Buffalo Bills (AAFC)

Buffalo Bills

First Season
1946
Team History
Buffalo Bills (1947-49) Buffalo Bisons (1946)
Conference/Division
All-America Football Conference (1946-49) Eastern Division (1946-48)
Venue
Civic Stadium (1946-49)
Key People
Players • Head Coaches • Executives

This article is about the defunct All-America Football Conference team. For the current NFL team, see Buffalo Bills.

The Buffalo Bills were an American football team based in Buffalo, New York, that played in the All-America Football Conference from 1946 to 1949. During its first season in 1946, the team was known as the Buffalo Bisons.

When the AAFC merged with the NFL after the 1949 season the Bills did not join the league and folded.

Publications

Programs by season

1940s

Week	Date	Opponent	Venue
Buffalo Bisons
1946
Week 2	September 14	at New York Yankees	Yankee Stadium
Week 4	October 4	vs. New York Yankees	Civic Stadium
Week 5	October 11	vs. Miami Seahawks	Civic Stadium
Week 6	October 18	vs. San Francisco 49ers	Civic Stadium
Week 9	November 2	at San Francisco 49ers	Kezar Stadium
Week 12	November 18	at Miami Seahawks	Burdine Stadium
Week 13	November 24	at Cleveland Browns	Cleveland Stadium
Week 14	December 1	at Los Angeles Dons	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Buffalo Bills
1947
preseason	August 31	vs. New York Yankees	Civic Stadium
Week 1	September 5	at Cleveland Browns	Cleveland Stadium
Week 4	September 19	at Chicago Rockets	Soldier Field
Week 5	September 28	vs. San Francisco 49ers	Civic Stadium
Week 6	October 5	at Los Angeles Dons	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Week 9	October 26	vs. Brooklyn Dodgers	Civic Stadium
Week 10	November 2	vs. Cleveland Browns	Civic Stadium
Week 12	November 23	at Baltimore Colts	Municipal Stadium
Week 13	December 7	at San Francisco 49ers	Kezar Stadium
1948
preseason	August 12	vs. New York Yankees	Ruppert Stadium
Week 1	August 29	at San Francisco 49ers	Kezar Stadium
Week 8	October 24	at Los Angeles Dons	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Week 9	October 31	vs. Baltimore Colts	Civic Stadium
Week 10	November 7	at Brooklyn Dodgers	Ebbets Field
Week 12	November 25	at Chicago Rockets	Soldier Field
Week 13	November 28	at New York Yankees	Yankee Stadium
Week 14	December 5	at Baltimore Colts	Municipal Stadium
postseason	December 12	at Baltimore Colts	Municipal Stadium
postseason	December 19	at Cleveland Browns	Cleveland Stadium
1949
exhibition	August 5	vs. Jersey City Giants	Civic Stadium
preseason	August 14	at San Francisco 49ers	Kezar Stadium
Week 1	August 26	at Chicago Hornets	Soldier Field
Week 4	September 25	vs. San Francisco 49ers	Civic Stadium
Week 6	October 9	at Los Angeles Dons	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Week 7	October 16	at San Francisco 49ers	Kezar Stadium
Week 8	October 23	vs. Los Angeles Dons	Civic Stadium
Week 9	November 6	at Brooklyn-New York Yankees	Yankee Stadium
Week 10	November 13	at Cleveland Browns	Cleveland Stadium
Week 14	November 27	at Baltimore Colts	Municipal Stadium

Media guides and yearbooks

Media guides

1940s	1948 • 1949

Seasons

Buffalo Bills (AAFC) publications by season
1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949

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