National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
L.A. Chargers 31, Buffalo 20
Sunday, September 16, 2018 1:00 PM
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, September 16, 2018
Where: New Era Field, Orchard Park, New York
Temperature: 83°
Head Official: Clay Martin
Attendance: 69187
Final Scoring Summary
 
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L.A. Chargers 14140331
Buffalo 067720
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 9:26
Los Angeles TD Buffalo 0 - Los Angeles 7
Mike Williams 10 yd. pass from Philip Rivers (Caleb Sturgis kick)
1st Quarter - 4:18
Los Angeles TD Buffalo 0 - Los Angeles 14
Melvin Gordon III 20 yd. run (Caleb Sturgis kick)
2nd Quarter - 13:38
Buffalo FG Buffalo 3 - Los Angeles 14
Stephen Hauschka 43 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 10:43
Los Angeles TD Buffalo 3 - Los Angeles 21
Melvin Gordon III 9 yd. pass from Philip Rivers (Caleb Sturgis kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:55
Los Angeles TD Buffalo 3 - Los Angeles 28
Melvin Gordon III 2 yd. pass from Philip Rivers (Caleb Sturgis kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:47
Buffalo FG Buffalo 6 - Los Angeles 28
Stephen Hauschka 41 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 11:06
Buffalo TD Buffalo 13 - Los Angeles 28
Chris Ivory 1 yd. run (Stephen Hauschka kick)
4th Quarter - 3:50
Los Angeles FG Buffalo 13 - Los Angeles 31
Caleb Sturgis 24 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 0:38
Buffalo TD Buffalo 20 - Los Angeles 31
Kelvin Benjamin 3 yd. pass from Josh Allen (Stephen Hauschka kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Los Angeles Buffalo
1st Downs 21 17
Rushing 5 5
Passing 16 10
Penalty 0 2
3rd Down Conversions 3-9 5-14
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-0
Punts-Average 5-46.6 5-44.6
Return Yards 51 54
Punts-Returns 3-17 1-6
Kickoffs-Returns 1-25 2-48
Int-Returns 2-9 0-0
Penalties-Yards 6-45 6-31
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 1-0
Time of Possession 33:02 26:58
Total Net Yards 349 293
Total Plays 55 60
Average Gain 6.3 4.9
Net Yards Rushing 109 84
Rushes 26 22
Average/Rush 4.2 3.8
Net Yards Passing 240 209
Comp-Att 23-27 18-33
Yards/Pass 8.3 5.5
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-16 5-36
Had Intercepted 0 2
Touchdowns 4 2
Rushing 1 1
Passing 3 1
Other 0 0
Extra Points 4-4 2-2
Field Goals 1-1 2-2
Red Zone Efficiency 3-4-75% 2-3-67%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-2-50% 2-2-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
P. Rivers 23/27 256 3 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
A. Ekeler 11 77 7.0 0 22
M. Gordon III 9 28 3.1 1 20
P. Rivers 3 5 1.7 0 7
J. Jones 1 0 0.0 0 0
D. Newsome 1 0 0.0 0 0
G. Smith 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
K. Allen 8 6 67 11.2 0 16
V. Green 3 3 55 18.3 0 25
T. Williams 3 3 48 16.0 0 22
M. Gordon III 7 6 38 6.3 2 10
M. Williams 2 2 27 13.5 1 17
A. Ekeler 3 3 21 7.0 0 10
A. Gates 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
K. White 1 9 0
A. Phillips 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
M. Ingram III 1.5 13.5
J. Brown 1.0 8.0
D. James 1.0 6.0
U. Nwosu 1.0 3.0
D. Square 0.5 5.5
Fumbles
  NO.
T. Williams 1
P. Rivers 1
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
J. Allen 18/33 245 1 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
L. McCoy 9 39 4.3 0 27
J. Allen 8 32 4.0 0 14
C. Ivory 2 7 3.5 1 6
M. Murphy 3 6 2.0 0 5
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
Z. Jones 3 2 63 31.5 0 57
C. Ivory 2 1 30 30.0 0 30
R. Foster 3 2 30 15.0 0 19
L. McCoy 4 4 29 7.2 0 9
C. Clay 3 2 29 14.5 0 21
P. DiMarco 1 1 24 24.0 0 24
K. Benjamin 3 2 19 9.5 1 16
J. Croom 4 2 7 3.5 0 6
M. Murphy 5 1 7 7.0 0 7
L. Thomas 1 1 7 7.0 0 7
A. Holmes 4 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Hughes 1.0 9.0
L. Alexander 1.0 7.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
T. Edmunds 6 1
J. Poyer 6 1
J. Hughes 5 1
L. Alexander 5 2
T. Murphy 3 1
E. Yarbrough 3 1
M. Milano 3 2
R. Bush 3 3
R. Humber 2 0
T. White 2 0
M. Hyde 2 1
P. Gaines 1 0
V. Davis 1 0
K. Williams 1 0
L. Pitts 1 0
H. Phillips 1 2
Fumbles
  NO.
M. Murphy 1