The Buffalo Bills were 12-4 in 1988. They finished 1st in the AFC East and 1st in the AFC. They fell to the Cincinnati Bengals, 21 to 10, in the 1988 AFC Championship game.

1988 Stats

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GP PTS YDS PLY AVG RUSH YDS RUSH ATT RUSH AVG PASS YDS PASS ATT PASS AVG SCK SCKY 1DWN RUSH 1DWN PASS 1DWN PEN 1DWN PEN PEN YDS
Team
16
329
5,315
1,012
5.3
2,133
528
4.0
3,411
454
7.5
30
229
313
137
161
15
109
824
Team Rank
14th
12th
18th
7th
7th
6th
12th
17th
23rd
4th
9th
20th
11th
5th
17th
27th
20th
19th
Opponent
16
237
4,578
971
4.7
1,854
477
3.9
3,046
448
6.8
46
322
299
114
146
39
90
713
Opponent Rank
3rd
4th
3rd
4th
12th
13th
11th
5th
3rd
12th
4th
21st
12th
15th
5th
27th
23rd
23rd
Net
+92
+737
+41
+0.5
+279
+51
+0.2
+365
+6
+0.7
-16
-93
+14
+23
+15
-24
+19
+111
Net Rank
5th
6th
8th
7th
9th
10th
11th
10th
12th
5th
6th
22nd
11th
8th
10th
28th
21st
20th

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
1
0
.800
Commanders Commanders
3
2
0
.600
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
4
1
0
.800
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
4
1
0
.800
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
2
0
.600
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
1
0
.800
Patriots Patriots
3
2
0
.600
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
3
0
.400
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
4
1
0
.800
Jaguars Jaguars
4
1
0
.800
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
2
0
.600
Broncos Broncos
3
2
0
.600

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
10/9
PHI PHI
@
NYG NYG
8:15 PM
Sun
10/12
DEN DEN
@
NYJ NYJ
9:30 AM
Sun
10/12
ARI ARI
@
IND IND
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
LAR LAR
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
CLE CLE
@
PIT PIT
1:00 PM