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Buffalo Bills at Denver Broncos

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 16 · Empower Field at Mile High

Latest game updateUpdated
Buffalo Bills—Away
Denver Broncos—Home

Game details

Location
Denver

Matchup preview

Buffalo Bills 3–1 · Road 1–0 · Streak L1 · Power Index No. 10 · 6 days of rest
Denver Broncos 3–2 · Home 2–0 · Streak W1 · Power Index No. 20 · 5 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · BUF 4 games, DEN 5 games
MetricBUFDEN
Points per game31.82nd19.426th
Points allowed per game26.825th22.214th
Total yards per game386.37th269.030th
Passing yards per game259.89th188.427th
Rushing yards per game139.06th86.225th
Turnovers per game1.824th1.214th
Sacks allowed per game2.319th1.22nd
Penalty yards per game62.518th45.45th

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

Denver Broncos: recent results

  1. W 23–17 @ LAC Week 5
  2. L 14–24 @ SF Week 4
  3. W 30–26 vs LAR Week 3
  4. W 20–13 vs JAX Week 2
  5. L 10–31 @ KC 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

Denver Broncos: season leaders

Passing
Bo Nix 942 yds · 5 g
Rushing
J.K. Dobbins 229 yds · 5 g
Receiving
Jaylen Waddle 204 yds · 5 g
Sacks
Zach Allen 4.0 · 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

Denver Broncos: injury report

  • Out Dallen Bentley TE
  • Out Jonathon Cooper WLB
  • Out Jordan Jackson LDE
  • Out Kage Casey
  • Out Nick Gargiulo LG
  • Out Pat Surtain II LCB
  • Out Riley Moss
  • Out Sam Ehlinger QB

2 more listed.

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

Head-to-head since 1999

BUF 6 · DEN 6 in 12 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2025 · Divisional BUF 30, DEN 33 (OT)
  2. 2024 · Wild Card DEN 7, BUF 31
  3. 2023 · Week 10 DEN 24, BUF 22
  4. 2020 · Week 15 BUF 48, DEN 19
  5. 2019 · Week 12 DEN 3, BUF 20

Full series history

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

Game notes

Win probability

BUF 58.2% · DEN 41.5%

Matchup quality 75.3 / 100

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

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