Longest stretch between two teams playing each other

[CSKreager]

The Bills and Chargers didn't play at all between 1985-1998. They almost met in the 1992 AFC Championship Game- Chargers were lined up to host Wild-Card Buffalo at the Murph, but they ended up singing a sour tune in the Miami rain.

[Rupert Patrick]

The Bills and Chargers didn't play at all between 1985-1998. They almost met in the 1992 AFC Championship Game- Chargers were lined up to host Wild-Card Buffalo at the Murph, but they ended up singing a sour tune in the Miami rain.

Which makes for an odd bit of trivia - Which AFC team did Jim Kelly never face (except for the Bills, of course) in the regular or post-season?

I wonder how many other Hall of Famers since the merger, if any, didn't play against a team from their own conference (other than teams they played on) even one time during their entire careers. Or for that matter, went thru their entire careers without playing a team from the opposing conference. These days, when you play the opposing conference teams every four years, it would be nearly impossible not to face another team at least once unless you happened to be injured every time you face them, but with the scheduling quirks there used to be in the 70's thru 2001, I'm sure there were Hall of Famers who never faced teams from the other conference in the regular season or post-season.

[MatthewToy]

The Bills and Chargers didn't play at all between 1985-1998. They almost met in the 1992 AFC Championship Game- Chargers were lined up to host Wild-Card Buffalo at the Murph, but they ended up singing a sour tune in the Miami rain.

I just watched the Bills 1985 yearbook and they played San Diego twice. And wore white jerseys in both games.

[JohnR]

10/16/49 Bills@49ers ---- 9/24/72 49ers@Bills. That's 23 years. I win! I win!...What do I win?

[oldecapecod11]

by MatthewToy » Fri Sep 11, 2015 8:10 pm

CSKreager wrote:
The Bills and Chargers didn't play at all between 1985-1998. They almost met in the 1992 AFC Championship Game- Chargers were lined up to host Wild-Card Buffalo at the Murph, but they ended up singing a sour tune in the Miami rain.

"I just watched the Bills 1985 yearbook and they played San Diego twice. And wore white jerseys in both games."

Wk Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 8, 1985 San Diego Chargers L 14–9 67,597
2 September 15, 1985 at New York Jets L 42–3 63,449
3 September 22, 1985 New England Patriots L 17–14 40,334
4 September 29, 1985 Minnesota Vikings L 27–20 45,667
5 October 6, 1985 at Indianapolis Colts L 49–17 60,003
6 October 13, 1985 at New England Patriots L 14–3 40,462
7 October 20, 1985 Indianapolis Colts W 21–9 28,430
8 October 27, 1985 at Philadelphia Eagles L 21–17 60,987
9 November 3, 1985 Cincinnati Bengals L 23–17 25,640
10 November 10, 1985 Houston Oilers W 20–0 21,881
11 November 17, 1985 at Cleveland Browns L 17–7 54,478
12 November 24, 1985 Miami Dolphins L 23–14 50,474
13 December 1, 1985 at San Diego Chargers L 40–7 45,487
14 December 8, 1985 New York Jets L 27–7 23,122
15 December 15, 1985 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 30–24 35,953
16 December 22, 1985 at Miami Dolphins L 28–0 64,811