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Buffalo Bills at Indianapolis Colts

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1999 Regular season · Week 1 · RCA Dome

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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 Bills14Away
INDIndianapolis Colts31Home
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Colts beat Bills 31–14 in 1999 Week 1

The Indianapolis Colts beat the Buffalo Bills 31–14 at home at RCA Dome in Week 1 of the 1999 regular season on September 12, 1999.

The result moved the Colts to 1–0 and dropped the Bills to 0–1. The Bills finished 1999 at 11–5 and lost in the Wild Card round. The Colts finished 1999 at 13–3 and lost in the Divisional round.

WHYNFL’s results archive begins with the 1999 season, and this was the franchises’ first meeting in it. When they met again, the Buffalo Bills won 31–6 on January 2, 2000.

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 Colts lead the series 1–0 after meeting No. 1 since 1999 Full series history

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