Buffalo 30, Kansas City 21
When: 4:25 PM ET, Sunday, November 17, 2024
Where: Highmark Stadium, Orchard Park, New York
Temperature:
50°
Head Official:
Land Clark
Attendance:
71112
By Field Level Media
Josh Allen's 26-yard touchdown run on fourth-and-2 with just over two minutes left sealed the Bills' 30-21 win in Orchard Park, N.Y., on Sunday as Buffalo dealt the Kansas City Chiefs their first loss of the season.
Facing the choice of attempting a short field goal or handing the two-time defending Super Bowl champions and quarterback Patrick Mahomes the ball with time to drive downfield for a win, Bills coach Sean McDermott turned the game over to Allen, who first looked to pass, then diced through a Chiefs defense that is among the league's best against the run.
Allen completed 27 of 40 passes for 262 yards and led the Bills (9-2) with 55 rushing yards.
With the Bills' defense containing Mahomes, Allen bloomed in the fourth quarter. His 12-yard scoring pass to Curtis Samuel with 12:51 left punctuated a 10-play, 83-yard drive that took just over six minutes off the clock and gave the Bills a 23-14 lead.
But Mahomes led the Chiefs 70 yards in 4:58 to trim Buffalo's lead to 23-21 on his second touchdown pass of the day -- a 1-yarder -- to tight end Noah Gray.
Mahomes finished with 196 yards, three TDs and two interceptions on 23-of-33 passing for Kansas City (9-1).
Buffalo has won six straight games this season and the past four regular-season games in the all-time series with Kansas City. The eventual Super Bowl champion Chiefs eliminated the Bills in the divisional round of the playoffs in Buffalo in January, though.
A first half that featured four lead changes ended with the Bills leading 16-14 after Buffalo's Tyler Bass kicked a 33-yard field goal as time expired.
James Cook gave the Bills a 6-0 lead just five minutes into the game with a 3-yard scoring run, but the extra-point try was no good.
The Chiefs took a 7-6 lead seven seconds into the second quarter on Mahomes' 10-yard TD pass to Xavier Worthy.
Buffalo responded immediately, however, using a 6-yard run to the end zone by Cook to grab a 13-7 lead.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Rushing
| Kansas City |
|
Buffalo |
|
Kareem Hunt
|
Player |
Josh Allen
|
|
14 |
Attempts |
12 |
|
60 |
Yards |
55 |
|
4.3 |
Avg Yards |
4.6 |
|
0 |
Touchdowns |
1 |
|
17 |
Long |
26 |
Team Stats Summary
| |
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
| Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
| Kansas City
|
259 |
78 |
181 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0.0 |
0 |
| Buffalo
|
366 |
104 |
262 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
2.0 |
0 |
Upcoming Games
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Buffalo will play their next game at home against San Francisco. The Bills have a W/L % of .875 after a win and .667 after a loss.
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Kansas City will play their next game on the road against Carolina. The Chiefs have a W/L % of .889 after a win and 1.000 after a loss.
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