Houston 23, Buffalo 20
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, October 6, 2024
Where: NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas
Temperature:
Dome
Head Official:
Clay Martin
Attendance:
71427
By Field Level Media
Ka'imi Fairbairn connected on a 59-yard field goal as time expired Sunday, lifting the Houston Texans to a 23-20 win over the visiting Buffalo Bills.
Houston (4-1) got the ball on the Buffalo 46-yard line with seven seconds left after Robert Woods' 13-yard punt return. C.J. Stroud completed a 5-yard pass to Dare Ogunbowale with two seconds remaining and the Texans used a timeout to tee up Fairbairn's eighth career game-winner.
Stroud hit on 28 of 38 passes for 331 yards with a touchdown and an interception as Houston tied its second-best start through five games in franchise history. The Texans outgained the Bills 425-276.
Josh Allen endured a poor showing for Buffalo (3-2), connecting on just 9 of 30 passes for 131 yards with a touchdown. Allen started 1 of 9 and then misfired on his last eight attempts, the last three coming on the Bills' final possession that started and ended at their 3 to set up Houston's winning points.
Buffalo trailed 20-3 in the third quarter but rallied with two touchdowns, including Allen's 49-yard strike to Keon Coleman. Tyler Bass boosted it into a 20-20 tie on a 33-yard field goal with 3:18 left, four plays after one of Stroud's two fourth-quarter turnovers -- a fumble.
The obvious pregame storyline was Houston wide receiver Stefon Diggs playing his first game against the Buffalo team that he starred for from 2020-23, catching at least 103 passes in every season.
Diggs enjoyed a solid game with six catches for 82 yards and the Texans controlled the first half, allowing just a Bass field goal with 6:27 left of the first quarter. It was all Houston after that until the third quarter.
Cam Akers scored the game's first touchdown on a 15-yard run with 2:55 left in the first quarter. It was 14-3 less than two minutes later after Stroud connected with Nico Collins for a 67-yard strike down the middle behind three defenders.
Fairbairn bombed a 50-yard field goal as time expired to send Houston to the locker room with a 17-3 lead.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Rushing
| Buffalo |
|
Houston |
|
James Cook
|
Player |
Cam Akers
|
|
20 |
Attempts |
9 |
|
82 |
Yards |
42 |
|
4.1 |
Avg Yards |
4.7 |
|
1 |
Touchdowns |
1 |
|
12 |
Long |
15 |
Receiving
| Buffalo |
|
Houston |
|
Keon Coleman
|
Player |
Stefon Diggs
|
|
1 |
Receptions |
6 |
|
49 |
Yards |
82 |
|
49.0 |
Avg Yards |
13.7 |
|
1 |
Touchdowns |
0 |
|
49 |
Long |
18 |
Team Stats Summary
| |
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
| Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
| Buffalo
|
276 |
150 |
126 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1.0 |
1 |
| Houston
|
425 |
94 |
331 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
1.0 |
0 |
Upcoming Games
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Houston will play their next game on the road against New England. The Texans have a W/L % of .750 after a win and 1.000 after a loss.
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Buffalo will play their next game on the road against N.Y. Jets. The Bills have a W/L % of .667 after a win and .500 after a loss.
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