight-foot blue bison who became full-time mascot in 2000.

An unofficial two-man buffalo mascot appeared at Bills games from 1974 to 1976 until who barred it?

Its creators had breached security at a Monday Night Football game.

How much did the Bills agree to pay the Buffalo Jills cheerleaders in a 2022 settlement?

Cumulus Media added $4 million in stock options; the Jills had claimed they were employees.

What is the name of the Bills' official percussion group?

Outside Buffalo it performs as Downbeat Percussion.

Who recorded the Bills' 'Shout' theme, a variation of the Isley Brothers hit?

It plays after every Bills score and after wins.

Head coach Marv Levy wrote the unofficial fight song 'Go Bills' in the mid-1990s on what basis?

He promised to write it if the team won a particular game.

Which song by The Killers did Bills players adopt as a fourth-quarter hype anthem in 2024?

Buffalo was undefeated at home in 2024 after the tradition began.

Bills fans are famous for wearing which zebra-print clothing brand?

The revived company chose Western New York for its first physical store.

The 'wing hat' worn by Bills fans began as promotional merchandise from which restaurant?

The Anchor Bar is the purported inventor of the modern chicken wing.

Bills Mafia tailgaters are notorious for jumping off cars and RVs onto what?

The stunt mimics professional wrestlers.

In what year did the Bills file to trademark 'Bills Mafia'?

It also became the team's official social-media hashtag.

Whose charities did Bills fans flood with donations after a Bengals win ended the 17-year drought?

The Bengals' last-minute victory clinched Buffalo's 2017 playoff berth.

After Josh Allen played the day after his grandmother died in 2020, fans gave nearly $700,000 to what?

The gift followed an upset win over the Seattle Seahawks.

Which ESPN announcer coined 'No one circles the wagons like the Buffalo Bills!'?

He also gave Ralph Wilson's 2009 Hall of Fame induction speech.

Which Meet the Press host and South Buffalo native was a famous Bills fan?

His son Luke is also a well-known fan.

Which Cheektowaga-raised actor narrated the 30 for 30 film 'Four Falls of Buffalo'?

He also did a commercial for the team in 2014.

Superfan 'Pinto Ron' Johnson has attended every Bills game home and away since which year?

His tailgates were eventually banned from stadium property on league orders.

Superfan 'Pancho Billa', who wore a sombrero and lucha mask, was invited to do what at the 2018 draft?

Ezra Castro, from El Paso, died in May 2019.

Jack Kemp's backup Ed Rutkowski went on to hold which political office?

He served from 1979 to 1987.

The Bills' green 'Whammy Weenie' noisemaker of 1982 was banned by Ralph Wilson because of what?

The hot-dog-shaped maraca was a grocery store promotion.

What was the nickname of War Memorial Stadium, the Bills' first home?

It opened in 1937 as Roesch Memorial Stadium and was demolished in 1989.

The old Orchard Park stadium was known by what name from 2016 to 2019?

It was Bills Stadium in 2020 and Highmark Stadium from 2021 until closing.

The Highmark Stadium that opened in 2026 was designed by which architecture firm?

It sits across the street from where the old stadium stood.

What is the seating capacity of the new Highmark Stadium, the smallest among NFL venues?

Standing room can push total capacity to about 66,000.

What share of seats at the roofless Highmark Stadium of 2026 are weather-protected?

Buffalo's snowy reputation is part of the team's identity.

The Bills Toronto Series games were played at which venue?

The first regular-season NFL game in Canada was a Bills loss to the Dolphins.

How much did Ted Rogers pay for the original five-year Toronto Series deal?

The lease covered an annual regular-season game and biennial preseason game.

From which team did the Bills claim Jack Kemp off waivers in 1962?

The Chargers thought Kemp, who had led them to two title games, had a bum hand.

Jack Kemp later served as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under which president?

He was Bob Dole's running mate in 1996.

Cookie Gilchrist was the AFL's first 1,000-yard rusher and won league MVP in which year?

He also won a Grey Cup with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

Before joining the Bills, Lou Saban was the first head coach of which AFL team?

He later coached the Broncos too, then returned to Buffalo in 1972.

The 1964 AFL Championship Game was Buffalo's first title game since which year's AAFC championship?

The Bills beat the defending champion Chargers at War Memorial Stadium.

Mike Stratton's 'Hit Heard Round the World' in the 1964 title game flattened which Charger?

The Bills' defence allowed just seven points in each of the 1964 and 1965 championship games.

The Bills entered the 1965 AFL title game at Balboa Stadium as underdogs by how many points?

They shut out the Chargers to repeat as champions.

Elbert Dubenion's nickname 'Golden Wheels' came from a 1960 remark by which teammate?

Green said: 'Man can't catch, but he's got those golden wheels.'

Bills guard Billy Shaw played college football for which school?

He spent his entire career in the AFL and made the All-Time All-AFL Team.

Bills defensive tackle Tom Sestak was drafted in the 17th round in 1962 out of which college?

He made the AFL All-Time Team despite the late selection.

Bills guard Bob Kalsu, the 1968 team rookie of the year, was killed in action in which war?

He was the last pro football player killed as a soldier until Pat Tillman in 2004.

The 1970s Bills offensive line that blocked for O.J. Simpson was nicknamed what?

They 'turned on the Juice', as a local hit record put it.

O.J. Simpson set a then-record 273 rushing yards in a 1976 Thanksgiving game against whom?

The Bills still lost 27-14.

Simpson was traded after the 1977 season to which team?

He had spent nine of his 11 seasons in Buffalo.

Joe DeLamielleure, the Bills' 1973 first-round pick, was an All-American where?

He was later one of the first living NFL players diagnosed with CTE.

Ahmad Rashad, traded to the Bills in 1974, was known by what name until 1973?

He was the fourth overall pick of the 1972 draft by the Cardinals.

Bills nose tackle Fred Smerlas, a five-time Pro Bowler, was a lineman for which school?

He was bench-pressing over 400 pounds by 12th grade.

Jim Haslett won 1979 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year with the Bills out of which small school?

He later coached the New Orleans Saints and was 2000 Coach of the Year.

Joe Cribbs was UPI AFC Rookie of the Year in 1980 after playing college ball where?

He was the only rookie voted a Pro Bowl starter that year.

Chuck Knox coached the Bills between stints with which two other NFL teams?

He was a three-time AP Coach of the Year.

Whom did the Bills fire midway through 1986 to hire Marv Levy?

Bullough had helped bring the 3-4 defense to the NFL as Patriots coordinator.

Attendance at Rich Stadium fell below what figure per game for most of 1985, threatening the team's future?

The USFL's collapse and high draft picks soon revived the franchise.

Marv Levy was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in which year?

He joined the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2021.

Before Buffalo, Marv Levy spent five seasons as head coach of which NFL team?

He also coached the USFL's Chicago Blitz.

Which GM built the four-straight-Super-Bowl Bills and later the Panthers and Colts?

He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2015 and co-founded the AAF.

Jim Kelly was named offensive MVP of which postseason game while at Miami?

He was picked 14th overall by the Bills in 1983.

Jim Kelly was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in which year?

He dedicated his speech to his son Hunter.

Thurman Thomas played college football for which school?

He was a two-time All-American before the Bills took him in the second round in 1988.

Thurman Thomas spent his final NFL season with which team?

He spent 12 of his 13 seasons in Buffalo.

Bruce Smith won which award at Virginia Tech in 1984?

He then went first overall to the Bills in 1985.

How many Pro Bowl selections did Bruce Smith earn?

He added eight first-team All-Pro honours.

Bruce Smith is a native of which Virginia city?

He attended Booker T. Washington High School there.

Andre Reed was picked with which overall selection of the 1985 draft?

He retired second all-time in career receptions.

Andre Reed spent his final season, 2000, with which team?

He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2014.

Scott Norwood led the NFL in scoring in which season?

He had played two USFL seasons with the Birmingham Stallions.

Scott Norwood played college football and soccer at which university?

He graduated with a business degree in 1982.

Steve Tasker began his career with which team before joining the Bills?

The Oilers took him in the ninth round of the 1985 draft out of Northwestern.

Frank Reich played college football for which school?

The Bills took him in the third round of the 1985 draft.

Bills center Kent Hull blocked for which record-setting back with the USFL's New Jersey Generals?

Walker set the pro record with 2,411 rushing yards in a season.

Bills guard Jim Ritcher was a 1979 All-American at which school?

He was a first-round pick in 1980 and played 16 NFL seasons.

Linebacker Cornelius Bennett was nicknamed 'Biscuit' because of what?

He won AFC Defensive Player of the Year in 1988 and 1991.

Bills linebacker Darryl Talley, who played in all four Super Bowls, was an All-American where?

He also played for the Falcons and Vikings.

Which Bills linebacker was named Defensive Player of the Year under Wade Phillips?

Paup came from the Packers and grew up on a farm in Scranton, Iowa.

Doug Flutie was picked 285th overall in 1985 by the Rams, the lowest ever for a what?

He had already signed with the USFL's New Jersey Generals.

Which Bills GM left for San Diego after the Flutie-Johnson controversy, taking Flutie with him?

Marcellus Wiley went to the Chargers too.

Who sang the national anthem before Super Bowl XXV, the Bills' first Super Bowl?

The Florida Orchestra accompanied her at Tampa Stadium.

Super Bowl XXV was the first to feature two teams from the same what?

Both the Bills and Giants represent New York, though the Giants play in New Jersey.

Super Bowl XXVI, a 37-24 Bills loss to Washington, was played in which stadium?

It was Minneapolis's first Super Bowl.

The Bills were the third team to lose back-to-back Super Bowls, after Denver and which team?

The Vikings lost Super Bowls VIII and IX.

What was the final score of Super Bowl XXVII, the Bills' loss to Dallas at the Rose Bowl?

Its 69 combined points tie it as the fourth-highest scoring Super Bowl.

Super Bowl XXVIII, the Bills' fourth straight loss, was played in which venue?

Dallas won 30-13 on January 30, 1994.

On what date was 'The Comeback' against Houston played?

Buffalo won 41-38 in overtime after trailing 35-3.

Which team surpassed the Bills' 32-point Comeback as the largest in NFL history, in 2022?

The Bills' rally remains the largest in postseason history.

Before The Comeback, the only 30-point lead ever blown was by the 1960 Bills in a 38-38 tie with whom?

Denver rallied from 38-7 down.

At which stadium did the Music City Miracle take place?

The Nashville venue is now Nissan Stadium.

How many seconds remained when the Bills took a 16-15 lead just before the Music City Miracle?

Tennessee's 75-yard kickoff return made it 22-16.

On what date was the '13 Seconds' playoff game against Kansas City played?

It had 25 points scored in the final two minutes of regulation.

'13 Seconds' was the first NFL game in which both quarterbacks did what?

Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes traded blows in a game with four lead changes.

The Bills' first AFC Championship trip since 1993 ended in the 2020 season with a loss to whom?

Kansas City won 38-24.

What was the Bills' regular-season record in 2022, the year of the cancelled Hamlin game?

They beat Miami 34-31 in the wild card round before losing to Cincinnati.

How many straight wins did the Dolphins run up over the Bills in the 1970s under Don Shula?

The teams have met twice a year since 1966.

How many AFL/AFC titles have the Bills and Patriots combined for, most of any AFC East pair?

One of the two won the division in 28 of 35 seasons after 1988.

The Bills-Chiefs rivalry dates to 1960, when Kansas City was known as what?

Both were AFL charter teams.

Which Bills quarterback led the team to its first playoff berth in 18 years in 2017?

He was traded to Cleveland the following March as Josh Allen arrived.

Ryan Fitzpatrick, the Bills' quarterback under Chan Gailey, played college football where?

He started for nine NFL teams, a league record.

Whom did the Bills draft third overall in 2011 after he was defensive MVP of the BCS title game?

The Alabama tackle later played for Jacksonville.

Sammy Watkins was drafted fourth overall by the Bills in 2014 out of which school?

He later won a Super Bowl with the Chiefs.

Bills receiver Lee Evans was the 13th overall pick in 2004 from which school?

He never made a Pro Bowl but ranks top five in franchise receiving yards.

Which Bills defensive end sacked Tom Brady more times than any other NFL player?

The TCU product spent all nine seasons in Buffalo.

Takeo Spikes played how many NFL games without a playoff appearance, the most in history?

The Eagles, 49ers and Chargers all made the playoffs the year after he left.

Eric Moulds, drafted 24th overall in 1996, was affectionately known by what nickname?

He was named to the Bills' 50th Anniversary All-Time Team.

Kyle Williams was drafted by the Bills in the fifth round of 2006 out of which school?

The AP called him 'the heart and soul' of the Bills.

Stefon Diggs led the NFL in 2020 with 127 catches and how many receiving yards?

He also broke Eric Moulds's franchise single-season yardage record.

From which team did the Bills acquire Stefon Diggs by trade in 2020?

He had caught the 'Minneapolis Miracle' pass there.

How many days after his cardiac arrest was Damar Hamlin released from hospital?

He returned to professional football the following season.

Damar Hamlin played for which school before the Bills drafted him in 2021?

He was raised in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania.

Tre'Davious White was a consensus All-American in 2016 at which school?

He returned to the Bills in 2025 after stints with the Rams and Ravens.

Matt Milano, drafted in the fifth round in 2017, was an Eagle at which school?

He grew up in Orlando and became a pillar of Sean McDermott's defence.

Jordan Poyer formed a top safety tandem in Buffalo alongside whom?

Poyer was a consensus All-American at Oregon State.

James Cook led the NFL in rushing in 2025 with how many yards?

He was the first Bill to lead the league in rushing since 1976.

James Cook's 16 rushing TDs in a season tied a Bills record set in which year?

He won a national title at Georgia before the Bills drafted him in 2022.

Bills tight end Dalton Kincaid holds dual citizenship of the United States and which country?

He played just one season of high school football before walking on at San Diego.

Greg Rousseau, the Bills' 2021 first-round pick, was born to parents from which country?

He had 15.5 sacks as a redshirt freshman at Miami.

Dawson Knox joined which college program as a walk-on fullback before the Bills drafted him?

He was a third-round pick in 2019.

Bills receiver Khalil Shakir played for which school?

He was a fifth-round pick in 2022.

Keon Coleman, the Bills' 2024 second-round pick, also played which other sport in college?

He finished his college football career at Florida State.

Josh Allen began his college career at which junior college before Wyoming?

He grew up on a cotton farm near Firebaugh, California.

Josh Allen holds the NFL career record among quarterbacks for what?

He was born May 21, 1996.

Josh Allen's great-grandfather Arvid, who settled near Firebaugh, emigrated from where?

The family farm was established in 1975 by his grandfather.

Sean McDermott began his NFL coaching career in 2001 as an assistant with which team?

He was Eagles defensive coordinator in 2009-10.

On what date was Sean McDermott fired after nine seasons in Buffalo?

GM Brandon Beane was promoted to president of football operations.

Bills fans dubbed the pairing of Sean McDermott and GM Brandon Beane what?

Beane came from the Panthers as assistant GM in 2017.

Founder Ralph Wilson was born in Columbus, Ohio, and grew up in which city?

He attended the University of Virginia and owned the team for 54 years.

Ralph Wilson's 54-year ownership was the third-longest in NFL history behind Art Rooney and whom?

Wilson was the oldest NFL owner, at 95, when he died in 2014.

Terry Pegula earned his petroleum engineering degree from which university?

He was born in Carbondale, Pennsylvania and also owns the Sabres.

Kim Pegula, former Bills president, was born in which city?

She was one of only three foreign-born NFL owners, with Shahid Khan and Zygi Wilf.

Which Bills quarterback of the 2000s had a 21-0 lead collapse into a 24-23 loss to Miami in 2005?

He was benched in 2007 for Trent Edwards.

Doug Marrone did what on December 31, 2014, ending his Bills tenure?

Rex Ryan was hired weeks later.

Who negotiated with Rogers to cancel the Toronto Series soon after buying the team in 2014?

Committing to keep the team in Buffalo was one of the new owners' first acts.

Bills running back Fred Jackson went undrafted out of which Division III Iowa school?

A four-time All-American for the Kohawks in 2002, he reached the NFL via indoor football and NFL Europa.

Drew Bledsoe set a Bills record with how many passing yards against the Vikings in 2002?

Traded from the Patriots after losing his job to Tom Brady, he threw for 4,359 yards and made the Pro Bowl in his first Bills season.

In March 2012 the Bills gave which defensive end a six-year deal worth up to $100 million?

The 2006 first overall pick's contract was then the richest ever for an NFL defensive player, with $49.5 million guaranteed.

Which linebacker did the Bills send to Philadelphia in the 2015 trade for LeSean McCoy?

McCoy made the Pro Bowl in each of his first three Buffalo seasons and helped end a 17-year playoff drought.