{"id":313376,"date":"2023-01-02T09:00:37","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T14:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.profootballnetwork.com\/?p=313376"},"modified":"2023-01-02T08:49:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T13:49:59","slug":"buffalo-bills-playoff-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.profootballnetwork.com\/buffalo-bills-playoff-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Buffalo Bills Playoff History: Wins, Super Bowl Appearances, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.profootballnetwork.com\/tag\/buffalo-bills\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buffalo Bills<\/span><\/a> have become a constant when it comes to making the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.profootballnetwork.com\/nfl\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NFL<\/span><\/a> playoffs. To have the amount of talent Buffalo does on both sides of the ball is a luxury few teams in the league possess. How have the Bills performed in their playoff history, and how do they fare getting to and winning the Super Bowl? Let&#8217;s comb through the archives of NFL playoff history and find out how the football gods have favored the Bills.<\/p>\n<p><em>*We&#8217;ll only consider appearances from the 1970 merger onward.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Buffalo Bills Playoff Appearances and Results by Year<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>2021\n<ul>\n<li>Wild Card: Won 47-17 vs. Patriots<\/li>\n<li>Divisional Round: Lost 42-36 (OT) @ Chiefs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>2020\n<ul>\n<li>Wild Card: Won 27-24 vs. Colts<\/li>\n<li>Divisional Round: Won 17-3 vs. Ravens<\/li>\n<li>Conference Championship: Lost 38-24 @ Chiefs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>2019\n<ul>\n<li>Wild Card: Lost 22-19 (OT) @ Texans<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>2017\n<ul>\n<li>Wild Card: Lost 10-3 @ Jaguars<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>1999\n<ul>\n<li>Wild Card: Lost 22-16 @ Titans<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>1998\n<ul>\n<li>Wild Card: Lost 24-17 @ Dolphins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>1996\n<ul>\n<li>Wild Card: Lost 30-27 vs. Jaguars<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>1995\n<ul>\n<li>Wild Card: Won 37-22 vs. Dolphins<\/li>\n<li>Divisional Round: Loss 40-21 @ Steelers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>1993\n<ul>\n<li>Divisional Round: Won 29-23 vs. Raiders<\/li>\n<li>Conference Championship: Won 30-13 vs. Chiefs<\/li>\n<li>Super Bowl: Lost 30-13 vs. the Cowboys<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>1992\n<ul>\n<li>Wild Card: Won 41-38 (OT) vs. Oilers<\/li>\n<li>Divisional Round: Won 24-3 @ Steelers<\/li>\n<li>Conference Championship: Won 29-10 @ Dolphins<\/li>\n<li>Super Bowl: Lost 52-17 vs. Cowboys<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>1991\n<ul>\n<li>Divisional Round: Won 37-14 vs. Chiefs<\/li>\n<li>Conference Championship: Won 10-7 vs. Broncos<\/li>\n<li>Super Bowl: Lost 37-24 vs. Washington<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>1990\n<ul>\n<li>Divisional Round: Won 44-34 vs. Dolphins<\/li>\n<li>Conference Championship: Won 51-3 vs. Raiders<\/li>\n<li>Super Bowl: Lost 20-19 vs. Giants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>1989\n<ul>\n<li>Divisional Round: Lost 34-30 @ Browns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>1988\n<ul>\n<li>Divisional Round: Won 17-10 vs. Oilers<\/li>\n<li>Conference Championship: Lost 21-10 @ Bengals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>1981\n<ul>\n<li>Wild Card: Won 31-27 vs. Jets<\/li>\n<li>Divisional Round: Lost 28-18 @ Bengals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>1980\n<ul>\n<li>Divisional Round: Lost 20-14 @ Chargers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>1974\n<ul>\n<li>Divisional Round: Lost 32-14 @ Steelers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Bills Playoff History FAQ<\/h2>\n<p>Bills Mafia is undefeated against tables, but how have they fared in playoff history? We&#8217;ll dive into some frequently asked questions on the Bills&#8217; ups and downs in the playoffs.<\/p>\n<h3>What\u2019s the Bills&#8217; Playoff Win\/Loss Record?<\/h3>\n<p>The Bills&#8217; all-time playoff record is 15-17. Buffalo&#8217;s home-field advantage is astounding &#8212; they are 12-1 at home (3-16 in away and neutral-site situations).<\/p>\n<h3>How Many Times Have the Bills Been to the Playoffs?<\/h3>\n<p>Buffalo has made the playoffs 17 times in their team&#8217;s history (not including this year). The first playoff appearance (1974 season) resulted in a 32-14 defeat to the Pittsburgh Steelers; their last playoff experience involved creaming the New England Patriots by 30 and then losing perhaps the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n1dp2ZKi0cc&amp;ab_channel=NFL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game of the 2021 season<\/a> in the AFC Divisional Round (a 42-36 overtime loss to KC).<\/p>\n<h3>How Many Super Bowl Appearances Do the Bills Have?<\/h3>\n<p>The Bills completed a ridiculous stretch in the 1990s of <em>four\u00a0<\/em>consecutive Super Bowl appearances from the 1990-1993 NFL seasons.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.profootballnetwork.com\/top-quotes-from-nfl-players-coaches\/?more3\">Top 32 Quotes From NFL Players and Coaches<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To the chagrin of Bills fans, those are their only four Super Bowl appearances in post-merger playoff history. They were on the cusp in the 2020 season but fell to the Kansas City Chiefs 38-24 in the AFC Championship Game.<\/p>\n<h3>How Many Super Bowls Have the Bills Won?<\/h3>\n<p>Despite the four consecutive Super Bowl appearances, the Bills lost each of them and do not have a Lombardi Trophy in their trophy case. The first loss (1990 season) was arguably the most painful, with the Bills losing by one point &#8212; kicker Scott Norwood missed a 47-yard field goal with just seconds remaining.<\/p>\n<h3>When Was the Last Time the Bills Made the Super Bowl?<\/h3>\n<p>1993. Buffalo lost to a Dallas Cowboys team firing on all cylinders &#8212; the Cowboys would go on to win 30-13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How have the Buffalo Bills done in their playoff history and Super Bowl appearances? We comb through the annals of NFL playoff history to find out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":313380,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[64253],"tags":[63347,63292],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.profootballnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313376"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.profootballnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.profootballnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.profootballnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.profootballnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313376"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.profootballnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":316122,"href":"https:\/\/www.profootballnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313376\/revisions\/316122"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.profootballnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.profootballnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.profootballnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.profootballnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}