Why Are the Buffalo Bills Called the Bills?

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Conceptual still life of an American football, Old West hat and blank contest paper

The Buffalo Bills take their name from William “Buffalo Bill” Cody. The name reached football through a contest held for an earlier Buffalo team, then returned when Ralph Wilson chose it for his new American Football League club in 1959.

According to the Bills’ account of the naming contest, the earlier team wanted a fresh identity after the 1946 season. It had been called the Bisons, a name also used by local baseball and hockey teams. More than 4,500 entries arrived. Several people suggested “Bills,” but James F. Dyson won the $500 prize for an essay linking Cody’s frontier image with a new frontier in Buffalo sports.

That earlier team played in the All-America Football Conference, which collapsed after the 1949 season. Wilson later revived the name on November 30, 1959. The modern club therefore inherited a familiar local football name rather than inventing it from scratch.

 

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