Wild Card Playoff Games, 2046

played in Denver, CO

30 degrees, fair, 8 mph wind

Buffalo Bills	0	3	3	12	-	18
Denver Broncos	6	0	7	3	-	16

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:34 DEN - Zane Killian 44 field goal
1Q: 00:20 DEN - Zane Killian 18 field goal
2Q: 10:44 BUF - Drake Dennie 57 field goal
3Q: 06:57 BUF - Drake Dennie 37 field goal
3Q: 01:51 DEN - Casey Blackburn 23 pass from Irving Solymos (Zane Killian extra point)
4Q: 10:56 BUF - Drake Dennie 19 field goal
4Q: 05:36 DEN - Zane Killian 18 field goal
4Q: 01:48 BUF - Quentin Slechta 10 run (Drake Dennie extra point failed)
4Q: 00:05 BUF - Drake Dennie 28 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:34 DEN - Zane Killian 44 field goal
1Q: 00:20 DEN - Zane Killian 18 field goal
2Q: 10:44 BUF - Drake Dennie 57 field goal
3Q: 06:57 BUF - Drake Dennie 37 field goal
3Q: 01:51 DEN - Casey Blackburn 23 pass from Irving Solymos (Zane Killian extra point)
4Q: 10:56 BUF - Drake Dennie 19 field goal
4Q: 05:36 DEN - Zane Killian 18 field goal
4Q: 01:48 BUF - Quentin Slechta 10 run (Drake Dennie extra point failed)
4Q: 00:05 BUF - Drake Dennie 28 field goal

Team Statistics BUF DEN
Record 14-3 11-6
First Downs 20 17
- by Rushing 8 7
- by Passing 12 9
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 391 334
- Offensive Plays 67 55
- Yards per Play 5.84 6.07
Net Rushing Yards 113 132
- Rushing Attempts 31 19
- Yards per Rush 3.65 6.95
Net Passing Yards 278 202
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 33 - 22 - 1 34 - 24 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 301 220
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/23 2/18
- Yards per Pass Play 7.72 5.61
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 9/17 3/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.2 11.0
4th Down Conversions 1/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 2/10 3/20
Punt Returns/Yards 2/13 1/9
Kick Returns/Yards 2/38 4/61
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/9
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/3 0/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 22 OWN 32
Time of Possession 33:02 26:58

Team Statistics	BUF	DEN
Record	14-3	11-6
First Downs	20	17
- by Rushing	8	7
- by Passing	12	9
- by Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	391	334
- Offensive Plays	67	55
- Yards per Play	5.84	6.07
Net Rushing Yards	113	132
- Rushing Attempts	31	19
- Yards per Rush	3.65	6.95
Net Passing Yards	278	202
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	33 - 22 - 1	34 - 24 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	301	220
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/23	2/18
- Yards per Pass Play	7.72	5.61
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	9/17	3/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.2	11.0
4th Down Conversions	1/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	2/10	3/20
Punt Returns/Yards	2/13	1/9
Kick Returns/Yards	2/38	4/61
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/9
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/3	0/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 22	OWN 32
Time of Possession	33:02	26:58

Drive Charts

Buffalo Bills
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	8:26	4:22	OWN 21	6	19	Punt
1	0:15	4:38	OWN 25	9	35	Field Goal
2	8:48	3:17	OWN 27	6	25	Interception
2	4:08	2:28	OWN 6	6	6	Punt
3	15:00	3:31	OWN 25	6	32	Fumble
3	10:13	3:22	OWN 13	7	67	Field Goal
3	1:38	5:47	OWN 27	11	71	Field Goal
4	5:28	3:52	OWN 25	12	75	Touchdown
4	0:57	0:57	OWN 33	4	56	Field Goal

Denver Broncos
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	6:34	OWN 23	9	50	Field Goal
1	4:04	3:49	OWN 24	9	75	Field Goal
2	10:37	1:49	OWN 30	3	-7	Punt
2	5:31	1:23	OWN 47	3	9	Punt
2	1:40	1:40	50	9	27	Missed FG
3	11:29	1:16	OWN 43	3	9	Punt
3	6:51	5:13	OWN 26	8	74	Touchdown
4	10:51	5:23	OWN 25	8	74	Field Goal
4	1:36	0:39	OWN 25	3	8	Punt

Game MVP: Irving Solymos, Denver Broncos

Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Miles Howe	18	60	3.33	27	2	0
Quentin Slechta	9	43	4.78	11	2	1
Aaron Andrews	3	15	5.00	7	0	0
Jose Edmonds	1	-5	-5.00	-5	0	0

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Jalen Carlson	13	71	5.46	24	3
Brenton Becker	4	35	8.75	29	1
Irving Solymos	2	26	13.00	20	1

Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Quentin Slechta	33	22	301	3/23	0	50	1	83.0

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Irving Solymos	34	24	220	2/18	1	35	0	97.7

Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Wally Reese	7	11	136	19.43	26	37
TE Tyrus Ford	4	6	42	10.50	2	16
WR Connor Samuels	4	4	79	19.75	35	50
RB Miles Howe	2	2	11	5.50	0	6
TE Randal Weinmeister	2	3	11	5.50	0	8
FB Nicholas Laliberte	2	3	19	9.50	7	10
WR Jose Edmonds	1	2	3	3.00	0	3

Denver	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Albert Daley	5	6	28	5.60	17	10	0
WR Darien Blackwell	5	7	29	5.80	0	7	0
FB Angel Cottle	4	6	38	9.50	1	25	0
WR Randal Layne	3	3	24	8.00	6	14	0
WR Casey Blackburn	2	4	36	18.00	19	23	1
WR Rusty Boone	1	2	13	13.00	5	13	0
TE Preston Cremeans	1	1	4	4.00	0	4	0
RB Jalen Carlson	1	1	35	35.00	31	35	0
RB Brenton Becker	1	3	2	2.00	0	2	0
WR Lorenzo Chuang	1	1	11	11.00	4	11	0

Interception Statistics

Buffalo	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Denver	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Derrick Buckley	1	9	9.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Buffalo	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Quentin Slechta	1	0	0	0

Denver	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Wes Banks	0	1	0	0
Tony Greenlee	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Buffalo	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Caiden Shaw	2	83	41.5	37.0	47	0

Denver	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Tito Sawyer	4	170	42.5	39.3	52	2

Kicking Statistics

Buffalo	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Drake Dennie	4/4	1/1	1/1	57	0/1

Denver	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Zane Killian	3/4	1/2	0/0	44	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Cristian Oquendo	2	13	6.5	0

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Roy Talmadge	1	9	9.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Cristian Oquendo	1	24	24.0	0
Sergio Lyle	1	14	14.0	0

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Darien Blackwell	3	41	13.7	0
Philip Ebeling	1	20	20.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Buffalo	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Ernest Rzentkowski	10	3	0.0	19	36
OLB Fernando Comeaux	7	2	0.0	19	36
ILB Jeffrey Hughes	4	2	0.0	19	34
OLB Rich Huffman	4	1	0.0	10	17
ILB Grayson Villareal	4	0	0.0	9	17
DT Braxton Gorski	3	1	1.0	18	35
S Ryan Coles	3	0	0.0	18	34
DE Chris Morton	2	2	0.5	16	33
CB Bart Ogden	2	1	0.0	19	35
CB Jeffery Sanderson	2	1	0.0	15	31
OLB R. Jay Brandon	1	0	0.0	12	21
S Clay Howard	1	0	0.0	0	2
RB Miles Howe	1	0	---	---	---
S Devan Devine	1	0	0.0	8	9
DE Burt Sims	0	1	0.5	17	34

Denver	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Derrick Buckley	9	3	0.0	29	35
CB Giovanni Blackburn	7	2	0.0	29	34
S Tony Greenlee	5	3	0.0	30	36
OLB Sedrick Zimmerman	5	1	0.0	30	36
OLB Dixon Hickman	5	1	0.0	27	21
DE Winfred Fennell	4	2	2.0	28	26
DT Juan Callis	4	1	1.0	28	27
ILB Kaden Jones	3	0	0.0	10	14
ILB Efrain Richmond	2	3	0.0	30	30
S Cory Wimer	2	2	0.0	23	20
OLB Kody Westbrook	2	0	0.0	5	13
CB Jorge Kemp	2	0	0.0	9	16
CB Terry Sims	1	0	0.0	21	19
DE Lionel Harmon	1	0	0.0	2	1
DE Emmitt Weaver	1	0	0.0	22	27
DT Luther Hebert	1	0	0.0	4	9
DE Wes Banks	0	1	0.0	9	19

Pass Rush Statistics

Buffalo	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Braxton Gorski	1.0	0	0	1	35
DE Chris Morton	0.5	0	0	2	33
DE Burt Sims	0.5	0	0	0	34
OLB R. Jay Brandon	0.0	1	1	0	21
ILB Jeffrey Hughes	0.0	0	1	0	34
OLB Rich Huffman	0.0	0	1	0	17
OLB Fernando Comeaux	0.0	0	1	0	36

Denver	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Winfred Fennell	2.0	0	1	26
DT Juan Callis	1.0	2	3	27
DE Emmitt Weaver	0.0	1	0	27
CB Giovanni Blackburn	0.0	1	0	34
DE Wes Banks	0.0	0	1	19

Pass Defense Statistics

Buffalo	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Fernando Comeaux	5	0	36
S Ernest Rzentkowski	4	1	36
OLB Rich Huffman	3	1	17
S Ryan Coles	2	1	34
ILB Grayson Villareal	2	0	17
CB Bart Ogden	2	0	35
CB Jeffery Sanderson	2	0	31
ILB Jeffrey Hughes	1	1	34
OLB R. Jay Brandon	1	0	21
S Clay Howard	1	0	2
DE Chris Morton	1	0	33

Denver	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Giovanni Blackburn	5	0	0	34
OLB Sedrick Zimmerman	2	1	0	36
S Tony Greenlee	2	1	0	36
CB Derrick Buckley	2	0	1	35
OLB Kody Westbrook	2	0	0	13
CB Jorge Kemp	2	0	0	16
ILB Efrain Richmond	1	1	0	30
ILB Kaden Jones	1	0	0	14
S Cory Wimer	1	0	0	20
DE Winfred Fennell	1	0	0	26
CB Terry Sims	1	0	0	19
OLB Dixon Hickman	1	0	0	21
DT Luther Hebert	1	0	0	9

Blocking Statistics

Buffalo	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Kendrick Ellis	4	7	31	0	36
Grayson Schanding	2	7	31	0	36
Rodney Reilly	1	5	31	2	36
Raptor Sutter	1	5	31	1	36
Malcolm Stephens	0	2	31	0	36

Denver	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Pete Winters	3	5	0	19	0	36
Lester O'Brien	2	2	0	19	0	36
Antonio Mullaney	1	3	1	19	1	36
Les Arndt	0	4	0	19	1	36
Angel Cottle	0	3	0	7	0	15

Special Teams Tackles

Buffalo	Tackles	STPlays
Nicholas Laliberte	1	18
Burt Sims	1	9
Sergio Lyle	1	9
Grayson Schanding	1	6
Floyd MacIntyre	1	5

Denver	Tackles	STPlays
Kody Westbrook	2	18
Brenton Becker	1	13
Emmitt Weaver	1	9

Participation

Buffalo	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Grayson Schanding	31	36	---	---	6	73
Rodney Reilly	31	36	---	---	6	73
Raptor Sutter	31	36	---	---	6	73
Wally Reese	30	35	---	---	6	71
Miles Howe	25	29	---	---	14	68
Quentin Slechta	31	36	---	---	---	67
Kendrick Ellis	31	36	---	---	---	67
Malcolm Stephens	31	36	---	---	---	67
Connor Samuels	31	36	---	---	---	67
Jeffrey Hughes	---	---	19	34	13	66
Tyrus Ford	29	34	---	---	---	63
Ryan Coles	---	---	18	34	9	61
Ernest Rzentkowski	---	---	19	36	5	60
Burt Sims	---	---	17	34	9	60
Fernando Comeaux	---	---	19	36	4	59
Bart Ogden	---	---	19	35	4	58
Jeffery Sanderson	---	---	15	31	12	58
Braxton Gorski	---	---	18	35	3	56
Chris Morton	---	---	16	33	3	52
Jose Edmonds	24	23	---	---	1	48
Rich Huffman	---	---	10	17	17	44
R. Jay Brandon	---	---	12	21	4	37
Devan Devine	---	---	8	9	15	32
Nicholas Laliberte	5	8	---	---	18	31
Grayson Villareal	---	---	9	17	3	29
Harrison Rogers	1	3	---	---	17	21
Nick Hemler	0	0	---	---	20	20
Floyd MacIntyre	---	---	3	10	5	18
Cristian Oquendo	---	---	3	2	10	15
Randal Weinmeister	5	7	---	---	---	12
Aaron Andrews	5	4	---	---	2	11
Jake Mitchell	---	---	2	3	5	10
Sergio Lyle	0	1	---	---	9	10
Drake Dennie	0	0	---	---	9	9
Deion Leyva	---	---	1	1	5	7
Caiden Shaw	0	0	---	---	6	6
Al Redden	0	0	---	---	6	6
Kurt Hoover	---	---	1	4	1	6
Tre Cullen	0	0	---	---	6	6
Earnest Rasmussen	---	---	0	2	3	5
Clay Howard	---	---	0	2	---	2
Ross Abrams	0	0	---	---	---	0
Chuck Gandy	0	0	---	---	---	0
Stan Sawyer	0	0	---	---	---	0
Arturo Sanford	0	0	---	---	---	0
Justin Rodriguez	---	---	0	0	---	0

Denver	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Tony Greenlee	---	---	30	36	12	78
Efrain Richmond	---	---	30	30	11	71
Derrick Buckley	---	---	29	35	7	71
Sedrick Zimmerman	---	---	30	36	3	69
Giovanni Blackburn	---	---	29	34	5	68
Philip Ebeling	19	36	---	---	12	67
Winfred Fennell	---	---	28	26	4	58
Emmitt Weaver	---	---	22	27	9	58
Cory Wimer	---	---	23	20	14	57
Juan Callis	---	---	28	27	2	57
Irving Solymos	19	36	---	---	---	55
Casey Blackburn	18	36	---	---	1	55
Pete Winters	19	36	---	---	---	55
Lester O'Brien	19	36	---	---	---	55
Antonio Mullaney	19	36	---	---	---	55
Les Arndt	19	36	---	---	---	55
Preston Cremeans	18	34	---	---	---	52
Dixon Hickman	---	---	27	21	3	51
Darien Blackwell	13	20	---	---	15	48
Terry Sims	---	---	21	19	2	42
Kody Westbrook	---	---	5	13	18	36
Jalen Carlson	13	17	---	---	4	34
Wes Banks	---	---	9	19	5	33
Brenton Becker	5	15	---	---	13	33
Randal Layne	10	10	---	---	9	29
Roy Talmadge	---	---	4	12	12	28
Albert Daley	6	20	---	---	1	27
Jorge Kemp	---	---	9	16	2	27
Kaden Jones	---	---	10	14	2	26
Angel Cottle	7	15	---	---	1	23
Edwin Wheeler	0	0	---	---	20	20
Jackie Perry	0	0	---	---	19	19
Luther Hebert	---	---	4	9	4	17
Rusty Boone	4	11	---	---	1	16
Zane Killian	0	0	---	---	9	9
Silas Richmond	0	0	---	---	8	8
Tito Sawyer	0	0	---	---	8	8
Xavier Madison	0	0	---	---	8	8
Malachi Mason	0	0	---	---	8	8
Marcos Morris	0	0	---	---	8	8
Lorenzo Chuang	1	2	---	---	4	7
Lionel Harmon	---	---	2	1	1	4
Rondell Jefferies	---	---	1	1	1	3
Bruce Torelli	0	0	---	---	---	0
Troy Rogers	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	18	3.0
Middle	18	102	5.7
Right	7	-7	-1.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	13	3.3
Middle	11	52	4.7
Right	4	67	16.8
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Quentin Slechta	33	22	4	0	1	3	4	5	1

Denver	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Irving Solymos	34	24	3	1	0	4	4	3	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	6	48	8.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	7	54	4.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	5	65	8.1
Long (19+ Yds)	5	4	134	26.8

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	10	7	31	3.1
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	11	120	8.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	5	44	4.9
Long (19+ Yds)	1	1	25	25.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Wally Reese	11	7	1	136	2	35
TE Tyrus Ford	6	4	0	42	0	34
WR Connor Samuels	4	4	0	79	2	36
TE Randal Weinmeister	3	2	0	11	0	7
FB Nicholas Laliberte	3	2	0	19	0	8
WR Jose Edmonds	2	1	0	3	0	23
RB Miles Howe	2	2	0	11	0	29

Denver	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Darien Blackwell	7	5	29	0	20
FB Angel Cottle	6	4	38	1	15
TE Albert Daley	6	5	28	0	20
WR Casey Blackburn	4	2	36	1	36
RB Brenton Becker	3	1	2	0	15
WR Randal Layne	3	3	24	0	10
WR Rusty Boone	2	1	13	0	11
TE Preston Cremeans	1	1	4	0	34
RB Jalen Carlson	1	1	35	1	17
WR Lorenzo Chuang	1	1	11	0	2

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Quentin Slechta	2	9	4.50	4.78
Miles Howe	1	-4	-4.00	3.33

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Jalen Carlson	3	10	3.33	5.46

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Quentin Slechta	7	3	24	3.43	9.12

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Irving Solymos	4	3	11	2.75	6.47

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Wally Reese	3	2	19	6.33	12.36
TE Randal Weinmeister	1	0	0	0.00	3.67
FB Nicholas Laliberte	1	0	0	0.00	6.33
TE Tyrus Ford	1	1	5	5.00	7.00

Denver	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Albert Daley	1	1	0	0.00	4.67
TE Preston Cremeans	1	1	4	4.00	4.00
WR Darien Blackwell	1	1	7	7.00	4.14
RB Brenton Becker	1	0	0	0.00	0.67

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Rushes	Conversions
Quentin Slechta	2	1
Miles Howe	1	1

Denver	Rushes	Conversions
Irving Solymos	2	2
Brenton Becker	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Conversions
Quentin Slechta	12	10	7

Denver	Att	Comp	Conversions
Irving Solymos	8	7	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Tyrus Ford	5	4	2
WR Wally Reese	3	2	2
FB Nicholas Laliberte	2	2	1
WR Jose Edmonds	1	1	1
WR Connor Samuels	1	1	1

Denver	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Darien Blackwell	3	3	1
FB Angel Cottle	2	1	0
TE Albert Daley	1	1	0
TE Preston Cremeans	1	1	0
RB Brenton Becker	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 80,000 (80,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 22,000 (22,000)
End Zone 15,800 (15,800)
Mezzanine 9,100 (9,100)
Sideline Seats 14,000 (14,000)
Club Seats 9,200 (9,200)
Luxury Boxes 9,900 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	80,000 (80,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	22,000 (22,000)
End Zone	15,800 (15,800)
Mezzanine	9,100 (9,100)
Sideline Seats	14,000 (14,000)
Club Seats	9,200 (9,200)
Luxury Boxes	9,900 (9,900)