Team Facts

Firsts, Records, Odds & Ends

Franchise Granted:

October 28, 1959

First Season:

1960

Founder:

Ralph C. Wilson, Jr.

AFL Championships:

1964, 1965

AFL Eastern Division Championships:

1964, 1965, 1966

AFC Championships:

1990, 1991, 1992, 1993

AFC Eastern Division Championships:

1980, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

All-Time Record:

(At the start of 2025 season)

486-505-8

Retired Uniform Numbers:

#12 Jim Kelly

#34 Thurman Thomas

#78 Bruce Smith

  • First Regular-Season Game: 27-3 loss to the New York Titans, 9/11/60.

  • First Regular-Season Points: 35-yard field goal by Darrell Harper vs. New York Titans, 9/11/60

  • First Regular-Season Touchdown: One-yard run by Wray Carlton vs. the Denver Broncos, 9/18/60.

  • **First Regular-Season Win:**A 13-0 victory over the Boston Patriots, 9/23/60.

  • **First Winning Season:**1962 (7-6-1)

  • First Playoff Appearance: A 26-8 loss to the Boston Patriots in an AFL Eastern Division playoff game, 12/28/63.

  • First Championship: A 20-7 victory over the San Diego Chargers for the 1964 AFL Championship.

  • First Super Bowl Appearance: A 20-19 loss to the New York Giants in Super Bowl XXV, 1/27/91.

  • First to Rush 100 Yards in a Game: Art Baker, 117 yards vs. the San Diego Chargers, 12/9/61.

  • First 1,000-Yard Rusher: Cookie Gilchrist, 1,096 yards (1962).

  • **First To Pass 400 Yards in a Game:**Joe Ferguson, 419 yards vs. the Miami Dolphins, 10/9/83.

  • Most Career Rushing Yards: Thurman Thomas, 11,938 yards (1988-1999).

  • Most Career Passing Yards: Jim Kelly, 35,467 yards (1986-1996).

  • Most Career Receptions: Andre Reed, 941 receptions (1985-1999).

  • Leading Scorer: Steve Christie, 1,011 points (1992-2000).