The Denver Broncos beat the Buffalo Bills 33-30 on Jan 17, 2026 in the playoffs at Empower Field at Mile High.
Final · Playoffs · Empower Field at Mile High
Top performers
- Josh Allen threw for 283 yards, 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions for the Bills.
- James Cook III ran for 117 yards on 24 carries.
- Bo Nix threw for 279 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception for the Broncos.
- Jaleel McLaughlin ran for 21 yards on 4 carries.
Buffalo Bills box score
Rushing
| CAR: Times the player ran with the ball. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Cook III | 24 | 117 | 0 | 24 |
| Josh Allen | 12 | 66 | 0 | 26 |
| Team | 36 | 183 | 0 | 26 |
Receiving
| REC: Passes caught. | TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalton Kincaid | 6 | 6 | 83 | 1 | 25 |
| Khalil Shakir | 7 | 9 | 75 | 0 | 46 |
| Dawson Knox | 3 | 5 | 32 | 0 | 13 |
| James Cook III | 2 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 24 |
| Brandin Cooks | 2 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 15 |
| Keon Coleman | 1 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 10 |
| Curtis Samuel | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ray Davis | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 24 | 37 | 246 | 2 | 46 |
Defense
| TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Bishop | 12 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Lewis | 10 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Taron Johnson | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaq Thompson | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tre'Davious White | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deone Walker | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Joey Bosa | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darnell Savage | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Benford | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DaQuan Jones | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Rousseau | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| AJ Epenesa | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dorian Williams | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Andreessen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Javon Solomon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 56 | 33 | 0.0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Denver Broncos box score
Rushing
| CAR: Times the player ran with the ball. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo Nix | 12 | 29 | 0 | 11 |
| Jaleel McLaughlin | 4 | 21 | 0 | 13 |
| RJ Harvey | 6 | 20 | 0 | 12 |
| Team | 22 | 70 | 0 | 13 |
Receiving
| REC: Passes caught. | TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvin Mims Jr. | 8 | 8 | 93 | 1 | 27 |
| Courtland Sutton | 4 | 9 | 53 | 0 | 25 |
| RJ Harvey | 5 | 6 | 46 | 0 | 24 |
| Lil'Jordan Humphrey | 2 | 5 | 33 | 1 | 29 |
| Pat Bryant | 3 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 15 |
| Evan Engram | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Nate Adkins | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Adam Trautman | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Badie | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Prentice | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaleel McLaughlin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 25 | 41 | 265 | 2 | 29 |
Defense
| TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Singleton | 14 | 11 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Talanoa Hufanga | 10 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P.J. Locke | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Dondrea Tillman | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Allen | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malcolm Roach | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dre Greenlaw | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Riley Moss | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devon Key | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Surtain II | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eyioma Uwazurike | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonah Elliss | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nik Bonitto | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jonathon Cooper | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JL Skinner | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Strnad | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Turner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ja'Quan McMillian | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 80 | 53 | 3.0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Before and after
- Bills · 2025 season · Previous Jan 11, 2026: BUF 27, JAX 24 · Next Aug 15, 2026: CAR 14, BUF 29
- Broncos · 2025 season · Previous Jan 4, 2026: LAC 3, DEN 19 · Next Jan 25, 2026: NE 10, DEN 7