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Kansas City Chiefs at Buffalo Bills

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 12 · Highmark Stadium · Thursday Night

Dated schedule recordUpdated

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

Kansas City Chiefs—Away
Buffalo Bills—Home

Matchup preview

Kansas City Chiefs 4–0 · Road 2–0 · Streak W4 · Power Index No. 3 · 4 days of rest
Buffalo Bills 3–1 · Home 2–1 · Streak L1 · Power Index No. 10 · 4 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · KC 4 games, BUF 4 games
MetricKCBUF
Points per game29.55th31.81st
Points allowed per game19.36th26.825th
Total yards per game412.03rd386.38th
Passing yards per game259.310th259.89th
Rushing yards per game162.33rd139.05th
Turnovers per game0.53rd1.825th
Sacks allowed per game1.55th2.318th
Penalty yards per game63.818th62.517th

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.

Kansas City Chiefs: recent results

  1. W 30–27 @ LV Week 4
  2. W 24–10 @ MIA Week 3
  3. W 33–30 (OT) vs IND Week 2
  4. W 31–10 vs DEN Week 1

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

Kansas City Chiefs: season leaders

Passing
Patrick Mahomes 1,037 yds
Rushing
Kenneth Walker III 537 yds
Receiving
Travis Kelce 246 yds

Buffalo Bills: season leaders

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

Kansas City Chiefs: injury report

  • Out Omarr Norman-Lott RDT
  • Out Tyquan Thornton
  • Questionable Josh Simmons LT
  • Questionable Rashee Rice WR

6 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 5. Full report

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

Head-to-head since 1999

KC 11 · BUF 12 in 23 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2025 · Week 9 KC 21, BUF 28
  2. 2024 · Conference championship BUF 29, KC 32
  3. 2024 · Week 11 KC 21, BUF 30
  4. 2023 · Divisional KC 27, BUF 24
  5. 2023 · Week 14 BUF 20, KC 17

Full series history

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

Game notes

Win probability

KC 46.1% · BUF 53.5%

Matchup quality 92.3 / 100

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

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