Bills vs. Patriots final score, results: Josh Allen, Buffalo cruise past New England in Foxborough

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Josh Allen and the Bills proved too much for the Patriots to handle, cruising to an easy 24-10 win on “Thursday Night Football.”

Allen found his favorite target, Stefon Diggs, early and often to help Buffalo build its lead. Mac Jones and the Patriots’ offense were unable to keep up, mustering only 10 points. The Bills’ massive advantage in time of possession, 38:08 compared to just 21:52 for New England, helped prevent any hopes of a comeback for the home team.

Allen finished the night 22 of 33 passing, with 243 total yards and 2 touchdowns. Diggs racked up 7 catches for 92 yards and a touchdown, and rookie running back James Cook — younger brother to Dalvin — had the best game of his career to date with 105 total yards. 

The win moves the Bills to 9-3 and back into first place in the AFC East, at least for now. The Dolphins have a chance to jump back in front this Sunday against the 49ers.

It was a bitter loss for the Patriots, whose postseason hopes took a big hit. They now sit at 6-6 and in last place in the division. 

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The Sporting News was tracking live scoring updates and highlights from Bills vs. Patriots on “Thursday Night Football.” Here are all the key moments you might have missed from the Week 13 matchup.

Bills vs. Patriots score

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Bills 3 14 0 7 24
Patriots 7 0 0 3 10

Bills vs. Patriots live updates, highlights from ‘Thursday Night Football’

(All times Eastern.)

11:09 p.m. FINAL — The Bills are going to go ahead and get in victory formation here. Belichick decides to throw in the towel by not taking his timeouts, and this game is over. 

Bills 24, Patriots 10

11:05 p.m. FIELD GOAL — Belichick opts to take the easier points, and Folk knocks through a field goal. It’ll likely be nothing more than a consolation for the Patriots. 

11:03 p.m. TWO-MINUTE WARNING — Jones takes a big sack on 2nd and goal to push the Patriots all the way back outside the 20. An incompletion on 3rd down sets up 4th and goal and takes us to the two-minute warning.

10:59 p.m. — Meyers takes a big, big hit in the end zone from Damar Hamlin. The pass falls incomplete, but Hamlin is called for unnecessary roughness and ejected from the game. Meyers looks like he’s ok, but that was a scary collision. 

10:56 p.m. — Jones slides down on 3rd and 6 just short of the marker. He was a little slow to get up there, but he seems ok. A completion to Thornton on the next play keeps the drive alive. The Patriots have moved into the red zone.

10:51 p.m. — The drive starts with a 20-yard completion to Tyquan Thornton, and it continues with a few medium gains as New England tries to chip away at this Bills defense. It’s Patriots  ball at about the Buffalo 30-yard line now. 

10:47 p.m. — The Patriots come up with a stop on 3rd and 3 to get the ball back. They need three scores with 7:38 left on the clock. 

10:43 p.m. — On 3rd down, Diggs moves the chains with a slant route for a gain of 10. Sean McDermott is content just bleeding clock right now. 

10:37 p.m. — The Patriots offense is booed off the field once again after a Jones pass to Meyers comes up way short of the sticks on 3rd and long. Another punt is upcoming for New England, and this game is looking more and more like a Bills win. 

10:33 p.m. — Buffalo has absolutely dominated the time of possession in this game. The Bills have had the ball for 31:43 of game time compared to the Patriots’ 13:46. 

Bills 24, Patriots 7

10:31 p.m. TOUCHDOWN — Allen rushes it down to the 1-yard line, and Singletary does the rest by plowing in for the score! The Bills have a commanding lead now. 

End of third quarter: Bills 17, Patriots 7

10:25 p.m. — Cook gets the handoff but gets hauled down after a short gain. A dull third quarter comes to an end with the Bills threatening to extend their lead. 

10:24 p.m. — Knox leaves the game, along with the hobbling Quessenberry, who has been toughing it out since he tweaked his ankle earlier. On 3rd and 4, Allen hits Diggs yet again to set up 1st and goal for Buffalo. 

10:20 p.m. — Another catch for Diggs picks up about 20 more yards, then Cook gets the ball on consecutive plays to move the chains again. Bills tight end Dawson Knox looks to have picked up an injury at the end of that last play. 

10:16 p.m. — Diggs makes an amazing catch on 3rd and 4 for a gain of 19. His defender got called for holding, but it didn’t matter. Diggs redeems himself for that earlier drop.

10:10 p.m. — After the near-interception, a pass to Meyers comes up well short on 3rd and long. This will be another Patriots punt. The Bills take over inside their own 10-yard line.

10:08 p.m. — Close call for New England. Jones escaped the pocket to his left and tried to throw back across his body, but Jordan Poyer jumped the route and appeared to pick it off. However, the ball came loose just at the end and the officials ruled he didn’t maintain control. 

10:06 p.m. — Rhamondre Stevenson rumbles for a couple of solid gains to kickstart the drive. He is so tough to bring down, and the Bills defense is struggling to contain him right now. 

10:00 p.m. — After an illegal block in the back call on Gabe Davis, Allen runs for a decent gain to set up 3rd and 11. Allen drops back and throws a low pass to Diggs, but he drops it. That’s a real surprise, you don’t see that very often out of him. It would have been a 57 yard field goal try, so Sean McDermott chooses to punt it away instead. That was an important stand for the Patriots’ defense. 

9:58 p.m. — McKenzie makes a pair of catches to pick up a combined 30 yards on back-to-back plays. The Bills have it in New England territory. 

9:56 p.m. START OF SECOND HALF — The Patriots kick it away, and Josh Allen will go back to work to start the second half. 

9:42 p.m. — The Patriots are booed off the field as they head to the locker room. We’ll see if that motivates them to bounce back in the second half. 

End of first half: Bills 17, Patriots 7

9:41 p.m. — Buffalo tries one deep shot with just over 10 seconds left on the clock, but after it’s nearly picked off Allen will kneel out the half. 

9:39 p.m. — The kick is NO GOOD. Nick Folk comes up just short after his attempt bounces back off the crossbar. From just 48 yards, that’s a bit of a strange miss. 

9:38 p.m. — On 3rd and 6, Jones draws some boos from the fans at Gillette Stadium after throwing it away under little pressure. Belichick will send out the field goal team to try and cut the deficit to 7. 

9:37 p.m. — The Patriots have worked their way into Bills territory after a nice Stevenson run and a completion to Meyers. With about 30 seconds left on the clock, they have it at the 35-yard line. 

9:33 p.m. FUMBLE — Huge play by the Patriots’ defense! Allen was rolling right and Josh Uche came flying in from behind to force a fumble. Matthew Judon scooped up the loose ball to give the offense a chance to cut into the deficit before halftime!

9:30 p.m. — A rocket throw by Allen to Diggs for a touchdown gets wiped out by an offensive holding call. That’s a bullet dodged for New England. 

9:25 p.m. TWO-MINUTE WARNING — Buffalo’s drive starts with a short pass to Cook for a gain of 8, and that’ll take us to the two-minute warning. 

9:20 p.m. — The Patriots can’t get anything going on offense at the moment. Another drive quickly sputters out after Jones’ pass to Jakobi Meyers gets broken up on 3rd down. The Bills may have caught a break there, Taron Johnson made contact with the receiver a fraction of a second early and could easily have been called for pass interference. 

9:18 p.m. — Allen’s first throw of the ensuing drive nearly gets picked off. That was dangerous, and he’s had some issues with turnovers lately. Two plays later, he heaves one up for Diggs on 3rd and long but it falls incomplete. The Bills will have to punt for the first time tonight. 

9:13 p.m. — New England’s offense tries to respond, but they go nowhere. An incompletion on 3rd and 10 brings out Michael Palardy to punt it away for the third time tonight. 

9:12 p.m. — Just a ridiculous play by Allen.

Bills 17, Patriots 7

9:08 p.m. TOUCHDOWN — More Josh Allen magic! On 3rd and goal, he rolls right trying to buy time for a receiver to get open. Just as he’s about to go out of bounds, he leaps into the air and zips one to Gabe Davis, who makes the catch in the end zone! The Bills were a perfect 4 for 4 on 3rd downs that drive. 

9:05 p.m. — McKenzie makes another 3rd down grab to set up 1st and goal. Allen is 8 of 12 so far with 84 passing yards and a touchdown.

9:04 p.m. — Facing another 3rd and short, Singletary plows ahead for yet another Bills first down. They have it in the red zone now. 

9:01 p.m. — On 3rd and 3, Allen tosses to Isaiah McKenzie, who hauls it in to move the chains. It’s Buffalo’s football at the New England 30-yard line.

8:59 p.m. — The Bills start the drive with great field position at their own 45-yard line. After a deep shot to Gabe Davis falls incomplete, Devin Singletary picks up a first down with a nice run to the left side. 

8:57 p.m. — Very cool story for Marcus Jones, who scored the Patriots’ first touchdown tonight on the first offensive snap of his NFL career.

8:53 p.m. — An intentional grounding call on Mac Jones sets up 3rd and 18 from right near the goal line. Stevenson gets the handoff and almost gets an improbable first down, but he’s dragged down just short to bring out the punting unit. 

8:52 p.m. — A holding penalty on the kickoff return gives New England challenging field position to start the drive inside the 10-yard line. 

Bills 10, Patriots 7

8:48 p.m. TOUCHDOWN — That Allen-Diggs connection strikes again! Diggs ran a great route to get open in the corner of the end zone, and Allen put it right on the money. 

8:44 p.m. — The Bills have it in the red zone, and Allen sets up 1st and goal with a designed QB run. He tried to hurdle about 4 defenders towards the end of that play, and the effort probably gave him another couple of yards. 

8:43 p.m. — Cook gets the handoff and breaks loose for a big 28-yard gain! He showed some shades of his older brother, Dalvin, on that carry.

8:42 p.m. — On 3rd and 9, Allen looks to throw to Gabe Davis, but the receiver is dragged down before the ball arrives. That’ll be a pass interference call on the Patriots to keep the drive alive.

8:38 p.m. — Allen retakes the field looking to answer. On the second play of the drive, he checks down to Cook again for a 14-yard gain to pick up a first down. 

Patriots 7, Bills 3

8:35 p.m. TOUCHDOWN — Wow! Mac Jones tosses short left to rookie return specialist Marcus Jones, who turns on the jets and rockets all the way into the end zone for a 48 yard score! That was his first offensive snap of the season! Belichick totally fooled Buffalo with that call.

8:34 p.m. — After a holding call on New England, Stevenson gets a screen pass but coughs up the football. However, Agholor covers it up to keep the ball with the Patriots. Close call there. 

8:32 p.m. — Mac is back on the field, and he makes a nice throw to Nelson Agholor for a gain of 11 yards and a first down. 

8:30 p.m. — Buffalo’s David Quessenberry is getting checked out on the sidelines for what appears to be an ankle issue. He was already deputizing for the injured Dion Dawkins at left tackle, so the Bills’ offensive line is getting dangerously thin. 

Bills 3, Patriots 0

8:26 p.m. FIELD GOAL — Bass connects from 48 yards, and the Bills have an early lead. 

8:24 p.m. — An offensive pass interference call on Diggs moves the Bills back 10 yards, then a false start on Spencer Brown sets up 3rd and 20. Allen checks down to the rookie James Cook for a short gain, and the field goal unit will come on.

8:21 p.m. — Facing 3rd and 11, Allen steps up in the pocket and tosses a bizarre-looking shovel pass to Nyheim Hines, who catches and runs for the first down. That was a heck of a play!

8:20 p.m. — Josh Allen goes to work and quickly finds his main man Stefon Diggs for a gain of about 20. The Bills have it at midfield. 

8:18 p.m. — A 2nd down pass to DeVante Parker comes up just short of the first down marker. On 3rd and inches, Jones tries to hand it off to Rhamondre Stevenson, but there’s an issue with the exchange and Stevenson is forced to pounce on it short of the sticks. That’ll bring up 4th down and force a punt. 

8:16 p.m. — Tyler Bass kicks off and we are underway. Mac Jones and the Patriots’ offense will get the ball first.

8:15 p.m. — In case you missed it, Bills pass-rusher Von Miller was placed on IR earlier today. He’ll be a big loss for this banged-up Buffalo defense. 

8:12 p.m. — There’s nothing like December football in Foxborough. Kickoff in this huge AFC East showdown is coming up in just a few minutes. 

8:07 p.m. — Last time we saw these two on the field together, it was during a game-winning drive against the Lions on Thanksgiving. 

8:00 p.m. — As usual, Stefon Diggs got loose tonight by playing some catch with the fans.

7:48 p.m. — The Pats are looking clean in their retro red uniforms tonight. 

7:30 p.m. — Looks like Josh Allen is trying to channel some Fitzmagic tonight in Foxborough.

Bills vs. Patriots start time

  • Date: Thursday, Dec. 1
  • Time: 8:15 p.m. ET 

Bills vs. Patriots will kick off at 8:15 p.m. ET from Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. The weather forecast calls for clear skies and temperatures in the low 30s Fahrenheit.

What channel is Bills vs. Patriots on?

  • TV channel (Buffalo): WKBW
  • TV channel (Boston): WFXT
  • Live stream: Prime Video (U.S.) | DAZN (Canada)

Like other “Thursday Night Football” broadcasts, Bills vs. Patriots will be live streamed on Prime Video. Al Michaels (play-by-play), Kirk Herbstreit (color analyst) and Kaylee Hartung (sideline reporter) will be on the call from Foxborough.

Viewers in the local markets of the Bills and Patriots can watch the game on over-the-air channels.

Viewers in Canada can tune in with DAZN, which features every NFL game. 

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