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Patriots at Bills: October 5, 2025

The New England Patriots beat the Buffalo Bills 23-20 at Highmark Stadium on October 5, 2025 (2025 regular season).

Final · Played October 5, 2025 · Updated October 16, 2026 at 10:55 PM ET · StatsNext box-score records

Most passing yards: Drake Maye (Patriots, 273); Josh Allen (Bills, 253). Most rushing yards: TreVeyon Henderson (Patriots, 24); James Cook III (Bills, 49). Most receiving yards: Stefon Diggs (Patriots, 146); Dalton Kincaid (Bills, 108).

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
New England Patriots3371023
Buffalo Bills0371020

Team comparison

Team statsNEBUF
Total yards338363
Passing yards267245
Rushing yards71118
First downs2125
Yards per play66
Turnovers13
Penalty yards9390
Red zone (scores/trips)2/42/4

What stood out

  • The Bills out-gained the Patriots 363 to 338 total yards, but the Patriots won.
  • Turnovers: Patriots 1, Bills 3.
  • The Patriots' biggest scoring edge came in the 1st quarter (3-0).
  • The Bills ran for 118 yards to the Patriots' 71.

Featured player lines

  • Drake Maye (NE QB): 22 CMP, 30 ATT, 273 PASS YDS, 0 PASS TD, 0 INT, 3 CAR, 12 RUSH YDS
  • Rhamondre Stevenson (NE RB): 7 CAR, 14 RUSH YDS, 2 RUSH TD, 2 TGT, 2 REC, 13 REC YDS
  • TreVeyon Henderson (NE RB): 6 CAR, 24 RUSH YDS, 0 RUSH TD, 3 TGT, 2 REC, 3 REC YDS
  • DeMario Douglas (NE WR): 3 TGT, 2 REC, 17 REC YDS, 0 REC TD
  • Kayshon Boutte (NE WR): 3 TGT, 3 REC, 43 REC YDS, 0 REC TD
  • Stefon Diggs (NE WR): 12 TGT, 10 REC, 146 REC YDS, 0 REC TD
  • Hunter Henry (NE TE): 4 TGT, 2 REC, 46 REC YDS, 0 REC TD
  • Josh Allen (BUF QB): 22 CMP, 31 ATT, 253 PASS YDS, 2 PASS TD, 1 INT, 9 CAR, 53 RUSH YDS
  • James Cook III (BUF RB): 15 CAR, 49 RUSH YDS, 0 RUSH TD, 1 TGT, 0 REC, 0 REC YDS
  • Ray Davis (BUF RB): 2 CAR, 1 RUSH YDS, 0 RUSH TD, 0 TGT, 0 REC, 0 REC YDS
  • Ty Johnson (BUF RB): 2 CAR, 10 RUSH YDS, 0 RUSH TD, 0 TGT, 0 REC, 0 REC YDS
  • Joshua Palmer (BUF WR): 2 TGT, 2 REC, 36 REC YDS, 0 REC TD
  • Keon Coleman (BUF WR): 7 TGT, 4 REC, 23 REC YDS, 1 REC TD
  • Khalil Shakir (BUF WR): 9 TGT, 6 REC, 45 REC YDS, 0 REC TD
  • Dalton Kincaid (BUF TE): 6 TGT, 6 REC, 108 REC YDS, 0 REC TD
  • Dawson Knox (BUF TE): 2 TGT, 2 REC, 15 REC YDS, 0 REC TD

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Head-to-head

Earlier meetings stored in StatsNext, most recent first
DateResult
January 5, 2025BUF 16, NE 23 (at New England)
December 22, 2024NE 21, BUF 24 (at Buffalo)
December 31, 2023NE 21, BUF 27 (at Buffalo)
October 22, 2023BUF 25, NE 29 (at New England)
January 8, 2023NE 23, BUF 35 (at Buffalo)

Full Bills vs Patriots head-to-head (12 meetings).

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