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Take a look back at the Raiders vs Bills rivalry, regular and pre season, in pictures.
Marcus Allen tries to break away from a Bills defender during the 1991 AFC Championship Game.
Eric Barton applies pressure on the quarterback during the Raiders 2002 match-up with the Bills.
Charles Woodson breaks up a pass intended for Andre Reed in 1999.
DeLawrence Grant and Akbar Gbaja-Biamila team up to bring down the Bills quarterback in 2004.
Ike Lassiter rushes the Buffalo quarterback.
Randy Moss gets ready to haul in a pass in a 2005 game against Buffalo.
Al Davis and Ralph Wilson spend time together in 1966.
Napoleon McCallum rushes the ball during the 1994 AFC playoffs.
Tyrone Wheatley extends the ball for a touchdown in 1999.
Derrick Burgess sheds his blocker and prepares to tackle Bills RB Marshawn Lynch in a 2008 game.
The Oakland defensive line gets ready for the play.
Carlos Francis makes a move up field in 2004.
The Raiders celebrate as Tim Brown heads to the end zone in a 1993 match-up with Buffalo.
Tim Brown speaks with a member of the Bills after the final whistle has blown.
Pete Banaszak collides with two Bills in 1977.
Rich Gannon scrambles to avoid the Buffalo pressure in 2002.
The Raiders and Bills mascots spend some time together at the 1993 Pro Bowl.
The two lines collide in 1967.
Howie Long brings down Bills QB Jim Kelly in a 1992 match-up.
Stacy Toran prepares to deliver the hit.
Vann McElroy lays a big hit in a 1987 game against the Bills.
Marcus Allen gets ready to hit the hole created by the offensive line.
Tim Brown gets ready before the snap.
Billy Cannon hauls in the reception.
Dan Conners collides with a Buffalo blocker.
David Grayson brings down the Buffalo ball carrier.
Scott Davis gets ready to hit the Buffalo quarterback.
James Lofton hauls in the catch and runs away from the Buffalo defender.
Cotton Davidson gets ready to throw the pass.
Johnnie Lee Higgins makes a move and heads up field.
Jim Otto and the offensive line block for Ken Stabler.
Jerry Rice strides into the end zone.
Mike Siani makes his move off the line.
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Pro Connections
• Raiders special teams coordinator Bobby April served in the same capacity and was also the Assistant Head Coach for the Buffalo Bills from 2004-09.
• Raiders linebackers coach Bob Sanders spent four years with the Bills, coach - ing the defensive line (2009), outside linebackers (2010-11) and linebackers (2012).
• Bills Head Coach Doug Marrone was drafted by the Los Angeles Raiders in the sixth round of the 1986 NFL Draft.
• Bills running backs coach Tyrone Wheatley played six seasons with the Oakland Raiders (1999-2004), leading the team in rushing in 2000 and posting career bests of 1,046 rushing yards on 232 carries with nine touchdowns, being named the Victor Awards Comeback Player of the Year.
• Bills linebackers coach Fred Pagac coached linebackers with the Oakland Raiders from 2001-03.
• Bills T Erik Pears played in 12 games for the Oakland Raiders in 2009.
• Raiders LB Khalil Mack and Bills WR Sammy Watkins were selected fifth and fourth overall, respectively, in the 2014 NFL Draft.
College Connections
• Raiders LB Khalil Mack played at the University at Buffalo from 2010-13 where he set the NCAA record with 16 career forced fumbles.
• Bills offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett coached at UC-Davis as an as - sistant linebackers coach in 2003 and at Stanford from 2003-05, serving as an assistant to the offensive and defensive coordinators (2003-04) and specialists/ recruiting coordinator (2005). He was a four-year letterwinner as a linebacker and long snapper at UC-Davis from 1999-2002, helping them reach the playoffs in each of his four seasons.
• Bills defensive backs coach Donnie Henderson coached linebackers at Cal during the 1990-91 seasons. He also served as a defensive assistant for UFL's California Redwoods in 2009.
• Bills offensive line coach Pat Morris coached tight ends and tackles at Stanford from 1995-96.
• Raiders offensive coordinator Greg Olson was Bills QB Kyle Orton's quarterbacks coach at Purdue in 2002, where Raiders wide receivers coach Ted Gilmore (2001-02) served in the same capacity.
• Raiders T Menelik Watson and Bills QB EJ Manuel were teammates at Florida State, winning the Orange Bowl together in 2012.
Raiders from Northern New York and Bills from Northern California/Hometown Connections
• Raiders QB Derek Carr, CB DJ Hayden and Bills DE Jerry Hughes all played their high school football in the Fort Bend Independent School District. Carr and Hughes overlapped while playing in Sugar Land, Texas, where Carr attended Clements High School from 2005-07 before relocating to Bakersfield (Calif.), and Hughes played at Austin High School. Hayden attended Elkins High School in Missouri City, Texas.
• Raiders RB Latavius Murray is a native of Nedrow, N.Y. and attended Onondaga Central High School, a short drive from Syracuse.
• Raiders DT Justin Ellis and Bills S Duke Williams were both born in Monroe, La. in 1990.
• Bills S Aaron Williams is a native of San Jose, Calif.
• Bills LB Ty Powell was born in Marina, Calif. and attended Seaside High School. Powell went on to play at De Anza College in Cupertino, Calif. before transferring to Harding.
