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.
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 is 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. The slate has 6 kickoffs at 7 PM ET or later and a longest road stretch of 2 straight games. Rest-edge context lives in the schedule-quirks explainer; the division picture is in the AFC East preview.
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 | — | — | W 36–31 |
| 2 | Sep 17 | vs Detroit Lions | — | Thu | W 41–31 |
| 3 | Sep 27 | vs Los Angeles Chargers | +3 | — | W 24–16 |
| 4 | Oct 4 | vs New England Patriots | — | DIV | L 26–29 |
| 5 | Oct 12 | at Los Angeles Rams | — | Mon | W 37–34 |
| 6 | Oct 18 | at Las Vegas Raiders | -1 | — | W 33–30 |
| 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 the bundled 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 August 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.