The Buffalo Bills picked up their first win of the season, when they beat the Detroit Lions for a final score of 14-12. The 2-6 Detroit Lions were coming off a tough loss and were heading in to Buffalo to take on the winless Bills. This was a battle of the basement teams on the southern shore of Lake Erie. Both teams were looking for signs of life. The Lions were riding a 24 consecutive game winless streak on the road and their loss against the Bills matches their own record of 25 consecutive winless games on the road.
Fred Jackson started the scoring in the second quarter when he ran in for a 1 yard touchdown for Buffalo. Detroit got on the board when Dave Rayner kicked a 25 yard field goal. In the 3rd quarter, it was Fred Jackson again when he caught a 16 yard TD pass from Ryan Fitzpatrick.
In the 4th quarter things got interesting as Dave Rayner kicked a 45 yard field goal to make the score 14-6 in favor of Buffalo. Detroit came back and almost had a chance to tie the game when Calvin Johnson caught a 20 yard TD pass From Shaun Hill to make it a 14-12 game. The Lions failed to convert the 2 point conversion and the Bills survived the scare to walk away with their first win of the season.
Key Statistics for the game:
Buffalo Bills
Ryan Fitzpatrick completed 12 of 24 passes for 146 yards and 1 TD
Fred Jackson ran 25 times for 133 yards and 1 TD
Fred Jackson caught 6 passes for 37 yards and 1 TD
Detroit Lions
Shaun Hill completed 29 of 50 passes for 323 yards and 1 TD & 1 INT
Jahvid Best ran 17 times for 35 yards
Calvin Johnson caught 10 passes for 128 yards and 1 TD
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