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Allen, Cook Grind Bills Past Vikings 23-6 on Monday Night Football

Josh Allen threw a touchdown pass late in the first half and James Cook rushed 31 times for 107 yards and a late score as the Buffalo Bills ground out a 23-6 win over the Minnesota Vikings on Monday night, holding the ball for 42:32 and matching their best eight-game start since 1993.

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November 10, 2026

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Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen (17) escapes pressure by Minnesota Vikings linebacker Andrew Van Ginkel, right, during the second half of an NFL football game in Minneapolis, Monday, Nov. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Bailey Hillesheim)

Josh Allen threw a touchdown pass with 44 seconds left before halftime, James Cook rushed 31 times for 107 yards and a late touchdown, and the Buffalo Bills beat the Minnesota Vikings 23-6 on Monday night at U.S. Bank Stadium.

Buffalo (7-1) won its fourth straight game and matched its best eight-game start since 1993, controlling the game on the ground and holding the ball for 42:32. The Bills scored the only points of the second half until Minnesota’s offense, which finished with just 178 total yards, never found the end zone.

Tyler Bass opened the scoring with a 39-yard field goal late in the first quarter, and Will Reichard answered from 43 yards to tie the game at 3 in the second. Allen then led an eight-play hurry-up drive and found rookie tight end Keleki Latu for a 25-yard touchdown as he was hit, putting Buffalo ahead 10-3. Reichard’s 53-yard field goal five seconds before halftime cut the lead to 10-6.

The Bills pulled away after the break. Linebacker Dorian Williams intercepted Carson Wentz on Minnesota’s opening possession of the third quarter, setting up a 25-yard Bass field goal, and Cook capped a 15-play drive that took 8:32 off the clock with a 5-yard touchdown run with 6:17 remaining. Bass added a 52-yard field goal with 4:40 to play, finishing 3 for 3 on the night and stretching his franchise-record streak to 24 straight made field goals.

Allen completed 21 of 31 passes for 234 yards with one touchdown and one interception. With the touchdown pass, he reached 322 total touchdowns for his career, tying Peyton Manning for the most by a player in his first 10 seasons, midway through his ninth year. Terrel Bernard also intercepted Wentz for a Buffalo defense that held its second straight opponent under 200 total yards.

Wentz, starting with Kyler Murray sidelined by a hamstring injury, completed only 8 of 25 passes for 81 yards with two interceptions and a lost fumble before he was replaced by Max Brosmer in the fourth quarter. Justin Jefferson finished with three catches for 58 yards on 11 targets for the Vikings (6-2), who lost their second straight game after a 6-0 start and managed only 51 rushing yards.

Buffalo visits the New York Jets on Sunday, while Minnesota travels to Green Bay.

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Santos Hits Walk-Off Field Goal as Bears Beat Buccaneers 27-24 on Sunday Night Football Despite Five Turnovers

Cairo Santos kicked a 38-yard field goal as time expired and the Chicago Bears beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27-24 on Sunday night, surviving five turnovers and a career-high four interceptions from Caleb Williams after Tampa Bay tied the game with 2:51 left.

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November 9, 2026

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Chicago Bears cornerback Jaylon Johnson (1) runs into the end zone for a touchdown after an interception during the third quarter against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Soldier Field on Sunday. (Photo by Todd Rosenberg/Getty Images)

Cairo Santos kicked a 38-yard field goal as time expired, and the Chicago Bears beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27-24 on Sunday night at Soldier Field, surviving five turnovers and a late Tampa Bay comeback to win their fourth straight game.

Chicago (7-2) led 14-0 in the first quarter and 24-13 in the third, but Tampa Bay tied the game at 24 with 2:51 remaining. After Luther Burden III fumbled a short third-down catch at the Chicago 17, Bucky Irving scored on a 6-yard run, his second touchdown of the game, and Baker Mayfield ran in the two-point conversion.

Caleb Williams answered. On second-and-9 from the Chicago 46, Williams found a wide-open Colston Loveland for 38 yards down the sideline to the Tampa Bay 16 with about 40 seconds left. Two kneel-downs set up Santos, whose kick split the uprights as the clock hit zero.

Williams completed 22 of 37 passes for 279 yards and two touchdowns, but he also threw a career-high four interceptions, three of them in the second quarter, and Chicago’s five turnovers made the Bears the first team to win a game with five or more giveaways since December 2006. Williams threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Rome Odunze on the opening drive and a 56-yard score to Burden, who broke tackles on third-and-8, as Chicago scored twice in the first quarter. Burden finished with seven catches for 97 yards before leaving the game for a concussion evaluation after his fourth-quarter fumble.

The Bears’ defense delivered the night’s biggest swing. After Williams’ fourth interception set Tampa Bay up at the Chicago 37 late in the third quarter, Jaylon Johnson stepped in front of a Mayfield pass to Cade Otton and returned it 67 yards for a touchdown, his first interception of the season and the second pick-six of his career, to make it 24-13.

Mayfield completed 18 of 32 passes for 243 yards with two interceptions for the Buccaneers (3-6). Irving rushed 20 times for 97 yards and two touchdowns, scoring from 2 yards out to open the second half after a 58-yard catch by Tez Johnson, who finished with 76 receiving yards. Chase McLaughlin kicked three field goals for Tampa Bay, and Zyon McCollum intercepted Williams twice as the Buccaneers turned Chicago’s five turnovers into only 10 points.

Santos also made a 25-yard field goal in the second quarter for Chicago, which heads into its bye week at 7-2 and hosts New Orleans on November 22. Tampa Bay also has its bye next week before visiting Detroit on November 22.

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