# Detroit Lions at Buffalo Bills — NFL Game Intelligence & Box Score

> **Status**: **Final** | **Score**: DET 31 – BUF 41
> **Kickoff**: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:15:00 GMT
> **Data Sourced**: Observed via ESPN live feed. Observed at: 2026-09-26T09:38:29.162Z.

## Betting Market & Game Line

- **Spread**: Off board (DET: – | BUF: –)
- **Over/Under Total**: Off board
- **Moneyline**: DET – | BUF –

## Live Win Probability

- **Buffalo Bills Win Probability**: 100.0%
- **Detroit Lions Win Probability**: 0.0%

## Team Statistics Comparison

| Metric | DET (Detroit Lions) | BUF (Buffalo Bills) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Downs | 24 | 34 |
| Passing 1st downs | 19 | 14 |
| Rushing 1st downs | 2 | 15 |
| 1st downs from penalties | 3 | 5 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 4-11 | 9-12 |
| 4th down efficiency | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| Total Plays | 62 | 69 |
| Total Yards | 355 | 446 |
| Yards per Play | 5.7 | 6.5 |
| Total Drives | 9 | 9 |
| Passing | 289 | 243 |
| Comp/Att | 26/38 | 20/31 |
| Yards per pass | 6.9 | 7.4 |
| Interceptions thrown | 0 | 0 |
| Sacks-Yards Lost | 4-38 | 2-5 |
| Rushing | 66 | 203 |
| Rushing Attempts | 20 | 36 |
| Yards per rush | 3.3 | 5.6 |
| Red Zone (Made-Att) | 3-4 | 5-5 |
| Penalties | 10-58 | 5-46 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 0 |
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Interceptions thrown | 0 | 0 |
| Defensive / Special Teams TDs | 0 | 0 |
| Possession | 26:15 | 33:45 |

## Player Box Scores

### Detroit Lions — Detroit Passing

| Player | C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | QBR | RTG |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jared Goff | 26/38 | 327 | 8.6 | 4 | 0 | 4-38 | 72.3 | 130.0 |
| **TOTAL** | 26/38 | 289 | 8.6 | 4 | 0 | 4-38 | -- | 130.0 |

### Detroit Lions — Detroit Rushing

| Player | CAR | YDS | AVG | 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 |
| **TOTAL** | 20 | 66 | 3.3 | 0 | 16 |

### Detroit Lions — Detroit Receiving

| Player | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | TGTS |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Amon-Ra St. Brown | 9 | 142 | 15.8 | 2 | 34 | 13 |
| Jahmyr Gibbs | 6 | 61 | 10.2 | 1 | 12 | 8 |
| Sam LaPorta | 6 | 52 | 8.7 | 1 | 18 | 7 |
| Jameson Williams | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 17 | 4 |
| Isaac TeSlaa | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 20 | 5 |
| Sione Vaki | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| **TOTAL** | 26 | 327 | 12.6 | 4 | 34 | 38 |

### Detroit Lions — Detroit Fumbles

| Player | FUM | LOST | REC |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jared Goff | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Brock Wright | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| **TOTAL** | 2 | 0 | 2 |

### Detroit Lions — Detroit Defense

| Player | TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chuck Clark | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derrick Barnes | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rock Ya-Sin | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devin White | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D.J. Reed | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Campbell | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyleik Williams | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Aidan Hutchinson | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Christian Izien | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Avonte Maddox | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Harper | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DJ Wonnum | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alim McNeill | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyler Lacy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Nowaske | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Khalil Dorsey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Saylors | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric O'Neill | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malcolm Rodriguez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tay Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Skyler Gill-Howard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| **TOTAL** | 72 | 38 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 |

### Detroit Lions — Detroit Interceptions

| Player | INT | YDS | TD |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |

### Detroit Lions — Detroit Kick Returns

| Player | NO | YDS | AVG | LONG | TD |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tom Kennedy | 4 | 99 | 24.8 | 27 | 0 |
| Jacob Saylors | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 30 | 0 |
| **TOTAL** | 6 | 157 | 26.2 | 30 | 0 |

### Detroit Lions — Detroit Punt Returns

| Player | NO | YDS | AVG | LONG | TD |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

### Detroit Lions — Detroit Kicking

| Player | FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jake Bates | 1/1 | 100.0 | 31 | 4/4 | 7 |
| **TOTAL** | 1/1 | 100.0 | 31 | 4/4 | 7 |

### Detroit Lions — Detroit Punting

| Player | NO | YDS | AVG | TB | In 20 | LONG |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jack Fox | 4 | 206 | 51.5 | 0 | 1 | 62 |
| **TOTAL** | 4 | 206 | 51.5 | 0 | 1 | 62 |

### Buffalo Bills — Buffalo Passing

| Player | C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | QBR | RTG |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Josh Allen | 20/31 | 248 | 8.0 | 3 | 0 | 2-5 | 91.5 | 121.4 |
| **TOTAL** | 20/31 | 243 | 8.0 | 3 | 0 | 2-5 | -- | 121.4 |

### Buffalo Bills — Buffalo Rushing

| Player | CAR | YDS | AVG | 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 |
| **TOTAL** | 36 | 203 | 5.6 | 3 | 35 |

### Buffalo Bills — Buffalo Receiving

| Player | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | TGTS |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dalton Kincaid | 7 | 95 | 13.6 | 1 | 25 | 8 |
| Keon Coleman | 6 | 63 | 10.5 | 0 | 22 | 6 |
| Joshua Palmer | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 1 | 43 | 3 |
| Khalil Shakir | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 0 | 16 | 6 |
| Dawson Knox | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| James Cook III | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| **TOTAL** | 20 | 248 | 12.4 | 3 | 43 | 28 |

### Buffalo Bills — Buffalo Fumbles

| Player | FUM | LOST | REC |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Josh Allen | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Spencer Brown | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| **TOTAL** | 1 | 0 | 1 |

### Buffalo Bills — Buffalo Defense

| Player | TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Christian Benford | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dorian Williams | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Bishop | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Davison Igbinosun | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terrel Bernard | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Hancock | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bradley Chubb | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dee Alford | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Rousseau | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Damar Hamlin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Landon Jackson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaleb Elarms-Orr | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C.J. Gardner-Johnson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Franklin Jr. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeWayne Carter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Javon Solomon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maxwell Hairston | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TJ Parker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Gaines | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Hoecht | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Keleki Latu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deone Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Mike Danna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| **TOTAL** | 62 | 40 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 0 |

### Buffalo Bills — Buffalo Interceptions

| Player | INT | YDS | TD |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |

### Buffalo Bills — Buffalo Kick Returns

| Player | NO | YDS | AVG | LONG | 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 |
| **TOTAL** | 4 | 93 | 23.3 | 31 | 0 |

### Buffalo Bills — Buffalo Punt Returns

| Player | NO | YDS | AVG | LONG | TD |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Greg Dortch | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 25 | 0 |
| **TOTAL** | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 25 | 0 |

### Buffalo Bills — Buffalo Kicking

| Player | FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tyler Bass | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5/6 | 5 |
| **TOTAL** | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5/6 | 5 |

### Buffalo Bills — Buffalo Punting

| Player | NO | YDS | AVG | TB | In 20 | LONG |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tommy Doman Jr. | 2 | 83 | 41.5 | 0 | 1 | 43 |
| **TOTAL** | 2 | 83 | 41.5 | 0 | 1 | 43 |

## Scoring Plays Timeline

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

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