The Oakland Raiders and the Buffalo Bills will meet in Oakland this for the first time since 2005 this Sunday. This match-up marks the 37th regular season meeting between these two original American Football League franchises. The Raiders lead the all-time regular season series 19-17.
1960s
The teams first met in 1960 and split their first two meetings, the Bills won 38-9 in Buffalo and the Raiders won 20-7 in Oakland. They would meet twice a year, except for 1966, until 1968. The Bills won nine of those 17 games, including the split in '60. The Raiders won the final meeting of the decade, 50-21, in Oakland in 1969.
1970s
The Raiders and Bills only teed it up three times in the 1970s, with the Raiders taking two. The Raiders defeated the Bills 28-16 in Oakland in 1972, and 34-13 in 1977 again in Oakland. The Bills won in Buffalo, 21-20 in 1974.
1980s
Not many meetings took place in the 1980s, just four, and the teams split. After the Bills took the 1980 meeting 24-7 in Buffalo, the Raiders, now based in Los Angeles, took the next two – 27-24 in Buffalo in 1983, and 34-21 in 1987 in Los Angeles. The Bills topped the Raiders 37-21 in Buffalo in 1988.
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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.
1990s**
The series became a bit of a rivalry in the 1990s with the teams meeting six times. The teams split those six match-ups. Buffalo won 38-24 in 1990 in Western New York, and 30-27 in overtime in Los Angeles in 1991. The Raiders responded with a 20-3 win in 1992 in LA and a 25-24 victory in 1993 in Buffalo. Five years later, the Bills topped the now Oakland Raiders 44-21 in Buffalo. The following year, the Raiders stunned the Bills 20-14 in Buffalo.
2000s
The teams have met five times since 2002 with the Raiders winning three and the Bills grabbing the last two. On their way to Super Bowl XXXVII, the Raiders zoomed past the Bills in Buffalo 49-31, won a tight one 13-10 in Oakland and ran away with a 38-17 decision in 2005, also in Oakland. The Bills won a pair of last-second decisions in 2008 and 2011 in Buffalo.
The Bills have won the only two playoff meetings – the 1990 AFC Championship game the week after RB Bo Jackson was lost to a career-ending injury and a 1993 AFC playoff game – both in Buffalo. This week in Oakland, the Raiders hope to dampen the Bills 2014 playoff aspirations. Ten of the Raiders 19 wins in the series have come at the Oakland Coliseum. Kickoff is set for 1:25 p.m. PT at O.co Coliseum.
