| AFC Divisional Playoff |
| Buffalo Bills at Denver Broncos |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: January 17, 2026 Location: Denver, CO Venue: Empower Field at Mile High Attendance: 77043 |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 7 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 30 | |||||
| Denver BroncosDEN | 3 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 33 | |||||
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Wil Lutz 28 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Mecole Hardman 4 pass from Josh Allen (Matt Prater kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Frank Crum 7 pass from Bo Nix (Wil Lutz kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Matt Prater 33 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Lil'Jordan Humphrey 29 pass from Bo Nix (Wil Lutz kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Wil Lutz 50 FG | 10 | 20 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Wil Lutz 33 FG | 10 | 23 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Keon Coleman 10 pass from Josh Allen (Matt Prater kick) | 17 | 23 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Dalton Kincaid 14 pass from Josh Allen (Matt Prater kick) | 24 | 23 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Matt Prater 31 FG | 27 | 23 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Marvin Mims 26 pass from Bo Nix (Wil Lutz kick) | 27 | 30 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Matt Prater 50 FG | 30 | 30 |
| 5 | Denver BroncosDEN | Wil Lutz 23 FG | 30 | 33 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 18 | WR | Brandin Cooks |
| 1 | WR | Curtis Samuel |
| 10 | WR | Khalil Shakir |
| 73 | LOT | Dion Dawkins |
| 76 | LOG | David Edwards |
| 66 | C | Connor McGovern |
| 64 | ROG | O'Cyrus Torrence |
| 79 | ROT | Spencer Brown |
| 86 | TE | Dalton Kincaid |
| 17 | QB | Josh Allen |
| 4 | RB | James Cook |
| Defense | ||
| 47 | CB | Christian Benford |
| 24 | S | Cole Bishop |
| 97 | DE | Joey Bosa |
| 7 | NB | Taron Johnson |
| 92 | DT | DaQuan Jones |
| 39 | S | Cam Lewis |
| 58 | LB | Matt Milano |
| 50 | DE | Greg Rousseau |
| 45 | LB | Shaq Thompson |
| 96 | DT | Deone Walker |
| 27 | CB | Tre'Davious White |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 13 | WR | Pat Bryant |
| 11 | WR | Troy Franklin |
| 14 | WR | Courtland Sutton |
| 72 | LOT | Garett Bolles |
| 72 | LOG | Ben Powers |
| 54 | C | Alex Forsyth |
| 77 | ROG | Quinn Meinerz |
| 69 | ROT | Mike McGlinchey |
| 82 | TE | Adam Trautman |
| 10 | QB | Bo Nix |
| 12 | RB | R.J. Harvey |
| Defense | ||
| 99 | DE | Zach Allen |
| 15 | WLB | Nik Bonitto |
| 0 | SLB | Jonathon Cooper |
| 98 | DE | John Franklin-Myers |
| 9 | S | Talanoa Hufanga |
| 93 | NT | D.J. Jones |
| 6 | S | P.J. Locke |
| 29 | NB | Ja'Quan McMillian |
| 21 | RCB | Riley Moss |
| 49 | ILB | Alex Singleton |
| 2 | LCB | Pat Surtain |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | / | / | |||||||||
| DEN | / | / |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| James Cook | 24 | 117 | 4.9 | 24 | 0 |
| Josh Allen | 12 | 66 | 5.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 36 | 183 | 5.1 | 26 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Bo Nix | 12 | 29 | 2.4 | 11 | 0 |
| Jaleel McLaughlin | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 13 | 0 |
| R.J. Harvey | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 70 | 3.2 | 13 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Josh Allen | 39 | 25 | 64.1 | 2 | 283 | 7.3 | 46 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 99.8 |
| Team Totals | 39 | 25 | 64.1 | 2 | 283 | 7.3 | 46 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 90.0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Bo Nix | 46 | 26 | 56.5 | 1 | 279 | 6.1 | 29t | 3 | 0 | 0 | 87.1 |
| Team Totals | 48 | 26 | 54.2 | 1 | 279 | 5.8 | 29t | 3 | 0 | 0 | 87.1 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Khalil Shakir | 9 | 7 | 75 | 10.7 | 46 | 0 |
| Dalton Kincaid | 6 | 6 | 83 | 13.8 | 25 | 1 |
| Dawson Knox | 5 | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Ray Davis | 2 | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 24 | 0 |
| James Cook | 3 | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Brandin Cooks | 6 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Keon Coleman | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10t | 1 |
| Mecole Hardman | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4t | 1 |
| Curtis Samuel | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 39 | 25 | 283 | 11.3 | 46 | 3 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Marvin Mims | 8 | 8 | 93 | 11.6 | 27 | 1 |
| R.J. Harvey | 6 | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 24 | 0 |
| Courtland Sutton | 9 | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 35 | 0 |
| Pat Bryant | 3 | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Lil'Jordan Humphrey | 5 | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 29t | 1 |
| Frank Crum | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7t | 1 |
| Tyler Badie | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Nate Adkins | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Trautman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jaleel McLaughlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Adam Prentice | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 42 | 26 | 279 | 10.7 | 29t | 3 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Deone Walker | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| P.J. Locke | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Ja'Quan McMillian | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 30 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TB | I20 | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Denver Broncos | |||||||
| Jeremy Crawshaw | 4 | 188 | 47.0 | 65 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 188 | 47.0 | 65 | 1 | 2 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Mecole Hardman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Khalil Shakir | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||
| Mitch Wishnowsky | 8 | 497 | 62.1 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 497 | 62.1 | 2 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||
| Wil Lutz | 6 | 373 | 62.2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 373 | 62.2 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Ray Davis | 5 | 0 | 130 | 26.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Mecole Hardman | 1 | 0 | 22 | 220 | 22 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 0 | 152 | 25.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Jaleel McLaughlin | 3 | 0 | 59 | 19.7 | 27 | 0 |
| Marvin Mims | 2 | 0 | 50 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Tyler Badie | 1 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 0 | 136 | 22.7 | 27 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Team Totals | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Malcolm Roach | 1.5 | 3.5 |
| Nik Bonitto | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| Zach Allen | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| Team Totals | 3.0 | 17.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Cole Bishop | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Lewis | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Taron Johnson | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaq Thompson | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tre'Davious White | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deone Walker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Bosa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darnell Savage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Milano | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Benford | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Rousseau | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DaQuan Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dorian Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandin Cooks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dalton Kincaid | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Khalil Shakir | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A.J. Epenesa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Andreessen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Gore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Alex Singleton | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Talanoa Hufanga | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P.J. Locke | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dondrea Tillman | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malcolm Roach | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Allen | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devon Key | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Riley Moss | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dre Greenlaw | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nik Bonitto | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Pat Surtain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonah Elliss | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eyioma Uwazurike | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathon Cooper | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J.L. Skinner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ja'Quan McMillian | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Strnad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garett Bolles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Turner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Franklin-Myers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |