Bills ride Allen's arm in win over Steelers
Josh Allen passed for 238 yards and two touchdowns Sunday night as the Buffalo Bills downed the Pittsburgh Steelers 26-15.
Buffalo (10-3) spotted the Steelers (11-2) a 7-0 lead, then reeled off 23 straight points. It was Pittsburgh's second straight loss after a 10-0 start.
Allen was 24-of-43 with touchdown passes to Stephon Diggs (10 catches, 130 yards) and Gabriel Davis. Taron Johnson had an interception return for a touchdown.
Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was 21-of-37 for 187 yards with two interceptions and touchdown passes to James Washington and JuJu Smith- Schuster.
The Steelers had 224 yards and converted just 1-of-10 third downs. Buffalo totalled 334 yards and was 7-of-14 on third downs.
The first half was mostly a punt fest as both defences dominated.
The first series that ended on something other than a punt came when the Steelers' Cam Heyward grazed Allen's arm at his release point, resulting in Mike Hilton's interception. That didn't lead to any points, but a couple of turnovers in the second quarter did.
When the Bills' Dawson Knox bobbled the ball trying to catch a pass, Cam Sutton grabbed it for an interception at the Buffalo 30-yard line. That led to Roethlisberger's 19-yard scoring pass to Washington, who cut back toward the middle of the end zone to get open for a 7-0 Steelers' lead.
Tyler Bass's 34-yard field goal pulled Buffalo within 7-3 with 1:42 left in the half.
In a key play for Buffalo, Johnson stepped in front of Smith-Schuster for an interception and a 51-yard touchdown return. Bass missed the extra point, giving the Bills a 9-7 lead 52 seconds before halftime.
Buffalo opened the second half with an eight-play, 68-yard drive ending with Allen's 19-yard touchdown pass to Diggs for a 16-7 lead.
Allen found Davis at the far left side of the end zone from 13 yards to push it to 23-7.
In the fourth quarter, Pittsburgh drove 81 yards in 10 plays and pulled to within 23-15 on Smith- Schuster's three-yard TD catch and Roethlisberger's two-point conversion pass to Eric Ebron.
Bass's 23-yard field goal made it 26-15.