The 49ers (5-6) travel to Highmark Stadium for Sunday Night Football against the Buffalo Bills (10-2).
Brock Purdy returns from the shoulder injury. Christian McCaffrey is on the snap count. The Bills can clinch the AFC East with a win. Josh Allen has thrown 24 TDs to 6 INTs through twelve games.
Forecast: snow, temperatures in the 20s. The 49ers' first cold-weather road game of the year.[1][2][3]
Sunday Night Football in Buffalo, snow forecast, temperatures in the 20s. The 49ers fly to Highmark Stadium with their starting quarterback back from shoulder and the most accomplished team in the conference on the other side.
The Bills are 10-2 and a Josh-Allen-throws-three-from-a-snowbank kind of football team. They can clinch the AFC East. The 49ers are 5-6 and trying not to let the year turn into a permanent post-Super-Bowl hangover.
The weather matters. The 49ers have been the league's worst cold-weather road team in recent seasons. The kind of Sunday that suggests the underdog should cover but the favorite wins outright.
Week 13 Sunday Night Football is the cross-conference showcase. The 49ers and Bills meet with Buffalo trying to clinch the AFC East and the 49ers trying to stay in the wild-card race. Around the NFC the Lions remain undefeated; the Eagles have rounded back into form. The 49ers' Sunday night is the kind of week where the underdog has to play perfect football to stay in it.
Through twelve games the 49ers are 5-6 with a 0 point differential. The Bills are 10-2 with a +119 differential. Josh Allen averages 245 passing yards per game and has rushed for 8 TDs. The 49ers' cold-weather road record over the past three seasons: 1-5. McCaffrey averages 4 carries per game since returning. Vegas opens the Bills as 6.5-point home favorites; total 47.
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | 9-2 | -- |
| Miami Dolphins | 5-6 | -- |
| New York Jets | 3-8 | -- |
| New England Patriots | 3-9 | -- |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 8-3 | -- |
| Baltimore Ravens | 8-4 | -- |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 4-7 | -- |
| Cleveland Browns | 3-8 | -- |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Houston Texans | 7-5 | -- |
| Indianapolis Colts | 5-7 | -- |
| Tennessee Titans | 3-8 | -- |
| Jacksonville Jaguars | 2-9 | -- |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | 10-1 | -- |
| Los Angeles Chargers | 7-4 | -- |
| Denver Broncos | 7-5 | -- |
| Las Vegas Raiders | 2-9 | -- |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Arizona Cardinals | 6-5 | -- |
| Seattle Seahawks | 6-5 | -- |
| Los Angeles Rams | 5-6 | -- |
| San Francisco 49ers | 5-6 | -- |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | 9-2 | -- |
| Washington Commanders | 7-5 | -- |
| Dallas Cowboys | 4-7 | -- |
| New York Giants | 2-9 | -- |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 10-1 | -- |
| Minnesota Vikings | 9-2 | -- |
| Green Bay Packers | 8-3 | -- |
| Chicago Bears | 4-7 | -- |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | 6-5 | -- |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 5-6 | -- |
| New Orleans Saints | 4-7 | -- |
| Carolina Panthers | 3-8 | -- |
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| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 49ers | Jake Moody 33 yard field goal | 3-0 |
| Bills | Ray Davis 5 yard rush ( Tyler Bass kick) | 3-7 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Bills | James Cook 65 yard rush ( Tyler Bass kick) | 3-14 |
| Bills | Mack Hollins 7 yard pass from Josh Allen ( Tyler Bass kick) | 3-21 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Bills | Josh Allen -2 yard pass from Josh Allen ( Tyler Bass kick) | 3-28 |
| 49ers | Isaac Guerendo 15 yard rush ( Jake Moody kick) | 10-28 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Bills | Josh Allen 8 yard rush ( Tyler Bass kick) | 10-35 |
The Buffalo Bills clinched their fifth straight AFC East title with a 35-10 win over the 49ers at a snowy Highmark Stadium. James Cook ran for 107 yards with a 65-yard touchdown. Josh Allen completed 13 of 17 for 148 yards and two touchdowns plus a rushing TD, becoming the seventh player in Super Bowl era with a passing, rushing and receiving TD in one game. Christian McCaffrey suffered a possible season-ending PCL injury in the knee. Brock Purdy completed 11 of 18 for 94 yards in his return from the shoulder injury. The 49ers fell to 5-7.[1][2][3]
The 49ers played in the snow Sunday night and the football game that broke out was the one everyone watching the temperature gauge expected.
James Cook ran for 107 and the 65-yard touchdown that set the tone. Josh Allen rushed for one touchdown, threw for two more and caught a third, becoming the seventh player in the Super Bowl era with the trifecta in a single game. The Bills clinched the AFC East for the fifth straight year.
The 49ers lost Christian McCaffrey to a possible season-ending PCL injury, the kind of news that ends the season in fact even if the math has not formally caught up. Brock Purdy came back from the shoulder and threw for 94 yards. The 49ers are 5-7 with five games to play and the wild-card path getting harder every Sunday.
Bills 35, 49ers 10. Margin: -25. Thirteen-game record: 5-7, -25 differential.
A 35-10 loss in Buffalo on Sunday Night Football. The 49ers fall to 5-7.
How it unfolded
The Bills opened with the James Cook 65-yard touchdown run. Josh Allen scored on a short rushing TD to make it 14-0. The 49ers answered with a Mason rushing touchdown to cut it to 14-7. Allen threw a 14-yard touchdown to Khalil Shakir before the half to make it 21-7. The Bills added another rushing touchdown and a passing touchdown to Allen-the-receiver in the third and fourth quarters. The 49ers managed only a fourth-quarter Moody field goal beyond the lone Mason score.
The turning point
McCaffrey's PCL injury. With the 49ers down 14-7 and the offense functioning, McCaffrey went down in the third quarter and the staff later confirmed the injury would likely end his season.
By the numbers
Purdy 94 yards passing on 18 attempts, his lowest output of the year. Cook 107 rushing and the 65-yard touchdown. Allen 148 passing with two TDs, plus the rushing and receiving TDs. The Bills ran for 222 as a team; the 49ers managed 78.
Personnel watch
McCaffrey injured in the third quarter. Purdy returned from the shoulder but did not look comfortable. The 49ers' offensive line struggled in the snow against the Bills' interior defensive line. The defense, even without Bosa for parts of the day, surrendered the rushing yardage that defined the game.
What it means
5-7 with McCaffrey possibly done for the year and the 49ers' wild-card odds at single digits. The Bears come up at home next, the kind of game the 49ers have to win to keep any postseason chance alive.
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | Int | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFO | |||||
| Brock Purdy | 11/18 | 94 | 0 | 0 | |
| BUF | |||||
| Josh Allen | 13/17 | 148 | 2 | 0 | |
| Mitchell Trubisky | 1/1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Player | Att | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFO | ||||
| Jordan Mason | 13 | 78 | 0 | 28 |
| Christian McCaffrey | 7 | 53 | 0 | 19 |
| Isaac Guerendo | 4 | 19 | 1 | 15 |
| Brock Purdy | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Kyle Juszczyk | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 |
| BUF | ||||
| James Cook | 14 | 107 | 1 | 65 |
| Ray Davis | 11 | 63 | 1 | 13 |
| Ty Johnson | 5 | 28 | 0 | 8 |
| Josh Allen | 3 | 18 | 1 | 8 |
| Curtis Samuel | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Mitchell Trubisky | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFO | ||||
| Jauan Jennings | 3 | 56 | 0 | 26 |
| Deebo Samuel | 4 | 20 | 0 | 7 |
| Christian McCaffrey | 2 | 14 | 0 | 12 |
| George Kittle | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Isaac Guerendo | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3 |
| BUF | ||||
| Dawson Knox | 2 | 56 | 0 | 39 |
| Khalil Shakir | 4 | 30 | 0 | 18 |
| Quintin Morris | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| James Cook | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Amari Cooper | 3 | 12 | 0 | 7 |
| Ty Johnson | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Mack Hollins | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 |
| Ray Davis | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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