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Bills 40, Texans 0 | Game recap, highlights & photos

Tremaine Edmunds (49) celebration with Micah Hyde (23) Buffalo Bills vs Houston Texan at Highmark Stadium October 3, 2021. Photo by Ben Green
Tremaine Edmunds (49) celebration with Micah Hyde (23) Buffalo Bills vs Houston Texan at Highmark Stadium October 3, 2021. Photo by Ben Green

Location:

Highmark Stadium (Attendance - 68,087)

Final score:

Bills 40, Texans 0

Records:

Bills (3-1), Texans (1-3)

Next opponent:

Bills at Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, October 10 on NBC

Here's a list of notable notes from today's game …

  • Bills won their third straight game; Buffalo has scored 118 points in the past three games - the second-most in any three-game stretch in team history (142 in the final three games of 2020)
  • The Bills have won nine of their last 10 regular season games by 10-plus points dating back to Week 12, 2020
  • Bills have shutout their second opponent in the last three games
  • Bills have scored 40-plus points in consecutive games for the second time in team history and first time since 1990
  • Team has held opponents to 44 points in the first four games - the lowest total since Buffalo allowed 40 points in 1982
  • Sean McDermott won his first game against Houston (0-2 in previous meetings)

Scroll to see photos from Buffalo's game against the Houston Texans at Highmark Stadium on October 3, 2021.

  • Josh Allen finished the game with 248 yards, two touchdowns and one interception
  • Dawson Knox become the first Bills tight end with a three-game touchdown reception streak since Charles Clay in 2016
  • Knox has established a career-high four touchdowns in a season
  • Tremaine Edmunds produced his first interception of 2021 and fourth of his career
  • Boogie Basham recorded the first sack of his NFL career
  • Micah Hyde produced an interception for the second straight game – his 19th in his career
  • Stefon Diggs recorded his first 100-yard game of the 2021 season – 23rd of his career and eighth as a Bill
  • Stefon Diggs' 153 receptions with the Bills are the most in NFL history by a player in his first 20 games with a team
  • Starting lineup notes – CB Cam Lewis (nickel cornerback), Jaquan Johnson (safety), Spencer Brown (right tackle), Daryl Williams (right guard), Ike Boettger (left guard)

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