Buffalo
3
21
3
9
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36

Houston
7
14
0
10
—
31

First Quarter

Buf_FG Bass 46, 7:28. Drive: 4 plays, 4 yards, 2:04. Key Play: J.Allen 11 pass to Coleman on 3rd-and-12. Buffalo 3, Houston 0.

Hou_Montgomery 1 run (Fairbairn kick), :32. Drive: 13 plays, 76 yards, 6:56. Key Plays: Noel kick return to Houston 24; Stroud 16 pass to Klein; Stroud 25 pass to Collins on 3rd-and-8. Houston 7, Buffalo 3.

Second Quarter

Buf_J.Allen 21 run (Bass kick), 12:46. Drive: 7 plays, 62 yards, 2:46. Key Plays: Dortch kick return to Buffalo 38; J.Allen 19 pass to Shakir; J.Allen 16 pass to Shakir. Buffalo 10, Houston 7.

Hou_Montgomery 18 run (Fairbairn kick), 4:48. Drive: 14 plays, 75 yards, 7:58. Key Plays: Marks kick return to Houston 25; Stroud 15 run on 3rd-and-12; Montgomery 2 run on 3rd-and-1; Marks 12 run. Houston 14, Buffalo 10.

Buf_J.Allen 1 run (Bass kick), 3:58. Drive: 4 plays, 65 yards, 00:49. Key Play: J.Allen 18 pass to Moore. Buffalo 17, Houston 14.

Buf_Moore 43 pass from J.Allen (Bass kick), 1:29. Drive: 3 plays, 96 yards, 00:41. Key Plays: J.Allen 38 pass to Kincaid; J.Allen 15 pass to Moore. Buffalo 24, Houston 14.

Hou_Collins 12 pass from Stroud (Fairbairn kick), :26. Drive: 5 plays, 86 yards, 1:03. Key Play: Stroud 35 pass to Noel. Buffalo 24, Houston 21.

Third Quarter

Buf_FG Bass 34, 4:24. Drive: 6 plays, 27 yards, 3:34. Key Plays: J.Allen 11 pass to Kincaid; J.Allen 2 pass to Shakir on 3rd-and-12. Buffalo 27, Houston 21.

Fourth Quarter

Hou_Montgomery 7 pass from Stroud (Fairbairn kick), 13:34. Drive: 14 plays, 72 yards, 5:50. Key Plays: Marks kick return to Houston 28; Montgomery 2 run on 4th-and-1; Stroud 21 pass to Boutte; Marks 3 run on 4th-and-1; Stroud 12 pass to Wayne. Houston 28, Buffalo 27.

Buf_FG Bass 33, 10:31. Drive: 8 plays, 52 yards, 3:03. Key Plays: Davis kick return to Buffalo 34; J.Allen 40 pass to Kincaid on 3rd-and-4. Buffalo 30, Houston 28.

Hou_FG Fairbairn 58, 6:44. Drive: 8 plays, 26 yards, 3:47. Key Plays: T.Smith kick return to Houston 35; Marks 10 run; Stroud 20 pass to Hutchinson on 3rd-and-10; Stroud 2 pass to Collins on 3rd-and-6. Houston 31, Buffalo 30.

Buf_Palmer 34 pass from J.Allen (pass failed), 1:36. Drive: 7 plays, 93 yards, 1:36. Key Plays: Cook 12 run; J.Allen 35 pass to Kincaid. Buffalo 36, Houston 31.

A_71,008.

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Buf
Hou

FIRST DOWNS
20
26

Rushing
5
10

Passing
13
11

Penalty
2
5

THIRD DOWN EFF
3-9
7-16

FOURTH DOWN EFF
0-1
2-2

TOTAL NET YARDS
409
377

Total Plays
52
73

Avg Gain
7.9
5.2

NET YARDS RUSHING
86
124

Rushes
21
32

Avg per rush
4.095
3.875

NET YARDS PASSING
323
253

Sacked-Yds lost
2-11
3-21

Gross-Yds passing
334
274

Completed-Att.
20-29
26-38

Had Intercepted
0
0

Yards-Pass Play
10.419
6.171

KICKOFFS-EndZone-TB
8-1-0
6-1-1

PUNTS-Avg.
2-54.5
4-52.0

Punts blocked
0
0

FGs-PATs blocked
0-0
0-0

TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE
143
202

Punt Returns
2-10
0-0

Kickoff Returns
5-133
8-202

Interceptions
0-0
0-0

PENALTIES-Yds
10-85
7-106

FUMBLES-Lost
2-0
2-2

TIME OF POSSESSION
23:42
36:18

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING_Buffalo, Cook 13-57, J.Allen 6-23, Davis 1-3, Gore 1-3. Houston, Montgomery 20-60, Marks 9-42, Stroud 2-15, Collins 1-7.

PASSING_Buffalo, J.Allen 20-29-0-334. Houston, Stroud 26-38-0-274.

RECEIVING_Buffalo, Kincaid 5-130, Moore 5-100, Shakir 4-50, Cook 3-12, Palmer 1-34, Knox 1-7, Coleman 1-1. Houston, Collins 7-75, Schultz 4-35, Hutchinson 3-32, Montgomery 3-19, Noel 2-53, Moreau 2-15, Boutte 1-21, Klein 1-16, Wayne 1-12, Marks 1-(minus 2), Stover 1-(minus 2).

PUNT RETURNS_Buffalo, Dortch 2-10. Houston, None.

KICKOFF RETURNS_Buffalo, Dortch 3-82, Davis 2-51. Houston, Marks 3-78, Noel 3-70, T.Smith 2-54.

TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKS_Buffalo, Bernard 6-6-0, Gardner-Johnson 6-2-0, Rousseau 4-0-2, Williams 3-6-0, D.Walker 3-3-1, Benford 3-2-0, Bishop 2-5-0, Oliver 2-3-0, Hairston 2-1-0, Carter 1-1-0, Gaines 1-1-0, Hoecht 1-1-0, Igbinosun 1-0-0, Jackson 1-0-0, Chubb 0-4-0, Alford 0-2-0, Elarms-Orr 0-2-0, Hamlin 0-2-0, Parker 0-1-0, Solomon 0-1-0. Houston, Al-Shaair 5-3-0, Bullock 5-1-0, Blankenship 4-2-0, Pitre 4-2-0, Stingley 4-0-0, Anderson 1-2-.5, Lassiter 1-2-0, To’oTo’o 1-1-0, Togiai 1-1-0, Clowney 1-0-1, Rankins 0-3-0, Edwards 0-1-.5.

INTERCEPTIONS_Buffalo, None. Houston, None.

MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.

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OFFICIALS_Referee Alex Moore, Ump Terry Killens, HL Dana McKenzie, LJ Tom Eaton, FJ Mearl Robinson, SJ Anthony Jeffries, BJ Terrence Miles, Replay Jamie Nicholson.