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Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 13 · Gillette Stadium

Dated schedule recordUpdated

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

Buffalo Bills—Away
New England Patriots—Home

Matchup preview

Buffalo Bills 3–1 · Road 1–0 · Streak L1 · Power Index No. 9 · 10 days of rest
New England Patriots 3–2 · Home 2–0 · Streak W2 · Power Index No. 4 · 7 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · BUF 4 games, NE 5 games
MetricBUFNE
Points per game31.82nd22.018th
Points allowed per game26.825th18.84th
Total yards per game386.37th372.28th
Passing yards per game259.89th254.813th
Rushing yards per game139.06th127.010th
Turnovers per game1.824th2.230th
Sacks allowed per game2.319th2.215th
Penalty yards per game62.518th60.015th

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 England Patriots: recent results

  1. W 45–17 vs LV Week 5
  2. W 29–26 @ BUF Week 4
  3. L 6–35 @ JAX Week 3
  4. W 20–3 vs PIT Week 2
  5. L 10–13 @ SEA 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 England Patriots: season leaders

Passing
Drake Maye 1,228 yds · 5 g
Rushing
Rhamondre Stevenson 227 yds · 5 g
Receiving
Romeo Doubs 219 yds · 5 g
Sacks
Elijah Ponder 4.5 · 4 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 England Patriots: injury report

  • Out Behren Morton QB
  • Out Carlton Davis III LCB
  • Out Channing Canada
  • Out Christian Gonzalez RCB
  • Out Dametrious Crownover LT
  • Out Harold Landry III WLB
  • Out Karon Prunty RCB
  • Questionable Charles Woods RCB

3 more listed.

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

Head-to-head since 1999

BUF 16 · NE 40 in 56 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2026 · Week 4 NE 29, BUF 26
  2. 2025 · Week 15 BUF 35, NE 31
  3. 2025 · Week 5 NE 23, BUF 20
  4. 2024 · Week 18 BUF 16, NE 23
  5. 2024 · Week 16 NE 21, BUF 24

Full series history

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

Game notes

Win probability

BUF 61.3% · NE 38.3%

Matchup quality 71.6 / 100

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

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