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| name = Buffalo Bills
| name = Buffalo Bills
| first = [[1946 AAFC season|1946]]
| first = [[1946 AAFC season|1946]]
| team = Buffalo Bills (1937-49)<br/>Buffalo Bisons (1946)
| team = Buffalo Bills (1947-49)<br/>Buffalo Bisons (1946)
| alignment =  
| alignment =  
[[All-America Football Conference]] (1946-49)
[[All-America Football Conference]] (1946-49)
*Eastern Division (1946-48)
*Eastern Division (1946-48)
| venue = Civic Stadium (1946-49)
| venue = [[Civic Stadium (Buffalo)|Civic Stadium]] (1946-49)
}}
}}


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| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1946/09-14_buf-ny.html Week 2]
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1946/09-14_buf-ny.html Week 2]
| September 14
| September 14
| at New York Yankees
| at [[New York Yankees (AAFC)|New York Yankees]]
| Yankee Stadium
| Yankee Stadium
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1946/09-29_la-buf.html Week 3]
| September 29
| vs. [[Los Angeles Dons]]
| Civic Stadium
|-
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1946/10-04_ny-buf.html Week 4]
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1946/10-04_ny-buf.html Week 4]
| October 4
| October 4
| vs. New York Yankees
| vs. [[New York Yankees (AAFC)|New York Yankees]]
| Civic Stadium
| [[Civic Stadium (Buffalo)|Civic Stadium]]
|-
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1946/10-11_mia-buf.html Week 5]
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1946/10-11_mia-buf.html Week 5]
| October 11
| October 11
| vs. [[Miami Seahawks]]
| vs. [[Miami Seahawks]]
| Civic Stadium
| [[Civic Stadium (Buffalo)|Civic Stadium]]
|-
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1946/10-18_sf-buf.html Week 6]
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1946/10-18_sf-buf.html Week 6]
| October 18
| October 18
| vs. [[San Francisco 49ers]]
| vs. [[San Francisco 49ers]]
| Civic Stadium
| [[Civic Stadium (Buffalo)|Civic Stadium]]
|-
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1946/11-02_buf-sf.html Week 9]
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1946/11-02_buf-sf.html Week 9]
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| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1947/08-31_ny-buf.html preseason]
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1947/08-31_ny-buf.html preseason]
| August 31
| August 31
| vs. New York Yankees
| vs. [[New York Yankees (AAFC)|New York Yankees]]
| Civic Stadium
| [[Civic Stadium (Buffalo)|Civic Stadium]]
|-
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1947/09-05_buf-cle.html Week 1]
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1947/09-05_buf-cle.html Week 1]
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| September 28
| September 28
| vs. [[San Francisco 49ers]]
| vs. [[San Francisco 49ers]]
| Civic Stadium
| [[Civic Stadium (Buffalo)|Civic Stadium]]
|-
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1947/10-05_buf-la.html Week 6]
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1947/10-05_buf-la.html Week 6]
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| October 26
| October 26
| vs. Brooklyn Dodgers
| vs. Brooklyn Dodgers
| Civic Stadium
| [[Civic Stadium (Buffalo)|Civic Stadium]]
|-
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1947/11-02_cle-buf.html Week 10]
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1947/11-02_cle-buf.html Week 10]
| November 2
| November 2
| vs. [[Cleveland Browns]]
| vs. [[Cleveland Browns]]
| Civic Stadium
| [[Civic Stadium (Buffalo)|Civic Stadium]]
|-
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1947/11-23_buf-bal.html Week 12]
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1947/11-23_buf-bal.html Week 12]
| November 23
| November 23
| at Baltimore Colts
| at [[Baltimore Colts (1947-50)|Baltimore Colts]]
| Municipal Stadium
| Municipal Stadium
|-
|-
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! colspan="4"| 1948
! colspan="4"| 1948
|-
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1948/08-12_ny-buf.html preseason]
| [[Buffalo Bills vs. New York Yankees (August 12, 1948)|preseason]]
| August 12
| August 12
| vs. New York Yankees
| vs. [[New York Yankees (AAFC)|New York Yankees]]
| Ruppert Stadium
| [[Ruppert Stadium (Newark)|Ruppert Stadium]]
|-
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1948/08-29_buf-sf.html Week 1]
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1948/08-29_buf-sf.html Week 1]
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| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1948/10-31_bal-buf.html Week 9]
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1948/10-31_bal-buf.html Week 9]
| October 31
| October 31
| vs. Baltimore Colts
| vs. [[Baltimore Colts (1947-50)|Baltimore Colts]]
| Civic Stadium
| [[Civic Stadium (Buffalo)|Civic Stadium]]
|-
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1948/11-07_buf-bkn.html Week 10]
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1948/11-07_buf-bkn.html Week 10]
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| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1948/11-28_buf-ny.html Week 13]
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1948/11-28_buf-ny.html Week 13]
| November 28
| November 28
| at New York Yankees
| at [[New York Yankees (AAFC)|New York Yankees]]
| Yankee Stadium
| Yankee Stadium
|-
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1948/12-05_buf-bal.html Week 14]
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1948/12-05_buf-bal.html Week 14]
| December 5
| December 5
| at Baltimore Colts
| at [[Baltimore Colts (1947-50)|Baltimore Colts]]
| Municipal Stadium
| Municipal Stadium
|-
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1948/12-12_buf-bal.html postseason]
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1948/12-12_buf-bal.html postseason]
| December 12
| December 12
| at Baltimore Colts
| at [[Baltimore Colts (1947-50)|Baltimore Colts]]
| Municipal Stadium
| Municipal Stadium
|-
|-
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| August 5
| August 5
| vs. Jersey City Giants
| vs. Jersey City Giants
| Civic Stadium
| [[Civic Stadium (Buffalo)|Civic Stadium]]
|-
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1949/08-14_buf-sf.html preseason]
| [[San Francisco 49ers vs. Buffalo Bills (August 14, 1949)|preseason]]
| August 14
| August 14
| at [[San Francisco 49ers]]
| at [[San Francisco 49ers]]
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| September 25
| September 25
| vs. [[San Francisco 49ers]]
| vs. [[San Francisco 49ers]]
| Civic Stadium
| [[Civic Stadium (Buffalo)|Civic Stadium]]
|-
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1949/10-09_buf-la.html Week 6]
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1949/10-09_buf-la.html Week 6]
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| October 23
| October 23
| vs. [[Los Angeles Dons]]
| vs. [[Los Angeles Dons]]
| Civic Stadium
| [[Civic Stadium (Buffalo)|Civic Stadium]]
|-
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1949/11-06_buf-bny.html Week 9]
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1949/11-06_buf-bny.html Week 9]
| November 6
| November 6
| at Brooklyn-New York Yankees
| at [[Brooklyn-New York Yankees]]
| Yankee Stadium
| Yankee Stadium
|-
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1949/11-13_buf-cle.html Week 10]
| [[Cleveland Browns vs. Buffalo Bills (November 13, 1949)|Week 10]]
| November 13
| November 13
| at [[Cleveland Browns]]
| at [[Cleveland Browns]]
| Cleveland Stadium
| [[Cleveland Stadium]]
|-
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1949/11-27_buf-bal.html Week 14]
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1949/11-27_buf-bal.html Week 14]
| November 27
| November 27
| at Baltimore Colts
| at [[Baltimore Colts (1947-50)|Baltimore Colts]]
| Municipal Stadium
| Municipal Stadium
|}
|}


===Media guides and yearbooks===
===Media guides and yearbooks===
====All media guides====
====Media guides====
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Latest revision as of 13:51, 2 March 2023

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


All-America Football Conference
Teams Baltimore Colts • Brooklyn-New York Yankees • Buffalo Bills • Chicago Hornets • Cleveland Browns • Los Angeles Dons • San Francisco 49ers
Seasons 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949
Venues Burdine Stadium • Civic Stadium • Ebbets Field • Kezar Stadium • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Soldier Field • Yankee Stadium
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