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.

2025 marks the final year that Section VI will hold its high school football sectional finals at the current Highmark Stadium. That makes this season's playoffs a kind of farewell celebration.

Watch as Bills rookie cornerback Maxwell Hairston was mic'd up for the Bills Toyota Rookie Club Flag Football Clinic!

On Thursday, November 6th, the Buffalo Bills kicked off the start of a flag football partnership with Seneca Nation at the Seneca Allegany Community Center. 60 Seneca Nation youth participated in flag football skills and drills, as well as scrimmages. Bills Legend Fred Jackson and Billy Buffalo were in attendance. Each participant received Bills giveaways and a t-shirt. This year, the Buffalo Bills, in partnership with Nike, donated a grant to the Seneca Nation to launch flag football within their communities.

On Tuesday November 4th, 2025 the Buffalo Bills hosted their annual Toyota Rookie Club Flag Football Clinic. Over 120 local youth flag football players, from different local flag football organizations, enjoyed participating in flag football drills with the Buffalo Bills 2025 Rookie Class.

Don Tremont, Robert VanCoughnett, Tom Steiner, Dan Salmon, and Brian Finn from the Watertown Chapter recognized by the Bills

On Saturday, October 18th, NFL Flag and RCX Sports hosted the Buffalo Bills NFL Flag Regional Tournament in Elma, NY. Teams from eight different age divisions competed for the first time ever to earn the opportunity to represent the Buffalo Bills at the NFL Flag Championships in the summer of 2026. Congratulations to all of the winning teams!

The Buffalo Bills took part in the Jamestown vs. Bennett High School Homecoming football game on Friday, October 3, at Strider Field. The Buffalo Bills brought the excitement of NFL Rivalries Week to Jamestown, NY with a special appearance by Bills Legend Fred Jackson and Billy Buffalo. This gallery is presented by Wegmans.

The Buffalo Bills will take part in the Jamestown vs. Bennett High School Homecoming football game on Friday, October 3, at Strider Field. 

Bills COO Pete Guelli: "The support from Bills Mafia throughout Canada over the years has been incredibly important to our franchise and the Pegula family."

The first-of-its-kind partnership includes merchandise and activation opportunities across the Toronto Argonauts, Toronto Raptors, Toronto FC and other MLSE properties 

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).

The Buffalo Bills hosted varsity high school football players and coaches from Section VI for a Media Day at Highmark Stadium. Teams went though a variety of photo activations, media Q&A, and visited the team locker room with lockers representing each high school team.

The Buffalo Bills hosted the fourth annual Tackle Nike 11-On event on June 14 at West Seneca East High School with 11 varsity football programs from Buffalo and Rochester regions in partnership with Nike and the New York State High School Football Coaches Association. The event included 7-on-7 games and a lineman challenge to determine the overall winner. This year's winning team is the Bennett Tigers!

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.

The grants support the development of grassroots programs so they may continue to bring local communities together and inspire the next generation of athletes.

The Buffalo Bandits, Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres proudly partnered with the Seneca Gaming Corporation to host Seneca Sports Day at the Allegany Community Center for Seneca Nation youth. At the event, the participants had the opportunity to sharpen their hockey skills with Sabres Alumni, Darryl Shannon and Pat Kaleta, learn the fundamentals of flag football with Bills Linebacker and Buffalo native Joe Andreessen, and develop their lacrosse game with Bandits players, Zack Belter, Clay Scanlan, and Chase Fraser. Rax, Billy Buffalo and Sabretooth appeared throughout the event, which also included airbrush tattoos for the kids, photo opportunities, autographs, giveaways, and lunch.

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.

The award honors high school football coaches that "demonstrate the integrity, achievement and leadership exemplified by the winningest coach in NFL history, Don Shula," according to the NFL Foundation.