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01-26-2006, 05:24 AM
Bills Uniform History Fact Of The Day The Countdown Until Uniform Unveiling
by SSUR (The Society for Sports Uniforms Research)
Fact #1 - When they started play in the American Football League in 1960, the Bills wore blue jerseys with gray numbers at home and for road games wore white jerseys with blue numbers. The rest of the uniform for both home and road contests included plain white pants with no stripe and plain royal blue socks. The helmets were silver with blue numbers on the side. The color scheme of gray/silver and blue was similar to that of the NFL’s Detroit Lions, to whom the Bills had several connections. Owner Ralph Wilson was a Lions fan growing up and was at one time a minority owner of the team while the Bills first coach, Buster Ramsey, came to Buffalo after serving as the Lions defensive coordinator. http://www.ssur.org/news/images/60helmet.jpg
Fact #2 - After playing the 1960 and ’61 seasons in their original silver/gray and blue uniforms, the Bills made a switch prior to the 1962 regular season. In the July 14, 1962 edition of the Buffalo Evening News, Bills beat writer Jack Horrigan reported that, “(Coach Lou) Saban decided to ‘brighten up’ the Bills new uniforms by adding scarlet and making more use of white than the former silver-blue combination.” The team first wore the new look for the 1962 regular season opener vs. Houston and though the Oilers won 28-23, Evening News reporter Larry Felser described the new outfits as “the Bills sharp new uniforms.” The new look also saw the team’s silver helmet replaced by a white one with a red standing buffalo and a single red stripe down the middle.
http://www.ssur.org/history/BuffaloBillsHistoricalFacts.htm
by SSUR (The Society for Sports Uniforms Research)
Fact #1 - When they started play in the American Football League in 1960, the Bills wore blue jerseys with gray numbers at home and for road games wore white jerseys with blue numbers. The rest of the uniform for both home and road contests included plain white pants with no stripe and plain royal blue socks. The helmets were silver with blue numbers on the side. The color scheme of gray/silver and blue was similar to that of the NFL’s Detroit Lions, to whom the Bills had several connections. Owner Ralph Wilson was a Lions fan growing up and was at one time a minority owner of the team while the Bills first coach, Buster Ramsey, came to Buffalo after serving as the Lions defensive coordinator. http://www.ssur.org/news/images/60helmet.jpg
Fact #2 - After playing the 1960 and ’61 seasons in their original silver/gray and blue uniforms, the Bills made a switch prior to the 1962 regular season. In the July 14, 1962 edition of the Buffalo Evening News, Bills beat writer Jack Horrigan reported that, “(Coach Lou) Saban decided to ‘brighten up’ the Bills new uniforms by adding scarlet and making more use of white than the former silver-blue combination.” The team first wore the new look for the 1962 regular season opener vs. Houston and though the Oilers won 28-23, Evening News reporter Larry Felser described the new outfits as “the Bills sharp new uniforms.” The new look also saw the team’s silver helmet replaced by a white one with a red standing buffalo and a single red stripe down the middle.
http://www.ssur.org/history/BuffaloBillsHistoricalFacts.htm