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11th season in franchise history, first in the National Football League
The 1970 Buffalo Bills season was the franchise's first season in the
National Football League , and eleventh overall. The team looked to improve on its 4–10 record from
1969 and make the playoffs for the first time since
1966 . However, the Bills started out on the wrong foot, losing four of their first five games. After winning two consecutive road games against
the Patriots and
Jets and suffering a blowout loss to
the Cincinnati Bengals , the Bills and Colts played to a 17–17 draw in week 9, Buffalo's first tie since
1968 . The Bills would then lose five straight to end the season and finished 3–10–1, for fourth place in the
AFC East . Their Week 5 game against
the Miami Dolphins would start an era of futility during which the Bills would lose twenty consecutive games against the Dolphins. The Bills would not defeat the Dolphins at any point during the 1970s and next beat Miami in
1980 . This would become known as "The Streak".
Offseason
NFL Draft
[1]
Personnel
Coaches/Staff
1970 Buffalo Bills staff
Front office
Coaching staff
Offensive coaches
Defensive coaches'
Final roster
1970 Buffalo Bills roster
Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
Tight ends
Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen
Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams
Reserve lists
Practice squad
Rookies in italics
Regular season
Schedule
Week
Date
Opponent
Result
Record
Venue
Attendance
1
September 20
Denver Broncos
L 10–25
0–1
War Memorial Stadium
34,882
2
September 27
Los Angeles Rams
L 0–19
0–2
War Memorial Stadium
46,206
3
October 4
New York Jets
W 34–31
1–2
War Memorial Stadium
46,206
4
October 11
at
Pittsburgh Steelers
L 10–23
1–3
Three Rivers Stadium
42,140
5
October 18
Miami Dolphins
L 14–33
1–4
War Memorial Stadium
41,312
6
October 25
at
New York Jets
W 10–6
2–4
Shea Stadium
62,712
7
November 1
at
Boston Patriots
W 45–10
3–4
Harvard Stadium
31,148
8
November 8
Cincinnati Bengals
L 14–43
3–5
War Memorial Stadium
43,587
9
November 15
at
Baltimore Colts
T 17–17
3–5–1
Memorial Stadium
60,240
10
November 22
at
Chicago Bears
L 13–31
3–6–1
Wrigley Field
41,015
11
November 29
Boston Patriots
L 10–14
3–7–1
War Memorial Stadium
31,427
12
December 6
at
New York Giants
L 6–20
3–8–1
Yankee Stadium
62,870
13
December 13
Baltimore Colts
L 14–20
3–9–1
War Memorial Stadium
34,346
14
December 20
at
Miami Dolphins
L 7–45
3–10–1
Miami Orange Bowl
70,990
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Season summary
Week 1
1
2 3 4 Total
• Broncos
0
5 7 13
25
Bills
7
3 0 0
10
Week 2
1
2 3 4 Total
• Rams
3
13 0 3
19
Bills
0
0 0 0
0
Date: September 27Location: War Memorial Stadium
Week 3
1
2 3 4 Total
Jets
17
7 7 0
31
• Bills
7
6 7 14
34
Date: October 4Location: War Memorial Stadium
Week 4
1
2 3 4 Total
Bills
3
0 7 0
10
• Steelers
3
7 3 10
23
Week 5
1
2 3 4 Total
• Dolphins
10
3 7 13
33
Bills
0
7 7 0
14
Date: October 18Location: War Memorial Stadium
Week 6
1
2 3 4 Total
• Bills
0
3 0 7
10
Jets
0
0 6 0
6
Week 7
1
2 3 4 Total
• Bills
10
21 0 14
45
Patriots
0
0 3 7
10
Week 8
1
2 3 4 Total
• Bengals
3
20 13 7
43
Bills
7
7 0 0
14
Date: November 8Location: War Memorial Stadium
Week 9
1
2 3 4 Total
Bills
7
7 0 3
17
Colts
0
7 7 3
17
Week 10
1
2 3 4 Total
Bills
6
0 0 7
13
• Bears
0
14 7 10
31
Week 11
1
2 3 4 Total
• Patriots
0
7 7 0
14
Bills
0
3 0 7
10
Date: November 29Location: War Memorial Stadium
Week 12
1
2 3 4 Total
Bills
0
6 0 0
6
• Giants
0
3 3 14
20
Week 13
1
2 3 4 Total
• Colts
10
0 7 3
20
Bills
7
7 0 0
14
Date: December 13Location: War Memorial Stadium
Week 14
1
2 3 4 Total
Bills
0
0 0 7
7
• Dolphins
21
10 7 7
45
Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
Awards and honors
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(July 2010 )
References
Franchise Stadiums Culture Lore Rivalries Division championships (14) Conference championships (4) League championships (2) Wall of Fame Media Owners Current league affiliations Former league affiliation