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History of the Bills: 1964-1968

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1964 - AFL Champions

1965 - Bills Repeat as AFL Champs

1966 - Big Changes

1967 - The Championship Door Closes

1968  - The Bottom Falls Out

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Great Post! I don't know if people saw this yet...

But I am pretty pumped about this coming out.

History of the Buffalo Bills

I wish I was old enough to have attended a game at Memorial Stadium.

by BuffaloWill on Jun 7, 2009 11:14 AM EDT reply actions  

I’ve already preordered it, ha!

~K
"As the governor of Louisiana once said, the only way Chris Kelsay can lose his job is if he got caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy."

by Kurupt on Jun 7, 2009 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions  

Birthday present here we come.

:-)

Playing Realistic Optimist at Buffalo Rumblings since 2008. Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.

by MattRichWarren on Jun 7, 2009 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

Speaking from the dark side of 50...

….I can tell you that when you get here you won’t be wishing you were old enough to have been somewhere 37 years ago.

by Gino Parilli on Jun 7, 2009 1:22 PM EDT up reply actions  

+1

not quite there yet, But more great memories are on the way :)

Let's Kick some ASS in 09 or Die trying

by Steve_Chiefs on Jun 7, 2009 6:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

The format of the All Star game after the 1965 season...

….explains so many all star Bills: the game featured the Bills playing AFL all stars from the rest of the teams in the league. That Bills team was remarkable; there wasn’t a weak link on the defense, which was coached by the best in the business back then: Joe Collier. I don’t think there were many who thought the Bills could win in either 1964 or 1965, though; San Diego was an awsome team on both sides of the ball and had great coaching, and a particulary scary d-line lead by Ernie Ladd and Earl Faison. They had their own genius defensive coach in Chuck Noll, and Gillman was an amazing innovator on offense.
I was really spoiled watching those mid 1960s teams. I first got interested in watching in 1963, so it was just like becoming a fan in 1989, except that they actually won a couple of titles in that great run in the 1960s.
KC was the better team in 1966. It would have been very cool to have gone to that first Super Bowl, but the game probably would have rivalled the 73-0 shellacking the Bears administered to the Redskins in the 1940 title game.
After all those good years it was painful to watch the Bills during the last few years of this 5 year segment, particularly the year they had all the QB injuries and Rutkowski was pressed into service.
Thanks for researching and writing these history stories!

by Gino Parilli on Jun 7, 2009 2:04 PM EDT reply actions  

No problem.

Great insight. Collier went on to coach the Orange Crush defense for the Broncos. One of those great DCs not so great HC.

Playing Realistic Optimist at Buffalo Rumblings since 2008. Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.

by MattRichWarren on Jun 7, 2009 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions  

so what you're telling me is.......

if you stop the run, run the ball effectively, get pressure on the QB and have a competent QB, you can win a Championship?

Go figure.

Godspeed Nick - RIP - 1986-2009

by norcaliangelsfan on Jun 7, 2009 5:42 PM EDT reply actions  

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