Bills beat Raiders 33-30 as Cook scores late go-ahead touchdown
The Buffalo Bills beat the Las Vegas Raiders 33-30 on Sunday in Las Vegas to improve to 5-1. James Cook ran 3 yards for the go-ahead touchdown with 4:43 left. Josh Allen threw for 255 yards and two touchdowns, tying Jim Kelly's team record for touchdown passes, the AP reported.
The Buffalo Bills beat the Las Vegas Raiders 33-30 on Sunday at Allegiant Stadium, The Associated Press and the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. Buffalo improved to 5-1, and Las Vegas fell to 3-3 with its third straight loss, the AP and the Review-Journal reported.
Josh Allen went 23-of-33 for 255 yards and two touchdown passes, the Review-Journal reported. The AP reported that his second touchdown pass tied Jim Kelly's franchise record of 258. Allen escaped what looked like a sure sack in the third quarter and flipped a 12-yard pass to Keon Coleman for the score, the AP and the Review-Journal reported. That gave Buffalo a 23-13 lead.
The game was tied 13-13 at halftime, the Review-Journal reported. Las Vegas came back to tie it at 23 when Kirk Cousins threw a touchdown pass to Tre Tucker with 8:07 left, the AP reported.
James Cook then ran 3 yards for the go-ahead touchdown with 4:43 left, the AP and the Review-Journal reported. Cook finished with 95 rushing yards and three catches for 58 yards, the AP and the Review-Journal reported. Tyler Bass added a 38-yard field goal with 1:56 left, the AP reported.
Cousins threw a 44-yard touchdown pass to Tucker with 1:32 left to pull the Raiders within three, the AP reported. Buffalo recovered the onside kick that followed, the Review-Journal reported. Cousins threw for 313 yards and two touchdowns, both to Tucker, the AP and the Review-Journal reported.
The Raiders scored touchdowns on only two of five trips inside the Bills' 20, the AP reported. "That's unacceptable," Raiders coach Klint Kubiak said, according to the AP. "And that starts with me."
Bills fans made up well over half the crowd, the AP reported, and they chanted "M-V-P!" after Allen's record-tying throw. "It feeds us, and we play better when we feel that energy and feel that juice," Allen said, according to the AP.
Allen's streak of five straight games with a rushing touchdown ended, the AP reported. The Bills played their first game without a turnover after committing nine over the previous three weeks, the AP reported.
What we know: Buffalo won 33-30 and Allen tied Kelly's team record for touchdown passes.
What we don't: When Allen will throw the touchdown pass that breaks the record outright.
Where outlets agree The AP and the Las Vegas Review-Journal both report that Buffalo won 33-30 and that Cook's 3-yard touchdown run with 4:43 left put the Bills ahead.
Where they differ The cited reports agree on the key facts so far.