ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Josh Allen rushed for two touchdowns, Buffalo’s defense forced three turnovers and the Bills advanced to the AFC championship game with a 27-25 win over the Baltimore Ravens in a divisional playoff game on Sunday night.
The Bills hung on when a wide-open Mark Andrews dropped a 2-point conversion pass from Lamar Jackson, allowing the ball to bounce off his chest with 1:33 left. Jackson connected with a sliding Isaiah Likely for a 24-yard touchdown to give the Ravens a chance to tie.
The Bills advanced to the AFC championship game next Sunday against the conference’s top seed, the two-time defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs. Buffalo snapped a three-year run of being eliminated in the divisional round.
It’s a familiar matchup for Buffalo, which has been eliminated by Kansas City in three of the past four postseasons.
Allen scored on runs of 1 and 4 yards while Ray Davis also scored on a 1-yard run. Tyler Bass hit both field goal attempts, including a 21-yarder with 3:29 left after the Bills stalled at Baltimore’s 2. That drive was set up by the Ravens’ third turnover, when linebacker Terrel Bernard stripped the ball from Andrews at the Buffalo 44.
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Dutch Fork grad Tyler Bass connected on field goals from 51 yards and 21 yards in the fourth quarter. Bass was 3-for-3 on field goals in last week's win over Denver.
Former Coastal Carolina All-America tight end Isaiah Likely caught the 24-yard touchdown from Lamar Jackson with less than two minutes left in the game which pulled the Ravens to within two at 27-25.
