ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS VS. BUFFALO BILLS - Bills Stadium - Orchard Park, NY
FIRST QUARTER
-The Patriots first drive stalls at the Buffalo 47-yard line with New England able to rush for 21-yards, but not able to sustain anything offensively.
-The Bills drive the ball 78-yards on ten plays. The drive featured a 19-yard run by Josh Allen, a 21-yard gain by rookie RB Zack Moss, with Moss capping the drive with an 8-yard TD run. Buffalo with a 7-0 lead with 5:29 left in the first quarter.
-The Bills defense comes up with another stop. An illegal hands to the face penalty on Ed Oliver extended New England's drive, but Quinton Jefferson sacked Cam Newton on 3rd and 8 to force a punt.
-The Bills started their drive with Allen hooking up with Stefon Diggs for a 20-yard gain. A false start by Brian Winters on 3rd and 12 and incompletion from Allen on 3rd and 17 forces Buffalo to punt.
SECOND QUARTER
-New England drives the ball 44-yards on 8-plays. The drive featured a 28-yard pass/run hook-up between Cam Newton and James White. Nick Folk capped the drive with a 43-yard FG cutting the Buffalo to 7-3 with 10:50 left in the half.
-The Bills drive stalls after Allen took a loss of five running out of bounds before throwing the ball away. The play was ruled a sack. Allen threw into coverage and had the ball knocked down on 3rd and 9. Bills forced to punt.
-The Patriots offense continues to move the ball at an anemic level. The Bills defense stuffs a James White run for a loss on 3rd and 2 with New England forced to punt.
-Allen is picked off by JC Jackson right sideline on a 3rd and 8, giving New England the opportunity to add points before the end of the half.
-New England drives the ball to the 15-yard line with :12 left in the half. The Patriots elect to kick a field goal on 3rd down with Nick Folk connecting on a 33-yarder to cut the Bills lead to 7-6 at the half.
THIRD QUARTER
-The Bills start the second half strong with a 5-play 75-yard drive that featured an 18-yard gain from Devin Singletary, a 41-yard pass/run hook-up from Allen to Diggs with Zack Moss capping it with this second TD run of the day, this one from 4-yards out. PAT is good with Buffalo leading 14-6 with 12:09 left in the third quarter.
-Jerry Hughes comes up with a sack of Cam Newton that haps the Bills defense shut down another New England drive as the Patriots struggle to find any rythym offensively. Bills with a drive start from their own 8-yard line with 7:36 left in the 3rd quarter.
-The Bills are only able to move the ball 3-yards and are forced to punt. New England gets a drive start at the Buffalo 37-yard line.
-New England finds the end zone for the first time in the game. Newton leads a 5-play 37-yard drive that featured a Rex Burkhead 10-yard gain on 3rd and 10, and was capped by a Damien Harris 22-yard TD. New England connected on the 2-point conversion to tie the game 14-14.
FOURTH QUARTER
-The Bills recover a surprise onside kick at the New England 45-yard line and find the end zone after a 9-play drive. Allen capped it with a 2-yard TD and the Bills retake the lead 21-14.
-The Patriots offense finds a groove moving the ball 72-yards in seven plays. Cam Newton hit Damiere Byrd for a gain of 22. The drive also included a gain of 23 from Damien Harris. Newton capped the drive by running left for a 2-yard TD to tie things at 21-21 with 9:36 left .
-The Bills go 10-plays and 63-yards only to kick a field goal to take a 24-21 lead with 4:06 left in the game. Allen rolled right on third down and threw what appeared to be a sure TD that went through rookie Gabe Davis's hands.
-New England appeared to be driving for a game winning touchdown but with Cam Newton running left, Justin Zimmer forced a key fumble that Dean Marlowe recovered preserving a 24-21 Buffalo win.
