Alaina Getzenberg, ESPN
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Buffalo Bills rookie running back Ray Davis leaped into the end zone — and the snow — to give the Bills a first-quarter lead over the San Francisco 49ers.
The Bills’ scoring drive came after the 49ers scored a field goal on their opening drive, marking the first points the Bills allowed on an opening possession since the New York Jets kicked a field goal in Week 6.
Ray Davis takes it in for the TD! Time for snowballs in Buffalo ☃️
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Buffalo responded with a 13-play, 65-yard scoring drive that included a seven-yard rush by quarterback Josh Allen to convert a third-and-6. Davis finished off the drive with his five-yard touchdown run, his third rushing touchdown of the season. The score gave the Bills a 7-3 lead.
The 49ers allowed a rushing touchdown for the eighth straight game, tied with the Jets for the longest active streak in the NFL (Bengals, 10) and their longest streak since 2020 (11).
After a missed 45-yard field goal from the 49ers, the Bills capitalized on the team’s very next play, as running back James Cook took a handoff and found his way up the right sideline and into the end zone for a 65-yard touchdown run and a snow angel celebration.
The score gave the Bills a 14-3 lead. The rush was the longest play of Cook’s career and the longest rushing touchdown by a Bills player since LeSean McCoy‘s 75-yard rushing touchdown in 2016.
James Cook heating things up for the @BuffaloBills 🔥
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