National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Buffalo 31, Miami 21
When: 8:15 PM ET, Thursday, September 18, 2025
Where: Highmark Stadium, Orchard Park, New York
Temperature: 68°
Head Official: Alan Eck
Attendance: 70641
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Miami 770721
Buffalo 7771031
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 8:31
Miami TD Buffalo 0 - Miami 7
Ollie Gordon II 2 yd. run (Riley Patterson kick)
1st Quarter - 4:04
Buffalo TD Buffalo 7 - Miami 7
Dalton Kincaid 20 yd. pass from Josh Allen (Matt Prater kick)
2nd Quarter - 11:54
Buffalo TD Buffalo 14 - Miami 7
Jackson Hawes 5 yd. pass from Josh Allen (Matt Prater kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:08
Miami TD Buffalo 14 - Miami 14
Jaylen Waddle 3 yd. pass from Tua Tagovailoa (Riley Patterson kick)
3rd Quarter - 10:23
Buffalo TD Buffalo 21 - Miami 14
James Cook 2 yd. run (Matt Prater kick)
4th Quarter - 12:18
Miami TD Buffalo 21 - Miami 21
Tyreek Hill 5 yd. pass from Tua Tagovailoa (Riley Patterson kick)
4th Quarter - 7:17
Buffalo TD Buffalo 28 - Miami 21
Khalil Shakir 15 yd. pass from Josh Allen (Matt Prater kick)
4th Quarter - 0:22
Buffalo FG Buffalo 31 - Miami 21
Matt Prater 48 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Miami Buffalo
1st Downs 19 23
Rushing 8 8
Passing 11 12
Penalty 0 3
3rd Down Conversions 10-15 6-11
4th Down Conversions 1-1 0-0
Punts-Average 4-50.0 2-47.5
Return Yards 174 134
Punts-Returns 2-22 2-15
Kickoffs-Returns 5-152 3-95
Int - Returns 0-0 1-24
Penalties-Yards 6-57 3-35
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-0
Time of Possession 28:13 31:47
Total Net Yards 276 360
Total Plays 59 57
Average Gain 4.7 6.3
Net Yards Rushing 130 157
Rushes 25 27
Average/Rush 5.2 5.8
Net Yards Passing 146 203
Comp-Att 22-34 22-28
Yards/Pass 4.3 6.8
Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 2-10
Had Intercepted 1 0
Touchdowns 3 4
Rushing 1 1
Passing 2 3
Other 0 0
Extra Points 3-3 4-4
Field Goals 0-0 1-2
Red Zone Efficiency 3-3-100% 3-4-75%
Goal To Go Efficiency 3-3-100% 2-2-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Miami Dolphins (0-3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Tagovailoa 22/34 146 2 1
Buffalo Bills (3-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
J. Allen 22/28 213 3 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
D. Achane 12 62 5.2 0 14
O. Gordon II 9 38 4.2 1 16
M. Washington 2 20 10.0 0 14
T. Tagovailoa 2 10 5.0 0 8
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
J. Cook 19 108 5.7 1 26
J. Allen 4 25 6.2 0 19
T. Johnson 3 13 4.3 0 7
E. Moore 1 11 11.0 0 11
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
T. Hill 10 5 49 9.8 1 19
J. Waddle 6 5 39 7.8 1 15
D. Achane 9 7 29 4.1 0 15
T. Conner 2 1 13 13.0 0 13
M. Washington 5 3 12 4.0 0 5
J. Hill 1 1 4 4.0 0 4
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
D. Kincaid 6 5 66 13.2 1 20
K. Shakir 4 4 45 11.2 1 15
E. Moore 3 2 30 15.0 0 30
T. Shavers 2 2 24 12.0 0 17
K. Coleman 4 3 20 6.7 0 8
J. Cook 3 3 10 3.3 0 5
T. Johnson 2 1 8 8.0 0 8
J. Hawes 1 1 5 5.0 1 5
J. Palmer 1 1 5 5.0 0 5
R. Davis 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
T. Bernard 1 24 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
B. Chubb 1.0 7.0
T. Dodson 1.0 3.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Tackles
  Tk Ast
T. Dodson 11 0
J. Brooks 4 0
Z. Sieler 4 1
R. Douglas 4 3
J. Phillips 3 0
M. Fitzpatrick 3 1
A. Davis 3 1
J. Jones 2 1
D. Trader Jr. 2 1
J. Marshall Jr. 1 0
C. Armstrong 1 0
K. Grant 1 1
B. Chubb 1 2
M. Butler 0 1
Tackles
  Tk Ast
T. Johnson 6 2
T. Bernard 5 2
T. White 4 1
C. Bishop 4 1
S. Thompson 4 2
C. Benford 3 1
D. Williams 3 3
D. Walker 2 0
D. Jones 1 0
A. Epenesa 1 0
C. Lewis 1 0
T. Rapp 1 2
J. Bosa 0 1
G. Rousseau 0 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
T. Dodson 1.0
B. Chubb 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
S. Thompson 1.0
D. Jones 1.0
T. White 1.0
T. Johnson 1.0
T. Bernard 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
T. Tagovailoa 1
Fumbles
  NO.
J. Allen 1
B. Codrington 1