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The Buffalo Bills began competitive play in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League. Head coach Buster Ramsey led the team through its first two seasons, which ended with records of 5 and 8 and 6 and 8.
Ralph Wilson founded the Buffalo Bills after his time as a minority owner of the Detroit Lions. He had previously been involved with earlier non-NFL teams in the city including the Bisons of the All-America Football Conference that folded in 1929.
The Buffalo Bills appeared in four consecutive Super Bowls from 1990 to 1993 under head coach Marv Levy and lost each one. Their four Super Bowl appearances are the most among NFL franchises that have not won the title a record they share with the Minnesota Vikings.
For their first two seasons the Buffalo Bills wore uniforms based on those of the Detroit Lions at the time with Honolulu blue silver and white colors. In 1962 the standing red bison became the official logo placed on a white helmet and team colors changed to red white and blue.
The Buffalo Bills endured the longest playoff drought in the four major North American professional sports from 2000 to 2016. The drought ended when Sean McDermott broke it by appearing in the playoffs for seven of the next eight seasons starting after 2016.