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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 3–0 · Road 1–0 · Streak W3 · Power Index No. 6 · 9 days of rest
Miami Dolphins 0–3 · Home 0–1 · Streak L3 · Power Index No. 31 · 7 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · BUF 3 games, MIA 3 games
MetricBUFMIA
Points per game33.71st12.031st
Points allowed per game26.022nd28.728th
Total yards per game401.74th290.728th
Passing yards per game262.010th209.021st
Rushing yards per game155.04th98.321st
Turnovers per game1.724th1.315th
Sacks allowed per game2.720th3.025th
Penalty yards per game73.027th58.317th

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. W 24–16 vs LAC Week 3
  2. W 41–31 vs DET Week 2
  3. W 36–31 @ HOU Week 1

Miami Dolphins: recent results

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

Buffalo Bills: season leaders

Passing
Josh Allen 786 yds · 3 g
Rushing
James Cook III 346 yds · 3 g
Receiving
Dalton Kincaid 263 yds · 3 g
Sacks
Greg Rousseau 6.0 · 3 g

Miami Dolphins: season leaders

Passing
Malik Willis 627 yds · 3 g
Rushing
De'Von Achane 127 yds · 3 g
Receiving
Malik Washington 152 yds · 3 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 RCB

2 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 9. 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

1 more listed.

6 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 9. 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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