BUF @ HOU

The first brick of a 9-score start

Houston was four Allen touchdowns and a 31–31 defensive night that still found a winner. The public box is the source. The commentary is this desk’s

Week 1 · Sep 13 · Reliant Stadium · CBS

Allen

Four TDs, zero turnovers

Two passing, two rushing. First half of the 9 total TDs / 0 giveaways open. CBS later put the two-game passing line near 582 yards, 5 TDs, 0 INTs

From the public box · CBS Sports

The stop

Rousseau sack-fumble, Bernard recovery

Bills.com: 9 QB hits, 8 TFL, 3 sacks, 2 fumble recoveries. Walker had a red-zone sack earlier. Rousseau’s late strip in the red zone, recovered by Terrel Bernard with about 10 seconds left, ended it

Bills.com Week 1 report

Honest D

31 allowed — the number that would repeat

A 36–31 road win is 1–0, not a shutdown. Detroit would also hang 31. The offense is carrying early. Leonhard’s 3-4 is forming

From the public box

Why this week matters

Season opener on the road. A 36–31 win is a 1–0 card and twenty years of Houston drought ended. Allen’s four scores (2 pass / 2 rush) were the first brick of a two-game start that CBS and Yardbarker later called historic. It is not a conference statement in Week 1 — it is the first brick

Final: BUF 36, HOU 31 at Reliant Stadium

Allen four total TDs (2 pass / 2 rush). Palmer 34-yard TD with 1:36 left

Bills.com: 9 QB hits, 8 TFL, 3 sacks, 2 FR. Rousseau strip-sack, Bernard recovery (~10s) to seal. Walker red-zone sack prior

First Bills win at Houston since Nov. 19, 2006. Joe Brady’s first game as head coach — and he was still calling plays

36–31 in Houston, first road win there since 2006

Josh Allen accounted for four touchdowns (two passing, two rushing) — the first brick of a two-game start that finished 9 total TDs and 0 turnovers. Joshua Palmer’s 34-yard catch with 1:36 left put Buffalo ahead 36–31 after the two-point try failed. Bills.com’s defensive card: 9 quarterback hits, 8 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, 2 fumble recoveries. Deone Walker had a red-zone sack earlier; Greg Rousseau’s sack-fumble, recovered by Terrel Bernard at the Buffalo 28 with about 10 seconds left, sealed it. First Bills win at Houston since Nov. 19, 2006. Joe Brady’s first game as head coach, still calling the plays. Scoring: BUF 3–21–3–9, HOU 7–14–0–10. Sources: the public box, ESPN recap 401872660, Bills.com

Josh Allen · Four total touchdowns (two passing, two rushing) — From the public box. First half of the 9-TD / 0-turnover open

Joshua Palmer · 34-yard TD, 1:36 left — The go-ahead throw. Two-point conversion failed

Last Houston drive · Stroud strip-sacked at the BUF 28 — Rousseau sack-fumble; Bernard recovered with about 10 seconds left (Bills.com)

Road week

Road listing. Confirm the window and the actives on the official card

No betting lean

This desk publishes public schedule facts and original notes. It does not lead with a total or a spread

Three to watch

01
Four TDs, zero giveaways
Allen’s two passing and two rushing scores were the first half of a 9-TD, 0-turnover open. From the public box; CBS later stacked the two-game line
02
Rousseau’s late strip
Bills.com: 9 QB hits, 8 TFL, 3 sacks, 2 FR. Walker’s red-zone sack came first. Rousseau’s sack-fumble, Bernard recovery with about 10 seconds left, ended Stroud at the Buffalo 28
03
Brady’s first — headset on
Public recaps: Joe Brady’s first game as Bills head coach was a road win. Garafolo / SI: he was still the play-caller

From the card

“Allen threw a 34-yard touchdown pass to Joshua Palmer with 1:36 remaining to lift the Bills to a 36-31 victory”
Public recap
ESPN recap 401872660 ↗

“Buffalo traveled to Houston and won 36–31 for the first time since 2006”
Club report
buffalobills.com Week 1 report ↗

Venue / TV

Reliant Stadium

Houston, TX

Final

TV: CBS. No feed here

BUF @ HOU

The first brick

Who wrote Houston

A drought ended. A start began

First Houston win since 2006

Four scores, zero giveaways

The number that would repeat

31 allowed — then Detroit