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Buffalo Bills at Denver Broncos

Buffalo Bills30

Denver Broncos33✓

Final Overtime · Saturday, January 17, 2026 · 4:30 p.m. ET · Empower Field at Mile High

Head coaches: Sean McDermott (Bills) · Sean Payton (Broncos)

TV: Paramount+

How it went

Five Buffalo turnovers and a Bills lead in the fourth quarter — both true. Josh Allen threw three touchdowns and two interceptions, James Cook ran for 117, and Buffalo held the ball for 41 minutes, 449 yards of it; Denver led 23–10 in the third and trailed 27–23 after Matt Prater's 31-yarder with 4:11 left. Bo Nix to Marvin Mims from 26 with 55 seconds to go put the Broncos back in front; Prater tied it from 50 with five seconds left. In overtime Wil Lutz kicked his fourth field goal of the night, from 23, 33–30. Nix threw for 279 and three scores, Mims caught 93 yards, and the number-one seed in the AFC survived a game it was outgained in by a hundred yards.

Linescore

Team	1	2	3	4	OT	T
Bills	7	3	7	13	0	30
Broncos	3	17	3	7	3	33

Scoring summary

Clock	Play	Team	Detail	BUF–DEN
Q1
7:29	FG	Broncos	Wil Lutz 28 Yd Field Goal	0–3
0:05	TD	Bills	Mecole Hardman Jr. 4 Yd pass from Josh Allen (Matt Prater Kick)	7–3
Q2
9:33	TD	Broncos	Frank Crum 7 Yd pass from Bo Nix (Wil Lutz Kick)	7–10
2:13	FG	Bills	Matt Prater 33 Yd Field Goal	10–10
0:22	TD	Broncos	Lil'Jordan Humphrey 29 Yd pass from Bo Nix (Wil Lutz Kick)	10–17
0:00	FG	Broncos	Wil Lutz 50 Yd Field Goal	10–20
Q3
11:35	FG	Broncos	Wil Lutz 33 Yd Field Goal	10–23
6:49	TD	Bills	Keon Coleman 10 Yd pass from Josh Allen (Matt Prater Kick)	17–23
Q4
13:24	TD	Bills	Dalton Kincaid 14 Yd pass from Josh Allen (Matt Prater Kick)	24–23
4:11	FG	Bills	Matt Prater 31 Yd Field Goal	27–23
0:55	TD	Broncos	Marvin Mims Jr. 26 Yd pass from Bo Nix (Wil Lutz Kick)	27–30
0:05	FG	Bills	Matt Prater 50 Yd Field Goal	30–30
OT
4:44	FG	Broncos	Wil Lutz 23 Yd Field Goal	30–33

Team stats

Stat	Bills	Broncos
First downs	28	22
Total yards	449	349
Yards per play	5.8	5.1
Passing yards	266	279
Comp / att	25/39	26/46
Rushing yards	183	70
Third down	10-15	8-16
Fourth down	1-1	1-1
Red zone	3-5	1-4
Turnovers	5	1
Penalties – yards	5-68	3-20
Sacks – yards lost	3-17	0-0
Possession	40:58	29:18
Plays	78	68

Also	Bills	Broncos
Passing first downs	14	13
Rushing first downs	13	6
First downs by penalty	1	3
Drives	11	13
Yards per pass	6.3	6.1
Interceptions thrown	2	1
Rushing attempts	36	22
Yards per rush	5.1	3.2
Fumbles lost	3	0
Defensive / special-teams TDs	0	0

Player lines

Buffalo Bills

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
17Josh Allen	25/39	283	7.3	3	2	3-17	47.6	90.0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
4James Cook III	24	117	4.9	24
17Josh Allen	12	66	5.5	26
Team	36	183	5.1	26

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
86Dalton Kincaid	6	83	13.8	1	25	6
10Khalil Shakir	7	75	10.7	0	46	9
22Ray Davis	2	33	16.5	0	24	2
88Dawson Knox	3	32	10.7	0	13	5
4James Cook III	2	24	12.0	0	24	3
18Brandin Cooks	2	20	10.0	0	15	6
0Keon Coleman	1	10	10.0	1	10	3
16Mecole Hardman Jr.	1	4	4.0	1	4	2
1Curtis Samuel	1	2	2.0	0	2	3
Team	25	283	11.3	3	46	39

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
17Josh Allen	3	2	1
4James Cook III	1	1	0
70Alec Anderson	1	0	0
79Spencer Brown	0	0	1
Team	5	3	2

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	TFL	PD	QB HTS
24Cole Bishop	12	7	2	0	0
39Cam Lewis	10	6	0	2	0
7Taron Johnson	6	5	1	0	0
45Shaq Thompson	5	4	2	0	0
27Tre'Davious White	4	3	0	0	0
97Joey Bosa	3	2	0	0	0
25Darnell Savage	3	2	0	0	0
96Deone Walker	3	2	0	1	0
58Matt Milano	3	1	0	0	0
47Christian Benford	2	1	0	1	0
92DaQuan Jones	2	0	0	0	0
50Greg Rousseau	2	0	0	1	3
18Brandin Cooks	1	1	0	0	0
10Khalil Shakir	1	1	0	0	0
86Dalton Kincaid	1	1	0	0	0
42Dorian Williams	1	1	0	0	0
57AJ Epenesa	1	0	0	2	0
44Joe Andreessen	1	0	0	0	0
56Javon Solomon	1	0	0	0	0
20Frank Gore Jr.	1	0	0	0	0
Team	63	37	5	7	3

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
96Deone Walker	1	3	0

Kick returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
22Ray Davis	5	130	26.0	28
16Mecole Hardman Jr.	1	22	22.0	22
Team	6	152	25.3	28

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS	Made from
15Matt Prater	3/3	100.0	50	3/3	12	33, 31, 50

Denver Broncos

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
10Bo Nix	26/46	279	6.1	3	1	0-0	64.6	87.1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
10Bo Nix	12	29	2.4	11
38Jaleel McLaughlin	4	21	5.3	13
12RJ Harvey	6	20	3.3	12
Team	22	70	3.2	13

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
19Marvin Mims Jr.	8	93	11.6	1	27	8
14Courtland Sutton	4	53	13.3	0	25	9
12RJ Harvey	5	46	9.2	0	24	6
17Lil'Jordan Humphrey	2	33	16.5	1	29	5
13Pat Bryant	3	32	10.7	0	15	3
73Frank Crum	1	7	7.0	1	7	1
1Evan Engram	1	7	7.0	0	7	3
28Tyler Badie	1	7	7.0	0	7	2
45Nate Adkins	1	1	1.0	0	1	1
82Adam Trautman	0	0	0.0	0	0	2
46Adam Prentice	0	0	0.0	0	0	1
38Jaleel McLaughlin	0	0	0.0	0	0	1
Team	26	279	10.7	3	29	42

Fumbles

Player	FUM	REC
10Bo Nix	1	1
26Devon Key	0	1
97Malcolm Roach	0	1
9Talanoa Hufanga	0	1
Team	1	4

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS
49Alex Singleton	14	11	0	0	0	1
9Talanoa Hufanga	10	7	0	0	0	0
6P.J. Locke	9	6	0	0	1	0
92Dondrea Tillman	6	4	0	1	0	0
97Malcolm Roach	5	3	1.5	1	0	3
99Zach Allen	5	3	0.5	0	0	3
26Devon Key	4	4	0	0	0	0
21Riley Moss	4	3	0	0	0	0
57Dre Greenlaw	4	0	0	0	0	0
15Nik Bonitto	3	2	1	1	0	1
2Pat Surtain II	3	2	0	0	0	0
52Jonah Elliss	3	2	0	0	0	0
96Eyioma Uwazurike	3	1	0	0	0	0
0Jonathon Cooper	2	2	0	0	0	1
34JL Skinner	2	1	0	0	0	0
40Justin Strnad	1	1	0	0	0	0
72Garett Bolles	1	1	0	0	0	0
29Ja'Quan McMillian	1	1	0	1	1	0
55Jordan Turner	1	0	0	0	0	0
98John Franklin-Myers	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team	81	54	3	4	2	10

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS
6P.J. Locke	1	30
29Ja'Quan McMillian	1	0
Team	2	30

Kick returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
38Jaleel McLaughlin	3	59	19.7	27
19Marvin Mims Jr.	2	50	25.0	25
28Tyler Badie	1	27	27.0	27
Team	6	136	22.7	27

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS	Made from
3Wil Lutz	4/4	100.0	50	3/3	15	28, 50, 33, 23

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
16Jeremy Crawshaw	4	188	47.0	1	2	65

Entering the game

The final regular-season table and the seeds the bracket was drawn from.

Buffalo Bills · 12-5 · AFC 6 seed

Denver Broncos · 14-3 · AFC 1 seed, won the AFC West

Officials and attendance

Attendance: 77,043

Officials: Referee Carl Cheffers · Side Judge Allen Baynes · Line Judge Rusty Baynes · Back Judge Scott Helverson · Umpire Mark Pellis · Field Judge Jabir Walker · Down Judge Jerod Phillips

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