Buffalo Bills vs. Denver Broncos: Box score, player stats and summary feat. Josh Allen, Bo Nix

The Buffalo Bills vs. Denver Broncos kicked off the second day of the 2024 NFL wild-card round. The AFC East champions were one of the best teams in the league, although they couldn't beat the Kansas City Chiefs for the No. 1 seed in the conference. The Denver Broncos were inspired ahead of this game after dominating a tier 2 Chiefs lineup in the regular season finale.

Josh Allen, one of the strongest MVP candidates this season, led the Bills against a rookie Bo Nix eager to to lead the Broncos to another win against another AFC juggernaut.

Buffalo Bills vs. Denver Broncos box score

Teams	First Quarter	Second Quarter	Third Quarter	Fourth Quarter	Final Score
Buffalo Bills	3	7			10
Denver Broncos	7	0			7

Bills' players stats

Quarterback

Player	Passing Yards	Pass Completions	Pass Attempts	Passing TDs	Interceptions	Rushing Yards	Carries	Rushing TDs
Josh Allen	272	20	26	2	0	46	8	0
Mitchell Trubisky	0	0	0	0	0	3	-3	0

Rushing and receiving

Player	Rush Attempts	Rushing Yards	Rushing TDs	Receptions	Receiving Yards	Receiving TDs
James Cook	23	120	1	-	-	-
Ty Johnson	9	44	0	2	26	0
Ray Davis	1	3	0	-	-	-
Khalil Shakir	-	-	-	6	61	0
Curtis Samuel	-	-	-	3	68	1
Dalton Kincaid	-	-	-	3	47	0
Amari Cooper	-	-	-	2	8	0
Keon Coleman	-	-	-	1	5	0
Dawson Knox	-	-	-	2	38	0

Defense

Player	Tackles (Total)	Sacks	Interceptions
Matt Milano	4	1
Terrel Bernard	3
Rasul Douglas	3
Damar Hamlin	3
Taron Johnson	2
DaQuan Jones	1
Austn Johnson	1
Mack Hollins	1
Ja'Marcus Ingram	1
Greg Rousseau	1
Christian Benford	1
Dawuane Smoot	1

Kicking

Player	Field Goals Converted/Attempts	Total Points
Tyler Bass	1/1	4

Broncos' players stats

Quarterback

Player	Passing Yards	Pass Completions	Pass Attempts	Passing TDs	Interceptions	Rushing Yards	Carries	Rushing TDs
Bo Nix	144	13	22	1	0	4	43	0
Riley Dixon	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0

Rushing and receiving

Player	Rush Attempts	Rushing Yards	Rushing TDs	Receptions	Receiving Yards	Receiving TDs
Javonte Williams	7	29	0	-	-	-
Tyler Badie	2	29	0	-	-	-
Marvin Mims Jr.	1	4	0	2	12	0
Jaleel McLaughin	1	-3	0	-	-	-
Troy Franklin	-	-	-	1	43	1
Courtland Sutton	-	-	-	3	51	0
Adam Trautman	-	-	-	1	2	0
Lucas Krull	-	-	-	1	2	0

Defense

Player	Tackles (Total)	Sacks	Interceptions
Brandon Jones	5
Cody Barton	5
Justin Strnad	4
P.J. Locke	4
D.J. Jones	3
Nik Bonitto	3
Riley Moss	3
Dondrea Tillman	3
Pat Surtain II	2
Zach Allen	2	1
Jonathon Cooper	2
JL Skinner	2
Ja'Quan McMillian	1
Drew Sanders	1
Jordan Jackson	1

Kicking

Player	Field Goals Converted/Attempts	Total Points
Will Lutz	0/1	1

Buffalo Bills vs. Denver Broncos game recap

Bo Nix was off to a big start, surprising the Bills with a 43-yard touchdown pass to Troy Franklin. The rookie went deep on 2nd-and-4 to open up the scoreboard. In doing so, he threw the third-deepest completion allowed by the Bills defense this campaign.

This past traveled 53.5 yards in the air, marking the fourth time Nix threw a completion over 50 yards, the fourth most in the league this season after Jayden Daniels (6), C.J. Stroud (5) and Jared Goff (5).

Tyler Bass put the Bills on the board with a 26-yard kick at 7:07 in the first quarter.

The Bills reached the end zone after Josh Allen scrambled to extend the drive. James Cook scored the Bills' first touchdown with a five-year rush at 12:57 in the second half to give his team a 10-7 lead.

Tyler Bass added three more points to the Bills' account with a 27-yard field goal Ty Johnson caught a 24-yard pass from Josh Allen to add six more points to the Bills' account. Allen connected with Keon Coleman for a 2-point conversion to extend the lead to 21-7. Curtis Samuel added six more points with a 55-yard touchdown catch.

Tyler Bass made the field kick to extend the lead to 28-7 Bass added three more points with a 34-yard field goal, as the Bills scored 31 unanswered points against the Broncos.

With 3:16 left on the clock in the fourth quarter, Damar Hamlin almost intercepted a pass, meaning the Broncos turned the ball over on downs.