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1969 Buffalo Bills season

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Head coach
  
John Rauch

Home field
  
War Memorial Stadium

Division place
  
4th AFL Eastern

Owner
  
Ralph Wilson

Record
  
4–10

Playoff finish
  
did not qualify

The 1969 Buffalo Bills season was the team’s tenth season, and was the final season of the American Football League before the 1970 AFL-NFL Merger. The Bills played an AFL-record seven games against opponents that went on to reach the postseason; Buffalo lost all seven of these games.

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The 1969 season was the first for running back O.J. Simpson, who would go on to a Hall of Fame career, as well as notoriety decades later for a 1994 double-murder indictment.

Although Buffalo only won four games, their penultimate win—a Week Ten victory against the Miami Dolphins—would be their last victory against the Dolphins until the 1980 season. After the win, the Bills suffered against Miami an NFL-record twenty consecutive games lost by one team to another.

Offseason

  • August 9, 1969: O.J. Simpson signs a four year contract worth $215,000.
  • August 20, 1969: The Bills acquired wide receiver Marlin Briscoe.
  • August 25, 1969: Guard George Flint and defensive tackle Tom Sestak both announced their retirements.
  • August 25, 1969: Running back/returner Ed Rutkowski was released by the Bills.

    • Week 10

  • O.J. Simpson 72 Rush Yds, 81 Rec Yds

    • Standings

    Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972. This was the final year of the AFL The Baltimore Colts would join the AFL eastern teams and become the AFC East in 1970.

    References

    1969 Buffalo Bills season Wikipedia
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