‘Not only did Buffalo’s defense allow 23 points but with the offense only scoring 20, the Bills defense also forced only one turnover. Buffalo hadn’t lost a turnover battle outright in 26 straight games entering Week 5.’
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Bills vs. Patriots final score, result: Stefon Diggs, Drake Maye hand Buffalo first loss of season
‘Buffalo still represents the cream of the crop in the AFC East. But New England is coming. Sunday’s result made that abundantly clear.’
Josh Allen gives explicit review of Buffalo Bills performance vs. Patriots
‘”That was piss poor offense,” Allen said via Matthew Bove.’
Bills fall to Patriots in nail-biter, drop first game of 2025 season
‘The Buffalo Bills’ undefeated run to start the 2025 season came to an end on Sunday night after a 23-20 loss to the New England Patriots at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park.’
McDermott: 'Not the performance we were looking for'
‘”That’s not the performance we were looking for. I thought we beat ourselves, as we turned the ball over three times,” said McDermott with the media after the game. “They get 10 points. We get one takeaway. Don’t get any points off it. Just not enough complimentary football. We didn’t seem like we were into a rhythm offensively enough, and when we did, we had penalties, self-inflicted wounds early on in the game. We’ve got to learn from this.”‘
Allen: Patriots knew what to do to beat Bills on Sunday
‘”Turning the ball over in the red zone, I can’t do that. It’s a recipe for disaster,” said Allen on Sunday following the loss.’
Opinion: Arrow Up/Arrow Down: Patriots at Bills
‘This was an incredibly undisciplined game by the Bills. Sure, there were several questionable calls, but no excuse for 11 penalties totaling 90 yards, several of which took away important plays.’
Opinion: Sloppy night results in bad Bills loss
‘The Bills’ inability to put together a complete game was, once again, on display, except this time there would be no comeback win after trailing by double-digit points in the fourth quarter.’
Costly mistakes & Stefon Diggs haunt Buffalo Bills in 23-20 loss to New England Patriots
‘We’ll start with the offense, because it feels like the defense did enough to get a win on Sunday night. That doesn’t mean they were great, but the offense, at least to me, was the bigger issue.’
Local retailers continue to see Bills fans flood stores for gear amid strong start to season
‘”This season, so far, we’ve had a lot of home games which for our stores, it helps tremendously because you have so many out-of-towners coming in. We’ve really become one of the hot spots for people stopping in. They go to Duff’s or Bar-Bill, they get wings, and then one of their big stops is, ‘Hey, let’s go to the BFLO Store and get some merchandise for the game. So the hot start has helped us,” said Mroz in an interview with WBEN.’
John Murphy: Bills’ issues came to light in loss to Patriots
‘Last season, they were plus-24 on the turnover-takeaway chart. They never had to get used to turning it over. But there’s more than that. The Patriots stopped the Bills running attack and forced them to pass more than run. That’s not the way the 2025 Bills play.’
This date in Bills stadium history: Oct. 6
‘1996 — Bills 16, Colts 13 (OT) — Attendance at Rich Stadium was 79,405 as Todd Collins passed for 309 yards with a touchdown to Andre Reed and engineered a fourth quarter comeback to win his second consecutive start in place of an injured Jim Kelly. The second-year QB drove the Bills 58 yards in the last two minutes of regulation to set up Steve Christie’s tying field goal with 15 seconds left, and Christie kicked the winner from 39 yards out on Buffalo’s second possession of overtime. Thurman Thomas had 190 yards from scrimmage (111 receiving), and The Bills sacked Jim Harbaugh six times, with Bryce Paul and Gabe Northern each getting two. Indianapolis came into the game unbeaten and nearly rallied to stay that way by scoring 13 points in the second half to take the lead with under nine minutes remaining. The Bills improved to 4-1 with three wins by a field goal. “The other one was a rout,” Marv Levy said. “We won by seven points.”’
Comeback falls short as Patriots stun Bills with late field goal
‘The Bills — as they’ve done from time to time — stumbled at the start. It was an issue that continued for the first 30 minutes.’
Carucci Take2: Bills’ ‘White Out’ becomes flurry of mistakes
‘The Bills embarrassed themselves with a sloppy, undisciplined performance that was on display from the opening minutes. They turned the ball over three times to the Patriots’ one. They had 11 accepted penalties, eight in the first half.’
Bills stood alone as NFL's last unbeaten team after Eagles' stunning loss, but only for a moment
‘It all came to an end Sunday.’