I don’t know definitively, but could the Bills make history on Monday?

[chongli]

5 hours ago, dollars 2 donuts said:

oh, and being the only undefeated team in the nfl at 5-0 by going to to San Diego and beating their 4-0 a**es!

 

 

Unfortunately, we lost to them in the playoffs, on the road! That year was like 1993. We beat Dallas in the regular season, only to lose to them in the SB.

 

[FYI: under today's rules, we would have played Cleveland in the 1980 divisionals, not San Diego.]

Edited December 29, 2022 by chongli

[chongli]

16 minutes ago, Just Jack said:

 

1993 season

Dolphins @ Cowboys (SBC)

 

 

Thanks for doing all this research!

 

The Dolphins in 1993 got super lucky beating the Cowboys, thanks to Leon Lett.

 

 

 

[ChasBB]

15 hours ago, dollars 2 donuts said:

So in 1980 was the last time the Bills played both conference and super bowl champs and also won.

 

 

 

That 1980 Bills team was a legit Super Bowl contender.  The 20-14 loss to the Chargers in the divisional round was tough because I believe Bills would have advanced to the SB if they just could have gotten past this game.

[LOVEMESOMEBILLS]

 

 How bout beating both Super Bowl teams on the road and the last 3 MVPs in 1 season(Mahomes, Lamar, Rodgers back to back).😜

[Chandler#81]

33 minutes ago, LOVEMESOMEBILLS said:

 

 How bout beating both Super Bowl teams on the road and the last 3 MVPs in 1 season(Mahomes, Lamar, Rodgers back to back).😜

 

-AND the Conference’s 2 runner ups from last season! This could be realized Monday night!

[dollars 2 donuts]

7 hours ago, Just Jack said:

 

Okay, I did the deep dive...

 

1974 season

Miami (SBC) @ Patriots  

Patriots @ Vikings (NFCC)

1 home, 1 away

 

1977 season

Raiders (SBC) @ Rams 

Vikings (NFCC) @ Rams

2 home

 

1978 season

Broncos (AFCC) @ Vikings

Vikings @ Cowboys (SBC)

1 home, 1 away

 

1979 season

Steelers (SBC) @ Eagles

Steelers (SBC) @ Oilers

Eagles (NFCC) @ Cowboys

Oilers @ Cowboys (NFCC)

2 home, 2 away

 

1980 season

Steelers (SBC) @ Bills

Rams (NFCC) @ Bills

2 home

 

1982 season

Chargers @ 49ers (SBC)

Bengals (AFCC) @ Chargers 

1 home, 1 away

 

1985 season

49ers (SBC) @ Lions

Dolphins (AFCC) @ Lions

2 home

 

1987 season

Giants (SBC) @ Bills

Broncos (AFCC) @ Bills

2 home

 

1992 season

Raiders @ Redskins (SBC)

Bills (AFCC) @ Raiders

1 home, 1 away

 

1993 season

Dolphins @ Cowboys (SBC)

Dolphins @ Bills (AFCC)

2 away

 

1994 season

Lions @ Cowboys (SBC)

Bills (AFCC) @ Lions

1 home, 1 away

 

1999 season

Broncos (SBC) @ Buccaneers 

Falcons (NFCC) @ Buccaneers

Broncos (SBC) @ Jaguars

Falcons (NFCC) @ Jaguars

4 home

 

2001 season

Ravens (SBC) @ Packers

Packers @ Giants (NFCC)

1 home, 1 away

 

2002 season

Broncos @ Patriots (SBC)

Rams (NFCC) @ Broncos

1 home, 1 away

 

2003 season

Packers @ Buccaneers (SBC)

Packers @ Raiders (AFCC)

Buccaneers (SBC) @ Titans 

Raiders (AFCC) @ Titans

2 home, 2 away

 

2005 season

Patriots (SBC) @ Broncos

Eagles (NFCC) @ Broncos

2 home

 

2006 season

Steelers (SBC) @ Chargers

Chargers @ Seahawks (NFCC)

1 home, 1 away

 

2007 season

Colts (SBC) @ Chargers

Bears (NFCC) @ Chargers

2 home

 

2012 season

Giants (SBC) @ Ravens

Patriots (AFCC) @ Ravens

2 home

 

2014 season

Seahawks (SBC) @ Rams

Broncos (AFCC) @ Rams

2 home

 

2016 season

Broncos (SBC) @ Raiders

Panthers (NFCC) @ Raiders

Falcons @ Broncos (SBC)

Falcons @ Panthers (NFCC)

Panthers (NFCC) @ Falcons

Chiefs @ Panthers (NFCC)

Chiefs @ Broncos (SBC)

Broncos (SBC) @ Chiefs

4 home, 4 away

 

2017 season

Patriots (SBC) @ Dolphins

Dolphins @ Falcons (NFCC)

Panthers @ Patriots (SBC)

Falcons (NFCC) @ Panthers

2 home, 2 away

 

2018 season

Eagles (SBC) @ Titans

Patriots (AFCC) @ Titans

2 home

 

2019 season

Patriots (SBC) @ Ravens

Ravens @ Rams (NFCC)

1 home, 1 away

 

2022 season*

Cowboys @ Rams (SBC)

Bengals (AFCC) @ Cowboys

1 home, 1 away

(*season not completed yet)

 

So there you have it, an away team has beaten both SB teams in the same season just four times so far. 

 

Your grand totals are, home teams 42, away team 22

 

 

 

 

JJ you are rock star.  Thank you, Sir.

 

7 hours ago, chongli said:

 

Unfortunately, we lost to them in the playoffs, on the road! That year was like 1993. We beat Dallas in the regular season, only to lose to them in the SB.

 

[FYI: under today's rules, we would have played Cleveland in the 1980 divisionals, not San Diego.]

 

chongli, don’t forget fergy was sadly playing on a broken ankle.

 

playing. On. A. Broken. Ankle. Man, that is crazy.

 

 

7 hours ago, ChasBB said:

That 1980 Bills team was a legit Super Bowl contender.  The 20-14 loss to the Chargers in the divisional round was tough because I believe Bills would have advanced to the SB if they just could have gotten past this game.

Legit rub, 2 wrs, excellent and youthful d, and veteran qb.  As I said earlier fergie’s broken ankle did them in.

 

What is worse?   
 

given the raiders upset of Cleveland the afc championship game, had the bills beat SD, would have been in Buffalo.

 

 

Edited December 29, 2022 by dollars 2 donuts

[GunnerBill]

15 hours ago, Nextmanup said:

With the big ups and downs from year to year among NFL teams, this isn't necessarily as big an accomplishment as it may seem at first blush.

 

We were so proud of that Week 1 pounding of the Rams despite giving the ball away 4 times and having LOTS of thing to clean up...and yet the Rams have proven THIS YEAR to be a lousy team.  

 

 

Yea... but that is because they lost their left tackle week 1, their right guard and starting safety in week 4, their left guard in week 5, their Quarterback and their #1 receiver from week 10, their nose tackle from week 12, their #2 receiver from week 13.... and then eventually their best defensive player too. 

 

I'm not saying the Rams would have been repeat Champions or anything but they are lousy because half their starters went down for the year. They had basically everyone except their #3 receiver when the Bills beat them week 1. That was still a very good win. 

[Dan Darragh]

In 1994 the Bills beat the 3 previous Superbowl champs.

 

Of course it was the Bills who made them champs in the first place.

[chongli]

3 hours ago, dollars 2 donuts said:

 

chongli, don’t forget fergy was sadly playing on a broken ankle.

 

playing. On. A. Broken. Ankle. Man, that is crazy.

 

 

Yeah, it was an amazing season. It was what drew me to the Bills as a child. The thing that drives me crazy is we had that game won, despite the broken ankle. But Ron Smith scored a dramatic 50-yard TD in the last minute or so to let the Chargers win the game 20-14.

[SF Bills Fan]

I’ll make history as a man that survives 20 heart attacks within a 3 hour timeframe.