The Buffalo Bills were 10-6 in 1981. They finished 3rd in the AFC East and 4th in the AFC. They fell to the Cincinnati Bengals, 28 to 21, in the 1981 AFC divisional game.

1981 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
311
5,640
1,043
5.4
2,125
524
4.1
3,661
503
7.3
16
146
315
127
163
25
114
1,001
Team Rank
20th
8th
20th
6th
13th
13th
15th
11th
13th
10th
1st
26th
13th
10th
15th
15th
25th
28th
Opponent
16
276
4,945
1,037
4.8
2,075
516
4.0
3,243
474
6.8
47
373
298
113
154
31
93
690
Opponent Rank
6th
7th
11th
6th
17th
15th
14th
6th
6th
10th
3rd
24th
11th
10th
7th
23rd
23rd
27th
Net
+35
+695
+6
+0.6
+50
+8
+0.0
+418
+29
+0.4
-31
-227
+17
+14
+9
-6
+21
+311
Net Rank
14th
4th
18th
3rd
13th
15th
13th
8th
7th
8th
2nd
26th
12th
8th
9th
21st
27th
28th

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
1
0
.800
Patriots Patriots
4
2
0
.667
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
4
1
0
.800
Bengals Bengals
2
3
0
.400
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
5
1
0
.833
Jaguars Jaguars
4
2
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
4
2
0
.667
Broncos Broncos
4
2
0
.667
NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
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
Panthers Panthers
3
3
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
4
2
0
.667

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)
Sun
10/12
DET DET
@
KC KC
8:20 PM
Mon
10/13
BUF BUF
@
ATL ATL
7:15 PM
Mon
10/13
CHI CHI
@
WAS WAS
8:15 PM
Thu
10/16
PIT PIT
@
CIN CIN
8:15 PM
Sun
10/19
LAR LAR
@
JAX JAX
9:30 AM