Buffalo Bills vs New England Patriots

Buffalo Bills 8

New England Patriots leads 12-8-1

1 tie

1960 to 2026

New England Patriots won the last meeting

Next meeting: Dec 6, 2026, Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots

New England Patriots 12

Series timeline

Counts every meeting across all leagues, not just the league this page opens on.

▲ Buffalo Bills ahead (peak +4) ▼ New England Patriots ahead (peak +33)

Buffalo Bills Boston Patriots New England Patriots Tie Postseason One meeting per cell

Longest streaks: Buffalo Bills 9 (1971–1975), New England Patriots 15 (2003–2010). Current: New England Patriots 1.

These teams met in the AFL (1960 to 1969) and the NFL (1970 to 2026).

The complete series lives on the main matchup page.

Splits

Split	Buffalo Bills record
Regular season	51-80-1
Postseason	1-1
Hosted by Buffalo Bills	27-40-1
Hosted by New England Patriots	25-41
Last 10 seasons (2017 to 2026)	9-11
Largest Buffalo Bills win	45-10 (1970)
Largest New England Patriots win	56-10 (2007)

Postseason meetings

Season	Date	Winner	Score	Site	Round
2021	Jan 15, 2022	Buffalo Bills	47-17	at Buffalo Bills	Wild Card
1963	Dec 28, 1963	Boston Patriots	26-8	at Buffalo Bills	Divisional Round

In the record book

Longest winning streaks#30 in AFL #7 in NFL
Most lopsided series#7 in AFL #73 in NFL
Most lead changes#7 in AFL #3 in NFL
Biggest blowouts#50 in AFL #62 in NFL

Every meeting

2020s

Season	Date	Winner	Score	Site	Round
2026	Oct 4, 2026	New England Patriots	29-26	at Buffalo Bills	Week 4
2025 (1-1)	Oct 5, 2025	New England Patriots	23-20	at Buffalo Bills	Week 5
	Dec 14, 2025	Buffalo Bills	35-31	at New England Patriots	Week 15
2024 (1-1)	Dec 22, 2024	Buffalo Bills	24-21	at Buffalo Bills	Week 16
	Jan 5, 2025	New England Patriots	23-16	at New England Patriots	Week 18
2023 (1-1)	Oct 22, 2023	New England Patriots	29-25	at New England Patriots	Week 7
	Dec 31, 2023	Buffalo Bills	27-21	at Buffalo Bills	Week 17
2022 (2-0)	Dec 1, 2022	Buffalo Bills	24-10	at New England Patriots	Week 13
	Jan 8, 2023	Buffalo Bills	35-23	at Buffalo Bills	Week 18
2021 (2-1)	Dec 6, 2021	New England Patriots	14-10	at Buffalo Bills	Week 13
	Dec 26, 2021	Buffalo Bills	33-21	at New England Patriots	Week 16
	Jan 15, 2022	Buffalo Bills	47-17	at Buffalo Bills	Wild Card Postseason
2020 (2-0)	Nov 1, 2020	Buffalo Bills	24-21	at Buffalo Bills	Week 8
	Dec 28, 2020	Buffalo Bills	38-9	at New England Patriots	Week 16

2010s

Season	Date	Winner	Score	Site	Round
2019 (0-2)	Sep 29, 2019	New England Patriots	16-10	at Buffalo Bills	Week 4
	Dec 21, 2019	New England Patriots	24-17	at New England Patriots	Week 16
2018 (0-2)	Oct 29, 2018	New England Patriots	25-6	at Buffalo Bills	Week 8
	Dec 23, 2018	New England Patriots	24-12	at New England Patriots	Week 16
2017 (0-2)	Dec 3, 2017	New England Patriots	23-3	at Buffalo Bills	Week 13
	Dec 24, 2017	New England Patriots	37-16	at New England Patriots	Week 16
2016 (1-1)	Oct 2, 2016	Buffalo Bills	16-0	at New England Patriots	Week 4
	Oct 30, 2016	New England Patriots	41-25	at Buffalo Bills	Week 8
2015 (0-2)	Sep 20, 2015	New England Patriots	40-32	at Buffalo Bills	Week 2
	Nov 23, 2015	New England Patriots	20-13	at New England Patriots	Week 11
2014 (1-1)	Oct 12, 2014	New England Patriots	37-22	at Buffalo Bills	Week 6
	Dec 28, 2014	Buffalo Bills	17-9	at New England Patriots	Week 17
2013 (0-2)	Sep 8, 2013	New England Patriots	23-21	at Buffalo Bills	Week 1
	Dec 29, 2013	New England Patriots	34-20	at New England Patriots	Week 17
2012 (0-2)	Sep 30, 2012	New England Patriots	52-28	at Buffalo Bills	Week 4
	Nov 11, 2012	New England Patriots	37-31	at New England Patriots	Week 10
2011 (1-1)	Sep 25, 2011	Buffalo Bills	34-31	at Buffalo Bills	Week 3
	Jan 1, 2012	New England Patriots	49-21	at New England Patriots	Week 17
2010 (0-2)	Sep 26, 2010	New England Patriots	38-30	at New England Patriots	Week 3
	Dec 26, 2010	New England Patriots	34-3	at Buffalo Bills	Week 16

2000s

Season	Date	Winner	Score	Site	Round
2009 (0-2)	Sep 14, 2009	New England Patriots	25-24	at New England Patriots	Week 1
	Dec 20, 2009	New England Patriots	17-10	at Buffalo Bills	Week 15
2008 (0-2)	Nov 9, 2008	New England Patriots	20-10	at New England Patriots	Week 10
	Dec 28, 2008	New England Patriots	13-0	at Buffalo Bills	Week 17
2007 (0-2)	Sep 23, 2007	New England Patriots	38-7	at New England Patriots	Week 3
	Nov 18, 2007	New England Patriots	56-10	at Buffalo Bills	Week 11
2006 (0-2)	Sep 10, 2006	New England Patriots	19-17	at New England Patriots	Week 1
	Oct 22, 2006	New England Patriots	28-6	at Buffalo Bills	Week 7
2005 (0-2)	Oct 30, 2005	New England Patriots	21-16	at New England Patriots	Week 8
	Dec 11, 2005	New England Patriots	35-7	at Buffalo Bills	Week 14
2004 (0-2)	Oct 3, 2004	New England Patriots	31-17	at Buffalo Bills	Week 4
	Nov 14, 2004	New England Patriots	29-6	at New England Patriots	Week 10
2003 (1-1)	Sep 7, 2003	Buffalo Bills	31-0	at Buffalo Bills	Week 1
	Dec 27, 2003	New England Patriots	31-0	at New England Patriots	Week 17
2002 (0-2)	Nov 3, 2002	New England Patriots	38-7	at Buffalo Bills	Week 9
	Dec 8, 2002	New England Patriots	27-17	at New England Patriots	Week 14
2001 (0-2)	Nov 11, 2001	New England Patriots	21-11	at New England Patriots	Week 9
	Dec 16, 2001	New England Patriots	12-9	at Buffalo Bills	Week 14
2000 (1-1)	Nov 5, 2000	Buffalo Bills	16-13	at New England Patriots	Week 10
	Dec 17, 2000	New England Patriots	13-10	at Buffalo Bills	Week 16

1990s

Season	Date	Winner	Score	Site	Round
1999 (2-0)	Nov 28, 1999	Buffalo Bills	17-7	at Buffalo Bills	Week 12
	Dec 26, 1999	Buffalo Bills	13-10	at New England Patriots	Week 16
1998 (1-1)	Nov 15, 1998	Buffalo Bills	13-10	at Buffalo Bills	Week 11
	Nov 29, 1998	New England Patriots	25-21	at New England Patriots	Week 13
1997 (0-2)	Oct 12, 1997	New England Patriots	33-6	at New England Patriots	Week 7
	Nov 9, 1997	New England Patriots	31-10	at Buffalo Bills	Week 11
1996 (1-1)	Sep 8, 1996	Buffalo Bills	17-10	at Buffalo Bills	Week 2
	Oct 27, 1996	New England Patriots	28-25	at New England Patriots	Week 9
1995 (0-2)	Oct 23, 1995	New England Patriots	27-14	at New England Patriots	Week 8
	Nov 26, 1995	New England Patriots	35-25	at Buffalo Bills	Week 13
1994 (1-1)	Sep 11, 1994	Buffalo Bills	38-35	at New England Patriots	Week 2
	Dec 18, 1994	New England Patriots	41-17	at Buffalo Bills	Week 16
1993 (2-0)	Sep 5, 1993	Buffalo Bills	38-14	at Buffalo Bills	Week 1
	Nov 7, 1993	Buffalo Bills	13-10	at New England Patriots	Week 10
1992 (2-0)	Sep 27, 1992	Buffalo Bills	41-7	at New England Patriots	Week 4
	Nov 1, 1992	Buffalo Bills	16-7	at Buffalo Bills	Week 9
1991 (1-1)	Nov 3, 1991	Buffalo Bills	22-17	at Buffalo Bills	Week 10
	Nov 24, 1991	New England Patriots	16-13	at New England Patriots	Week 13
1990 (2-0)	Oct 28, 1990	Buffalo Bills	27-10	at New England Patriots	Week 8
	Nov 18, 1990	Buffalo Bills	14-0	at Buffalo Bills	Week 11

1980s

Season	Date	Winner	Score	Site	Round
1989 (1-1)	Oct 1, 1989	Buffalo Bills	31-10	at Buffalo Bills	Week 4
	Nov 19, 1989	New England Patriots	33-24	at New England Patriots	Week 11
1988 (2-0)	Sep 18, 1988	Buffalo Bills	16-14	at New England Patriots	Week 3
	Oct 23, 1988	Buffalo Bills	23-20	at Buffalo Bills	Week 8
1987 (0-2)	Oct 11, 1987	New England Patriots	14-7	at New England Patriots	Week 5
	Dec 20, 1987	New England Patriots	13-7	at Buffalo Bills	Week 15
1986 (0-2)	Oct 26, 1986	New England Patriots	23-3	at Buffalo Bills	Week 8
	Nov 23, 1986	New England Patriots	22-19	at New England Patriots	Week 12
1985 (0-2)	Sep 22, 1985	New England Patriots	17-14	at Buffalo Bills	Week 3
	Oct 13, 1985	New England Patriots	14-3	at New England Patriots	Week 6
1984 (0-2)	Sep 2, 1984	New England Patriots	21-17	at Buffalo Bills	Week 1
	Nov 11, 1984	New England Patriots	38-10	at New England Patriots	Week 11
1983 (0-2)	Oct 23, 1983	New England Patriots	31-0	at Buffalo Bills	Week 8
	Nov 6, 1983	New England Patriots	21-7	at New England Patriots	Week 10
1982	Jan 2, 1983	New England Patriots	30-19	at New England Patriots	Week 17
1981 (2-0)	Nov 22, 1981	Buffalo Bills	20-17	at Buffalo Bills	Week 12
	Dec 13, 1981	Buffalo Bills	19-10	at New England Patriots	Week 15
1980 (1-1)	Oct 26, 1980	Buffalo Bills	31-13	at Buffalo Bills	Week 8
	Dec 14, 1980	New England Patriots	24-2	at New England Patriots	Week 15

1970s

Season	Date	Winner	Score	Site	Round
1979 (1-1)	Nov 4, 1979	New England Patriots	26-6	at Buffalo Bills	Week 10
	Nov 25, 1979	Buffalo Bills	16-13	at New England Patriots	Week 13
1978 (0-2)	Nov 5, 1978	New England Patriots	14-10	at Buffalo Bills	Week 10
	Dec 10, 1978	New England Patriots	26-24	at New England Patriots	Week 15
1977 (1-1)	Nov 6, 1977	Buffalo Bills	24-14	at New England Patriots	Week 8
	Nov 20, 1977	New England Patriots	20-7	at Buffalo Bills	Week 10
1976 (0-2)	Oct 24, 1976	New England Patriots	26-22	at Buffalo Bills	Week 7
	Nov 7, 1976	New England Patriots	20-10	at New England Patriots	Week 9
1975 (2-0)	Nov 23, 1975	Buffalo Bills	45-31	at Buffalo Bills	Week 10
	Dec 14, 1975	Buffalo Bills	34-14	at New England Patriots	Week 13
1974 (2-0)	Oct 20, 1974	Buffalo Bills	30-28	at Buffalo Bills	Week 6
	Nov 3, 1974	Buffalo Bills	29-28	at New England Patriots	Week 8
1973 (2-0)	Sep 16, 1973	Buffalo Bills	31-13	at New England Patriots	Week 1
	Dec 9, 1973	Buffalo Bills	37-13	at Buffalo Bills	Week 13
1972 (2-0)	Oct 8, 1972	Buffalo Bills	38-14	at Buffalo Bills	Week 4
	Nov 19, 1972	Buffalo Bills	27-24	at New England Patriots	Week 10
1971 (1-1)	Nov 14, 1971	New England Patriots	38-33	at New England Patriots	Week 9
	Nov 28, 1971	Buffalo Bills	27-20	at Buffalo Bills	Week 11
1970 (1-1)	Nov 1, 1970	Buffalo Bills	45-10	at Boston Patriots	Week 7
	Nov 29, 1970	Boston Patriots	14-10	at Buffalo Bills	Week 11

1960s

Season	Date	Winner	Score	Site	Round
1969 (1-1)	Oct 11, 1969	Buffalo Bills	23-16	at Buffalo Bills	Week 5
	Nov 23, 1969	Boston Patriots	35-21	at Boston Patriots	Week 11
1968 (0-2)	Sep 8, 1968	Boston Patriots	16-7	at Buffalo Bills	Week 1
	Oct 20, 1968	Boston Patriots	23-6	at Boston Patriots	Week 7
1967 (1-1)	Sep 24, 1967	Boston Patriots	23-0	at Buffalo Bills	Week 4
	Dec 9, 1967	Buffalo Bills	44-16	at Boston Patriots	Week 15
1966 (0-2)	Oct 8, 1966	Boston Patriots	20-10	at Buffalo Bills	Week 6
	Dec 4, 1966	Boston Patriots	14-3	at Boston Patriots	Week 14
1965 (2-0)	Sep 11, 1965	Buffalo Bills	24-7	at Buffalo Bills	Week 1
	Nov 7, 1965	Buffalo Bills	23-7	at Boston Patriots	Week 9
1964 (1-1)	Nov 15, 1964	Boston Patriots	36-28	at Buffalo Bills	Week 10
	Dec 20, 1964	Buffalo Bills	24-14	at Boston Patriots	Week 15
1963 (1-2)	Oct 26, 1963	Buffalo Bills	28-21	at Buffalo Bills	Week 8
	Dec 1, 1963	Boston Patriots	17-7	at Boston Patriots	Week 13
	Dec 28, 1963	Boston Patriots	26-8	at Buffalo Bills	Divisional Round Postseason
1962 (0-1-1)	Nov 3, 1962	Tie	28-28	at Buffalo Bills	Week 9
	Nov 23, 1962	Boston Patriots	21-10	at Boston Patriots	Week 12
1961 (0-2)	Sep 23, 1961	Boston Patriots	23-21	at Buffalo Bills	Week 3
	Oct 22, 1961	Boston Patriots	52-21	at Boston Patriots	Week 7
1960 (2-0)	Sep 23, 1960	Buffalo Bills	13-0	at Boston Patriots	Week 3
	Dec 4, 1960	Buffalo Bills	38-14	at Buffalo Bills	Week 13