Detroit Lions at Buffalo Bills
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Detroit Lions | 0 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 31 | |
| Buffalo Bills | 14 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 41 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 9:09 | Buffalo Bills touchdown. Josh Allen 1 Yd Rush (Tyler Bass Kick) |
| 3:42 | Buffalo Bills touchdown. Joshua Palmer 43 Yd pass from Josh Allen (Tyler Bass Kick) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 11:48 | Buffalo Bills touchdown. Dawson Knox 1 Yd pass from Josh Allen (Tyler Bass Kick) |
| 5:03 | Detroit Lions touchdown. Jahmyr Gibbs 11 Yd pass from Jared Goff (Jake Bates Kick) |
| 2:52 | Buffalo Bills touchdown. Dalton Kincaid 16 Yd pass from Josh Allen (Tyler Bass PAT Failed) |
| 0:00 | Detroit Lions field goal. Jake Bates 31 Yd Field Goal |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 9:29 | Detroit Lions touchdown. Amon-Ra St. Brown 2 Yd pass from Jared Goff (Jake Bates Kick) |
| 1:07 | Buffalo Bills touchdown. Josh Allen 2 Yd Rush (Tyler Bass Kick) |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 10:53 | Detroit Lions touchdown. Sam LaPorta 1 Yd pass from Jared Goff (Jake Bates Kick) |
| 2:50 | Buffalo Bills touchdown. James Cook III 1 Yd Rush (Tyler Bass Kick) |
| 1:42 | Detroit Lions touchdown. Amon-Ra St. Brown 27 Yd pass from Jared Goff (Jake Bates Kick) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Detroit Lions | Buffalo Bills |
| Total first downs | 24 | 34 |
| First downs from rushing | 2 | 15 |
| First downs from passing | 19 | 14 |
| First downs from penalties | 3 | 5 |
| Third down | Detroit Lions | Buffalo Bills |
| Third downs attempted | 11 | 12 |
| Third downs converted | 4 | 9 |
| Third down percentage | 36 % | 75 % |
| Fourth down | Detroit Lions | Buffalo Bills |
| Fourth downs attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 0 % |
| Offense | Detroit Lions | Buffalo Bills |
| Total yards | 355 | 446 |
| Total rushing yards | 66 | 203 |
| Total passing yards | 289 | 243 |
| Total offensive plays | 62 | 69 |
| Average yards per play | 5.7 | 6.5 |
| Time of possession | 26:15 | 33:45 |
| Rushing | Detroit Lions | Buffalo Bills |
| Total rushing plays | 20 | 36 |
| Total rushing yards | 66 | 203 |
| Average yards per rush | 3.3 | 5.6 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 0 | 3 |
| Passing | Detroit Lions | Buffalo Bills |
| Passes attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Passes completed | 0 | 0 |
| Average yards per completion | 6.9 | 7.4 |
| Passing touchdowns | 4 | 3 |
| Penalties | Detroit Lions | Buffalo Bills |
| Penalties committed | 10 | 5 |
| Penalty yards | 58 | 46 |
| Turnovers | Detroit Lions | Buffalo Bills |
| Passes intercepted | 0 | 0 |
| Interception returns | 0 | 0 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Detroit Lions | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Jahmyr Gibbs | 16 | 52 | 3.3 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Sione Vaki | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Jared Goff | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Buffalo Bills | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| James Cook III | 21 | 135 | 6.4 | 1 | 35 | ||||
| Josh Allen | 14 | 69 | 4.9 | 2 | 14 | ||||
| DJ Moore | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | -1 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Detroit Lions | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Jared Goff | 38 | 26 | 68 % | 327 | 8.6 | 4 | 0 | 4-38 | 72.8 |
| Buffalo Bills | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Josh Allen | 31 | 20 | 65 % | 248 | 8.0 | 3 | 0 | 2-5 | 91.7 |
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Detroit Lions | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Amon-Ra St. Brown | 9 | 142 | 15.8 | 2 | 34 | ||||
| Jahmyr Gibbs | 6 | 61 | 10.2 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| Sam LaPorta | 6 | 52 | 8.7 | 1 | 18 | ||||
| Jameson Williams | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| Isaac TeSlaa | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Sione Vaki | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Buffalo Bills | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Dalton Kincaid | 7 | 95 | 13.6 | 1 | 25 | ||||
| Keon Coleman | 6 | 63 | 10.5 | 0 | 22 | ||||
| Joshua Palmer | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 1 | 43 | ||||
| Khalil Shakir | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Dawson Knox | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| James Cook III | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Detroit Lions | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Jared Goff | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Brock Wright | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Buffalo Bills | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Josh Allen | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Spencer Brown | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Detroit Lions | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Buffalo Bills | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Detroit Lions | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Chuck Clark | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derrick Barnes | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rock Ya-Sin | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Devin White | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D.J. Reed | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Campbell | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tyleik Williams | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aidan Hutchinson | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Christian Izien | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Avonte Maddox | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thomas Harper | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DJ Wonnum | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alim McNeill | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tyler Lacy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Trevor Nowaske | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Khalil Dorsey | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jacob Saylors | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric O'Neill | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Malcolm Rodriguez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tay Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Skyler Gill-Howard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Christian Benford | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dorian Williams | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cole Bishop | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Davison Igbinosun | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terrel Bernard | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jordan Hancock | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bradley Chubb | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dee Alford | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Rousseau | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Damar Hamlin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Landon Jackson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kaleb Elarms-Orr | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C.J. Gardner-Johnson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Franklin Jr. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DeWayne Carter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Javon Solomon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Maxwell Hairston | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| TJ Parker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Gaines | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michael Hoecht | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keleki Latu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deone Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Danna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Detroit Lions | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Tom Kennedy | 4 | 99 | 24.8 | 27 | 0 | ||||
| Jacob Saylors | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 30 | 0 | ||||
| Buffalo Bills | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Greg Dortch | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 26 | 0 | ||||
| Ray Davis | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | ||||
| Khalil Shakir | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Detroit Lions | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| None | |||||||||
| Buffalo Bills | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Greg Dortch | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 25 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Detroit Lions | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Jake Bates | 1/1 | 31 | 4/4 | 7 | |||||
| Buffalo Bills | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Tyler Bass | 0/0 | 0 | 5/6 | 5 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Detroit Lions | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Jack Fox | 4 | 206 | 51.5 | 0 | 1 | 62 | |||
| Buffalo Bills | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Tommy Doman Jr. | 2 | 83 | 41.5 | 0 | 1 | 43 | |||
Last updated on Wednesday, September 23, 2026 3:27 AM.