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franchise of the

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. The list documents the season-by-season records of the franchise from

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to present, including postseason records and league awards for individual players or head coaches. In their time in the

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from 1960 to 1969, the Bills reached the AFL Championship three consecutive times from 1964 to 1966, winning twice in 1964 and 1965. They did not return to the postseason until 1974 nor win a division title until 1980. The Bills won the AFC East in 1988 under third-year coach

Marv Levy Marvin Daniel Levy (; born August 3, 1925) is an American former football coach and executive who was a head coach in the National Football League (NFL) for seventeen seasons. He spent most of his head coaching career with the Buffalo Bills, lea ...

to reach their third postseason in the 1980s. They lost in the AFC Championship (their first championship appearance in AFC history), but it would be the first of six consecutive playoff appearances. In the 1990 season, they won the AFC Championship to reach their first

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. They lost in

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. They reached the next three Super Bowls with victories in the AFC Championship. They became the first team (and as of , only team) to reach the Super Bowl four straight times. They made the playoffs four more times from 1995 to 1999, but they did not reach the playoffs from 2000 to 2016. In 2017, they returned to the postseason under new head coach

Sean McDermott Sean Michael McDermott (born March 21, 1974) is an American football coach who is the head coach for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He began his NFL coaching career as an assistant for the Philadelphia Eagles in 2001, ...

. They won their first division title in over 25 years in 2020, where they returned to the AFC Championship. In 63 seasons of the franchise, the Bills have reached the playoffs 22 times.

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Note: Statistics are up to date 1/22/2023.

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