Q 01/05

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

A) The AAFC

B) The AFL

C) The WFL

D) The USFL

Answer · why

B) The AFL

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

Q 02/05

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

A) Ohio

B) Pennsylvania

C) New Jersey

D) New York

Answer · why

D) New York

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

Q 03/05

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

A) 1966 and 1967

B) 1964 and 1965

C) 1968 and 1969

D) 1961 and 1962

Answer · why

B) 1964 and 1965

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

Q 04/05

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

A) 'Miami or nothing'

B) 'Deal me in, any city'

C) 'Count me in with Buffalo'

D) 'Buffalo will not fail you'

Answer · why

C) 'Count me in with Buffalo'

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

Q 05/05

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

A) Detroit Lions

B) Pittsburgh Steelers

C) Chicago Bears

D) Cleveland Browns

Answer · why

A) Detroit Lions

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