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Buffalo Bills at Los Angeles Rams

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 5 · SoFi Stadium · Monday Night

Latest game updateUpdated
Buffalo Bills—Away
Los Angeles Rams—Home

Game details

Location
Inglewood
TV
ESPN, ABC
Reported weather
Mostly cloudy w/ showers, 68°F

Betting line

Spread
LAR -3
Total
O/U 54.5
Moneyline
BUF +145 · LAR -175Implied: BUF 40.8% · LAR 63.6% (book margin 4.5%)

Updated . Informational only; odds change and outcomes are never guaranteed. Legal age and location requirements apply. All odds

Matchup preview

Buffalo Bills 3–0 · Road 1–0 · Streak W3 · Power Index No. 6 · 8 days of rest
Los Angeles Rams 1–2 · Home 1–1 · Streak L1 · Power Index No. 10 · 8 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · BUF 3 games, LAR 3 games
MetricBUFLAR
Points per game33.71st20.320th
Points allowed per game26.022nd21.012th
Total yards per game401.74th417.71st
Passing yards per game262.010th295.03rd
Rushing yards per game155.04th133.77th
Turnovers per game1.724th2.027th
Sacks allowed per game2.720th1.77th
Penalty yards per game73.027th61.319th

Highlighted values are the better side of each line; small figures are the league rank among clubs with games (1st = best). Points come from final scores; yardage, turnovers, sacks and penalties from team statistics.

Buffalo Bills: recent results

  1. W 24–16 vs LAC Week 3
  2. W 41–31 vs DET Week 2
  3. W 36–31 @ HOU Week 1

Los Angeles Rams: recent results

  1. L 26–30 @ DEN Week 3
  2. W 28–6 vs NYG Week 2
  3. L 7–27 vs SF Week 1

Buffalo Bills: season leaders

Passing
Josh Allen 786 yds · 3 g
Rushing
James Cook III 346 yds · 3 g
Receiving
Dalton Kincaid 263 yds · 3 g
Sacks
Greg Rousseau 6.0 · 3 g

Los Angeles Rams: season leaders

Passing
Matthew Stafford 872 yds · 3 g
Rushing
Kyren Williams 214 yds · 3 g
Receiving
Davante Adams 358 yds · 3 g
Sacks
Byron Young 1.0 · 2 g

Buffalo Bills: injury report

  • Out Dorian Strong LCB
  • Out Ed Oliver RDE
  • Out Joshua Palmer WR
  • Out Tyrell Shavers WR
  • Questionable DJ Moore WR
  • Questionable Dee Alford
  • Questionable Landon Jackson LDE
  • Questionable Te'Cory Couch RCB

2 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 9. Full report

Los Angeles Rams: injury report

  • Questionable Grant Stuard LILB
  • Questionable Jaylen Watson LCB
  • Questionable Josaiah Stewart WLB
  • Questionable Nate Landman LILB
  • Questionable Quentin Lake NB
  • Questionable Zech McPhearson

9 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 9. Full report

Head-to-head since 1999

BUF 5 · LAR 2 in 7 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2024 · Week 14 BUF 42, LAR 44
  2. 2022 · Week 1 BUF 31, LAR 10
  3. 2020 · Week 3 LAR 32, BUF 35
  4. 2016 · Week 5 BUF 30, LAR 19
  5. 2012 · Week 14 LAR 15, BUF 12

Full series history

From WHYNFL's results archive, which begins in 1999.

Game notes

Win probability

BUF 41.4% · LAR 58.2%

Matchup quality 91.3 / 100

Model estimate, updated Oct 10, 2026. Not a WHYNFL prediction.

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