Bills beat Lions 41-31 as Josh Allen throws for 248 yards and 3 TDs

Automated recap from game data · November 9, 2026 at 4:55 AM ET · Highmark Stadium

The Buffalo Bills beat the Detroit Lions 41-31 on Thursday at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park before a crowd of 60,644. The Bills moved to 2-0, while the Lions fell to 1-1.

The Bills built a 27-10 halftime lead, then held on as the Lions won the second half 21-14. The Bills never trailed.

The Bills out-gained the Lions 446-355, and neither team turned the ball over. The Bills converted 9 of 12 third downs and held the ball for 33:45.

Josh Allen of the Bills earned Game MVP. Allen completed 20 of 31 passes for 248 yards, 3 touchdowns and no interceptions, and added 69 rushing yards and 2 touchdowns on the ground.

For the Lions, Amon-Ra St. Brown caught 9 passes for 142 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Line score

Team	1	2	3	4	T
DET	0	10	7	14	31
BUF	14	13	7	7	41

How the game turned

Bills win probability

Biggest swing: Bills went from 82% to 90% on one play in the first quarter.

Q1 3:42(Shotgun) J.Allen pass deep middle to J.Palmer for 43 yards, TOUCHDOWN [S.Gill-Howard]. T.Bass extra point is GOOD, Center-R.Ferguson, Holder-T.Doman.

Scoring plays

Time	Team	Play	DET-BUF
Q1 9:09	BUF	Josh Allen 1 Yd Rush (Tyler Bass Kick)	0-7
Q1 3:42	BUF	Joshua Palmer 43 Yd pass from Josh Allen (Tyler Bass Kick)	0-14
Q2 11:48	BUF	Dawson Knox 1 Yd pass from Josh Allen (Tyler Bass Kick)	0-21
Q2 5:03	DET	Jahmyr Gibbs 11 Yd pass from Jared Goff (Jake Bates Kick)	7-21
Q2 2:52	BUF	Dalton Kincaid 16 Yd pass from Josh Allen (Tyler Bass PAT Failed)	7-27
Q2 0:00	DET	Jake Bates 31 Yd Field Goal	10-27
Q3 9:29	DET	Amon-Ra St. Brown 2 Yd pass from Jared Goff (Jake Bates Kick)	17-27
Q3 1:07	BUF	Josh Allen 2 Yd Rush (Tyler Bass Kick)	17-34
Q4 10:53	DET	Sam LaPorta 1 Yd pass from Jared Goff (Jake Bates Kick)	24-34
Q4 2:50	BUF	James Cook III 1 Yd Rush (Tyler Bass Kick)	24-41
Q4 1:42	DET	Amon-Ra St. Brown 27 Yd pass from Jared Goff (Jake Bates Kick)	31-41

Team stats

DET		BUF
355	Total yards	446
289	Passing yards	243
66	Rushing yards	203
24	First downs	34
4-11	Third down	9-12
2-2	Fourth down	0-0
3-4	Red zone	5-5
0	Turnovers	0
4-38	Sacks allowed	2-5
10-58	Penalties	5-46
26:15	Time of possession	33:45