Our 1st Title team: 1964 Buffalo Bills

[Chandler#81]

We played a far different style of football than our pass happy, no Defense AFL brethren. Much more modeled as a NFL team at the time, with a ferocious Defense and power running Offense. At one stage in the mid 60’s, we went 17 straight games without surrendering a 100 yard runner. Still, we were underdogs at home in the Title game to the point-a-minute, high flying circus of the San Diego Chargers who had been the Darlings of the new League. Here is a trip back for you oldtimers as we currently seek another shot at a Title.

 

 

 

[Rhode Island Red]

Advancing in age, it’s somehow refreshing to see this ‘raw footage’…and I’m speaking of the second vid, ‘cuz the first one is seemingly just this very earnest dweeb mispronouncing ‘DooBeneeon’ and ‘Seeestak’…. No video that I saw… Had to turn him off in short order, in spite of the fact I enjoyed hearing the names, and the story of Buster Ramsey, and then Lou Saban…

[Low Positive]

I'm way too young to remember any of this (51), but I have a few questions for you old dudes.

 

1) Why did the AFL refs wear capri pants?

2) How would the Bills have fared against the 1964 NFL champ Browns in a theoretical Super Bowl? 

3) How cool would it have been if we had played in SB 1, which was a distinct possibility?

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[Dan Darragh]

Forgot that Cookie was #34.  For years I've remembered him as #32 but apparently he never wore that number.

 

Amazing to watch those films and to realize that almost all of those guys are dead.

[RangerDave]

The only team in my lifetime that I have rooted for that has ever won a championship... and I was one year old (and then 2 years old the next year).