Bills 2012 schedule released

Ralph Wilson Stadium - The Buffalo Bills will begin and end their 2012 season with matchups against the New York Jets.

And they're back on prime time TV for the first four years.

Those are the highlights of the 2012 Buffalo Bills schedule unveiled Tuesday night.

The Bills will open the season on the road, with a game in the Meadowlands against the New York Jets on Sunday September 9th at 1pm.  They finish the season at home against the Jets on Sunday December 30th, a 1pm kickoff at Ralph Wilson Stadium.

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The Bills home opener is in week 2, Sunday September 16th at 1pm, when they host the Kansas City Chiefs.

And for the first time since a loss to Cleveland in November of 2008, the Bills will be home for a prime time game.  They'll host the Miami Dolphins on Thursday night, November 15th.  That['s a 8:20pm kickoff in a game that will be televised by the NFL Network.  It's the Bills first home game on a Thursday night in 30-years.  They last played a Thursday night home game in 1982, when they beat the Minnesota Vikings.

For the second straight year, the Bills will play three home games in the month of December.  They host Jacksonville on December 2nd, the Rams on December 9th, and the Jets on December 30th.

Also in December, the Bills will play their annual Toronto game.  They host the Seattle Seahawks in the Rogers Centre in Toronto on Sunday December 16th at 4:05pm.