{"id":435241,"date":"2026-09-14T03:22:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T03:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/435241\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T03:22:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T03:22:25","slug":"why-houston-texans-defense-was-throttled-by-buffalo-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/435241\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Houston Texans&#8217; defense was throttled by Buffalo Bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Buffalo<br \/>\n3<br \/>\n21<br \/>\n3<br \/>\n9<br \/>\n\u2014<br \/>\n36<\/p>\n<p>Houston<br \/>\n7<br \/>\n14<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n10<br \/>\n\u2014<br \/>\n31<\/p>\n<p>First Quarter<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">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.<\/p>\n<p>Second Quarter<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">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.<\/p>\n<p>Third Quarter<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">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.<\/p>\n<p>Fourth Quarter<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-attendance\">A_71,008.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-divider\">___<\/p>\n<p>Buf<br \/>\nHou<\/p>\n<p>FIRST DOWNS<br \/>\n20<br \/>\n26<\/p>\n<p>Rushing<br \/>\n5<br \/>\n10<\/p>\n<p>Passing<br \/>\n13<br \/>\n11<\/p>\n<p>Penalty<br \/>\n2<br \/>\n5<\/p>\n<p>THIRD DOWN EFF<br \/>\n3-9<br \/>\n7-16<\/p>\n<p>FOURTH DOWN EFF<br \/>\n0-1<br \/>\n2-2<\/p>\n<p>TOTAL NET YARDS<br \/>\n409<br \/>\n377<\/p>\n<p>Total Plays<br \/>\n52<br \/>\n73<\/p>\n<p>Avg Gain<br \/>\n7.9<br \/>\n5.2<\/p>\n<p>NET YARDS RUSHING<br \/>\n86<br \/>\n124<\/p>\n<p>Rushes<br \/>\n21<br \/>\n32<\/p>\n<p>Avg per rush<br \/>\n4.095<br \/>\n3.875<\/p>\n<p>NET YARDS PASSING<br \/>\n323<br \/>\n253<\/p>\n<p>Sacked-Yds lost<br \/>\n2-11<br \/>\n3-21<\/p>\n<p>Gross-Yds passing<br \/>\n334<br \/>\n274<\/p>\n<p>Completed-Att.<br \/>\n20-29<br \/>\n26-38<\/p>\n<p>Had Intercepted<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<\/p>\n<p>Yards-Pass Play<br \/>\n10.419<br \/>\n6.171<\/p>\n<p>KICKOFFS-EndZone-TB<br \/>\n8-1-0<br \/>\n6-1-1<\/p>\n<p>PUNTS-Avg.<br \/>\n2-54.5<br \/>\n4-52.0<\/p>\n<p>Punts blocked<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<\/p>\n<p>FGs-PATs blocked<br \/>\n0-0<br \/>\n0-0<\/p>\n<p>TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE<br \/>\n143<br \/>\n202<\/p>\n<p>Punt Returns<br \/>\n2-10<br \/>\n0-0<\/p>\n<p>Kickoff Returns<br \/>\n5-133<br \/>\n8-202<\/p>\n<p>Interceptions<br \/>\n0-0<br \/>\n0-0<\/p>\n<p>PENALTIES-Yds<br \/>\n10-85<br \/>\n7-106<\/p>\n<p>FUMBLES-Lost<br \/>\n2-0<br \/>\n2-2<\/p>\n<p>TIME OF POSSESSION<br \/>\n23:42<br \/>\n36:18<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-divider\">___<\/p>\n<p>INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">PASSING_Buffalo, J.Allen 20-29-0-334. Houston, Stroud 26-38-0-274.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">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).<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">PUNT RETURNS_Buffalo, Dortch 2-10. Houston, None.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">KICKOFF RETURNS_Buffalo, Dortch 3-82, Davis 2-51. Houston, Marks 3-78, Noel 3-70, T.Smith 2-54.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">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&#8217;oTo&#8217;o 1-1-0, Togiai 1-1-0, Clowney 1-0-1, Rankins 0-3-0, Edwards 0-1-.5.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">INTERCEPTIONS_Buffalo, None. Houston, None.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-divider\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Buffalo 3 21 3 9 \u2014 36 Houston 7 14 0 10 \u2014 31 First Quarter Buf_FG Bass&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435242,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-435241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}