Bills–Jets rivalry

Buffalo Bills–New York Jets

Buffalo Bills New York Jets
First meeting	September 11, 1960 New York 27, Buffalo 3
Latest meeting	January 3, 2016 Buffalo 22, New York 17
Next meeting	2016
Statistics
Meetings total	111 meetings[1]
All-time series	Buffalo leads, 60–51
Largest victory	New York 42, Buffalo 3 (1979)
Smallest victory	New York 21, Buffalo 20 (1978)
Current win streak	Bills: 5 wins

The Bills–Jets rivalry is a rivalry between the Buffalo Bills and New York Jets in the National Football League. Both of these teams play in the same division (AFC East) and as a result, play two scheduled games each season. Both represent the same state, New York (although the Jets have played their home games in East Rutherford, New Jersey since 1984), with the Bills having their primary fan base in Western New York, and the Jets in the New York City area. They have a long history between each other, as they were original members of the American Football League in 1960.

Quick facts

With their long rivalry dating back to 1960, the Bills have won 6 of the last 10 games and lead the series 60–51. The largest margin of victory is 39, when the Jets defeated the Bills 42–3 on September 15, 1985. The smallest is 1, when the Jets won 21–20 on October 9, 1978. There has only been one post-season game between these two teams which was the AFC Wild Card Game dating back to December 27, 1981, where the Bills defeated the Jets 31–27. The largest ever recorded attendance at one of the games between these two teams dates back to October 8, 1995, where the Bills defeated the Jets 29–10 with a total attendance crowd of 79,485. Between the two teams there have only been 3 overtime games. The earliest overtime game took place on November 20, 1988, when the Bills defeated the Jets 9–6. The next overtime game was on October 8, 2002, where the Jets defeated the Bills 37–31. The last overtime game was on October 18, 2009, which the Bills won 16–13. The longest winning streak in the series was ten by Buffalo from 1988 until 1992; the longest Jets streak was seven (1984–1987).

This rivalry is fueled primarily by the differences between New York City and the rest of New York State, and also by the Bills claiming to be the only team in New York (the Jets actually play their games in East Rutherford, NJ, a suburb of the city). However, neither team has been good at the same time, which has led to this rivalry having less heat than other rivalries these teams have. There have only been four seasons in which both teams finished with winning records.^[2]

Notable moments

There were a handful of memorable games in the early history of this rivalry. In 1973, O.J. Simpson eclipsed Jim Brown's rushing yards record to surpass 2,000 yards in a 34–6 Bills win. Eight years later, the teams played their only ever playoff game. In the 1981 AFC Wild Card game, the Bills had a 24–0 lead early in the game, but the Jets came back, cutting their deficit to 31–24. A late game interception of Richard Todd sealed the win for the Bills, however. During the 90s, the Jets and Bills played two regular season games with playoff implications. The 1993 season saw the Jets failing to secure a playoff berth by losing a game to the Bills via three missed field goals. In 1998, the Jets secured their first ever AFC East division title by beating the Bills.^[2]

In 2008, the Bills were coming off a 5–1 start, but lost 8 of their remaining ten games to finish 7–9 and out of the playoffs. Two of those losses came against the Jets, which included a J. P. Losman fumble returned for the Jets' game winning touchdown as the Bills were trying to run out the clock.^[3]

In 2009, Mark Sanchez threw 5 interceptions to the Bills defense, losing a game in overtime for the Jets in which they rushed for 318 yards.^[4] Later that year, the Jets rematched the Bills in Toronto as part of the Bills Toronto Series, in which the Jets avenged their loss with a 19–13 win that kept their playoff hopes alive.

In 2014, the second Bills–Jets game was played at Ford Field in Detroit due to a freak snowstorm in Buffalo. The Bills won 38–3.^[5]

The 2015 offseason saw some notable personnel swaps between the teams. On January 12, Rex Ryan was hired as the head coach of the Bills. Ryan had spent the previous six seasons as the head coach of the Jets.^[6] In addition, the Jets hired former Bills head coach Chan Gailey as their offensive coordinator^[7] and traded for former Bills starting quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick, who has since become their starter.^[8] The Bills also added former Jets Percy Harvin^[9] and IK Enemkpali, the latter one day after he was released for punching and breaking the jaw of Jets quarterback Geno Smith in a locker room altercation.^[10] The Bills won both games in 2015, knocking the Jets out of playoff contention with their second win.^[11] Things heated up the first game when both were still in the hunt for a playoff spot, especially after Ryan made Enemkpali a team captain.

Score history

Date[12]	Score[12]	Attendance[12]
January 3, 2016	Buffalo 22, New York 17	68,670
November 12, 2015	Buffalo 22, New York 17	78,160
November 24, 2014	Buffalo 38, New York 3	56,044
October 26, 2014	Buffalo 43, New York 23	78,160
November 17, 2013	Buffalo 37, New York 14	68,036
September 22, 2013	New York 27, Buffalo 20	76,957
December 30, 2012	Buffalo 28, New York 9	54,533
September 9, 2012	New York 48, Buffalo 28	79,088
November 27, 2011	New York 28, Buffalo 24	79,088
November 6, 2011	New York 27, Buffalo 11	70,133
January 2, 2011	New York 38, Buffalo 7	79,019
October 3, 2010	New York 38, Buffalo 14	69,262
December 3, 2009	New York 19, Buffalo 13	51,567
October 18, 2009	Buffalo 16, New York 13 OT	76,048
December 14, 2008	New York 31, Buffalo 27	78,548
November 2, 2008	New York 26, Buffalo 17	71,827
October 28, 2007	Buffalo 13, New York 3	76,688
September 30, 2007	Buffalo 17, New York 14	70,600
December 10, 2006	Buffalo 31, New York 13	77,131
September 24, 2006	New York 28, Buffalo 20	72,067
January 1, 2006	New York 30, Buffalo 26	76,822
October 16, 2005	Buffalo 27, New York 17	72,045
November 7, 2004	Buffalo 22, New York 17	72,574
October 10, 2004	New York 16, Buffalo 14	77,976
December 7, 2003	Buffalo 17, New York 6	72,791
October 12, 2003	New York 30, Buffalo 3	77,740
November 24, 2002	New York 31, Buffalo 13	78,745
September 8, 2002	New York 37, Buffalo 31 OT	72,751
December 30, 2001	Buffalo 14, New York 9	78,200
October 7, 2001	New York 42, Buffalo 36	72,654
October 29, 2000	Buffalo 23, New York 20	72,861
September 17, 2000	New York 27, Buffalo 14	77,884
November 21, 1999	New York 17, Buffalo 7	79,285
September 19, 1999	Buffalo 17, New York 3	68,839
December 19, 1998	New York 17, Buffalo 10	79,056
November 8, 1998	New York 34, Buffalo 12	75,403
November 30, 1997	Buffalo 20, New York 10	47,776
September 7, 1997	Buffalo 28, New York 22	72,988
November 24, 1996	Buffalo 35, New York 10	60,854
October 20, 1996	Buffalo 25, New York 22	49,775
November 19, 1995	Buffalo 28, New York 26	N/A
October 8, 1995	Buffalo 29, New York 10	N/A
November 6, 1994	New York 22, Buffalo 17	N/A
September 4, 1994	New York 23, Buffalo 3	N/A
December 26, 1993	Buffalo 16, New York 14	N/A
October 24, 1993	Buffalo 19, New York 10	N/A
December 6, 1992	New York 24, Buffalo 17	N/A
October 26, 1992	Buffalo 24, New York 20	N/A
December 1, 1991	Buffalo 24, New York 13	N/A
September 15, 1991	Buffalo 23, New York 20	N/A
October 21, 1990	Buffalo 30, New York 27	N/A
September 24, 1990	Buffalo 30, New York 7	N/A
December 23, 1989	Buffalo 37, New York 0	N/A
October 22, 1989	Buffalo 34, New York 3	N/A
November 20, 1988	Buffalo 9, New York 6 OT	N/A
October 17, 1988	Buffalo 37, New York 14	N/A
November 22, 1987	Buffalo 17, New York 14	N/A
September 13, 1987	New York 31, Buffalo 28	N/A
October 6, 1986	New York 14, Buffalo 13	N/A
September 7, 1986	New York 28, Buffalo 24	N/A
December 8, 1985	New York 27, Buffalo 7	N/A
September 15, 1985	New York 42, Buffalo 3	N/A
December 8, 1984	New York 21, Buffalo 17	N/A
September 23, 1984	New York 28, Buffalo 26	N/A
November 13, 1983	Buffalo 24, New York 17	N/A
October 3, 1983	New York 34, Buffalo 10	N/A
December 27, 1981	Buffalo 31, New York 27	N/A
October 18, 1981	New York 33, Buffalo 14	N/A
September 6, 1981	Buffalo 31, New York 0	N/A
November 9, 1980	Buffalo 20, New York 10	N/A
September 14, 1980	Buffalo 14, New York 12	N/A
November 11, 1979	Buffalo 46, New York 31	N/A
September 23, 1979	New York 45, Buffalo 14	N/A
October 8, 1978	New York 21, Buffalo 20	N/A
September 10, 1978	Buffalo 14, New York 10	N/A
December 11, 1977	New York 24, Buffalo 19	N/A
October 9, 1977	New York 19, Buffalo 14	N/A
October 31, 1976	New York 17, Buffalo 14	N/A
October 10, 1976	Buffalo 24, New York 23	N/A
November 2, 1975	Buffalo 42, New York 14	N/A
September 21, 1975	Buffalo 42, New York 14	N/A
December 8, 1974	New York 20, Buffalo 10	N/A
September 29, 1974	Buffalo 16, New York 12	N/A
December 16, 1973	Buffalo 34, New York 14	N/A
September 30, 1973	Buffalo 9, New York 7	N/A
November 12, 1972	New York 41, Buffalo 3	N/A
September 17, 1972	New York 41, Buffalo 24	N/A
November 21, 1971	New York 20, Buffalo 7	N/A
October 17, 1971	New York 28, Buffalo 17	N/A
October 25, 1970	Buffalo 10, New York 6	N/A
October 4, 1970	Buffalo 34, New York 31	N/A
November 9, 1969	New York 16, Buffalo 6	N/A
September 14, 1969	New York 33, Buffalo 19	N/A
November 3, 1968	New York 25, Buffalo 21	N/A
September 29, 1968	Buffalo 37, New York 35	N/A
November 12, 1967	New York 20, Buffalo 10	N/A
September 10, 1967	Buffalo 20, New York 17	N/A
November 13, 1966	Buffalo 14, New York 3	N/A
October 30, 1966	Buffalo 33, New York 23	N/A
December 19, 1965	New York 14, Buffalo 12	N/A
September 26, 1965	Buffalo 33, New York 21	N/A
November 8, 1964	Buffalo 20, New York 7	N/A
October 24, 1964	Buffalo 34, New York 24	N/A
December 14, 1963	Buffalo 19, New York 10	N/A
December 8, 1963	Buffalo 45, New York 14	N/A
December 8, 1962	Buffalo 20, New York 3	N/A
September 22, 1962	New York 17, Buffalo 6	N/A
November 23, 1961	New York 21, Buffalo 14	N/A
September 17, 1961	Buffalo 41, New York 31	N/A
October 16, 1960	New York 17, Buffalo 13	N/A
September 11, 1960	New York 27, Buffalo 3	N/A

References

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