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Josh Allen Set Huge Bills Franchise Record In Week 8 Win

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josh allen set huge bills franchise record in week 8 win

The Buffalo Bills may not be the best team in the AFC or the favorites to reach the Super Bowl, but as they always seem to do, they're keeping themselves in the race to... After losing two games in a row, they bounced back this past Sunday by trouncing the Carolina Panthers, 40-9, to improve to 5-3. The New England Patriots, who are 6-2, are in first place in the AFC East, but plenty of people figure the Bills will end up finishing first in the division. Quarterback Josh Allen, who was last season's MVP, is having another MVP-caliber year, and while he didn't play up to his standards in Week 8, he did set two new records. He had a passing and rushing touchdown in the same game for the 46th time, surpassing Cam Newton's old record, and he also became the first player in Bills history to score 70 rushing... Read more: Packers, Jordan Love Receive Huge Prediction Following Dominant Week 8 Win

On the season, Allen has run for 261 yards and five touchdowns, and he has notched 1,560 passing yards and 12 touchdown passes while completing 68% of his pass attempts. He has made Buffalo a top-four scoring offense despite the fact that no one on the team has as many as 400 receiving yards this year. Allen's dual-threat ability is why he's always been such a dangerous player. At 6-foot-5 and nearly 240 pounds, he's almost built like a fullback, but once he gets going downhill, he builds speed and is very difficult to tackle. Josh Allen got the Buffalo Bills back on track. The Bills exploded out of the bye for a 40-9 road victory against the Carolina Panthers.

Allen sat out the fourth quarter of the blowout win. Allen entered Sunday's with four interceptions over his last three games after throwing six picks in all of 2024 and the Bills were coming off two straight losses before their bye week. Allen has never lost three straight games in his career. Allen completed 12 of 19 passes for 163 yards and a touchdown. He posted a passer rating of 108.0 Allen he ran the ball three times for 7 yards and two touchdowns.

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen made NFL history Sunday against the Carolina Panthers. In finding the end zone three times en route to a blowout win, Allen notched his 46th career game with both a passing and rushing touchdown. That surpassed the mark of 45 such games that Cam Newton racked up throughout his career, making Allen the NFL's new leader. Coincidentally, Allen broke the record against Newton's old team. The history-making touchdown came in thrilling fashion, too. Allen hit Khalil Shakir for an explosive 54-yard scoring pass with 12:18 left in the third quarter, which at the time extended the Bills' lead to 23 points.

He notched his first rushing score earlier in the game when he punched the ball in from a yard out late in the second quarter. YAC YAC YAC 👏#BUFvsCAR on Fox pic.twitter.com/l71AklwzHg Later in the third quarter, Allen made even more history with his second rushing score of the afternoon. The lunge into the end zone made him just the second quarterback in league history with 70 career rushing touchdowns. Josh Allen becomes the second QB ever with 70 career rushing TDs!BUFvsCAR on FOX/FOX Onehttps://t.co/HkKw7uXnxV pic.twitter.com/4NJh8K9rLw NFL Research spotlights the best nuggets from each slate of games.

Here are the most eye-popping statistical accomplishments from Week 8 of the 2025 NFL season. 1) Taylor, Jones leading Colts to best record in NFL The next time the Colts take the field it will be in November. They have the best record in the NFL at 7-1. Jonathan Taylor and Daniel Jones are in the MVP conversation, and the team is setting records nearly every week. The Colts are for real.

Here is one of those aforementioned records: Indianapolis is the first team in the Super Bowl era to allow fewer than 10 sacks and turn the ball over fewer than five times in their... No team has ever taken that good of care of the football (and their quarterback). In Indy's Week 8 win over the Titans, Jones had his first game with more than two touchdown passes since 2019. It was the seventh time in 2025 that he has had a passer rating of at least 100 -- and that is rare. Exceedingly rare. Here is how rare: There have previously only been three seasons in which a player had a 100-plus passer rating in at least seven of his first eight games in a season (on 25-plus...

Coming off a bye week, the Buffalo Bills are undefeated under head coach Sean McDermott, and that streak continued this week against the Carolina Panthers. The Panthers entered winners of three straight, and running back Rico Dowdle was dominating of late. That didn't matter, however, as the Bills rolled to a 40-9 victory, snapping a two-game skid. This was an important week for the Bills, with three significant additions to the defense. Edge rusher Michael Hoecht and defensive tackle Larry Ogunjobi returned from their six-game suspension and rookie Maxwell Hairston returned from his preseason injury, making his NFL debut. The Bills' defense looked different this week, more energized and aggressive.

Now, let's get into this week's initial post-game reactions. Michael Hoecht's Bills debut could not have come soon enough. The Bills' pass rush, while effective at times, hasn't been consistent through the first six weeks of the season. Often, the Bills got pressure but couldn't get the deal done. This week was different, with Hoecht regularly pushing the opposing tackle into the pocket and getting pressure on the edge. Hoecht finished the game leading all Bills defenders with 1.5 of the Bills' seven sacks, and added three tackles, with a quarterback hit and a tackle for a loss.

Hoecht was dominant and brought a different level of energy to the defense we haven't seen lately. Bills' Josh Allen breaks Buffalo franchise record held by Thurman Thomas in epic comeback win originally appeared on The Sporting News By the end of one of the craziest games the Buffalo Bills had ever played, Josh Allen's historic accomplishment felt like a footnote. But really, it's worth remembering just what the Bills' QB accomplished in the second half. When he ran in for a touchdown, he broke a franchise record. Then he added a second rushing TD a bit later to expand the mark and work on his path toward crushing the previous record.

Thurman Thomas held the Bills' rushing TD record for a few decades. Thomas finished his career with 65 rushing touchdowns in the regular season. Josh Allen rushes for a 2-yard touchdown vs. Baltimore Ravens. Allen records his 66th career rushing touchdown to set the franchise record. Watch the best plays from the Buffalo Bills during their 40-9 win against the Carolina Panthers during Week 8 of the 2025 NFL season.

Highlights from the Week 8 matchup between the Buffalo Bills and the Carolina Panthers during the 2025 NFL season. Buffalo won 40-9 in convincing fashion to improve to 5-2. Watch highlights of Buffalo Bills running back James Cook's best runs from Week 8 where he scored twice and amassed 216 rushing yards against the Carolina Panthers during the 2025 NFL season. James Cook rushes for a 21-yard touchdown vs. Carolina Panthers, 10/26/2025

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