2011 Buffalo Bills season

The 2011 season was the Buffalo Bills' 42nd in the National Football League (NFL) and their 52nd overall. The Bills improved on their 4–12 record from the 2010 season, winning six games. They won their first three games of the year, which included a victory over New England for their first victory over the Patriots since 2003; however, the team sputtered down the stretch (with a seven-game losing streak proving costly), missing the playoffs for the 12th consecutive season; the team had not made the playoffs since 1999, the longest standing playoff drought in the NFL at the time after the Detroit Lions made the playoffs for the first time since 1999 during this season.