Josh Allen went 16-of-27 passing for 147 yards and a touchdown, and also ran for 47 yards with a touchdown on nine carries, to lead the Buffalo Bills to a 20-12 home victory over the New York Jets on Sunday.
Mike White went 27-of-44 passing for 268 yards in the defeat for the Jets (7-6), while playing through a second-half rib injury.
After both defenses dominated for most of the first half on a cold day with mixed precipitation, Buffalo (10-3) broke through just before halftime. The Bills took a 7-0 lead with 26 seconds remaining in the second quarter on a 24-yard touchdown pass from Allen to Dawson Knox.
The play finished off a seven-play, 70-yard drive.
On the first possession of the third quarter, the Jets answered, marching 72 yards in 10 plays and tying the game at 7-7 on a 13-yard touchdown run by Zonovan Knight.
Buffalo regained the lead quickly, going 75 yards in six plays and grabbing a 14-7 lead with 7:20 left in the third on a 5-yard touchdown run by Allen.
Tyler Bass then kicked consecutive field goals, a 38-yard field goal with 2:07 left in the third quarter and a 49-yard field goal with 12:23 remaining in the game, to put Buffalo up 20-7.
New York cut Buffalo's lead to 20-9 with 7:30 remaining after Jermaine Johnson blocked a Sam Martin punt, with the ball going through the end zone for a safety.
After the safety, the Jets drove inside the Buffalo 30-yard line, but the Bills recovered a fumble by Michael Carter at the Buffalo 23-yard line with 5:34 remaining.
New York cut Buffalo's lead to 20-12 with 1:18 remaining after a 26-yard field goal by Greg Zuerlein.
With all of their timeouts left, the Jets decided to kick the ball off instead of going for an onside kick, forced a Buffalo punt and got the ball back at their own 21 with 46 seconds remaining.
But Buffalo sealed the victory by forcing four straight incompletions.
--Field Level Media
N.Y. Jets | Buffalo | |
Zonovan Knight | Player | Josh Allen |
17 | Attempts | 10 |
71 | Yards | 47 |
4.2 | Avg Yards | 4.7 |
1 | Touchdowns | 1 |
13 | Long | 16 |
N.Y. Jets | Buffalo | |
Garrett Wilson | Player | Dawson Knox |
6 | Receptions | 4 |
78 | Yards | 41 |
13.0 | Avg Yards | 10.2 |
0 | Touchdowns | 1 |
16 | Long | 24 |
Yards | Scoring | Defense | ||||||
Team | Tot | Rus | Pas | TD | FG | INT | Sck | FF |
N.Y. Jets | 309 | 76 | 233 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 |
Buffalo | 232 | 102 | 130 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 |