Buffalo Bills Super Bowl Appearances In The 90s

For the first time, Buffalo Bills appeared in the super bowl during the 1991 season at Tampa Stadium in Florida. The Giants defeated the Bills by 20-19.

The Bills made it to their first NFL champion in 1991, which they lost with New York Giants after a last-second field goal attempt by Buffalo’s Scott Norwood missed wide right.

In the First half, the Bills dominated the game with their decisive running game. Running back Thurman Thomas had 135 yards and a touchdown in the first half of the game, and the Bills had a 12-point lead at halftime.

The Giants did not give up and managed to score two field goals from Kicker Matt Bahr to tie the game at 19-19 in the final quarter. The Bills were in a good position to win the game.

Unfortunately, in the final stage of the game Bills quarterback, Jim Kelly made a costly mistake. He threw the ball to Lawrence Taylor a Giants linebacker who ran the ball back to the Bills side of the field.

The Giants took advantage of the interception, and Bahr had to Kick the field goal that would win the game. With just a few seconds left in the game and Bahr made the Kick and Giants made a NFL championship title victory by 20-19.

Giants running back Ottis Anderson won the Super Bowl MVP award after a great performance with the Bills, carrying the ball 21 times for 102 yards and one touchdown.

Additionally, the 1991 Buffalo Bills led by coach, Marv Levy had a 13-3 record and won the AFC East division in the regular season, but they lost the championship game.

Buffalo Bills Super Bowl opponents for the 1992 season were Washington Redskins. The Redskins won the game by 37-24 over the Bills.

The game was held on January 26, 1992, at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The Redskins and the Bills had the best records in their regular season with 14-2 and 13-3 respectively. Redskins scored the most points in the regular season with 485 points.

On the other hand, the Bills made it to the second consecutive Lombardi largely through the play of quarterback Jim Kelly and their no-huddle offense “K-Gun”. But their defense was second worst in the league in total yards allowed.

The Bills committed a NFL championship record nine turnovers including four interceptions by QB Jim Kelly, who left the game with a knee injury in the second quarter.

Similarly, running back Thurman Thomas rushed for 13 yards and a touchdown but also lost the fumble that was returned for a touchdown by Redskins.

Early in the second quarter, the Redskins jumped out to a 17-0 lead from which the Bills could not recover. Washington also sacked Kelly four times and interception him four times.

The Bills become the third team to lose back-to-back championships and the second team to play three straight Lombardi.

With victory against Bills Redskins quarterback Mark Rypien completed 18 of 33 passes for 292 yards, two touchdowns, and an interception and was named Lombardi MVP.

Buffalo Bills Super Bowl losses came on January 31, 1993 to the Dallas Cowboys. The game was played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.

The Bills advanced to their third NFL Championships in a row with an 11-5 record in the regular season, but they entered the playoff as a wildcard after losing tiebreakers.

However, the Cowboys had a 13-3 record in the regular season and were going to their sixth Lombardi. It was the first time both teams will play against each other since 1984.

The Cowboys got 35 points from nine Bills turnovers, an NFL champion record, and scored three touchdowns in the first half.

Likewise, Bills QB Frank Reich, who came in for Jim Kelly when he got injured in the second quarter, threw a 40-yard touchdown at the end of the third quarter to make it 31-17.

Cowboys QB Troy Aikman won the MVP award after a great performance. Marv Levy coached the Bills to four straight AFC Championships from 1990 to 1993 but failed to lead the team to a victory in Lombardi champion. 

Dallas Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson won both an NCAA Division I-A and FBS national champion and an NFL champion.

Even with four Consecutive Lombardi appearances Buffalo Bills Championship wins are still zero. However, the team has two AFL championships in 1964 and 1965.

The defending Super Bowl XXVII Champion Cowboys managed to win 12 out of 16 games in the regular season despite having main players due to injuries.

On the other hand, the Bills made it to the Lombardi for the fourth time in a row, after winning 12 out of 16 games in the regular season largely through the strength of their no-huddle offense.

As of 2023, the last time Bills played in the Lombardi was on January 30, 1994, at Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, and the Cowboys won the game 30-13, scoring 24 unanswered points in the second half after trailing 13-6 at halftime.

The Bills had got their lead from Thurman Thomas 4 yard touchdown run. But early in the third quarter, Thomas lost the ball, and James Washington of the Cowboys returned the fumble back 46 yards for a touchdown to tie the game.

Then, the Super Bowl MVP winner Emmitt Smith took over the game for the Cowboys. He ran the ball seven times on an eight-play, 64-yard drive that ended with his 15-yard touchdown run.

Later, Smith scored on a 1-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter and also had 30 carries for 132 yards and 2 touchdowns.