Buffalo Bills Schedulegami: Every Opponent Never Faced in Primetime

Every opponent, every matchup window

All 31 opponents, most meetings first. Each count is the number of games in that window, 1966 through 2025, and opens the head-to-head page; “never” means the pairing is open there, and “2026 first” means this season’s schedule carries their first.

Venue notes: primetime windows where every Bills meeting with that opponent has been in one city. A game in the other city would be a venue first, not a schedulegami.

• All 3 Bills–Dolphins Sunday night games have been in Miami, never in Buffalo.
• The only Bills–Patriots Thursday night game was in New England, never in Buffalo.
• The only Bills–Jets Sunday night game was in Buffalo, never in New York.
• All 2 Bills–Colts Monday night games have been in Indianapolis, never in Buffalo.
• All 2 Bills–Chiefs Sunday night games have been in Kansas City, never in Buffalo.
• The only Bills–Bengals Sunday night game was in Cincinnati, never in Buffalo.
• The only Bills–Raiders Sunday night game was in Buffalo, never in Las Vegas.
• All 3 Bills–Broncos Monday night games have been in Buffalo, never in Denver.
• All 3 Bills–Steelers Monday night games have been in Pittsburgh, never in Buffalo.
• The only Bills–Browns Thursday night game was in Cleveland, never in Buffalo.
• The only Bills–Jaguars Monday night game was in Buffalo, never in Jacksonville.
• The only Bills–Eagles Thursday night game was in Buffalo, never in Philadelphia.
• The only Bills–Commanders Monday night game was in Buffalo, never in Washington.
• The only Bills–Vikings Monday night game was in Minnesota, never in Buffalo.
• All 2 Bills–Seahawks Monday night games have been in Seattle, never in Buffalo.
• The only Falcons–Bills Monday night game was in Atlanta, never in Buffalo.
• The only Bills–Giants Monday night game was in Buffalo, never in New York.
• The only Bills–49ers Monday night game was in San Francisco, never in Buffalo.
• The only Bills–Buccaneers Thursday night game was in Buffalo, never in Tampa Bay.
• The only Cardinals–Bills Sunday night game was in Arizona, never in Buffalo.
• The only Bills–Lions Thursday night game was in Buffalo, never in Detroit.
• The only Bills–Texans Thursday night game was in Houston, never in Buffalo.
• The only Bills–Panthers Sunday night game was in Carolina, never in Buffalo.

Bills schedulegamis in 2026

• Venue first, not a schedulegami: First time the Bills visit the Rams on Monday night: Week 5, Oct 12, 2026, in Los Angeles. Their only earlier Monday night game was in Buffalo.
• Venue first, not a schedulegami: First time the Bills visit the Packers on Sunday night: Week 14, Dec 13, 2026, in Green Bay. Their only earlier Sunday night game was in Buffalo.
• Venue first, not a schedulegami: First time the Bears visit the Bills on Saturday: Week 15, Dec 19, 2026, in Buffalo. Their only earlier Saturday game was in Chicago.

2027 opponents and their open windows

The projected 2027 opponents from the Bills team page, with the windows each pairing has never played through the 2026 schedule. 3 opponents depend on Week 18 standings.

Bills schedulegami FAQ

How many opponents have the Bills never faced in primetime?

4 opponents have never met the Bills on Monday night, Sunday night, or Thursday night, 1966 through 2025: Los Angeles Chargers, Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, and New Orleans Saints. By window, the Bills have never faced 12 opponents on Monday night, 15 on Sunday night, and 22 on Thursday night.

Which teams have the Bills never played on Monday night?

Los Angeles Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings, Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Arizona Cardinals, Detroit Lions, New Orleans Saints, Baltimore Ravens, Houston Texans, and Carolina Panthers. That is 12 of 31 opponents, 1970 through 2025, counting every Monday game as Primetime & Holiday History counts it.

Which opponents have the Bills never met outside a Sunday afternoon?

None. Every opponent has met the Bills in at least one standalone window.

How many schedulegamis do the Bills have on the 2026 schedule?

4 games: Week 2 vs Lions Thursday night (scheduled); Week 9 at Vikings Monday night (scheduled); Week 12 vs Chiefs Thanksgiving (scheduled); Week 16 at Broncos Christmas and Friday (scheduled). Also 3 venue firsts, which are not schedulegamis.

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About the data

A schedulegami is a game placed in a broadcast window where those two teams have never met before. The pair is unordered. Venue does not matter: a pairing that has only ever met on Sunday night in one city has still met on Sunday night, so the same game in the other city is not a schedulegami. Sunday afternoon windows are never a schedulegami. Two levels are tracked: window-level, the first time a pairing meets in one window, and standalone-level, the first time a pairing meets outside a Sunday afternoon window.

Game history is the same file as Primetime & Holiday History, regular season only, with franchises carried forward under their current names. Coverage by window: Monday night: since 1970, every Monday game as Slot History counts it; Sunday night: since 1987; Thursday night: all Thursday games since 1966 as Slot History counts them; the first non-Thanksgiving Thursday game in the data is 1978; the weekly package began in 2006; Thanksgiving: since 1966; Christmas: since 1966; Saturday: since 1966; Kickoff Game: since 2002; International: since 2005; Friday: since 1966; Wednesday: all-time. A Sunday international game with a verified 8 PM ET or later kickoff counts as International and Sunday night; two games qualify, the 2005 49ers at Cardinals game in Mexico City and the 2026 Vikings at 49ers game in Mexico City. Schedulegami is a MockSlate term, first published September 2026.