1991 Buffalo Bills season

1991 Buffalo Bills season
1991 Buffalo Bills season
Owner	Ralph Wilson
Head coach	Marv Levy
General manager	Bill Polian
Home field	Rich Stadium
Results
Record	13–3
Division place	1st AFC East
Playoff finish	Won Divisional Playoffs (vs. Chiefs) 37–14; Won AFC Championship (vs. Broncos) 10–7; Lost Super Bowl XXVI (vs. Redskins) 24–37
	← 1990; Bills seasons; 1992 →;

The 1991 Buffalo Bills season was the 32nd season and 22nd in the National Football League. They ended their season with their second Super Bowl appearance in a row but lost to the Washington Redskins, 24–37.

Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College
1991 Buffalo Bills draft
1	26	Henry Jones *	S	Illinois
2	54	Phil Hansen	DE	North Dakota St
3	82	Daryl Wren	DB	Pittsburg St
4	138	Shawn Wilbourn	DB	Long Beach St
5	166	Millard Hamilton	WR	Clark
6	194	Amir Rasul	RB	Florida A&M
8	222	Brad Lamb	WR	Anderson
9	249	Mark Maddox	LB	Northern Michigan University
10	277	Tony DeLorenzo	OG	New Mexico St
11	305	Dean Kirkland	OG	Washington
12	333	Steve Clark	TE	Texas
Made roster † Pro Football Hall of Fame * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 1	Miami Dolphins	W 35–31	1–0	Rich Stadium	80,252
2	September 8	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 52–34	2–0	Rich Stadium	79,545
3	September 15	at New York Jets	W 23–20	3–0	Giants Stadium	65,309
4	September 22	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 17–10	4–0	Tampa Stadium	57,323
5	September 29	Chicago Bears	W 35–20	5–0	Rich Stadium	80,366
6	October 7	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 6–33	5–1	Arrowhead Stadium	76,120
7	October 13	Indianapolis Colts	W 42–6	6–1	Rich Stadium	79,015
8	October 21	Cincinnati Bengals	W 35–16	7–1	Rich Stadium	80,131
9	Bye
10	November 3	New England Patriots	W 22–17	8–1	Rich Stadium	78,278
11	November 10	at Green Bay Packers	W 34–24	9–1	Milwaukee County Stadium	52,175
12	November 18	at Miami Dolphins	W 41–27	10–1	Joe Robbie Stadium	71,062
13	November 24	at New England Patriots	L 13–16	10–2	Foxboro Stadium	47,053
14	December 1	New York Jets	W 24–13	11–2	Rich Stadium	80,243
15	December 8	at Los Angeles Raiders	W 30–27	12–2	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	85,081
16	December 15	at Indianapolis Colts	W 35–7	13–2	Hoosier Dome	48,286
17	December 22	Detroit Lions	L 14–17	13–3	Rich Stadium	78,059

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

AFC East
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
⁽¹⁾ Buffalo Bills	13	3	0	.813	7–1	10–2	458	318	L1
⁽⁶⁾ New York Jets	8	8	0	.500	4–4	6–6	314	293	W1
Miami Dolphins	8	8	0	.500	4–4	5–7	343	349	L2
New England Patriots	6	10	0	.375	4–4	5–9	211	305	L1
Indianapolis Colts	1	15	0	.063	1–7	1–11	143	381	L6

Playoffs

Schedule

Round	Date	Opponent (seed)	Result	Record	Venue
Divisional Round	January 5, 1992	Kansas City (4)	W 37–14	1–0	Rich Stadium
AFC Championship	January 12, 1992	Denver Broncos (2)	W 10–7	2–0	Rich Stadium
Super Bowl XXVI	January 26, 1992	Washington Redskins (1)	L 24–37	2–1	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome