Game Day Breakdown

New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills

New England and Buffalo will meet for the first of two scheduled meetings this week when they travel to Buffalo for a Sunday Night Football game. The Patriots will host Buffalo at Gillette Stadium on Dec. 14.

The teams will meet in a prime time game for the 12th time overall, the fifth time in a Sunday night game and for the first time since the Patriots lost a Thursday Night game, 24-10, against Buffalo at Gillette Stadium on Dec 1, 2022. The team’s last met in a Sunday Night Football game on Nov. 18, 2007 when the Patriots took a 56-10 victory at Buffalo. The Patriots are 9-2 overall against Buffalo in prime time with a 5-1 record on Monday Night Football, a 4-0 record in Sunday Night Football games and an 0-1 record in Thursday Night Football games.

The teams have split the annual series in each of the last two years. Last season, the Patriots lost at Buffalo, 24-21, on Dec. 22 and then two weeks later beat Buffalo in the season-finale, 23-16, on Jan. 5, 2025.

This week’s game will be the 132nd meeting between the two teams. New England holds a 79-51-1 edge in the series and has won 38 of the last 50 regular season games between the clubs, dating back to 2000.

The Patriots are 37-26-1 all-time in games played in Buffalo, including 31-20 at Highmark Stadium.

The series between the AFC East rivals began in 1960. The Patriots’ 79 wins over the Bills are their highest victory total over any opponent, four higher than their next highest win total against the New York Jets (75).

After seven-straight series sweeps and 15-consecutive Patriots wins from 2003-10, Buffalo ended the streak with a 34-31 victory at Ralph Wilson Stadium in the first meeting between the teams in 2011. The 15-game win streak is tied for the longest streak over a single opponent in team history with 15-straight wins over the New York Jets.

The teams have had many memorable matchups over the years, including a span from 1999 to 2001, where four-of-six contests were decided in overtime.


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