Some footnotes related to Buffalo Bills history:
- It was the year the Motorola StarTAC flip mobile phone went on sale taking in 60 million USD in sales.
- “Don’t Speak”, by the alt-pop band No Doubt was number one on the Top 40 charts.
- Red Bull energy drink became available in the United States.
- Braveheart took home the Academy Award for Best Picture.
- The Cowboys beat someone other than the Bills in the big show, defeating Pittsburgh in the Super Bowl
These were some arbitrary events from 1996. Ironically that happens to be the last year that the Bills were 8-3.