2025 Buffalo Bills season
| 2025 Buffalo Bills season | |
|---|---|
Logo commemorating the Bills' final season at Highmark Stadium | |
| Owner | Terry and Kim Pegula |
| General manager | Brandon Beane |
| Head coach | Sean McDermott |
| Home stadium | Highmark Stadium |
| Results | |
| Record | 12–5 |
| Division place | 2nd AFC East |
| Playoffs | Won Wild Card Playoffs (at Jaguars) 27–24 Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Broncos) 30–33 (OT) |
| All-Pros | KR Ray Davis (1st team) RB James Cook (2nd team) |
| Pro Bowlers | QB Josh Allen RB James Cook OT Dion Dawkins TE Dalton Kincaid |
| Uniform | |
The 2025 season was the Buffalo Bills' 56th in the National Football League (NFL), their 66th overall, their eleventh full season under the ownership of Terry and Kim Pegula, their ninth under general manager Brandon Beane, and their ninth and final under head coach Sean McDermott. The Bills started the season 4–0, but became the last undefeated team in the NFL to lose after a Week 5 loss to their division rival, the New England Patriots. It was the first time that no team reached 5–0 since 2014.
Despite attaining their second straight season with at least 12 wins, sixth straight with at least 11, and seventh straight with at least 10, the Bills failed to match their 13 wins from 2024 following a Week 12 loss to the Houston Texans. Most notably, they failed to win the AFC East for the first time since 2019 after a Week 17 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. Nonetheless, the Bills qualified for the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season after the Indianapolis Colts lost in Week 16. With the Kansas City Chiefs failing to qualify, the Bills now hold the longest active playoff appearance streak in the NFL, appearing in every postseason since 2019. In addition to this, running back James Cook lead the league in rushing yards for the season, with 1,621 total rushing yards, becoming the first Bills player to achieve this since O.J. Simpson in 1976.
It was the Bills' final season playing their home games at their current Highmark Stadium, as their New Highmark Stadium is scheduled to open in time for the 2026 season. For the first time since 2016, safety Micah Hyde was not on the roster, as he announced his retirement on January 27. The team drew an average home attendance of 70,877 in 9 home games of the 2025 NFL season, a 1% increase from the previous year.
For the playoffs, the Bills secured the no. 6 seed, and won against the no. 3 seed Jacksonville Jaguars with a score of 27–24 in the Wild Card Playoffs. This would be their first road playoff victory since 1992. They went on to play the no. 1 seed Denver Broncos in the Divisional Playoffs, losing 33–30 in overtime.
The Buffalo Bills drew an average home attendance of 70,695, the 12th-highest of all NFL teams.