| 2022 Buffalo Bills season | |
|---|---|
| Owner | Terry and Kim Pegula |
| General manager | Brandon Beane |
| Head coach | Sean McDermott |
| Home field | |
| Results | |
| Record | 13–3 |
| Division place | 1st AFC East |
| Playoff finish | Won Wild Card Playoffs (vs. Dolphins) 34–31 Lost Divisional Playoffs (vs. Bengals) 10–27 |
| Pro Bowlers | 8 |
| AP All-Pros | 2
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| Uniform | |
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The 2022 season was the Buffalo Bills' 53rd in the National Football League (NFL), their 63rd as a franchise, their eighth full season under the ownership of Terry and Kim Pegula, and their sixth under the head coach/general manager tandem of Sean McDermott and Brandon Beane.
The Bills entered the 2022 season as two-time defending AFC East champions. The Bills clinched the AFC East for the third consecutive season and improved on their 11–6 record from last season. The Week 17 game against Cincinnati was declared a no-contest after Bills' safety Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field. He was given CPR for ten minutes before being rushed to the hospital. Despite the incident, the Bills won their last game of the season to finish 13–3, tied for the best record in the history of the franchise, but they lost control of their destiny to clinch the number 1 seed in the AFC as a result of the cancellation, which allowed Kansas City to clinch the number 1 seed in the AFC the day before their last game of the regular season despite having the head-to-head tiebreaker.[1][2][3][4] In the playoffs, they defeated Miami, 34–31 in the wild-card round. However, they then fell to Cincinnati 27–10, losing in the divisional round for the second consecutive season.[5]
2022 was the final season in the Bills' lease on Highmark Stadium signed back in 2012. Negotiations were finalized and approved for the construction of a new stadium for the team by May 2023,[6] with construction beginning afterwards with a completion date before the 2026 season;[7] the team had stated that it would not renew its lease on Highmark Stadium unless an agreement for a new stadium was struck by the end of the 2022 season.[8]
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- ^ "Chiefs clinch No. 1 seed with win today, but neutral site AFC Championship Game remains in play". NBC Sports. January 7, 2023. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
- ^ "Bengals return to AFC championship with 27-10 rout of Bills". AP News. January 23, 2023. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
- ^ O'Shei, Tim (January 8, 2023). "Hochul on Bills' stadium long-form deal: 'We are so close to being done'". Buffalo News. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
- ^ "DONE DEAL: New Bills stadium gets final governmental approval, construction can begin". News 4 Buffalo. May 4, 2023. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
- ^ "Bills Won't Renew Lease In July '23 Without New Stadium Deal". Associated Press. September 2, 2021. Retrieved September 3, 2021.