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New York Jets at Buffalo Bills

Scheduled · Kickoff to be confirmed

2026 Regular season · Week 18 · Highmark Stadium

Latest game updateUpdated
New York Jets—Away
Buffalo Bills—Home

Game details

Location
Orchard Park

Matchup preview

New York Jets 1–2 · Road 1–1 · Streak L2 · Power Index No. 16
Buffalo Bills 3–0 · Home 2–0 · Streak W3 · Power Index No. 6
2026 regular season, per game · NYJ 3 games, BUF 3 games
MetricNYJBUF
Points per game21.318th33.71st
Points allowed per game20.311th26.022nd
Total yards per game329.013th401.74th
Passing yards per game261.012th262.010th
Rushing yards per game92.326th155.04th
Turnovers per game0.31st1.724th
Sacks allowed per game3.025th2.720th
Penalty yards per game78.030th73.027th

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.

New York Jets: recent results

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

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

New York Jets: season leaders

Passing
Geno Smith 783 yds · 3 g
Rushing
Breece Hall 163 yds · 3 g
Receiving
Garrett Wilson 243 yds · 3 g
Sacks
David Bailey 2.0 · 3 g

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

New York Jets: injury report

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

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

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

Head-to-head since 1999

NYJ 25 · BUF 29 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

NYJ 20.5% · BUF 79.4%

Matchup quality 54.7 / 100

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

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