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Buffalo Bills at Miami Dolphins

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 17 · Hard Rock Stadium

Latest game updateUpdated
Buffalo Bills—Away
Miami Dolphins—Home

Game details

Location
Miami Gardens
Venue address
347 Don Shula Dr, Miami Gardens, FL 33056, US
Address checked

Matchup preview

Buffalo Bills 3–1 · Road 1–0 · Streak L1 · Power Index No. 10 · 9 days of rest
Miami Dolphins 0–4 · Home 0–1 · Streak L4 · Power Index No. 31 · 7 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · BUF 4 games, MIA 4 games
MetricBUFMIA
Points per game31.81st11.532nd
Points allowed per game26.825th25.321st
Total yards per game386.38th267.530th
Passing yards per game259.89th178.031st
Rushing yards per game139.05th104.019th
Turnovers per game1.825th1.313th
Sacks allowed per game2.318th2.822nd
Penalty yards per game62.517th57.515th

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

Miami Dolphins: recent results

  1. L 10–15 @ MIN Week 4
  2. L 10–24 vs KC Week 3
  3. L 13–35 @ SF Week 2
  4. L 13–27 @ LV Week 1

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

Miami Dolphins: season leaders

Passing
Malik Willis 712 yds
Rushing
Ollie Gordon II 148 yds
Receiving
Malik Washington 219 yds
Sacks
Zach Sieler 2.0

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

Miami Dolphins: injury report

  • Out Caleb Douglas WR
  • Out Darrell Baker Jr. LCB
  • Out Justin Joly TE
  • Out Reese Taylor NB
  • Out Robert Beal Jr. RDE
  • Out Storm Duck RCB
  • Questionable Jackson Woodard MLB
  • Questionable Jaylen Wright

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

Head-to-head since 1999

BUF 35 · MIA 20 in 55 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2025 · Week 10 BUF 13, MIA 30
  2. 2025 · Week 3 MIA 21, BUF 31
  3. 2024 · Week 9 MIA 27, BUF 30
  4. 2024 · Week 2 BUF 31, MIA 10
  5. 2023 · Week 18 BUF 21, MIA 14

Full series history

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

Game notes

Win probability

BUF 84.4% · MIA 15.5%

Matchup quality 46.1 / 100

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

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