Buffalo fans head to Kansas City as Bills and Chiefs renew acquaintances in a decades-old rivalry
By Stephen T. Watson
News Staff Reporter
Updated
Hank Stram, coach of the Kansas City Chiefs, raises his arm in jubilant victory as he is carried off the field on the shoulders of his players after the Chiefs whipped the Buffalo Bills, 31-7, for the AFL championship in Buffalo on Jan. 1, 1967, at War Memorial Stadium.
Alyssa O'Reilly, who watched last year's American Football Conference Championship Game from the nosebleed seats in the Kansas City Chiefs' stadium, said the Buffalo Bills' loss left her weeping the whole way home.
Longtime Buffalo News photographer James P. McCoy explains how he got the photo that went viral and has become a symbol of the Bills’ desire for revenge.
Ed Rutkowski sits in front of a photo showing him and some of his teammates on the 1966 Buffalo Bills, who lost to the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFL championship game at the end of that season. His face mask reads "Avenge '66."
Hank Stram, coach of the Kansas City Chiefs, raises his arm in jubilant victory as he is carried off the field on the shoulders of his players after the Chiefs whipped the Buffalo Bills, 31-7, for the AFL championship in Buffalo on Jan. 1, 1967, at War Memorial Stadium.
Ed Rutkowski sits in front of a photo showing him and some of his teammates on the 1966 Buffalo Bills, who lost to the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFL championship game at the end of that season. His face mask reads "Avenge '66."
