In nod to team's history, Buffalo Bills to wear two additional helmets in 2025
The team will bring back the red helmets it wore from 1984 to 2010 − and specifically the version used from 1987 to 2001, with white facemasks and blue and white stripes running down the crown's centerline − for the regular-season finale in Orchard Park, New York, against the Jets on January 4. They're the same helmets the Bills featured during their four consecutive Super Bowl losses between the 1990 and '93 seasons.
"There's no better way to celebrate our fans and honor our team's history by bringing back the red helmets. The Bills provided this region with some of the most incredible moments in franchise history in the 1990s wearing these helmets and we feel this is a great way to commemorate the closing of Highmark Stadium in our regular season finale," said the club's chief operating officer, Pete Guelli, in a statement.
The Bills are scheduled to move into their new building for the start of the 2026 season.
In addition, Buffalo is bringing back the red 'Standing Buffalo' logo that served as the franchise's primary emblem from its AFL days in the 1960s until 1973. It was last used as a throwback during the 2021 season. The grazing buff will return at Atlanta for a Monday night game against the Falcons on October 13. The Bills will also use it at home on November 16 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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