Bills–Dolphins rivalry (original) (raw)

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 113 regular season games between the teams in the series, the Dolphins lead 61–51–1 as of 2022. The teams have also met four times in the NFL playoffs. The Bills are 3–1 in the postseason, including a victory in the 1992 AFC Championship Game. 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 remain rivals. The rivalry showed signs of becoming more intense again in 2020 when both clubs fought for playoff berths, with the Bills ultimately winning the division that year. (en)

AFL Championships *Bills – 1964, 1965 *Dolphins – none Super Bowl Championships *Bills *Dolphins – 1972, 1973 Super Bowl Appearances *Bills – 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 *Dolphins – 1971, 1972, 1973, 1982, 1984 AFL Eastern Division Championships *Bills – 1964, 1965, 1966 *Dolphins – none AFC East Divisional Championships *Bills – 1980, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2020, 2021 *Dolphins – 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2008 AFC Wild Card Berths *Bills – 1974, 1981, 1992, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2017, 2019 *Dolphins – 1978, 1982, 1990, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2016 (en)

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 113 regular season games between the teams in the series, the Dolphins lead 61–51–1 as of 2022. The teams have also met four times in the NFL playoffs. The Bills are 3–1 in the postseason, including a victory in the 1992 AFC Championship Game. (en)