The complete 2026 slate with rest edges and schedule context, the 2025 ledger, and the franchise record since 1999 — every number computed from the bundled nflverse game log.
By C. B. Zakarian · Updated July 29, 2026
The Buffalo Bills enter 2026 off a 12–5 season. Their 2026 opponents went a combined 152–136–1 in 2025 (a .528 strength of schedule, 8 of 32 — the naive prior-year method, whose real forecast error we measured here). The calendar hands them a net rest differential of +14 days (2 of 32), with week 3 (+3), week 8 (+7), week 13 (+3); the bye falls in week 7, they play 2 Thursday games, and 2 of their final four games are divisional. Rest-edge context lives in the schedule-quirks explainer.
Results fill in automatically as the bundled nflverse game log updates; until a game is played its result column shows a dash.
| Wk | Date | Opponent | Rest edge | Notes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 13 | at Houston Texans | — | — | — |
| 2 | Sep 17 | vs Detroit Lions | — | Thu | — |
| 3 | Sep 27 | vs Los Angeles Chargers | +3 | — | — |
| 4 | Oct 4 | vs New England Patriots | — | DIV | — |
| 5 | Oct 12 | at Los Angeles Rams | — | Mon | — |
| 6 | Oct 18 | at Las Vegas Raiders | -1 | — | — |
| 8 | Nov 1 | vs Baltimore Ravens | +7 | — | — |
| 9 | Nov 9 | at Minnesota Vikings | — | Mon | — |
| 10 | Nov 15 | at New York Jets | -1 | DIV | — |
| 11 | Nov 22 | vs Miami Dolphins | — | DIV | — |
| 12 | Nov 26 | vs Kansas City Chiefs | — | Thu | — |
| 13 | Dec 6 | at New England Patriots | +3 | DIV | — |
| 14 | Dec 13 | at Green Bay Packers | — | — | — |
| 15 | Dec 19 | vs Chicago Bears | — | Sat | — |
| 16 | Dec 25 | at Denver Broncos | +1 | Fri | — |
| 17 | Jan 3 | at Miami Dolphins | +2 | DIV | — |
| 18 | Jan 10 | vs New York Jets | — | DIV | — |
Final record 12–5, 481 points scored against 365 allowed (+116). Home 7–2, road 5–3. One-score games (decided by 8 or fewer): 5–3 — the split most likely to regress either way, per the Pythagorean explainer.
Across the 27 seasons in our game log the franchise is 221–215 (.507). Best season in the window: 2020 (13–3); leanest: 2001 (3–13). Franchise moves are joined under the current code (BUF), so older seasons include predecessor cities where applicable.
Sources: nflverse public game log bundled at data/games.csv (schedule, rest, and results; retrieved July 2026 — in-season updates refresh this page's results column). No projections, no invented numbers: this page reports the schedule and the record, and links the analysis.