Final Score: Chargers 22 – Bills 10
Location: Ralph Wilson Stadium, Orchard Park, NY
W-L records: Buffalo (2-1); San Diego (2-1)
In a Nutshell:
The
Chargers offense came out firing early and their defense held Buffalo’s
attack in check. Down 10 points early the Bills were never able to
threaten San Diego’s lead in a 22-10 final. San Diego with a good
blend of run and pass put up 10 points on their first two possessions
for an early 10-0 lead. They took that 10-point lead into halftime as
the two teams traded field goals in the second quarter (13-3).
San
Diego opened the second half, much the way they did the first with a
long scoring drive covering 80 yards on 14 plays and culminating with a
short touchdown pass to Eddie Royal over the middle to push the lead to
20-3.
Buffalo’s offense finally put a touchdown drive together with
Fred Jackson
capping the possession on an 11-yard screen and run to the end zone to
again make it a 10-point game (20-10) late in the third quarter.
The Chargers’ pass pressure earned them a safety when
EJ Manuel was flagged for intentional grounding from his own end zone with under three minutes to play for the final points of the game.
How it went down:
--
San Diego opened with a methodical touchdown drive getting a big play
from Malcom Floyd on a 49-yard pass from Rivers. Five plays later Rivers
found Eddie Royal for a three-yard touchdown pass (7-0).
--Nick Novak added a short field goal to push San Diego’s lead to 10-0 midway through the second quarter.
--Buffalo finally got on the scoreboard with a 45-yard field goal from
Dan Carpenter to finish an eight-play 65-yard scoring drive.
--Before the half was over, Novak re-established the Chargers’ 10-point cushion with a 37-yard field goal (13-3).
--The
Chargers came out of the locker room and put together an impressive
14-play 80-yard drive, highlighted by a pair of catches by LaDarius
Green for 40 yards to help put San Diego in scoring range. Eddie Royal
would finish the drive with his second touchdown of the day on a
five-yard reception (20-3).
--The Bills offense put together
their most effective drive of the game late in the third quarter. Fred
Jackson accounted for 38 of the 67 yards on the scoring drive including
an 11-yard touchdown catch and run to pull Buffalo again within 10
(20-10) at the end of the third quarter.
--EJ Manuel was flagged
for intentional grounding on a throw he made from his own end zone under
pressure, which by rule is a safety. It handed the Chargers two points
and possession with 3:23 to play (22-10).
Stat lines
--Buffalo’s
pass defense, which had given up one pass play of 20 yards or more in
the first two games, surrendered four in the first half.
--The Bills had six penalties for 50 yards in the first half, and finished with 11 for 101 yards.
--After
trailing in the first two weeks for less than five minutes of game
time, Buffalo was behind on the scoreboard for more than 54 minutes
Sunday.
--Philip Rivers averaged 10.2 yards a past attempt in the game.
--
Aaron Williams had a career-high 14 tackles.
--EJ Manuel was 23-39 passing for 238 yards and a touchdown. He was sacked three times.
Subplots:
--The
Bills paid an awful lot of attention to Antonio Gates in coverage
coming off his three-touchdown performance. It left other weapons for
Philip Rivers to make use of in the passing, including other TE LaDarius
Green, who contributed four catches for 64 yards.
--Buffalo run
game found yards difficult to come by on the ground in the first half.
They averaged just 2.8 per carry through the first two quarters.
--After
six trips to the red zone in Week 2, Buffalo managed just one trip
inside the Chargers’ 20 in Week 3 until the final minute of regulation.
--
Marcus Easley (knee) and Da’Norris Searcy (ankle) both left the game and did not return. Starting LG
Chris Williams also left with a back injury.
Inactives:
CB
Ross Cockrell, RB
Bryce Brown, LB
Keith Rivers, G
Cyril Richardson, OT
Cyrus Kouandjio, TE
Chris Gragg.
Up Next:
The Bills will travel to Houston to take on the Texans next Sunday Sept. 28 at 1 p.m.
Posted Sep 22, 2014
Buffalo Bills
A look back at the Chargers game with 11 facts and notes you may have missed.
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Fred Jackson scored his
35th career touchdown on an 11-yard touchdown reception. Jackson is now
tied with former Bills RB Cookie Gilchrist for eighth place on the team’s all-time overall touchdowns list. -
Sammy Watkins’ 13 receptions through the first three games are tied for the
second most in team history (Haven Moses, 1968 and Josh Reed, 2002). RB Joe Cribbs has the most receptions with 15 in 1980.
-Sammy Watkins
leads the AFC in third down receiving with seven receptions.
-The Bills rush defense ranks
second in the AFC allowing just 83.7 rushing yards per game and 3.3 yards per rush.
-The Bills are
tied for third place in the AFC with a 4 turnover margin (Cleveland).
-Rookie LB
Preston Brown produced 11 tackles for his second consecutive double-digit tackle game.
Brown leads all NFL rookies with 31 tackles this season.
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Aaron Williams registered a
career- and game-high 14 tackles on Sunday against San Diego.
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Scott Chandler posted a season-high 74 receiving yards – the total is his
second highest yardage output of his career (79 yards at NY Jets on September 22, 2013).
-Both the Bills and the Chargers did not commit a turnover on Sunday. The game marks the
10th turnover-free regular season game in Bills history and first since September 12, 2010 vs. Miami.
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Colton Schmidt continues to
lead the NFL with nine punts inside the 20. Schmidt posted two punts inside the 20 on a Sunday.
-The Bills
lead the NFL in average drive starting position – the 28.9 yard line.
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