The 2009 season was the Buffalo Bills' 40th season in the National Football League the 50th overall and the fourth and final under the head coach Dick Jauron. The Bills were unable to improve upon their third consecutive 7–9 regular-season record (2006, 2007 and 2008) and failed to make the playoffs for the 10th consecutive year, the longest-standing playoff drought in the NFL which did not end until the 2017 season.