Bills end Patriots' 10-game win streak after erasing 21-point deficit in AFC East thriller

Facing a 21-point deficit, Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills managed a thrilling come-from-behind triumph implicit their AFC East foe New England Patriots, 35-31, successful Foxborough connected a acold Sunday morning.

Now, the AFC East is betwixt these 2 AFC powerhouse, arsenic the Bills determination to 10-4 aft snapping the Patriots’ 10-game triumph streak. New England is present 11-3 connected the season, inactive sitting 1 crippled up connected Buffalo for the part lead.

It was each Patriots astatine the opening of this crippled acknowledgment to MVP campaigner Drake Maye, who had 2 rushing scores to marque it 14-0 successful favour of the location squad successful the archetypal quarter. Meanwhile, the Patriots’ coagulated antiaircraft portion forced 3 consecutive punts that allowed their discourtesy to get to enactment early.

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James Cook III of the Buffalo Bills runs for a touchdown during the 2nd 4th against the New England Patriots astatine Gillette Stadium connected Dec. 14, 2025 successful Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images)

Early successful the 2nd quarter, the Patriots blew the doors unfastened with a 94-yard touchdown thrust that saw rookie TreVeyon Henderson interruption retired a 52-yard touchdown tally to marque it 21-0.

Allen and the Bills’ offense, struggling to that point, were capable to yet get thing going connected the ensuing thrust to astatine slightest enactment successful the game. Allen recovered James Cook connected a five-yard touchdown walk to chopped the pb to 21-7, but the Patriots added a tract extremity astatine halftime to cruise into the locker country with a three-score lead.

But the 2nd fractional was a wholly antithetic carnal for Mike Vrabel’s Patriots squad, arsenic Allen showcased his MVP benignant of play close from the start.

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The Bills made it a 10-point crippled close away, arsenic they lone needed six plays to find Dawson Knox connected a four-yard walk for the score. Then, Buffalo’s defence needed to measurement up and they did truthful by forcing a three-and-out, getting the shot backmost successful Allen’s hands.

Over the adjacent 5:29 of the third-quarter clock, Allen went 11 plays and 70 yards erstwhile Cook scored for the 2nd clip arsenic helium extended the shot implicit the extremity enactment to marque it 24-21.

The turning constituent of the crippled was an interception thrown by Maye, which was yet an "arm punt" arsenic Tre’Davious White hauled successful the heavy shot effort to Mack Hollins to unafraid the turnover astatine the Bills’ ain nine-yard line.

The Bills proceeded to spell 91 yards successful 13 plays successful the 3rd 4th to instrumentality their archetypal pb of the game, arsenic Knox hauled successful a 14-yard walk for his 2nd touchdown of the crippled and marque it a 28-24 game.

Drake Maye of the New England Patriots celebrates a archetypal 4th touchdown against the Buffalo Bills astatine Gillette Stadium connected Dec. 14, 2025 successful Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images)

If it wasn’t thrilling enough, the Gillette Stadium assemblage went ballistic arsenic Henderson broke retired different agelong run. On the archetypal play of the drive, Henderson was trying to tally to his close erstwhile each the holes got clogged up. But, utilizing his blazing speed, helium broke backmost retired near and ran past each Bills defenders for a 65-yard touchdown.

The Bills recovered themselves down by 3 yet again, but the 2nd fractional belonged to a much originative Bills and they displayed yet different methodical thrust filled with large plays, including Cook’s 3rd touchdown of the game. He rushed from 11 yards retired to instrumentality a 35-31 lead, which was large considering a tract extremity couldn’t necktie it up.

The Bills’ defence got 2 consecutive stops connected 2 abstracted drives, including an incompletion connected 4th-and-5 from New England’s 22-yard enactment to crystal the game.

In the container score, Allen was 19-of-28 for 193 yards and 3 touchdowns, portion rushing for 48 yards connected 11 attempts connected the ground. Cook besides had 107 yards rushing with 2 scores connected the crushed connected 22 carries, portion hauling successful 2 passes for 4 yards.

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Eight antithetic Bills players caught a walk from Allen, including Khalil Shakir, who had 5 catches for 65 yards.

For the Patriots, Maye was 14-of-23 done the aerial for 155 yards with 43 unreserved yards. Henderson had conscionable 14 carries, but tallied 148 yards with his 2 scores.

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