Mistakes Prove Costly For Buffalo As They Are Handed Their First Loss, And Lose Allen

Image by Bill Wippert/BuffaloBills.com.

ORCHARD PARK – Despite getting 375 yards of total offense, numerous mistakes caused the Buffalo Bills to lose their first game of the 2019 season, 16-10 vs. the New England Patriots, falling to 3-1 on the season thus far. 

In total, the Bills committed four turnovers and were penalized eight times for a total of 76 yards.

Josh Allen went 13-28 passing for 153 yards and three interceptions.











Allen also added 26 yards rushing and a touchdown before leaving the game early in the fourth quarter after taking a helmet-to-helmet hit which placed him in concussion protocol.

Frank Gore finished with a game-high 109 yards on 17 carries, including a 41-yard run which made Gore just the fourth running-back to break the 15,000 yard rushing plateau.

Cole Beasley reeled in a game-high seven receptions for a game-high 75 yards.









In an off bench effort, Bills backup-QB Matt Barkley completed nine of 16 passes for 127 yards, and threw the game-sealing interception in the fourth-quarter.

On Buffalo’s defensive side, Tremaine Edmunds posted a game-best 11 total tackles, seven solo tackles and four assists.

Micah Hyde intercepted a pass off of Patriots QB Tom Brady.

Although Buffalo failed to sack Brady, they held the Patriots to 224 yards of total offense.





















For New England, Brady failed to throw a touchdown pass, and was held to 150 yards on 18-39 passing, as well as throwing an interception.

Sony Michel rushed for 63 yards on 17 carries.

Brandon Bolden ran for a four-yard touchdown on his only carry of the game.

Special-teams gunner Matthew Slater scored his first career touchdown via a blocked punt return after J.C. Jackson blocked a Corey Bojorquez punt.

On defense, Jackson intercepted two Josh Allen passes.

Devin McCourty and Jamie Collins, Sr also each intercepted a pass.

Kyle Van Noy had a team-high eight tackles, also getting a pair of the team’s five sacks.

Now at 4-0 on the season, the Patriots will be on the road for their next game on Oct. 6, as they will take on the Washington Redskins at 1:00 on CBS.

The 3-1 Bills will also be on the road on Oct. 6, as they will battle the Tennessee Titans at 1:00 on CBS.

Make it easy to keep up to date with more stories like this. Download the WNY News Now mobile app on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

 

Have a news tip? Email newsdesk@WNYNewsNow.com, send us a message on Facebook, or Twitter.

WNY News Now encourages an open exchange of opinions and ideas on our stories, however, we ask everyone to follow our comment policy.

Be the first to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.


*


This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.