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Buffalo Bills at New York Jets

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 10 · MetLife Stadium

Dated schedule recordUpdated

Future kickoffs are subject to scheduling changes. Unconfirmed slots are withheld. Times are normalized by WHYNFL.

Buffalo Bills—Away
New York Jets—Home

Game details

Venue address
One MetLife Stadium Drive, East Rutherford, NJ 07073, US
Address checked

Matchup preview

Buffalo Bills 3–1 · Road 1–0 · Streak L1 · Power Index No. 9 · 6 days of rest
New York Jets 2–3 · Home 1–1 · Streak W1 · Power Index No. 18 · 7 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game
MetricBUFNYJ
Points per game (BUF 4 games, NYJ 5 games)31.81st18.626th
Points allowed per game (BUF 4 games, NYJ 5 games)26.825th19.26th
Total yards per game (BUF 4 games, NYJ 4 games)386.38th286.025th
Passing yards per game (BUF 4 games, NYJ 4 games)259.89th225.518th
Rushing yards per game (BUF 4 games, NYJ 4 games)139.05th84.027th
Turnovers per game (BUF 4 games, NYJ 4 games)1.825th0.31st
Sacks allowed per game (BUF 4 games, NYJ 4 games)2.318th3.026th
Penalty yards per game (BUF 4 games, NYJ 4 games)62.516th77.529th

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. L 26–29 vs NE Week 4
  2. W 24–16 vs LAC Week 3
  3. W 41–31 vs DET Week 2
  4. W 36–31 @ HOU Week 1

New York Jets: recent results

  1. W 17–12 vs CLE Week 5
  2. L 12–23 @ CHI Week 4
  3. L 24–31 @ DET Week 3
  4. L 17–20 (OT) vs GB Week 2
  5. W 23–10 @ TEN Week 1

Buffalo Bills: season leaders

Passing
Josh Allen 1,039 yds · 4 g
Rushing
James Cook III 421 yds · 4 g
Receiving
Dalton Kincaid 270 yds · 4 g
Sacks
Greg Rousseau 6.0 · 4 g

New York Jets: season leaders

Passing
Geno Smith 1,084 yds · 5 g
Rushing
Braelon Allen 236 yds · 5 g
Receiving
Garrett Wilson 374 yds · 5 g
Sacks
David Bailey 5.0 · 5 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

2 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. Full report

New York Jets: injury report

  • Out Adonai Mitchell WR
  • Out Breece Hall RB
  • Out Dylan Parham LG
  • Out Kenyon Sadiq TE
  • Out Kiko Mauigoa SLB
  • Out Nahshon Wright LCB
  • Out Nate Lynn RDE
  • Out Tyler Baron LDE

2 more listed.

10 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. Full report

Head-to-head since 1999

BUF 29 · NYJ 25 in 54 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2025 · Week 18 NYJ 8, BUF 35
  2. 2025 · Week 2 BUF 30, NYJ 10
  3. 2024 · Week 17 NYJ 14, BUF 40
  4. 2024 · Week 6 BUF 23, NYJ 20
  5. 2023 · Week 11 NYJ 6, BUF 32

Full series history

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

Game notes

Win probability

BUF 72.3% · NYJ 27.5%

Matchup quality 54.6 / 100

Model estimate, updated Sep 28, 2026. Not a WHYNFL prediction.

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