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The Bills were the #2 seed in the AFC (behind #1 Cincinnati), giving the Bills their first home playoff game since the 1966 AFL Championship, and their first ever playoff game at Rich Stadium. The 1988 season would be the first of five AFC Championship game appearances over six seasons, [ 3 ] and their only loss in the conference championship game.
This was the first home playoff game for Buffalo since the 1966 AFL Championship Game. Although both teams blew scoring chances throughout the game, the Bills dominated Houston for most of the time, blocking a punt, converting a turnover into the game-clinching field goal, and forcing a turnover on Houston's final drive to defeat a comeback ...
The Bills returned to the Super Bowl and Norwood was perfect throughout the postseason, including a 44-yard field goal that served as the decisive margin in the AFC Championship Game against the Denver Broncos. Norwood was waived in the first roster move of the off-season after the Bills signed Steve Christie, formerly of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
That 1988 Bills team was 11-1 when it clinched, but it lost three of its last four games and frittered away homefield advantage for the AFC Championship Game which it lost in Cincinnati.
Buffalo Bills playoff picture: When they could clinch AFC East title Bills Josh Allen celebrates with a teammate after beating the Kansas City Chiefs at home in Orchard Park, Nov.17, 2024.
It just wasn’t to be for the Buffalo Bills on Sunday night. With a spot in the AFC Championship game on the line, Buffalo was trailing by three points against their old foes, the Kansas City Chiefs.
Johnny Grier became the first African-American in NFL history to be promoted to referee. [2] Grier replaced long time referee Bob Frederic, who retired in the offseason. Grier was the field judge in the previous season's Super Bowl XXII, which was the same game that Doug Williams of the Washington Redskins became the first African-American quarterback to win the Super
[66] [67] In the 2023 season, the Bills won the AFC East for the fourth consecutive season. [68] In the Wild Card Round, they defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 31–17 before falling to the Kansas City Chiefs in the Divisional Round 27–24. [69] [70] The Buffalo Bills have also announced the plans to build a new stadium to replace Highmark ...