Football Ontario Announces Buffalo Bills as Official Supporting Community Partner

Tag along with Bills Legends Fred Jackson and Jim Kelly as the Buffalo Bills and Nike kicked off a new flag football league for Seneca Nation during Native American Heritage Month!

The Buffalo Bills partnered with Gatorade to host the Gatorade Unified Flag Football Skills Challenge, November 11, 2025. Six newly formed Unified Flag Football teams in Buffalo and Rochester, along with the Town of Hamburg Adaptive, were invited to the Buffalo Bills Fieldhouse to compete to be crowned the Gatorade Unified Flag Football Skills Challenge Champion. The Buffalo Bills Foundation and the Ralph C. Wilson Foundation helped launch Unified Flag Football in eight schools between Buffalo and Rochester this year. There were special appearances by Bills players Javon Solomon and Reggie Gilliam, and Billy Buffalo. Congratulations to Edison Tech on winning the skills challenge!

The Buffalo Bills invited youth from the Seneca Nation to the Bills campus, November 11, 2025, for a flag football clinic, facility tour and dinner in celebration of Native American Heritage month. The Buffalo Bills in partnership with Nike, donated $20,000 to the Seneca Allegany and Seneca Cattaraugus community centers to launch flag football programs this year.

In partnership with USA Football and Football Canada, the Buffalo Bills hosted the U.S. Women's National Flag Football Team and the Canadian Women's National Flag Football Team for a halftime scrimmage on Sunday, October 5, at Highmark Stadium during the Bills vs. Patriots game.

The Halftime Scrimmage between the National teams during the Bills vs. Patriots game will be the first of its kind at an NFL Game

At the Bills vs. Giants Preseason Kids Day Game on August 9th, the Buffalo Bills celebrated the start of the fall football season by inviting over 1,500 youth and high school tackle and flag football teams to Highmark Stadium. To represent these organizations, the Buffalo Bills invited high school girls flag football players and coaches from Section V (CG Finney, Penfield and Webster Schroeder) and Section VI (Orchard Park, Pioneer and Clarence) to hold the pregame introduction banners and participate in a flag football scrimmage at halftime. Also, during pregame, the High School Girls Flag Football Coaches of the Week from both sections were recognized for their contributions to growing the game of flag football in the community. Bills alumni, Jerry Butler, presented a ceremonial football to the inaugural High School Girls Flag Football Coaches of the Year, Mark Layer from Clarence (Section VI) and Ian Insley from Webster Schroeder (Section V).

Buffalo Bills Legend Fred Jackson and team Mascot Billy Buffalo visited the Football Ontario Club Flag Provincial Championships on July 19th at the Fountain Street Soccer Complex in Cambridge, ON. The largest Club Flag Provincial Championship in Ontario history showcased the province's top youth talent and the rapid growth of flag football in Ontario, Canada. At the event, players, coaches and family members received Bills giveaways and the opportunity to take pictures and receive autographs from Fred and Billy!

Watch highlights between from the Clifton Park Bills' dramatic win over the Henderson Raiders at the 2025 NFL FLAG Championships.

Hail Mary! The Bills' final effort turns into an electric game-winning touchdown in the NFL Flag Championships.

Bills Wide Receiver Keon Coleman made a surprise visit at the Flag Football Regionals in Hamilton, Ontario this summer!

Watch highlights between the Whitehouse Bengals and the Clifton Park Bills at the 2025 NFL FLAG Championships.

The Buffalo Bills in partnership with Nike hosted the second annual Nike Girls Flag 7-on-7 Tournament and Skills Challenge on June 29th. 12 teams from the Buffalo and Rochester regions competed in the event which included 7-on-7 game play and football skills challenges including Long Punt, Pro Agility, QB Long Toss, and 40 Yard Dash to determine an overall winner. Fredonia High School Girls Flag Football was this year's winning team!

Clarence girls flag football head coach Mark Layer joined One Bills Live. He shared his reaction to being named the Buffalo Bills Section VI Coach of the Year and his team's success this season. He talked about the growth of the sport locally and nationwide, the support from the Bills organization, and his efforts to help grow the sport himself over the last few years.

Our players surprised this year's Girls Flag Football Coaches Of The Year.

The Bills surprised both coaches with these awards on a video call during the team's media day with LT Dion Dawkins and WR Khalil Shakir breaking the special news to them.

Scroll to see photos as Buffalo Bills players congratulate players from three New York State championship teams following their minicamp session. The championship teams are: Webster Schroeder Flag Football - 2025 Class B Champions, Pioneer Flag Football - 2025 Class C Champions and Clymer/Sherman/Panama Football - 2024 Class D Champions.

See how Bills Legend George Wilson, Bills Defensive End Javon Solomon and the Bills organization hosted 6 WNY High School Girls Flag teams for the 2025 Far West Regionals at Highmark Stadium.

View photos from the Girls High School Flag Football Far West Regionals this past weekend at Highmark Stadium. Congratulations to the winners: Penfield (Class A), Webster Schroeder (Class B) and Pioneer (Class C)!

The next generation of football lives in Buffalo, and the Bills are leading the charge. Learn how Buffalo's impact on girls flag football has spread across Western New York!

Stations at Saturday's skills challenge included vertical jump, 20-yard dash, throwing accuracy, longest throw, longest punt, pro agility, broad jump and an obstacle course.

On May 17th, the Buffalo Bills hosted the first ever Modified Girls Flag Football Skills Challenge inside the Bills Training Center. 16 teams from Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse were invited to participate in the event which tested the participants on their football skills, speed, agility, and teamwork. These teams are playing in their first season of Girls Flag Football for their middle schools and received grant funding, equipment and resources from the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation and Buffalo Bills Foundation to help launch their programs this Spring.

The Buffalo Bills partnered with the Niagara Youth Flag Football Organization to host a girls flag football clinic for middle school and high school girls at Youngs Sportsplex in Welland, Ontario Canada on April 5^th. Buffalo Bills Alumni Lorenzo Alexander made the trip to Welland to support the girls flag players by coaching the participants at the flag different stations, providing words of encouragement, and taking pictures and signing autographs at the end of the event.

Former Bills LB Lorenzo Alexander joined One Bills Live and discussed his recent involvement in football clinics in Orchard Park and Welland, Ontario. The ACES Foundation president talked about teaching youth football players and helping train some of the prospects for the upcoming NFL Draft.

Tag along with Defensive End Javon Solomon as he takes in the Buffalo Bills annual flag football event in conjunction with UBMD Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine. The event featured over 65 schools from Section VI (Buffalo Region), and Section V (Rochester/Finger Lakes) and kicked off the second State Championship season for Girls High School Flag Football in New York State history. It also featured guest appearances from Defensive Coordinator Bobby Babich and Izzy Geraci from USA Flag Football.