The Patriots have won nine straight against the Bills and don’t think Buffalo players aren’t aware of that as they prepare for Sunday’s game at Gillette Stadium.

“I believe the fact that they’ve beaten us and beaten us soundly definitely has an effect,” Bills coach Dick Jauron said.

New England won last year’s two games by a combined score of 94-17.

The Patriots, on the other hand, say they aren’t thinking about the streak at all.

“The past has very little to do with anything in the future,” fullback Heath Evans said. “You can learn from mistakes made and the success you’ve had, but it still comes down to how well did you perform on that given Sunday. There’s not a lot of confidence from the past.”

New England’s nine straight wins against Buffalo is the second-longest current streak by a team against an opponent in the NFL. San Diego has won 10 in a row against Oakland and Pittsburgh’s taken 10 straight from Cleveland.

The Patriots have defeated the Bills 14 times in the last 15 games between the teams.

The Patriots won a franchise-record 11 straight against the Bills from 1982-87.