Final score: Chiefs run away with 26-17 win in Buffalo

Mark Konezny-USA TODAY Sports

Chiefs running backs combined for more than 200 yards in the win.

Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker had missed four extra points in five games, including one earlier in the night against the Buffalo Bills. But needing a 30-yard field goal — about the same length as an extra point — to ice the game, Butker made it — and the Chiefs wrapped up their 26-17 win in what was a dogfight in Buffalo.

Two days after announcing the signing of Le’Veon Bell, the Chiefs three other running backs — Clyde Edwards-Helaire, Darrel Williams and Darwin Thompson — combined for 204 rushing yards in the Kansas City win. Edwards-Helaire led the way with 161.

The Chiefs shook things up along the offensive line heading into the game, with veteran Daniel Kilgore replacing Austin Reiter at center. When starting right tackle Mitch Schwartz had to leave the game due to a back injury, left guard Mike Remmers shifted over to right tackle and second-year offensive lineman Nick Allegretti entered the game at left guard.

With a new-look offensive line on the second drive, Edwards-Helaire set the Chiefs up with a 31-yard run to the Buffalo 44. A few plays later, tight end Travis Kelce gave the Chiefs a 7-3 lead with an 11-yard score.

In the second quarter, referees called Chiefs cornerback Charvarius Ward for defensive pass interference on Bills wide receiver Stefon Diggs, bringing the Bills to the Kansas City 4. Diggs beat Ward just beyond the right pylon on the next play, dragging two feet in bounds to put Buffalo ahead 10-7.

Edwards-Helaire continued his strong effort on the next drive, carrying the ball four times for 36 yards. After a 6-yard touchdown for Edwards-Helaire that was called back due to a holding call, Kelce finished the job with his second touchdown of the game. With Butker’s missed extra point, the Chiefs only led 13-10 headed into halftime.

The Chiefs offensive line continued their strong game in the third quarter, opening up lanes for a mix of Edwards-Helaire, Thompson and Williams as part of a 13-play drive that shaved nearly eight minutes off the clock. Facing fourth-and-1 at the Buffalo 13, Andy Reid kept the offense on the field. Williams ran 13 yards for the touchdown, making it 20-10 Kansas City. Butker extended the lead to 13 in the fourth quarter with a 37-yard field goal.

After that lengthy drive, Buffalo did what it had to do in order to stay in the game. Allen marched the offense down the field in just two minutes and 33 seconds, cutting the Chiefs’ lead to 23-17 with six and a half minutes to play. The Bills defense first forced the Chiefs to third-and-12 at the Kansas City 33, but Mahomes converted a first down by finding wide receiver Byron Pringle for 37 yards. On a third-and-7 later in the drive, Mahomes scrambled for nine yards.

After Butker’s field goal, safety Daniel Sorensen intercepted Allen to seal the game.

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Injuries

• Right tackle Mitch Schwartz was a surprise addition to the injury report with a back issue on Friday, and he only lasted a series before leaving the game. Mike Remmers slid over to right tackle while Nick Allegretti filled in at left guard.
• Defensive end Alex Okafor left the game during the second quarter with a hamstring injury

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Special teams

• Harrison Butker missed an extra point after the Chiefs’ second touchdown.

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Rapid reaction

• The game’s rapid reaction will be posted to our homepage shortly.

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Statistics

CATEGORY	KC	BUF
Total Yards	466	206
Total Plays	73	50
Yards per play	6.4	4.1
Rushing Yards	245	84
Rush Attempts	46	23
Yards per rush	5.30	3.70
Passing Gross Yards	225	122
Sacks/Yards lost	1/4	0/0
Passing Net Yards	221	122
Comp/Att/Pct	21/26/81%	14/27/52%
Yards per pass	8.20	4.50
Interceptions thrown	0	1
Fumbles lost	1	0
Turnovers	1	1
Penalties/Yards	8/68	4/39
Total Drives	9	9
First downs	27	20
Rushing first downs	15	8
Passing first downs	10	7
Penalty first downs	2	5
Third down (Made/Att/Pct)	9/14/64%	4/9/44%
Fourth down (Made/Att/Pct)	1/1/100%	0/0/0%
Goal to go (Made/Att/Pct)	0/0/0%	2/2/100%
Red Zone (Made/Att/Pct)	3/5/60%	2/2/100%
Touchdowns	3	2
TDs/Rushing	1	0
TDs/Passing	2	2
TDs/Interception	0	0
TDs/Kickoff Return	0	0
TDs/Fumble Return	0	0
TDs/Punt Return	0	0
TDs/Defense/ST	0	0
Safeties	0	0
Extra Points (Made/Att)	2/3	2/2
Field Goals (Made/Att)	2/2	1/2
Two-Point Conv (Made/Att)	0/0	0/0
Kickoffs (Num/EZ/TB)	6/6/5	4/3/2
Punts (Num/Yds)	2/80	4/213
Gross Punting Avg Yds	40.0	53.3
Net Punting Avg Yds	28.0	52.8
Total Rtn Yds (No KOs)	6	24
Punt Returns (Num/Yds)	2/2	1/24
Kickoff Returns (Num/Yds)	2/33	1/29
Int Returns (Num/Yds)	1/4	0/0
Punts blocked	0	0
FGs/PATs Blocked	0/0	0/0
Timeouts (Rem/Used)	2/1	0/3
Time of Possession	37:45	22:15
Attendance	--	0

CHIEFS PASSING	C	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	LG	INT	SK	SKYD	RTG
Patrick Mahomes	21	26	225	8.7	2	37	0	1	4	128.4
TEAM	21	26	225	8.7	2	37	0	1	4	//

BILLS PASSING	C	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	LG	INT	SK	SKYD	RTG
Josh Allen	14	27	122	4.5	2	22	1	0	0	73.4
TEAM	14	27	122	4.5	2	22	1	0	0	//

CHIEFS RUSHING	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
Clyde Edwards/Helaire	26	161	6.2	0	31
Patrick Mahomes	10	36	3.6	0	9
Darrel Williams	6	26	4.3	1	13t
Darwin Thompson	3	17	5.7	0	11
Tyreek Hill	1	5	5.0	0	5
TEAM	46	245	5.3	1	31

BILLS RUSHING	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
Devin Singletary	10	32	3.2	0	10
Josh Allen	8	42	5.3	0	13
Zack Moss	5	10	2.0	0	4
TEAM	23	84	3.7	0	13

CHIEFS RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LG	TGTS	YAC
Mecole Hardman	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ricky Seals/Jones	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Nick Keizer	1	2	2.0	0	2	1	7
Clyde Edwards/Helaire	4	8	2.0	0	8	4	17
Darrel Williams	1	15	15.0	0	15	1	20
Tyreek Hill	3	20	6.7	0	8	3	12
Byron Pringle	2	46	23.0	0	37	2	12
Travis Kelce	5	65	13.0	2	20	7	16
Demarcus Robinson	5	69	13.8	0	22	6	20
TEAM	21	225	10.7	2	37	26	104

BILLS RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LG	TGTS	YAC
Cole Beasley	4	45	11.3	1	22	7	10
John Brown	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Gabriel Davis	1	7	7.0	0	7	1	4
Stefon Diggs	6	46	7.7	1	15	8	9
Tyler Kroft	1	7	7.0	0	7	2	3
Isaiah McKenzie	1	4	4.0	0	4	1	8
Devin Singletary	1	13	13.0	0	13	2	12
TEAM	14	122	8.7	2	22	25	46

CHIEFS FUMBLES	FUM	LOST	FF	REC (OWN)	TD	REC (OPP)	TD
Travis Kelce	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Patrick Mahomes	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
TEAM	2	1	0	1	0	0	0

BILLS FUMBLES	FUM	LOST	FF	REC (OWN)	TD	REC (OPP)	TD
A.J. Klein	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Josh Norman	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
TEAM	0	0	1	0	0	1	0

CHIEFS DEFENSE	TOT	SOLO	ASST	SACK	YDS	INT	TFL	PD	QBH	TD	FF	FR
Bashaud Breeland	5	4	1	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Taco Charlton	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Frank Clark	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Rashad Fenton	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Gay	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anthony Hitchens	5	3	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Chris Jones	2	0	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tanoh Kpassagnon	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Patrick Mahomes	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Tyrann Mathieu	3	3	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Niemann	3	2	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Derrick Nnadi	4	2	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Okafor	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Daniel Sorensen	5	2	3	0.0	0.0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Juan Thornhill	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Charvarius Ward	4	3	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Tershawn Wharton	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Damien Wilson	6	5	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM	44	30	14	0	0	1	3	4	5	0	0	1

BILLS DEFENSE	TOT	SOLO	ASST	SACK	YDS	INT	TFL	PD	QBH	TD	FF	FR
Mario Addison	4	3	1	1.0	4.0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
Vernon Butler	4	1	3	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bryan Cox Jr.	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tremaine Edmunds	12	8	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
A.J. Epenesa	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Hughes	3	1	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Micah Hyde	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Quinton Jefferson	3	1	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Taron Johnson	8	8	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
A.J. Klein	7	6	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Siran Neal	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Norman	7	6	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Ed Oliver	3	3	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan Poyer	10	9	1	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tre'Davious White	6	4	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Justin Zimmer	6	2	4	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
TEAM	77	55	22	1	4	0	4	1	4	0	1	1

CHIEFS INT	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Daniel Sorensen	1	4	4.0	4	0
TEAM	1	4	4.0	4	0

BILLS INT	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
TEAM	0	0	0	0	0

CHIEFS KICK RET	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mecole Hardman	2	33	16.5	22	0
TEAM	2	33	16.5	22	0

BILLS KICK RET	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Andre Roberts	1	29	29.0	29	0
TEAM	1	29	29.0	29	0

CHIEFS PUNT RET	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mecole Hardman	2	2	1.0	2	0
TEAM	2	2	1.0	2	0

BILLS PUNT RET	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Andre Roberts	1	24	24.0	24	0
TEAM	1	24	24.0	24	0

CHIEFS KICKING	FGA/FGM	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Harrison Butker	2/2	100.0	37	2	8
TEAM	2/2	100.0	37	2	8

BILLS KICKING	FGA/FGM	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Tyler Bass	2/1	50.0	48	2	5
TEAM	2/1	50.0	48	2	5

CHIEFS PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	I20	LG
Tommy Townsend	2	80	40.0	0	1	42
TEAM	2	80	40.0	0	1	42

BILLS PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	I20	LG
Corey Bojorquez	4	213	53.3	0	4	59
TEAM	4	213	53.3	0	4	59

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