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1964 - BILLS FIRST AFL CHAMPIONSHIP

Cookie Gilchrist and Jack Kemp celebrate after the Bills win the AFL Championship game against the San Diego Chargers

Cookie Gilchrist tore up the league in 1964. Here he is ready to explode for another long gain

Kicker Pete Gogolak was a key element in the Bills offense in ‘64 season

Jack Kemp gets pass off in AFL Championship game against the Chargers
[Photo by Robert L. Smith]

Wray Calton scores against the Chargers in AFL title game

Bills head coach Lou Sabin leads the celebration in locker room after winning Bills first AFC Championship. To the right of Sabin are kicker Pete Gogolak, QB Jack Kemp and RB Wray Carlton
[Photo by Robert L. Smith]

1965 - BILLS REPEAT AS AFL CHAMPIONSHIP

The Bills come storming in on Chargers' quarterback John Hadl in the 1965 AFL Championship game. Here three Bills converge on Hadl, Jim Dunaway (78), Ron McDole (72) and John Tracey (51) as the Bills' D put the pressure on Hadl the entire game, shutting out the explosive Charger offense.


Bills safety George Saimes slams into Chargers' running back Paul Lowe just after he catches a pass from John Hadl, forcing a fumble. Butch Byrd (42) closes in on the play.


Jack Kemp gets off a pass before 300-pound Ernie Ladd is about to pounce on the Bills quarterback in the 1965 AFL Championship game. On this play, Kemp completes an 18-yard pass to another Ernie, Ernie Warlick for a touchdown (which turned out to be the only offensive touchdown of the game by either team).


Tom Sestak shows his athletic skills as he leaps to tackle Chargers' quarterback John Hadl for a sack in the Bills 23-0 victory over the host San Diego Chargers in the AFL title game.


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