Old Timers, OPINION:

[Historian]

If Saban stays in 1966, does Buffalo make it to the first Super Bowl?

[Woodman]

Re: Old Timers, OPINION:

If Saban stays in 1966, does Buffalo make it to the first Super Bowl?

Yes we do Keith!

That is Keith right?


Take away Dudley Meredith of course!


I was at that game and Lenny had an excellent game.

[Mad Bomber]

Re: Old Timers, OPINION:

Yes, Dave, I believe we would have.

Collier was not a good HC, to put it mildly.

BTW, that championship game began my lifelong hatred of the Chiefs.

[Woodman]

Re: Old Timers, OPINION:

Yes, Dave, I believe we would have.

Collier was not a good HC, to put it mildly.

BTW, that championship game began my lifelong hatred of the Chiefs.

Same here !!

[notacon]

Re: Old Timers, OPINION:

If Saban stays in 1966, does Buffalo make it to the first Super Bowl?

First of all, aren’t you around 60 years old…..that makes you an “old timer” too.


"If Saban stays in 1966, does Buffalo make it to the first Super Bowl?”....I strongly doubt it.

The Bills did not lose the bid for third consecutive AFL Championships because Saban was not HC and Collier was.

It is incredibly difficult to win two championships in a row (like the Bills did accomplish in 1964 & 1965), much less three.

There is a reason why in the Super Bowl era, several teams have won two back-to-back SB’s but never three.

No surprise the last back-to-back winner 20 years ago (and it will be a surprise if another team does it again any time soon). Notably, every team that DID win back-to-back, not one of them even had the chance to go three years in row by getting in the SB the season after winning their second title.

I was only 11 years old when KC beat the Bills in the AFLC game 31-7. So the details are fuzzy at best.

I do remember that KC was simply the better team. The Bills started the game by fumbling the kickoff and it went all downhill from there.

KC was a juggernaut that season.

I found this interesting retrospective back on that game…

1966 AFL Championship Game: Chiefs 31, Bills 7
Kansas City’s staunch defense and Len Dawson’s flawless performance ended Buffalo’s two-year reign

In any event, for the right to get their asses kicked by Green Bay?

[TigerJ]

Re: Old Timers, OPINION:

That actually pre-dates my interest in and knowledge of the Bills. I know Saban was a solid coach, probably top three in the Bills' history.

[Night Train]

Re: Old Timers, OPINION:

KC passed us.

1964-65 was their time. I enjoyed those wins.

[Historian]

Re: Old Timers, OPINION:

First of all, aren’t you around 60 years old…..that makes you an “old timer” too.

Oh yes, I meant, Old Timers like me.

[YardRat]

Re: Old Timers, OPINION:

That's a couple of years before my time.

[Lone Stranger]

Re: Old Timers, OPINION:

The best era in Bills history. Saban is the best coach the Bills ever had. 2 championships supports that. BTW I did attend the championship game in Buffalo and remember "the shot heard around the world" delivered by Mike Stratton on Keith Lincoln.

[Woodman]

Re: Old Timers, OPINION:

The best era in Bills history. Saban is the best coach the Bills ever had. 2 championships supports that. BTW I did attend the championship game in Buffalo and remember "the shot heard around the world" delivered by Mike Stratton on Keith Lincoln.

That defense was beyond special ..... it was the very best period.

[Skooby]

Re: Old Timers, OPINION:

Who the F knows ?

[notacon]

Re: Old Timers, OPINION:

That's a couple of years before my time.

But not that many!! 60 years old officially makes you an “old fart old timer”.

[Bill Cody]

Re: Old Timers, OPINION:

Doubt any coach is worth 3 TD's but kind of hard to hope they had won that game only to get steam rolled by GB which they would have

[Gibby 2.0]

Re: Old Timers, OPINION:

If Saban stays in 1966, does Buffalo make it to the first Super Bowl?

Maybe. Honestly, if he stayed and Cookie had stayed the Bills may have made multiple Superbowls. That core was talented, he was a good coach, and that core would not have aged out until 70 or so.