Buffalo Bills vs Cincinnati Bengals:All-Time Matchup History

Matchup Overview

The Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals have met 35 times in NFL regular-season and playoff games since 1968. The all-time series is remarkably tight, with Buffalo Bills holding a slim lead at 18–17. Cincinnati Bengals have had the upper hand recently, going 3–2 in their last 5 meetings. Their most recent matchup ended 39–34 in favor of Buffalo Bills on December 7, 2025.

Next Meeting

No upcoming game scheduled between these teams this season.

All-Time Head-to-Head

Showing 35 games from available historical data. Preseason games are not included.

Date	Season	Away	Score	Home
Dec 7, 25	2025 W14	CIN	34–39	BUF
Nov 5, 23	2023 W9	BUF	18–24	CIN
Jan 22, 23	2022 Divisional Round	CIN	27–10	BUF
Sep 22, 19	2019	CIN	17–21	BUF
Oct 8, 17	2017	BUF	16–20	CIN
Nov 20, 16	2016	BUF	16–12	CIN
Oct 18, 15	2015	CIN	34–21	BUF
Oct 13, 13	2013	CIN	27–24	BUF
Oct 2, 11	2011	BUF	20–23	CIN
Nov 21, 10	2010	BUF	49–31	CIN
Nov 3, 07	2007	CIN	21–33	BUF
Dec 23, 05	2005	BUF	37–27	CIN
Dec 18, 04	2004	BUF	33–17	CIN
Oct 4, 03	2003	CIN	16–22	BUF
Dec 28, 02	2002	CIN	9–27	BUF
Dec 5, 98	1998	BUF	33–20	CIN
Nov 16, 96	1996	CIN	17–31	BUF
Oct 20, 91	1991	CIN	16–35	BUF
Nov 25, 89	1989	CIN	7–24	BUF
Jan 7, 89	1988	BUF	10–21	CIN
Nov 26, 88	1988	BUF	21–35	CIN
Sep 13, 86	1986	BUF	33–36	CIN
Nov 2, 85	1985	CIN	23–17	BUF
Dec 15, 84	1984	BUF	21–52	CIN
Sep 10, 83	1983	BUF	10–6	CIN
Jan 2, 82	1981	BUF	21–28	CIN
Sep 26, 81	1981	BUF	24–27	CIN
Nov 15, 80	1980	BUF	14–0	CIN
Sep 8, 79	1979	CIN	24–51	BUF
Oct 21, 78	1978	CIN	0–5	BUF
Nov 16, 75	1975	BUF	24–33	CIN
Nov 10, 73	1973	CIN	16–13	BUF
Nov 7, 70	1970	CIN	43–14	BUF
Nov 29, 69	1969	CIN	13–16	BUF
Sep 21, 68	1968	BUF	23–34	CIN

Games before the 2010 season: Data from FiveThirtyEight, used under the MIT License and limited to today's franchises.