2023 Buffalo Bills season

2023 Buffalo Bills season
2023 Buffalo Bills season
Owner	Terry and Kim Pegula
Head coach	Sean McDermott
General manager	Brandon Beane
Home field	Highmark Stadium
Results
Record	11–6
Division place	1st AFC East
Playoff finish	Won Wild Card Playoffs; (vs. Steelers) 31–17; Lost Divisional Playoffs; (vs. Chiefs) 24–27
Pro Bowlers	WR Stefon Diggs; RB James Cook; OT Dion Dawkins
AP All-Pros	CB Taron Johnson (2nd team)
Uniform
	← 2022; Bills seasons; 2024 →;

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.

Draft

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

Draft trades

↑ ^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]
↑ ^2.0 ^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]
↑ The Bills traded G Cody Ford to the Arizona Cardinals in exchange for a fifth-round selection (137th overall).^[3]
↑ The Bills traded a fifth-round selection (162nd overall) and RB Zack Moss to the Indianapolis Colts in exchange for RB Nyheim Hines.^[4]
↑ ^5.0 ^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]
↑ ^6.0 ^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]
↑ 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	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
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
⁽²⁾ Buffalo Bills	11	6	0	.647	4–2	7–5	451	311	W5
⁽⁶⁾ Miami Dolphins	11	6	0	.647	4–2	7–5	496	391	L2
New York Jets	7	10	0	.412	2–4	4–8	268	355	W1
New England Patriots	4	13	0	.235	2–4	4–8	236	366	L2

Conference

AFC v t e
#	Team	Division	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	SOS	SOV	STK
Division leaders
1	Baltimore Ravens	North	13	4	0	.765	3–3	8–4	.543	.529	L1
2^[a]^[b]	Buffalo Bills	East	11	6	0	.647	4–2	7–5	.471	.471	W5
3^[a]	Kansas City Chiefs	West	11	6	0	.647	4–2	9–3	.481	.428	W2
4	Houston Texans	South	10	7	0	.588	4–2	7–5	.474	.465	W2
Wild cards
5^[c]	Cleveland Browns	North	11	6	0	.647	3–3	8–4	.536	.513	L1
6^[b]^[c]	Miami Dolphins	East	11	6	0	.647	4–2	7–5	.450	.358	L2
7	Pittsburgh Steelers	North	10	7	0	.588	5–1	7–5	.540	.571	W3
Did not qualify for the postseason
8^[d]	Cincinnati Bengals	North	9	8	0	.529	1–5	4–8	.574	.536	W1
9^[d]^[e]	Jacksonville Jaguars	South	9	8	0	.529	4–2	6–6	.533	.477	L1
10^[e]	Indianapolis Colts	South	9	8	0	.529	3–3	7–5	.491	.444	L1
11^[f]	Las Vegas Raiders	West	8	9	0	.471	4–2	6–6	.488	.426	W1
12^[f]	Denver Broncos	West	8	9	0	.471	3–3	5–7	.488	.485	L1
13	New York Jets	East	7	10	0	.412	2–4	4–8	.502	.454	W1
14	Tennessee Titans	South	6	11	0	.353	1–5	4–8	.522	.422	W1
15	Los Angeles Chargers	West	5	12	0	.294	1–5	3–9	.529	.388	L5
16	New England Patriots	East	4	13	0	.235	2–4	4–8	.522	.529	L2
Tiebreakers^[g]
↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Buffalo finished ahead of Kansas City based on head-to-head victory. ↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Buffalo finished ahead of Miami based on head-to-head sweep. ↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Cleveland finished ahead of Miami based on conference record. ↑ ^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). ↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Jacksonville finished ahead of Indianapolis based on head-to-head sweep. ↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Las Vegas finished ahead of Denver based on head-to-head sweep. ↑ 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.