Josh Allen and the Bills spent the first half untangling a messy game, then turned the second half into a rout.
Allen threw two touchdown passes, ran for another score and Buffalo rolled past Baltimore 36-10 on Sunday in Orchard Park, a win that also came with a major dose of bad news for the Ravens. Lamar Jackson and backup Tyler Huntley both left the game with injuries in the first half, leaving Baltimore to finish with emergency third-string quarterback Joe Fagnano.
The Bills were far from clean early, but they seized control after halftime and kept pulling away. Dalton Kincaid caught a 23-yard touchdown pass and DJ Moore added an 11-yard score on consecutive fourth-quarter possessions, while James Cook scored on a 5-yard run as Buffalo improved to 6-1 for the ninth time in franchise history. The Bills have now won nine straight under Allen coming out of their bye week.
Buffalo’s defense, which has taken plenty of heat, delivered one of its best performances of the season. The Bills forced three turnovers, added a fourth-down stop, recorded four sacks and held Baltimore to 144 total yards. Against a Ravens offense that entered short-handed, it still looked like a meaningful step forward for a unit that had been among the league’s worst statistically and had given up 29 or more points in five of six games.
Baltimore’s day unraveled almost immediately at quarterback. Jackson’s return after missing three games with an ankle injury lasted just one play. On Baltimore’s first snap from scrimmage, he injured the thumb on his right throwing hand when his hand hit Bills edge rusher Greg Rousseau’s arm while he was trying to throw to Zay Flowers.
Huntley took over, but he later hurt his toe while being sacked and fumbling to end Baltimore’s fourth series. Derrick Henry supplied the Ravens’ only touchdown with a 2-yard run.
Fagnano, an undrafted rookie from Connecticut, was forced into action and finished 10 of 21 for 91 yards with an interception in his NFL debut. Jackson later returned to the sideline with his thumb in a splint, and it remains unclear whether he or Huntley will be available on the short week. Baltimore is back home Thursday night against Jacksonville.
Buffalo finally broke the game open after Baltimore trimmed the lead to 16-10 on Tyler Loop’s 26-yard field goal to start the second half. The Bills had settled for a touchdown and three field goals before halftime, then scored touchdowns on three of their first four possessions after the break. The first of those came on Cook’s 5-yard run, set up by Allen’s 49-yard completion to Moore.
Allen completed 21 of 34 passes for 289 yards with two touchdown throws and one interception. He also picked up his 102nd career win, including the playoffs, moving ahead of Tom Brady for third among players through their first nine seasons.
The game still had plenty of sloppiness baked in. There were five turnovers, including three by Baltimore.
Loop missed a 34-yard field goal. Henry had another rushing touchdown wiped out by a holding penalty.
Buffalo was also penalized 10 times for 87 yards.
Tyler Bass was perfect on all three of his field-goal tries, including a 56-yarder. He has now made 21 straight attempts, breaking the Bills’ franchise record of 18 set by Rian Lindell in 2007. Bass missed all of last season because of pelvis and groin injuries, and his last miss came in December 2024.
Henry’s score was the 136th rushing touchdown of his career, tying Marshall Faulk for fourth on the NFL list.
Buffalo lost wide receiver Josh Palmer to a right hamstring injury in the first quarter after he pulled up while chasing a deep pass. Ravens cornerback Nate Wiggins was evaluated for a concussion in the fourth quarter.
The Ravens host Jacksonville on Thursday night. The Bills travel to Minnesota for a “Monday Night Football” matchup on Nov. 9.
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