BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Buffalo Bills ride a four-game winning streak to Indianapolis on Sunday for a matchup with the 4-5 Colts.
Here’s how you can watch, stream and listen to the game.
Television
The game’s on 4! The game will air locally on WIVB in the Buffalo market and on your local CBS station out of market. Andrew Catalon will be the play-by-play broadcaster with Tiki Barber and Jason McCourty doing the color commentary and AJ Ross serving as the sideline reporter.
Coverage begins at 11 a.m. with Buffalo Kickoff Live on CW23 and switches to WIVB at 11:30 a.m. Also, make sure to watch News 4 Sports+ following the game at 10:30 p.m. on CW23.
Streaming
Local viewers can stream the WIVB feed on Paramount+ and the game should be accessible via fuboTV and YouTube TV. NFL+ is also an option, although that platform only allows mobile and tablet viewing. Out-of-market viewers can catch the game with NFL Sunday Ticket.
Radio
The game will air locally on WGR with Chris Brown and Eric Wood on the call, with Sal Capaccio as the sideline reporter.
The game can be heard on channels 158 or 382 on SiriusXM.
Who is on Buffalo Kickoff Live?
News 4’s Josh Reed and Carl Jones will anchor our coverage. They are joined by Thad Brown from our sister station in Rochester, WROC. Sal Capaccio from WGR 550, Tim Graham from The Athletic and Matt Parrino from Syracuse.com round out the team coverage.
Betting line
The Bills are 4.5 point road favorites on FanDuel SportsBook as of Wednesday morning.
Bills-Colts history
The Bills haven’t won in Indianapolis since 1998, when the Colts were still in the AFC East. Doug Flutie outplayed rookie Peyton Manning that day and Antowain Smith scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns in the Bills’ 31-24 win.
The Colts have won six straight home games against the Bills. The Bills’ most recent win against the Colts was in the 2020 Wild Card Round.
What should I know about the Colts?
Shane Steichen’s Colts have been a difficult team to figure out this season after an upstart 9-8 campaign in his first year as a head coach. Indy has gritted through inconsistent quarterback play and poor defense this year and remains in the wild card hunt at 4-5.
Quarterback Anthony Richardson, drafted fourth overall in 2023 for his immense physical tools despite limited experience, had been benched for Joe Flacco. The veteran provided a spark earlier this year when Richardson was injured, but fell flat last week in a loss to the Vikings. The Colts have talented pass catchers in Michael Pittman, Josh Downs and Alec Pierce and a dynamic running back in Jonathan Taylor, but they’ve struggled to put it all together for consistent stretches.
The Colts defense ranks 29th in yards allowed per game and 31st in rushing yards against, though their per-play ranks are slightly better. They have been efficient at creating turnovers, as their 15 takeaways are tied with the Bills for fourth in the NFL, but the Colts offense has given the ball away 13 times compared to just four times for the Bills.
The Colts are 3-1 at home, but their schedule looks like they’ve beaten some beatable teams (Bears, Titans, Dolphins, plus a good win against the Steelers) and lost to most quality opponents (Texans twice, Packers, Vikings, plus a bad loss to the Jaguars in Trevor Lawrence’s best game of the season). The Colts haven’t topped 20 points in any of their last four games; the Bills have only been held under 20 points once this season.
The Bills are favored on paper, but you could argue it has the potential to become a trap game given what’s ahead.
Next game
It’s the big AFC showdown: Chiefs at Bills, 4:25 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17. After that, the bye week.
Aidan Joly joined the News 4 staff in 2022. He is a graduate of Canisius College. You can see more of his work here.