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The Bills–Jets rivalry is a rivalry between the
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and
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in the
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. Both of these teams play in the same division (AFC East) and as a result, play two scheduled games each season. Both teams represent
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, with the Bills having their primary fan base in
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, and the Jets in the
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. This rivalry is fueled primarily by the differences between the greater New York City metropolitan area and the rest of New York State, but also by the Bills being the only team physically located in New York due to the Jets and their NFC counterparts the Giants playing their games in the
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suburbs of New York City. However, the two teams have rarely been successful at the same time, and as such, their rivalry usually lacks the intensity that is present in other rivalries, such as the Bills' rivalry with the Dolphins and the Jets' with the Patriots. There have only been four seasons in which both the Bills and Jets finished with winning records. Regardless, the two teams share a bond due to this seeming inability to field winning teams simultaneously, having been the two NFL teams coached by
Rex Ryan Rex Ashley Ryan (born December 13, 1962) is an American former football coach and analyst. Ryan was formerly the head coach of the New York Jets and Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL), and also held various coaching position ...
, and their long histories playing twice yearly against one another going back to the first days of the AFL. The Bills lead the overall series, 68–57. The Bills also won the only postseason meeting, defeating the Jets 31–27 in the 1981 AFC Wild Card round.


Notable moments


1960–99: Early History

There were a handful of memorable games in the early history of this rivalry. During the Jets' Super Bowl winning year in 1968, the Bills defense intercepted
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five times, including three pick-sixes, as Buffalo upset the Jets 37–35 for its only win that year. In 1973,
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eclipsed
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's rushing yards record to surpass 2,000 yards in a 34–6 Bills win. Eight years later, the teams played their only playoff game together. 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. In the quarterback-rich
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, the Bills selected quarterback
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whereas the Jets famously passed on
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in favor of Ken O'Brien. This led to a period of dominance by the Kelly-led Bills over the Jets in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The Jets and Bills played two regular season games with playoff implications in the 1990s. 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.


2000–17

As the 2000s approached, Buffalo collapsed from a perennial Super Bowl contender to one of the worst teams in the league, while the Jets maintained a level of success, making the playoffs 5 times despite a period of dominance by the Tom Brady-led
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. However, the Bills finally ended their league-leading playoff drought in 2017, while the Jets have yet to return to the playoffs since last qualifying in 2010. 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; the latter included a
J. P. Losman Jonathan Paul Losman (born March 12, 1981) is an American football coach and former quarterback. Losman played in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons, primarily with the Buffalo Bills. He played college football at UCLA and Tu ...
fumble returned for the Jets' game-winning touchdown as the Bills were trying to run out the clock.


2009–2016: the Rex Ryan era

In 2009, the first year of
Rex Ryan Rex Ashley Ryan (born December 13, 1962) is an American former football coach and analyst. Ryan was formerly the head coach of the New York Jets and Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL), and also held various coaching position ...
's six-year tenure as the Jets' head coach, Mark Sanchez threw 5 interceptions to the Bills defense, losing a game in overtime for the Jets in which they rushed for 318 yards. Later that year, the Jets rematched the Bills in
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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. During the
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, the Bills and Jets once again selected quarterbacks with their early picks. EJ Manuel was picked by Buffalo in the first round while Geno Smith was chosen in the second round by the Jets. Ultimately, neither quarterback panned out and both were gone from their teams after 2016. In 2014, the second Bills–Jets game was played at
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in Detroit due to a freak snowstorm in Buffalo. The Bills won 38–3. 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 shortly after his dismissal by the Jets, serving as Buffalo's head coach for the next two years. In addition, the Jets hired former Bills head coach
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as their offensive coordinator and traded for former Bills starting quarterback
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who later became their own starter. The Bills also added former Jets
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and
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, the latter one day after he was released for breaking Geno Smith's jaw in a locker room altercation. The Bills won both games in 2015, knocking the Jets out of playoff contention with their second win. Tensions arose during the first game on ''
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'' when both teams were still in the hunt for a playoff spot, especially after Ryan made Enemkpali a team captain for that game. Despite Ryan's short tenure as the Bills' coach and firing before the second Bills-Jets matchup of 2016, his presence on the Bills briefly re-energized the rivalry.


2018–present: the Josh Allen era


2018–20: Allen vs. Darnold

In the
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, the Bills and Jets each traded up in order to select a highly touted quarterback. This resulted in
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landing with the Jets 3rd overall and Josh Allen being selected by the Bills 7th overall. Allen and Darnold met on the field for the first time as rivals on December 9, 2018, with both having missed the first Bills–Jets match-up that year due to injury. The Bills jumped to an early 14–3 lead under Allen, but the Jets fought back with good special teams play to set up short fields and tied the game at 20 by the fourth quarter. After the Bills scored a field goal to retake the lead with just over two minutes to go, Darnold led a game-winning drive for the Jets, including a 37-yard pass to
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to set up the go-ahead touchdown run by
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. On September 8, 2019, the Bills overcame a 16–0 third quarter deficit and four turnovers to beat the Jets 17–16 at MetLife Stadium on opening day of the season. The Jets unraveled after losing linebacker C. J. Mosley to injury and were also hampered by ineffective placekicking from
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. The momentum would carry over as Buffalo wound up making the playoffs while New York was unable to overcome a 1–7 start, despite both teams being expected to be competitive that year. Having clinched a playoff spot by then, the Bills rested several starters during the week 17 rematch, which the Jets won 13–6. The second Bills–Jets matchup of the 2020 season was noteworthy as the then-winless Jets held a potent Bills offense out of the endzone, but Buffalo still prevailed 18–10 thanks to six field goals by rookie kicker
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. Not only did the Bills sweep the yearly series, but the franchises had nearly exact opposite years with the Bills finishing 13–3 but the Jets just 2–14 to begin the new decade, continuing a long general trend of the two teams being unable to be simultaneously successful. Allen had his best season thus far with a 107.2
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and 37 touchdowns, while Darnold had his worst with a 72.7 rating and just 9 touchdowns in 12 games. The Jets traded Darnold to the
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following the season, drafting Zach Wilson to replace him.


2021–present

After Allen and the Bills swept the Jets in 2021, the Wilson-led Jets won the first matchup in 2022, as a 6-minute-long drive that started at New York's 4-yard line set up the game winning field goal. With under 2 minutes left, the Bills were unable to respond, as a holding penalty against tackle
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and a strip sack of Allen that left him injured caused the Bills to turn the ball over on downs, allowing a 20–17 Jets upset win over the heavily-favored Bills. This game was the first time since that both teams met with winning records. By the time of the rematch, Wilson had been benched for Mike White, who had started one game against Buffalo the previous year, and the Jets were in the middle of what would become a six-game losing streak to end the year out of playoff contention while the Bills were in the middle of a seven-game winning streak to end the year. Just as in his previous start against Buffalo, White struggled and was injured during the 20–12 Bills win. During this game, he was knocked out of the game twice, suffering what was later revealed to be broken ribs, but decided to return to the game both times, earning the respect of fans and players from both teams.


Gallery

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rushing against Jets in 1973 File:1986_Jeno's_Pizza_-_30_-_Joe_Cribbs_(cropped).jpg, Bills RB
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Season-by-season results

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27–3 , Titans
2–0 , Bills and then-Titans are two charter members of the
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. First meetings between the two rivals. , - ,
1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 ...
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41–31 , style=", Titans
21–14 , Titans
3–1 , , - ,
1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...
, Tie, 1–1 , style=", Titans
17–6 , style=", Bills
20–3 , Titans
4–2 , , - ,
1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...
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45–14 , style=", Bills
19–10 , Tie
4–4 , Titans change their name to "Jets." , - ,
1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...
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34–24 , style=", Bills
20–7 , Bills
6–4 , Jets move to Shea Stadium; Bills win 1964 AFL Championship. , - ,
1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...
, Tie, 1–1 , style=", Bills
33–21 , style=", Jets
14–12 , Bills
7–5 , Bills win 1965 AFL Championship. , - ,
1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...
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14–3 , style=", Bills
33–23 , Bills
9–5 , , - ,
1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...
, Tie, 1–1 , style=", Bills
20–17 , style=", Jets
20–10 , Bills
10–6 , , - ,
1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...
, Tie, 1–1 , style=", Bills
37–35 , style=", Jets
25–21 , Bills
11–7 , Jets win 1968 AFL championship, win Super Bowl III. Bills' only win of the year comes against Jets. , - ,
1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
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33–19 , style=", Jets
16–6 , Bills
11–9 , , - , - , , style=", , style=", Bills
34–31 , style=", Bills
10–6 , Bills
13–9 , AFL–NFL merger. Both teams placed in AFC East. , - , , style=", , style=", Jets
20–7 , style=", Jets
28–17 , Bills
13–11 , , - , , style=", , style=", Jets
41–24 , style=", Jets
41–3 , Tie
13–13 , , - , , style=", , style=", Bills
9–7 , style=", Bills
34–14 , Bills
15–13 , Bills open
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(now known as New Era Field).
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breaks NFL regular season rushing record against Jets in New York. Bills came into that game needing a win and Bengals loss to clinch playoff spot (the Bills won at the Jets; but the Bengals defeated the Oilers later that afternoon, costing Buffalo a playoff appearance) , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Bills
16–12 , style=", Jets
20–10 , Bills
16–14 , , - , , style=", , style=", Bills
42–14 , style=", Bills
42–14 , Bills
18–14 , Bills rush for 309 yards at Rich Stadium, most rushing yards given up by Jets at the time. , - , , Tie, 1–1 , style=", Jets
17–14 , style=", Bills
24–23 , Bills
19–15 , , - , , style=", , style=", Jets
19–14 , style=", Jets
24–19 , Bills
19–17 , , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Bills
14–10 , style=", Jets
21–20 , Bills
20–18 , , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Jets
45–14 , style=", Bills
46–31 , Bills
21–19 , , - , - , , style=", , style=", Bills
14–12 , style=", Bills
20–10 , Bills
23–19 , , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Bills
31–0 , style=", Jets
33–14 , Bills
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31–27 , Bills
25–20 , AFC Wild Card playoffs. Only playoff meeting to date. , - , , colspan="3", ''No games'' , Bills
25–20 , Both meetings cancelled due to 1982 NFL player strike. , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Jets
34–10 , style=", Bills
24–17 , Bills
26–21 ,
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and Ken O'Brien drafted as part of QB class of 1983. , - , , style=", , style=", Jets
28–26 , style=", Jets
21–17 , Bills
26–23 , Jets move to
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27–7 , style=", Jets
42–3 , Bills
26–25 , , - , , style=", , style=", Jets
28–24 , style=", Jets
14–13 , Jets
27–26 , The first game marked the debut of
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as Bills quarterback (though drafted in 1983; Kelly had chosen to play for the
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's
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). The second game was remembered for referee Ben Dreith's "giving him the business" call after Jets defensive end Marty Lyons repeatedly punched Kelly in the head. , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Jets
31–28 , style=", Bills
17–14 , Jets
28–27 , Jets win seventh straight meeting and fifth straight in Buffalo. , - , , style=", , style=", Bills
9–6 (OT) , style=", Bills
37–14 , Bills
29–28 , The Week 7 game vs. the Bills was the last for Jets defensive end Mark Gastineau prior to abruptly retiring to tend to girlfriend Brigette Nielsen after Nielsen was diagnosed with uterine cancer. , - , , style=", , style=", Bills
34–3 , style=", Bills
37–0 , Bills
31–28 , Bills clinch AFC East in final week of the regular season in the Meadowlands. , - , , style=", , style=", Bills
30–27 , style=", Bills
30–7 , Bills
33–28 , Bills lose Super Bowl XXV. , - , , style=", , style=", Bills
24–13 , style=", Bills
23–20 , Bills
35–28 , Bills lose
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. , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Jets
24–17 , style=", Bills
24–20 , Bills
36–29 , Bills win tenth straight meeting immediately following Jets' seven game winning streak. The Jets snapped Buffalo's 10-game winning streak one week after defensive end
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suffered a neck injury that initially left him paralyzed. Bills lose
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16–14 , style=", Bills
19–10 , Bills
38–29 , Bills win sixth straight away meeting. Bills lose
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. , - , , style=", , style=", Jets
23–13 , style=", Jets
22–17 , Bills
38–31 , Jets sweep the Bills for the first time since 1986. , - , , style=", , style=", Bills
29–10 , style=", Bills
28–26 , Bills
40–31 , , - , , style=", , style=", Bills
35–10 , style=", Bills
25–22 , Bills
42–31 , , - , , style=", , style=", Bills
20–10 , style=", Bills
28–22 , Bills
44–31 , Bills have won 18 of 21 meetings dating back to 1987. , - , , style=", , style=", Jets
17–10 , style=", Jets
34–12 , Bills
44–33 , Jets beat Bills to clinch their first AFC East title. , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Bills
17–3 , style=", Jets
17–7 , Bills
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23–20 , style=", Jets
27–14 , Bills
46–35 , , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Jets
42–36 , style=", Bills
14–9 , Bills
47–36 , , - , , style=", , style=", Jets
37–31(OT) , style=", Jets
31–13 , Bills
47–38 , , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Bills
17–6 , style=", Jets
30–3 , Bills
48–39 , , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Bills
22–17 , style=", Jets
16–14 , Bills
49–40 , , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Bills
27–17 , style=", Jets
30–26 , Bills
50–41 , Jets respond to Bills' go-ahead field goal with Justin Miller's game-winning kick return touchdown at the Meadowlands. , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Jets
28–20 , style=", Bills
31–13 , Bills
51–42 , , - , , style=", , style=", Bills
17–14 , style=", Bills
13–3 , Bills
53–42 , Bills WR Lee Evans boxes out Jets CB Darrelle Revis for Bills' game-clinching touchdown. , - , , style=", , style=", Jets
26–17 , style=", Jets
31–27 , Bills
53–44 , In Jets home game, Bills QB
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fumbles while trying to run out the clock, resulting in Jets' game-winning touchdown. , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Jets
19–13 , style=", Bills
16–13(OT) , Bills
54–45 , Jets QB Mark Sanchez throws five interceptions in Jets home game, team has six overall
Bills home game played at the
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in
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as part of the Bills Toronto Series. , - , - , , style=", , style=", Jets
38–14 , style=", Jets
38–7 , Bills
54–47 , Jets and Giants open MetLife Stadium (then known as New Meadowlands Stadium). , - , , style=", , style=", Jets
27–11 , style=", Jets
28–24 , Bills
54–49 , , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Bills
28–9 , style=", Jets
48–28 , Bills
55–50 , Jets win sixth straight meeting before losing season finale to Bills. , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Bills
37–14 , style=", Jets
27–20 , Bills
56–51 , , - , , style=", , style=", Bills
38–3 , style=", Bills
43–23 , Bills
58–51 , Bills home game moved to
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due to inclement weather. Bills' first sweep of the Jets since 1997. , - , , style=", , style=", Bills
22–17 , style=", Bills
22–17 , Bills
60–51 , Bills hire
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, eliminate Jets from playoff contention in week 17. , - , , style=", , style=", Jets
37–31 , style=", Jets
30–10 , Bills
60–53 , , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Bills
21–12 , style=", Jets
34–21 , Bills
61–54 , , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Jets
27–23 , style=", Bills
41–10 , Bills
62–55 , First meeting between
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and Josh Allen , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Jets
13–6 , style=", Bills
17–16 , Bills
63–56 , Bills overcome 16–0 deficit and four turnovers to win 17–16 at MetLife Stadium. , - , - , - , , style=", , style=", Bills
27–17 , style=", Bills
18–10 , Bills
65–56 , Bills overcome 10–0 deficit on the road despite never scoring a touchdown to win. Bills sweep division for the first time in franchise history. , - , , style=", , style=", Bills
27–10 , style=", Bills
45–17 , Bills
67–56 , Bills clinch AFC East against the Jets in their week 18 meeting in Buffalo. , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Bills
20–12 , style=", Jets
20–17 , Bills
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Connections between the teams


Coaches

The most notable connection between the Bills and Jets has been
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, who carried over many of his staff from the Jets when he was hired as the Bills' head coach.


Players

Several players have been members of both teams during their careers, including:


References

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