NFL scores: Bills rally from 21 down to beat patriots, tighten AFC East race

Facing a 21-point deficit, Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills held a thrilling victory over the Afc East Foe New England Patriots, on a cold Sunday morning.

Now, the AFC East is between these two AFC Powerhouses, as the Bills move to 10-4 after snapping the Patriots’ 10-Game Win Streak. New England is now 11-3 on the season, remaining one game behind Buffalo for the offense lead.

It was a patriotic way to start this game because of MVP candidate drake maye, who had two quick scores to make it 14-0 instead of the home team in the first quarter. Meanwhile, the Patriots’ stout defense forced three straight punts that allowed their offense to work early.

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At the beginning of the second quarter, the spots on fire, opened the doors wide open with a 94-Yard Touchdown Drive that saw Rookie Treveyon Henderson explode a 52-Yard Touchdown Run to make it 21-0.

Allen and the building offense, fighting that point, was able to finally find something that happened on the next drive at least to stay in this game. Allen found James Cook on a five-yard touchdown to cut the lead to 21-7, but the Patriots added a field goal during a three-point cruise.

But the second half was a completely different animal for Mike Vrabel’s Patriots squad, as Allen showed his MVP style of play from the start.

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The Bills made it a 10-point game right away, as they only needed six plays to get Dawson Knox on a four-point play. After that, the Buffalo defense needed to step up and they did it by forcing a three and a pass, getting the ball back in Allen’s hands.

With 5:2 on the clock in the third quarter, Allen went 11 plays and 70 yards on the second drive as he passed the ball over the goal line to make it 24-21.

The turning point of the game was an insight thrown by Meye, which was the final “arm punt” as White was pulled into the mouth of a deep ball to try the canlines.

The Bills went 91 yards on 13 plays in the third quarter to take their first lead of the game, as Knox was pulled on the score sheet for the game and made it a 28-24 game.

Drake Maye of the New England Patriots celebrates a first quarter touchdown against the Buffalo Bills at Gillette Stadium on December 14, 2025 in Foxeboroughs, Massachusetts. (Sara Stier/Getty Images)

If that wasn’t exciting enough, the Gillette Stadium crowd went ballistic as Hilndonson erupted for another run. On the first play of the drive, Henderson was trying to run to his right when all the holes were blocked. But, using his blazing speed, he broke to the left and ran past all the money defenders yard after yard.

The Bills found themselves down three more times, but the second half was at the expense of creativity and they showed another drive that would be filled with big plays, including the game-tying touchdown. He rushed 11 yards to take a 35-31 lead, which was a big deal considering the field goal he couldn’t tie.

The Bills defense had two straight plays on two different drives, including an incomplete on 4th-and-5 from New England’s 22-yard line to ice the game.

In the box score, Allen was 19-28 for 193 yards and three touchdowns, while rushing for 48 yards on 11 attempts on the ground. Cook also had 107 yards rushing and two scores on the ground on 22 carries, while hauling in two touchdown passes.

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Eight different players caught a pass from Allen, including Khalil Shakir, who had five catches for 65 yards.

Currently, alas, it was 14-8-23 with AIR at 155 meters by 43 meters. Henderson had just 14 carries, but made 148 yards with his two scores.

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