Bills–Dolphins rivalry

Bills–Dolphins rivalry
	Buffalo Bills Miami Dolphins
First meeting	September 18, 1966; Bills 58, Dolphins 24
Latest meeting	January 7, 2024 ; Bills 21, Dolphins 14
Next meeting	TBD (2024)
Statistics
Meetings total	121 meetings
All-time series	Dolphins, 62–58–1
Regular season series	Dolphins, 61–54–1
Postseason results	Bills, 4–1; (incl. 1992 AFC Championship Game) Most recent January 15, 2023 ; Bills 34, Dolphins 31
Largest victory	Dolphins: 45–7 (1970); Bills: 35–0 (2021)
Longest win streak	Bills, 7 (2018–21); Dolphins, 20 (1970–79)
Current win streak	Bills, 4 ; (2022–present)
Playoff and Championship Success
	AFL Championships (2) Bills (2) – 1964, 1965; Dolphins (0) – none; Super Bowl Championships (2) Bills (0); Dolphins (2) – 1972, 1973; Super Bowl Appearances (9) Bills (4) – 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994; Dolphins (5) – 1971, 1972, 1973, 1982, 1984; AFL Eastern Division Championships (3) (1960–1969) Bills (3) – 1964, 1965, 1966; Dolphins (0) – none; AFC East Divisional Championships (25) (1970–present) Bills (11) – 1980, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023; Dolphins (14) – 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2008; AFC Wild Card Berths (18) (1970–present) Bills (8) – 1974, 1981, 1992, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2017, 2019; Dolphins (10) – 1978, 1982, 1990, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2016, 2022, 2023;

The Bills–Dolphins rivalry is a National Football League (NFL) rivalry between the Buffalo Bills and Miami Dolphins. The teams, who are members of the AFC East, have played each other twice per year since the 1966 season. In the 116 regular season games between the teams in the series, the Dolphins lead 61–54–1 as of 2023. The teams have also met five times in the NFL playoffs. The Bills are 4–1 in the postseason, including a victory in the 1992 AFC Championship Game.

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The rivalry was once lopsided as the Dolphins, one of the league's best teams after Don Shula took over as head coach in the 1970s, amassed 20 consecutive wins over the Bills in that decade. It later became more competitive in the 1980s as Buffalo emerged as a leading team in the AFC alongside Miami. During the 1990s, the teams faced off four different times in the AFC playoffs, and the period featured Hall of Fame quarterbacks Jim Kelly for Buffalo and Dan Marino for Miami. Though both teams fell short of the same level of success in the 2000s and 2010s after the retirements of Shula, Kelly, Marino, and Bills coach Marv Levy, the Bills and Dolphins have maintained their rivalry, which has become competitive again during the 2020s as both teams have become playoff contenders once more.

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