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Miami Dolphins at Buffalo Bills

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 11 · Highmark Stadium

Dated schedule recordUpdated

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

Miami Dolphins—Away
Buffalo Bills—Home

Matchup preview

Miami Dolphins 0–4 · Road 0–3 · Streak L4 · Power Index No. 31 · 7 days of rest
Buffalo Bills 3–1 · Home 2–1 · Streak L1 · Power Index No. 10 · 7 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · MIA 4 games, BUF 4 games
MetricMIABUF
Points per game11.532nd31.81st
Points allowed per game25.321st26.825th
Total yards per game267.529th386.38th
Passing yards per game178.031st259.89th
Rushing yards per game104.018th139.05th
Turnovers per game1.314th1.825th
Sacks allowed per game2.823rd2.318th
Penalty yards per game57.514th62.516th

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.

Miami Dolphins: recent results

  1. L 10–15 @ MIN Week 4
  2. L 10–24 vs KC Week 3
  3. L 13–35 @ SF Week 2
  4. L 13–27 @ LV Week 1

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

Miami Dolphins: season leaders

Passing
Malik Willis 712 yds · 4 g
Rushing
Ollie Gordon II 148 yds · 3 g
Receiving
Malik Washington 219 yds · 4 g
Sacks
Zach Sieler 2.0 · 3 g

Buffalo Bills: season leaders

Passing
Josh Allen 1,039 yds · 4 g
Rushing
James Cook III 421 yds · 4 g
Receiving
Dalton Kincaid 270 yds · 4 g
Sacks
Greg Rousseau 6.0 · 4 g

Miami Dolphins: injury report

  • Out Caleb Douglas WR
  • Out Chukwuebuka Godrick
  • Out DJ Campbell RG
  • Out Darrell Baker Jr. LCB
  • Out Justin Joly TE
  • Out Kaytron Allen RB
  • Out Reese Taylor NB
  • Out Robert Beal Jr. RDE

2 more listed.

6 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. 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

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

Head-to-head since 1999

MIA 20 · BUF 35 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

MIA 10.0% · BUF 89.9%

Matchup quality 45.7 / 100

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

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