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Buffalo Bills at New York Jets

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 10 · MetLife Stadium

Dated schedule recordUpdated

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

Buffalo Bills—Away
New York Jets—Home

Game details

Venue address
One MetLife Stadium Drive, East Rutherford, NJ 07073, US
Address checked

Matchup preview

Buffalo Bills 3–1 · Road 1–0 · Streak L1 · Power Index No. 10 · 6 days of rest
New York Jets 1–3 · Home 0–1 · Streak L3 · Power Index No. 21 · 7 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · BUF 4 games, NYJ 4 games
MetricBUFNYJ
Points per game31.81st19.025th
Points allowed per game26.825th21.011th
Total yards per game386.38th286.024th
Passing yards per game259.89th225.517th
Rushing yards per game139.05th84.028th
Turnovers per game1.825th0.31st
Sacks allowed per game2.318th3.025th
Penalty yards per game62.517th77.529th

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 York Jets: recent results

  1. L 12–23 @ CHI Week 4
  2. L 24–31 @ DET Week 3
  3. L 17–20 (OT) vs GB Week 2
  4. W 23–10 @ TEN 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

New York Jets: season leaders

Passing
Geno Smith 902 yds
Rushing
Breece Hall 163 yds
Receiving
Garrett Wilson 270 yds
Sacks
Demario Davis 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

New York Jets: injury report

  • Out Adonai Mitchell WR
  • Out Breece Hall RB
  • Out Dylan Parham LG
  • Out Kiko Mauigoa SLB
  • Out Tyler Baron LDE
  • Questionable Caullin Lacy
  • Questionable Kingsley Enagbare RDE
  • Questionable Will McDonald IV RDE

10 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 9. Full report

Head-to-head since 1999

BUF 29 · NYJ 25 in 54 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2025 · Week 18 NYJ 8, BUF 35
  2. 2025 · Week 2 BUF 30, NYJ 10
  3. 2024 · Week 17 NYJ 14, BUF 40
  4. 2024 · Week 6 BUF 23, NYJ 20
  5. 2023 · Week 11 NYJ 6, BUF 32

Full series history

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

Game notes

Win probability

BUF 72.3% · NYJ 27.5%

Matchup quality 54.6 / 100

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

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