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11th season in franchise history, first in the National Football League
The 1970 Buffalo Bills season was the franchise's 1st season in the National Football League , and the 11th overall. The team looked to improve on its 4–10 record from 1969 and make the playoffs for the first time since 1966 . However, the Bills started out on the wrong foot, losing 4 of its first 5 games. After winning 2 straight road games against the Patriots and Jets and suffering a blowout loss to the Cincinnati Bengals , the Bills and Colts played to a 17–17 draw in week 9, Buffalo's first tie since 1968 . The Bills would then lose 5 straight to end the season and finish the season 3-10-1, in fourth place in the AFC East . Their week 5 game against the Miami Dolphins would start a stage of futility in which the Bills would lose 20 straight games to the Dolphins. The Bills would not beat the Dolphins at any point during the 70s and would not beat Miami again until 1980 . This would become known as "The Streak".
Offseason
NFL Draft
[ 1]
Personnel
1970 Buffalo Bills staff
Front office
Coaching staff
Offensive coaches
Defensive coaches'
Final roster
Regular season
Schedule
Week
Date
Opponent
Result
Record
Venue
Attendance
1
September 20
Denver Broncos
L 10–25
0–1
War Memorial Stadium
34,882
2
September 27
Los Angeles Rams
L 0–19
0–2
War Memorial Stadium
46,206
3
October 4
New York Jets W 34–31
1–2
War Memorial Stadium
46,206
4
October 11
at Pittsburgh Steelers
L 10–23
1–3
Three Rivers Stadium
42,140
5
October 18
Miami Dolphins L 14–33
1–4
War Memorial Stadium
41,312
6
October 25
at New York Jets
W 10–6
2–4
Shea Stadium
62,712
7
November 1
at Boston Patriots
W 45–10
3–4
Harvard Stadium
31,148
8
November 8
Cincinnati Bengals
L 14–43
3–5
War Memorial Stadium
43,587
9
November 15
at Baltimore Colts
T 17–17
3–5–1
Memorial Stadium
60,240
10
November 22
at Chicago Bears
L 13–31
3–6–1
Wrigley Field
41,015
11
November 29
Boston Patriots L 10–14
3–7–1
War Memorial Stadium
31,427
12
December 6
at New York Giants
L 6–20
3–8–1
Yankee Stadium
62,870
13
December 13
Baltimore Colts L 14–20
3–9–1
War Memorial Stadium
34,346
14
December 20
at Miami Dolphins
L 7–45
3–10–1
Miami Orange Bowl
70,990
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Season summary
Week 1
1
2 3 4 Total
• Broncos
0
5 7 13
25
Bills
7
3 0 0
10
Week 2
1
2 3 4 Total
• Rams
3
13 0 3
19
Bills
0
0 0 0
0
Date: September 27Location: War Memorial Stadium
Week 3
1
2 3 4 Total
Jets
17
7 7 0
31
• Bills
7
6 7 14
34
Date: October 4Location: War Memorial Stadium
Week 4
1
2 3 4 Total
Bills
3
0 7 0
10
• Steelers
3
7 3 10
23
Week 5
1
2 3 4 Total
• Dolphins
10
3 7 13
33
Bills
0
7 7 0
14
Date: October 18Location: War Memorial Stadium
Week 6
1
2 3 4 Total
• Bills
0
3 0 7
10
Jets
0
0 6 0
6
Week 7
1
2 3 4 Total
• Bills
10
21 0 14
45
Patriots
0
0 3 7
10
Week 8
1
2 3 4 Total
• Bengals
3
20 13 7
43
Bills
7
7 0 0
14
Date: November 8Location: War Memorial Stadium
Week 9
1
2 3 4 Total
Bills
7
7 0 3
17
Colts
0
7 7 3
17
Week 10
1
2 3 4 Total
Bills
6
0 0 7
13
• Bears
0
14 7 10
31
Week 11
1
2 3 4 Total
• Patriots
0
7 7 0
14
Bills
0
3 0 7
10
Date: November 29Location: War Memorial Stadium
Week 12
1
2 3 4 Total
Bills
0
6 0 0
6
• Giants
0
3 3 14
20
Week 13
1
2 3 4 Total
• Colts
10
0 7 3
20
Bills
7
7 0 0
14
Date: December 13Location: War Memorial Stadium
Week 14
1
2 3 4 Total
Bills
0
0 0 7
7
• Dolphins
21
10 7 7
45
Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
Awards and honors
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References
Franchise Stadiums Culture Lore Rivalries Division championships (14) Conference championships (4) League championships (2) Wall of Fame Media Owners Current league affiliations Former league affiliation
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