Josh Allen passed for 362 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 68 yards and two more scores as the Buffalo Bills beat the Detroit Lions 48-42 at Ford Field on December 15, 2024. The win moved Buffalo to 11-3 and snapped the Lions’ winning streak.
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Allen completed 23 of 34 passes. He threw touchdown passes to Khalil Shakir and Ray Davis, and he ran 11 times for 68 yards with two rushing touchdowns. James Cook had two rushing touchdowns and 105 yards on 14 carries.
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The Bills finished with 559 total yards, averaging 8.2 yards per play. Detroit’s Jared Goff threw for 473 yards and five touchdowns in the loss.
Editor’s note: an earlier version of this article included quotations and record claims that could not be verified against the game reports. Those have been removed, and the article reports the game statistics confirmed by the sources below.
Sources
- Associated Press via Daily Herald, Allen throws for 2 TDs, runs for 2 scores to lift Bills to 48-42 win (16 December 2024): https://www.dailyherald.com/?p=1313670
- PFF, NFL Week 15 recap: Buffalo Bills 48, Detroit Lions 42: https://pff.com/news/nfl-week-15-recap-buffalo-bills-48-detroit-lions-42
- Fox News, Josh Allen dazzles in Bills’ win over Lions in high-scoring bout (15 December 2024): https://www.foxnews.com/sports/josh-allen-dazzles-bills-win-over-lions-high-scoring-bout.print
- CBS Sports, Bills vs. Lions box score (15 December 2024): https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gametracker/recap/NFL_20241215_BUF@DET/