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Buffalo Bills at Minnesota Vikings

Final · Kickoff

2018 Regular season · Week 3 · U.S. Bank Stadium

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Historical final score from the WHYNFL results archive. WHYNFL preserves the team labels of the time and converts supplied Eastern kickoff times. Team links open today's franchise hubs. Historical box scores and play-by-play are not supplied.

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BUFBuffalo Bills27Away
MINMinnesota Vikings6Home
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Bills beat Vikings 27–6 in 2018 Week 3

The Buffalo Bills beat the Minnesota Vikings 27–6 on the road at U.S. Bank Stadium in Week 3 of the 2018 regular season on September 23, 2018.

No other game of Week 3 was decided by as many points.

The result moved the Bills to 1–2 and dropped the Vikings to 1–1–1. The Bills finished 2018 at 6–10 and missed the playoffs. The Vikings finished 2018 at 8–7–1 and missed the playoffs. The Vikings’ 6 points were their fewest in any game of 2018.

In their previous meeting, the Buffalo Bills won 17–16 on October 19, 2014. When they met again, the Minnesota Vikings won 33–30 on November 13, 2022.

Written by WHYNFL from the final scores in its results archive, which begins with the 1999 season. Records, streaks and season results count regular-season and playoff finals.

Series Bills lead the series 4–2 after meeting No. 6 since 2000 Full series history

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