Denver 7 0 0 0 — 7 Buffalo 3 7 11 10 — 31

First quarter

DEN — Franklin 43 pass from Nix (Lutz kick), 12:36. Drive: 6 plays, 70 yards, 2:24. Key Play: Nix 19 pass to Sutton on 3rd-and-8.

Denver 7, Buffalo 0.

BUF — FG Bass 26, 7:07. Drive: 13 plays, 59 yards, 5:29. Key Plays: Ty.Johnson kick return to Buffalo 33; J.Allen 15 pass to Shakir; Cook 16 run; Ty.Johnson 1 run on 3rd-and-2; J.Allen 3 run on 4th-and-1.

Denver 7, Buffalo 3.

Second quarter

BUF — Cook 5 run (Bass kick), 12:57. Drive: 13 plays, 81 yards, 7:35. Key Plays: Ty.Johnson 11 run; Cook 16 run; J.Allen 7 run on 3rd-and-3; J.Allen 7 pass to Samuel on 3rd-and-5; J.Allen 9 run on 3rd-and-3.

Buffalo 10, Denver 7.

Third quarter

BUF — FG Bass 27, 10:03. Drive: 9 plays, 55 yards, 4:57. Key Plays: Ty.Johnson kick return to Buffalo 36; J.Allen 25 pass to Knox; Cook 19 run.

Buffalo 13, Denver 7.

BUF — Ty.Johnson 24 pass from J.Allen (Coleman pass from J.Allen), 3:06. Drive: 9 plays, 73 yards, 5:34. Key Plays: J.Allen 13 pass to Shakir; J.Allen 13 pass to Knox; J.Allen 7 pass to Shakir on 3rd-and-8.

Buffalo 21, Denver 7.

Fourth quarter

BUF — Samuel 55 pass from J.Allen (Bass kick), 14:49. Drive: 3 plays, 59 yards, 1:17. Buffalo 28, Denver 7.

BUF — FG Bass 34, 4:37. Drive: 14 plays, 70 yards, 6:55. Key Plays: J.Allen 2 pass to Ty.Johnson on 3rd-and-1; J.Allen 35 pass to Kincaid on 3rd-and-4; Ty.Johnson 2 run on 3rd-and-10.

Buffalo 31, Denver 7.

DEN BUF

First downs 13 26

Rushing 5 14

Passing 7 11

Penalty 1 1

Third down eff 2-9 8-15

Fourth down eff 1-3 2-2

Total net yards 224 471

Total plays 42 72

Avg gain 5.3 6.5

Net yards rushing 79 210

Rushes 17 44

Avg per rush 4.647 4.773

Net yards passing 145 261

Sacked yds lost 2-14 2-11

Gross yds passing 159 272

Completed att 14-23 20-26

Had intercepted 0 0

Yds pass play 5.8 9.321

Kickoffs e z TB 2-0-0 7-6-6

Punts avg 4-48.0 1-45.0

Punts blocked 0 0

FGs-PATs blocked 0-0 0-0

Total ret yardage 16 89

Punt returns 1-0 2-30

Kickoff returns 1-16 2-59

Interceptions 0-0 0-0

penalties yds 3-27 7-45

Fumbles lost 0-0 0-0

Time of poss 18:17 41:43

INDIVIDUAL Stats

Rushing — Denver, Nix 4-43, Williams 7-29, Badie 2-8, Mims 2-1, McLaughlin 2-(minus 2). Buffalo, Cook 23-120, Allen 8-46, Ty.Johnson 9-44, Davis 1-3, Trubisky 3-(minus 3).

Passing — Denver, Nix 13-22-0-144, Dixon 1-1-0-15. Buffalo, Allen 20-26-0-272.

Receiving — Denver, Sutton 5-75, Franklin 2-54, Williams 2-14, Mims 2-12, Krull 1-2, Trautman 1-2, McLaughlin 1-0. Buffalo, Shakir 6-61, Samuel 3-68, Kincaid 3-47, Knox 2-38, Ty.Johnson 2-26, Cooper 2-8, Hollins 1-19, Coleman 1-5.

Punt returns — Denver, Mims 1-0. Buffalo, Shakir 2-30.

Kickoff returns — Denver, T.Smith 1-16. Buffalo, Ty.Johnson 2-59.

Tackles-assists-sacks — Denver, Locke 5-5-0, D.Jones 5-2-1, B.Jones 5-2-0, Moss 5-2-0, Allen 4-1-1, Strnad 4-1-0, Surtain 4-1-0, Tillman 3-4-0, Barton 2-6-0, Bonitto 2-2-0, McMillian 2-2-0, Jackson 2-1-0, Cooper 1-2-0, Roach 1-0-0. Buffalo, Bernard 5-1-0, Milano 3-2-1, Ta.Johnson 3-2-0, Benford 3-1-0, Douglas 2-1-0, Rousseau 2-0-1, A.Johnson 2-0-0, Hamlin 1-3-0, Jones 1-1-0, Ingram 1-0-0, Lewis 1-0-0, Epenesa 0-1-0, Rapp 0-1-0, Smoot 0-1-0.

Interceptions — Denver, None. Buffalo, None.

Missed field goals — Denver, Lutz 50.

Officials — Referee Bill Vinovich, Ump Tab Slaughter, HL Dale Keller, LJ Tripp Sutter, FJ Jabir Walker, SJ Frank Steratore, BJ Jimmy Russell, Replay Denise Crudup.