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2023 Buffalo Bills season


The 2023 season was the Buffalo Bills' 64th season as a franchise, it was their 54th in the National Football League (NFL), it was their ninth full season under the ownership of Terry and Kim Pegula, and it was their seventh under the head coach/general manager of Sean McDermott and Brandon Beane.

2023 Buffalo Bills season
OwnerTerry and Kim Pegula
Head coachSean McDermott
General managerBrandon Beane
Home fieldHighmark Stadium
Results
Record11–6
Division place1st AFC East
Playoff finishWon Wild Card Playoffs
(vs. Steelers) 31–17
Lost Divisional Playoffs
(vs. Chiefs) 24–27
Pro BowlersWR Stefon Diggs
RB James Cook
OT Dion Dawkins
AP All-ProsCB Taron Johnson (2nd team)
Uniform
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Draft

Main page: 2023 NFL draft
2023 Buffalo Bills Draft
Round Selection Player Position College Notes
1 25 Dalton Kincaid TE Utah from Jacksonville[upper-alpha 1]
27 Traded to Jacksonville[upper-alpha 1]
2 59 O'Cyrus Torrence G Florida
3 91 Dorian Williams LB Tulane
4 130 Traded to Jacksonville[upper-alpha 1]
5 137 Traded to Washington[upper-alpha 2] from Arizona[upper-alpha 3]
150 Justin Shorter WR Florida from Washington[upper-alpha 2]
162 Traded to Indianapolis[upper-alpha 4]
6 205 Traded to Houston[upper-alpha 5]
215 Traded to LA Rams[upper-alpha 6] from Washington[upper-alpha 2]
7 230 Nick Broeker G Ole Miss from Houston[upper-alpha 5]
245 Traded to Atlanta[upper-alpha 7]
252 Alex Austin CB Oregon State from LA Rams[upper-alpha 6]

Draft trades

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Bills traded first- and fourth-round selections (27th and 130th overall) to the Jacksonville Jaguars in exchange for a first-round selection (25th overall).[1]
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Bills traded a fifth-round selection (137th overall) to the Washington Commanders in exchange for fifth- and sixth-round selections (150th and 215th overall).[2]
  3. ↑ The Bills traded G Cody Ford to the Arizona Cardinals in exchange for a fifth-round selection (137th overall).[3]
  4. ↑ The Bills traded a fifth-round selection (162nd overall) and RB Zack Moss to the Indianapolis Colts in exchange for RB Nyheim Hines.[4]
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Bills traded a sixth-round selection (205th overall) to the Houston Texans in exchange for seventh- (230th overall) and 2024 sixth-round selections.[2]
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 The Bills traded a sixth-round selection (215th overall) to the Los Angeles Rams in exchange for seventh- (252nd overall) and 2024 sixth-round selections.[2]
  7. ↑ The Bills traded a seventh-round selection (245th overall) to the Atlanta Falcons in exchange for S Dean Marlowe.[5]

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap
1 September 11 at New York Jets L 16–22 (OT) 0–1 MetLife Stadium Recap
2 September 17 Las Vegas Raiders W 38–10 1–1 Highmark Stadium Recap
3 September 24 at Washington Commanders W 37–3 2–1 FedExField Recap
4 October 1 Miami Dolphins W 48–20 3–1 Highmark Stadium Recap
5 October 8 Jacksonville Jaguars L 20–25 3–2 United Kingdom Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (London) Recap
6 October 15 New York Giants W 14–9 4–2 Highmark Stadium Recap
7 October 22 at New England Patriots L 25–29 4–3 Gillette Stadium Recap
8 October 26 Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 24–18 5–3 Highmark Stadium Recap
9 November 5 at Cincinnati Bengals L 18–24 5–4 Paycor Stadium Recap
10 November 13 Denver Broncos L 22–24 5–5 Highmark Stadium Recap
11 November 19 New York Jets W 32–6 6–5 Highmark Stadium Recap
12 November 26 at Philadelphia Eagles L 34–37 (OT) 6–6 Lincoln Financial Field Recap
13 Bye
14 December 10 at Kansas City Chiefs W 20–17 7–6 Arrowhead Stadium Recap
15 December 17 Dallas Cowboys W 31–10 8–6 Highmark Stadium Recap
16 December 23 at Los Angeles Chargers W 24–22 9–6 SoFi Stadium Recap
17 December 31 New England Patriots W 27–21 10–6 Highmark Stadium Recap
18 January 7 at Miami Dolphins W 21–14 11–6 Hard Rock Stadium Recap

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

Division

AFC East
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
(2) Buffalo Bills 11 6 0 Expression error: Unexpected = operator. 4–2 7–5 451 311 W5
(6) Miami Dolphins 11 6 0 Expression error: Unexpected = operator. 4–2 7–5 496 391 L2
New York Jets 7 10 0 Expression error: Unexpected = operator. 2–4 4–8 268 355 W1
New England Patriots 4 13 0 Expression error: Unexpected = operator. 2–4 4–8 236 366 L2

Conference

# Team Division W L T PCT DIV CONF SOS SOV STK
Division leaders
1 Baltimore Ravens North 13 4 0 Expression error: Unexpected = operator. 3–3 8–4 .543 .529 L1
2[a][b] Buffalo Bills East 11 6 0 Expression error: Unexpected = operator. 4–2 7–5 .471 .471 W5
3[a] Kansas City Chiefs West 11 6 0 Expression error: Unexpected = operator. 4–2 9–3 .481 .428 W2
4 Houston Texans South 10 7 0 Expression error: Unexpected = operator. 4–2 7–5 .474 .465 W2
Wild cards
5[c] Cleveland Browns North 11 6 0 Expression error: Unexpected = operator. 3–3 8–4 .536 .513 L1
6[b][c] Miami Dolphins East 11 6 0 Expression error: Unexpected = operator. 4–2 7–5 .450 .358 L2
7 Pittsburgh Steelers North 10 7 0 Expression error: Unexpected = operator. 5–1 7–5 .540 .571 W3
Did not qualify for the postseason
8[d] Cincinnati Bengals North 9 8 0 Expression error: Unexpected = operator. 1–5 4–8 .574 .536 W1
9[d][e] Jacksonville Jaguars South 9 8 0 Expression error: Unexpected = operator. 4–2 6–6 .533 .477 L1
10[e] Indianapolis Colts South 9 8 0 Expression error: Unexpected = operator. 3–3 7–5 .491 .444 L1
11[f] Las Vegas Raiders West 8 9 0 Expression error: Unexpected = operator. 4–2 6–6 .488 .426 W1
12[f] Denver Broncos West 8 9 0 Expression error: Unexpected = operator. 3–3 5–7 .488 .485 L1
13 New York Jets East 7 10 0 Expression error: Unexpected = operator. 2–4 4–8 .502 .454 W1
14 Tennessee Titans South 6 11 0 Expression error: Unexpected = operator. 1–5 4–8 .522 .422 W1
15 Los Angeles Chargers West 5 12 0 Expression error: Unexpected = operator. 1–5 3–9 .529 .388 L5
16 New England Patriots East 4 13 0 Expression error: Unexpected = operator. 2–4 4–8 .522 .529 L2
Tiebreakers[g]
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Buffalo finished ahead of Kansas City based on head-to-head victory.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Buffalo finished ahead of Miami based on head-to-head sweep.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Cleveland finished ahead of Miami based on conference record.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Cincinnati finished ahead of Jacksonville based on head-to-head victory. Division tie break was initially used to eliminate Indianapolis (see below).
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Jacksonville finished ahead of Indianapolis based on head-to-head sweep.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Las Vegas finished ahead of Denver based on head-to-head sweep.
  7. ↑ When breaking ties for three or more teams under the NFL's rules, they are first broken within divisions, then comparing only the highest ranked remaining team from each division.

References

  1. ↑ Patra, Kevin (April 27, 2023). "Bills trade up with Jaguars to select Utah TE Dalton Kincaid at No. 25 overall in 2023 NFL Draft". NFL.com.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 White, Alec (April 29, 2023). "Buffalo Bills 2023 NFL Draft Tracker". BuffaloBills.com.
  3. ↑ Glab, Maddy (August 22, 2022). "Bills trade Cody Ford to the Arizona Cardinals". BuffaloBills.com.
  4. ↑ White, Alec (November 1, 2022). "Trade: Bills acquire RB Nyheim Hines from Indianapolis". BuffaloBills.com.
  5. ↑ Glab, Maddy (November 1, 2022). "Bills activate Tre'Davious White and acquire Dean Marlowe in a trade". BuffaloBills.com.
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