2011 Buffalo Bills season

The 2011 Buffalo Bills season is the team's 42nd season in the National Football League and the 52nd overall. The Bills hope to improve on their record from the 2010 season, and attempt to make the playoffs for the first time since 1999, the longest standing playoff drought in the NFL, which is tied with the Detroit Lions. Buffalo plays in the Eastern division of the American Football Conference (AFC).

In week 3 of the season, the Bills broke a 15-game losing streak that the team had accrued against the New England Patriots that dated to opening day of the 2003 season; Buffalo defeated the Patriots, 34–31. In doing so, the 2011 Bills became the only team since before 1950 (when comprehensive statistical record keeping began) to win two consecutive games in which they trailed by 18 or more points; they overcame a 21-3 deficit to Oakland in Week Two, and a 21-0 deficit to New England in Week Three.

Uniform change
On February 9, 2011, the Bills announced that the team planned to introduce redesigned uniforms for the 2011 NFL season. No details were given on what the uniforms would look like, but it was said that the charging buffalo logo would be kept. Later reports leaked by a Madden NFL 12 trailer, and said to be confirmed by the league, indicated the team would be adopting the uniforms the team wore between 1975 and 1983. It was also announced that an official unveiling of the new uniforms would be at a fan appreciation event later in the summer. The date of the new uniform unveiling was later determined to be on June 24, 2011. The team also announced that the U.S. military will be involved in the unveiling. After the unveiling, there was a movie screening The Blind Side which was scheduled to round out the unveiling and fan appreciation event. Fans could vote for which film they want to see on the Bills’ Facebook page. Due to the labor lockout that ran from March 11, 2011 through July 25, 2011, the actual Bills players were not being allowed to attend. Instead, models from the New York National Guard, along with former Bills Jim Kelly and Thurman Thomas, modeled the new uniforms. This is the first full redesign of the team’s uniforms since the 2002 NFL season.

2011 draft board

 * undefined The Bills acquired this fourth-round selection and a 2012 conditional draft selection in an October 2010 trade that sent RB Marshawn Lynch to the Seattle Seahawks.
 * undefined Compensatory selection.

Schedule
The Bills' preseason schedule was announced on April 12, 2011.

Schedule
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 * Royal blue indicates the Bills Toronto Series.
 * Yellow indicates that the game time is subject to change as a result of flexible scheduling.

Week 8: vs. Washington Redskins
Bills Toronto Series

Week 17: at New England Patriots

 * undefined Gametime subject to change due to flexible scheduling.