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NFL · Week 17 · Dec 31, 2023

Buffalo Bills vs New England Patriots

One of the twelve meetings in our records.

Sunday, December 31, 2023

Buffalo Bills
Bills
27 - 21
Final
New England Patriots
Patriots
This one's final, but squares still work on anything left on the schedule.
The box score

Bills 27, Patriots 21.

Every quarter's points, and the digit each one ended on.

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
New England Patriots NE770721
Buffalo Bills BUF1377027
Winning digits7–34–04–71–7
Series context

Meeting seven of twelve.

The Bills still lead the series 7-5.

BUF 27 – NE 21 Viewing 7-1
Dec 31, 2023 · Week 17 · at Buffalo
NE 29 – BUF 26 6-9
Oct 4, 2026 · Week 4 · at Buffalo
BUF 35 – NE 31 5-1
Dec 14, 2025 · Week 15 · at New England
NE 23 – BUF 20 0-3
Oct 5, 2025 · Week 5 · at Buffalo

Eight earlier meetings, 2021 to 2024, counted in the series record above. The Bills won six of those eight.

Final digit pairs

12 tracked meetings, 12 different digit pairs.

Each tracked meeting lands on one digit pair: the last digit of each team's final score. Across the 12 meetings our digit records cover, the finals landed on twelve different digit pairs, none of them twice.

Bills ↓ Patriots →
0123456789 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Bills final digit down the side, Patriots across the top.

These meetings have landed on twelve digit pairs; the other 88 are still empty.

landed once
Each side's digits

Each team's final digits, both from 2026.

The last digit of every final score, 0 through 9, from each side's 2026 season, the latest our digit records cover.

Buffalo Bills
Bills
2026 · 10 games
6
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

6 is their most common final digit: 3 of 10 finals. Never landed: 0, 2 and 5.

New England Patriots
Patriots
2026 · 11 games
4
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

4 is their most common final digit: 3 of 11 finals. Never landed: 1, 2, 7 and 8.

Next scheduled meeting

They meet again Sun, Dec 6.

Week 13 Buffalo Bills vs New England Patriots Sun, Dec 6 · 1:25 PM PST