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2025 · Week 8

Buffalo Bills at Carolina Panthers

Oct 26, 2025 · Ericsson Stadium · outdoors · grass

BUFBUF

40

Final
CARCAR

9

Pregame win probability

BUF 70%proj. BUF by 5.830% CAR

Recap

It wasn't close — Buffalo Bills beat Carolina Panthers 40–9. ScoutIndex had favored Bills (70%) going in. Bills improve to 5-2; Panthers fall to 4-4. James Cook was the story of the game with 216 rushing yards and 2 rushing TDs. Bills out-gained the opponent 430–289 in total yards. Panthers turned it over 2 times to Bills's 0.

Team stats

BUFCAR
22First downs16
430Total yards289
185Passing yards175
245Rushing yards114
14/23Comp / Att16/24
0Turnovers2
2Sacks taken7

Scoring & key plays

  1. Q1(7:18) 15-M.Prater 45 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-69-R.Ferguson, Holder-19-M.Wishnowsky.
  2. Q2(13:07) 15-M.Prater 43 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-69-R.Ferguson, Holder-19-M.Wishnowsky.
  3. Q2(9:03) 10-R.Fitzgerald 48 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-44-J.Jansen, Holder-6-S.Martin.
  4. Q2(7:35) 4-J.Cook left guard for 64 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
  5. Q215-M.Prater extra point is No Good, Wide Left, Center-69-R.Ferguson, Holder-19-M.Wishnowsky.
  6. Q2(1:52) 70-A.Anderson reported in as eligible. 17-J.Allen up the middle for 1 yard, TOUCHDOWN.
  7. Q215-M.Prater extra point is GOOD, Center-69-R.Ferguson, Holder-19-M.Wishnowsky.
  8. Q2(:01) 10-R.Fitzgerald 32 yard field goal is No Good, Wide Left, Center-44-J.Jansen, Holder-6-S.Martin.
  9. Q3(12:28) (Shotgun) 17-J.Allen pass short right to 10-K.Shakir for 54 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
  10. Q315-M.Prater extra point is GOOD, Center-69-R.Ferguson, Holder-19-M.Wishnowsky.
  11. Q3(5:04) 4-J.Cook up the middle for 21 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
  12. Q315-M.Prater extra point is GOOD, Center-69-R.Ferguson, Holder-19-M.Wishnowsky.
  13. Q3(1:21) (No Huddle) 17-J.Allen up the middle for 1 yard, TOUCHDOWN.
  14. Q315-M.Prater extra point is GOOD, Center-69-R.Ferguson, Holder-19-M.Wishnowsky.
  15. Q4(10:37) (No Huddle, Shotgun) 30-C.Hubbard right guard for 3 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
  16. Q410-R.Fitzgerald extra point is No Good, Wide Right, Center-44-J.Jansen, Holder-6-S.Martin.

Box score

BUF

Passing

PlayerC/AYdsTDINT
Josh Allen12/1916310
Mitchell Trubisky2/42200

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsTD
James Cook192162
Josh Allen372
Ray Davis9160
Ty Johnson460

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Khalil Shakir67881
Keon Coleman34300
Dalton Kincaid13230
Ray Davis0100
Dawson Knox11150
Jackson Hawes23150
Elijah Moore14140

CAR

Passing

PlayerC/AYdsTDINT
Andy Dalton16/2417501

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsTD
Andy Dalton210
Rico Dowdle8540
Chuba Hubbard12341
Trevor Etienne4160
Jimmy Horn Jr.290

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Tetairoa McMillan710990
Jalen Coker34360
Chuba Hubbard0100
Ja'Tavion Sanders33190
Xavier Legette23170
Jimmy Horn Jr.0100
Tommy Tremble1140

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