Buffalo Erases a 15-point Deficit and Beats Miami (OH) 34-31 in Overtime
Down 31-16 with 12:01 left in the fourth quarter, Buffalo scored the last 18 points and won 34-31 in overtime. Miami (OH) had a 15-point lead, a blocked-punt touchdown and a 196-yard rushing game, and still went home 5-4.
Buffalo opened with a 33-yard Oliver Hautanen field goal, then Braylon Isom caught a 21-yard touchdown from Caleb Heavner and Rodney Nelson ran in from 10 yards early in the second quarter. Jason Wright's 1-yard run got Buffalo within 14-10, but a Miami field goal with 0:26 left in the half made it 17-10 at the break. Miami led from the Isom touchdown in the first quarter until the last two minutes of regulation. Scoop Smith returned a blocked punt 38 yards early in the third quarter for a 24-10 lead, and later Smith ran in from six yards to make it 31-16.
Then Chance Morrow took over. He caught a 2-yard touchdown pass from Wright late in the third (the extra point failed, 24-16), another from four yards with 8:56 left in the fourth, and Wright hit him for the two-point conversion to cut it to 31-24. Wright tied it at 31-31 with a 2-yard run with 1:35 left. In overtime Hautanen hit from 27 yards and Buffalo had its win.
Buffalo threw 46 times for 358 yards and two interceptions, ran 33 times for 101 yards, and sacked Miami five times. Miami ran 48 times for 196 yards and had no turnovers. Buffalo is 6-3 now, and Miami (OH) is 5-4. Flip one blocked punt and this is a very different night.
For fantasy, this was Morrow's day, and Wright's. Morrow caught 12 passes for 199 yards and two scores, and Wright produced 358 passing yards, two passing touchdowns and two rushing touchdowns on 22-of-46.