National Football League
Buffalo 47, Jacksonville 10
When: 7:30 PM ET, Monday, September 23, 2024
Where: Highmark Stadium, Orchard Park, New York
Temperature: 68°
Head Official: Shawn Smith
Attendance: 70316

Josh Allen threw four first-half touchdown passes to help the Buffalo Bills steamroll the Jacksonville Jaguars 47-10 on Monday night at Orchard Park, N.Y.

Allen completed 23 of 30 passes for 263 yards and added 44 rushing yards as Buffalo (3-0) continued its strong start. Allen accumulated 247 passing yards in the first half when the Bills scored touchdowns on all five possessions.

Dalton Kincaid, Keon Coleman, Khalil Shakir and Ty Johnson had scoring receptions for Buffalo. James Cook and Ray Davis had rushing touchdowns and Damar Hamlin recorded his first career interception for the Bills, who racked up five sacks.

Trevor Lawrence connected on 21 of 38 passes for 178 yards, one touchdown and one interception for struggling Jacksonville (0-3). The Jaguars lost their eighth consecutive game when Lawrence has been the starting quarterback.

The Bills outgained Jacksonville 388 yards to 239. In the first half, Buffalo had a 288-70 edge. Allen completed 22 of 28 passes over the first 30 minutes.

Buffalo took the opening kickoff and scored on Cook's 6-yard run. Tyler Bass' extra-point attempt was blocked.

Allen then hit Kincaid for a 6-yard touchdown to make it 13-0 with 3:25 left in the opening quarter. Jacksonville got on the board on Cam Little's 41-yard field goal with 10:39 left in the first half.

Four-plus minutes later, Coleman caught a 24-yard touchdown pass from Allen to make it 20-3. Hamlin intercepted Lawrence on Jacksonville's next possession to set up Allen's 27-yard scoring pass to Shakir with 2:04 left in the half.

Buffalo finished the half strong when Allen threw a 16-yard touchdown pass to Johnson with 19 seconds left to make it 34-3.

The Jaguars scored on the first possession of the third quarter when Lawrence tossed a 6-yard touchdown pass to Brenton Strange.

Bass booted a 27-yard field goal to give the Bills a 37-10 advantage with 5:03 left in the third quarter.

Allen took his final snap with just over 12 minutes remaining and Mitchell Trubisky took over the next time Buffalo had the ball.

Bass tacked on a 43-yard field goal with 7:45 left, and Davis scored on a 3-yard run with 4:04 remaining to finish off the beatdown.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Rushing
Jacksonville   Buffalo
Travis Etienne Jr. Player Josh Allen
11 Attempts 6
68 Yards 44
6.2 Avg Yards 7.3
0 Touchdowns 0
22 Long 13
Receiving
Jacksonville   Buffalo
Christian Kirk Player Khalil Shakir
8 Receptions 6
79 Yards 72
9.9 Avg Yards 12.0
0 Touchdowns 1
24 Long 27
Team Stats Summary
 
  Yards Scoring Defense
Team Tot Rus Pas TD FG INT Sck FF
Jacksonville 239 92 147 1 1 0 0.0 0
Buffalo 388 122 266 6 2 1 5.0 1
Upcoming Games
  • Buffalo will play their next game on the road against Baltimore. The Bills have a W/L % of 1.000 after a win and 1.000 after a loss.
  • Jacksonville will play their next game on the road against Houston. The Jaguars have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .000 after a loss.