Wild Card Playoff Games, 2026

played in San Diego, CA

50 degrees, fair, 10 mph wind

Buffalo Bills	7	6	6	10	-	29
San Diego Chargers	0	3	0	0	-	3

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:28 BUF - Ike Fleming 3 run (Efrain Stewart extra point)
2Q: 13:18 BUF - Efrain Stewart 26 field goal
2Q: 03:43 BUF - Efrain Stewart 33 field goal
2Q: 00:03 SDO - James Bates 22 field goal
3Q: 10:06 BUF - Efrain Stewart 42 field goal
3Q: 04:33 BUF - Efrain Stewart 19 field goal
4Q: 11:22 BUF - J.C. Giles 2 run (Efrain Stewart extra point)
4Q: 03:01 BUF - Efrain Stewart 34 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:28 BUF - Ike Fleming 3 run (Efrain Stewart extra point)
2Q: 13:18 BUF - Efrain Stewart 26 field goal
2Q: 03:43 BUF - Efrain Stewart 33 field goal
2Q: 00:03 SDO - James Bates 22 field goal
3Q: 10:06 BUF - Efrain Stewart 42 field goal
3Q: 04:33 BUF - Efrain Stewart 19 field goal
4Q: 11:22 BUF - J.C. Giles 2 run (Efrain Stewart extra point)
4Q: 03:01 BUF - Efrain Stewart 34 field goal

Team Statistics BUF SDO
Record 11-6 12-5
First Downs 28 12
- by Rushing 11 1
- by Passing 15 11
- by Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 398 249
- Offensive Plays 75 48
- Yards per Play 5.31 5.19
Net Rushing Yards 163 52
- Rushing Attempts 39 15
- Yards per Rush 4.18 3.47
Net Passing Yards 235 197
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 34 - 24 - 0 33 - 21 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 249 197
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/14 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 6.53 5.97
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 2/2
3rd Down Conversions 6/15 3/10
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.1 7.5
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 6/35 7/65
Punt Returns/Yards 2/10 0/0
Kick Returns/Yards 1/35 4/85
Interception Ret./Yards 2/17 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 8 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/5 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 37 OWN 24
Time of Possession 39:50 20:10

Team Statistics	BUF	SDO
Record	11-6	12-5
First Downs	28	12
- by Rushing	11	1
- by Passing	15	11
- by Penalty	2	0
Total Net Yards	398	249
- Offensive Plays	75	48
- Yards per Play	5.31	5.19
Net Rushing Yards	163	52
- Rushing Attempts	39	15
- Yards per Rush	4.18	3.47
Net Passing Yards	235	197
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	34 - 24 - 0	33 - 21 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	249	197
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/14	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	6.53	5.97
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	2/2
3rd Down Conversions	6/15	3/10
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.1	7.5
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	6/35	7/65
Punt Returns/Yards	2/10	0/0
Kick Returns/Yards	1/35	4/85
Interception Ret./Yards	2/17	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	8	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/5	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 37	OWN 24
Time of Possession	39:50	20:10

Drive Charts

Buffalo Bills
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:10	OWN 46	3	-3	Punt
1	10:34	3:16	OPP 32	7	32	Touchdown
1	2:58	4:45	OWN 20	9	71	Field Goal
2	12:03	2:39	OWN 49	6	11	Punt
2	8:52	0:28	OPP 19	3	-8	Fumble
2	6:44	3:07	OWN 46	8	38	Field Goal
3	13:46	3:46	OWN 41	7	34	Field Goal
3	8:53	4:25	OWN 41	7	57	Field Goal
3	2:14	6:01	OWN 4	12	96	Touchdown
4	9:26	6:30	OWN 1	12	82	Field Goal
4	1:59	1:59	OWN 16	3	-2	Game

San Diego Chargers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:50	3:16	OWN 15	6	29	Fumble
1	7:18	4:20	OWN 27	7	41	Punt
2	13:13	1:10	OWN 25	3	12	Interception
2	9:24	0:32	OWN 3	2	16	Fumble
2	8:24	1:40	OWN 27	4	30	Interception
2	3:37	3:37	OWN 23	10	72	Field Goal
3	15:00	1:14	OWN 25	3	2	Punt
3	10:00	1:07	OWN 25	3	4	Punt
3	4:28	2:14	OWN 38	3	9	Punt
4	11:13	1:47	OWN 39	4	16	Punt
4	2:56	0:57	OWN 25	3	-2	Punt

Game MVP: J.C. Giles, Buffalo Bills

Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Richard Langfahl	21	89	4.24	24	3	0
Ike Fleming	9	31	3.44	14	1	1
Tommy Sampson	5	13	2.60	11	1	0
J.C. Giles	4	30	7.50	10	2	1

San Diego	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Trevor Allred	10	28	2.80	11	1
Kelly Booker	3	20	6.67	15	1
Broderick Malone	2	4	2.00	4	0

Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
J.C. Giles	34	24	249	2/14	0	40	0	91.4

San Diego	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Richie Bensen	33	21	197	0/0	0	23	2	54.7

Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
TE Brady Grant	9	10	90	10.00	26	23
WR Gregory Wagner	6	7	107	17.83	69	40
WR Collin Ganser	3	7	19	6.33	4	12
RB Richard Langfahl	3	4	21	7.00	14	11
RB Tommy Sampson	2	4	2	1.00	0	3
TE Jonathan Kovel	1	2	10	10.00	8	10

San Diego	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Louis Ward	8	12	75	9.38	17	18
WR Nathan Emerson	3	5	30	10.00	22	23
RB Kelly Booker	3	3	19	6.33	13	13
RB Broderick Malone	2	3	6	3.00	0	3
TE Damien Ellard	2	3	33	16.50	10	19
TE Tanner Kirby	2	2	18	9.00	0	12
WR Bo Milton	1	1	16	16.00	3	16
WR Leslie Bullock	0	3	0	0.00	0	0
RB Trevor Allred	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Buffalo	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Gus Spencer	1	16	16.00	0
CB Francisco Boerigter	1	1	1.00	0

San Diego	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Buffalo	Fumb	Recov	Force
J.C. Giles	1	0	0
Kaleb May	0	1	0
Troy Bannan	0	1	0
Howie Palacios	0	0	1
Danny McGinnis	0	0	1

San Diego	Fumb	Recov	Force
Trevor Allred	2	0	0
Amari Alstott	0	1	0
Devin O'Neill	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Buffalo	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Don Perliman	2	79	39.5	39.5	42	2

San Diego	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Dalton Quayle	6	258	43.0	38.0	61	3

Kicking Statistics

Buffalo	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Efrain Stewart	5/5	1/1	0/0	42	2/2

San Diego	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
James Bates	1/1	0/0	0/0	22	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Marty Maple	2	10	5.0	0

San Diego	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Kick Return Statistics

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Collin Ganser	1	35	35.0	0

San Diego	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Tanner Justice	3	63	21.0	0
Broderick Malone	1	22	22.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Buffalo	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
CB Marty Maple	6	0	13	33
CB Francisco Boerigter	5	2	14	30
ILB Donnie Burkhardt	5	1	13	26
OLB Sean George	5	0	11	19
S Gus Spencer	3	3	15	33
S Troy Bannan	3	2	15	33
OLB Howie Palacios	2	1	15	30
ILB Quentin Clayton	1	3	4	13
DE Danny McGinnis	1	2	15	24
CB R.J. Altuna	1	0	9	15
OLB Ricardo Sawyer	1	0	4	16
DT Jason Booker	1	0	3	8
DE Jimmy Berns	1	0	13	25
DT Cooper Brost	1	0	11	21

San Diego	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Alexis Barton	16	2	0.0	39	30
OLB Zachery Robinette	8	3	0.0	36	30
DT Leo Kloosterman	5	3	0.0	22	19
DT Cody Nuston	5	2	0.0	27	22
S Doug Cooley	5	0	0.0	20	17
DE Devin O'Neill	4	1	1.0	39	35
CB Scottie Lang	4	0	0.0	39	36
CB Amari Alstott	3	2	0.0	39	36
DT Abraham Austin	2	0	1.0	17	16
CB Efrain Belanger	2	3	0.0	35	36
S Burt Batista	2	2	0.0	20	18
DE Bradley Donovan	2	1	0.0	24	20
DE Anthony Rivers	2	0	0.0	15	16
S Tanner Justice	1	1	0.0	18	17
ILB Graham Richmond	1	1	0.0	21	25
WR Louis Ward	1	0	---	---	---
RB Trevor Allred	1	0	---	---	---
DT Edgar Williamson	1	0	0.0	13	16
RB Broderick Malone	1	0	---	---	---

Pass Rush Statistics

Buffalo	Block	Hurry	PPlay
OLB Ricardo Sawyer	1	0	16
OLB Howie Palacios	0	1	30
DT Jeremy Sawyer	0	1	4
ILB Donnie Burkhardt	0	1	26
DE Jimmy Berns	0	1	25
DT Cooper Brost	0	1	21

San Diego	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Devin O'Neill	1.0	1	1	35
DT Abraham Austin	1.0	1	0	16
DE Bradley Donovan	0.0	1	0	20
OLB Trent Burroughs	0.0	1	0	5

Pass Defense Statistics

Buffalo	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Marty Maple	6	1	0	33
CB Francisco Boerigter	4	0	1	30
OLB Sean George	3	0	0	19
S Troy Bannan	2	0	0	33
ILB Donnie Burkhardt	2	0	0	26
S Gus Spencer	1	0	1	33
CB R.J. Altuna	1	0	0	15
OLB Ricardo Sawyer	1	0	0	16
DT Cooper Brost	1	0	0	21
DE Danny McGinnis	0	1	0	24

San Diego	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Alexis Barton	7	0	30
OLB Zachery Robinette	5	0	30
CB Scottie Lang	3	0	36
S Burt Batista	2	0	18
S Doug Cooley	2	0	17
CB Amari Alstott	1	1	36
DE Devin O'Neill	1	1	35
DE Bradley Donovan	1	0	20
DT Cody Nuston	1	0	22
CB Efrain Belanger	1	0	36
S Tanner Justice	0	1	17

Blocking Statistics

Buffalo	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Percy Lubienski	3	11	0	39	0	36
Nicholas Nguyen	3	8	1	39	1	36
Jaylen Alston	3	6	0	39	1	36
Dustin Foreman	3	5	0	39	0	36
Paul Newhart	1	5	0	39	0	36

San Diego	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Nick Weiss	1	4	15	33
Julio Kean	1	3	15	33
Clyde Downs	0	6	15	30
Andrew Erickson	0	1	15	33
Tim Moten	0	1	15	30

Special Teams Tackles

Buffalo	Tackles	STPlays
Gary Powers	2	11
Brady Grant	2	10

San Diego	Tackles	STPlays
Herman Denham	1	18
Abraham Austin	1	8
James Boyd	1	2

Participation

Buffalo	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Dustin Foreman	39	36	---	---	7	82
Paul Newhart	39	36	---	---	7	82
Percy Lubienski	39	36	---	---	7	82
Nicholas Nguyen	39	36	---	---	7	82
Brady Grant	35	34	---	---	10	79
Collin Ganser	37	30	---	---	9	76
J.C. Giles	39	36	---	---	---	75
Gregory Wagner	39	36	---	---	---	75
Jaylen Alston	39	36	---	---	---	75
Troy Bannan	---	---	15	33	16	64
Marty Maple	---	---	13	33	7	53
Jonathan Kovel	9	20	---	---	22	51
Richard Langfahl	24	12	---	---	15	51
Gus Spencer	---	---	15	33	1	49
Gary Powers	18	18	---	---	11	47
Francisco Boerigter	---	---	14	30	2	46
Howie Palacios	---	---	15	30	---	45
Sean George	---	---	11	19	15	45
R.J. Altuna	---	---	9	15	15	39
Danny McGinnis	---	---	15	24	---	39
Donnie Burkhardt	---	---	13	26	---	39
Jimmy Berns	---	---	13	25	1	39
A.J. Bressany	13	4	---	---	20	37
Cooper Brost	---	---	11	21	---	32
Kurt Lafrance	4	1	---	---	20	25
Ricardo Sawyer	---	---	4	16	3	23
Toby Chandler	---	---	2	11	7	20
Ike Fleming	9	9	---	---	1	19
Quentin Clayton	---	---	4	13	1	18
Tommy Sampson	6	12	---	---	---	18
Kaleb May	---	---	2	4	7	13
Ian Tubbs	---	---	4	9	---	13
Efrain Stewart	0	0	---	---	13	13
Jason Booker	---	---	3	8	---	11
Levon Murphy	---	---	0	3	7	10
Johnathan Meier	0	0	---	---	7	7
Don Perliman	0	0	---	---	7	7
Carlos Flowers	---	---	0	0	6	6
Jeremy Sawyer	---	---	1	4	1	6
Roosevelt Greene	1	4	---	---	---	5
Phillip Cooley	---	---	1	3	1	5
J.T. Thornton	---	---	0	3	---	3
Jackson Stecker	0	0	---	---	---	0
Ron Nord	0	0	---	---	---	0
Bill Kemp	0	0	---	---	---	0

San Diego	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Scottie Lang	---	---	39	36	16	91
Alexis Barton	---	---	39	30	14	83
Amari Alstott	---	---	39	36	5	80
Devin O'Neill	---	---	39	35	5	79
Efrain Belanger	---	---	35	36	5	76
Zachery Robinette	---	---	36	30	4	70
Damien Ellard	15	28	---	---	15	58
Nick Weiss	15	33	---	---	7	55
Louis Ward	15	29	---	---	10	54
Cody Nuston	---	---	27	22	5	54
Nathan Emerson	14	29	---	---	8	51
Graham Richmond	---	---	21	25	5	51
Bradley Donovan	---	---	24	20	5	49
Julio Kean	15	33	---	---	1	49
Richie Bensen	15	33	---	---	---	48
Andrew Erickson	15	33	---	---	---	48
Leo Kloosterman	---	---	22	19	6	47
Tanner Justice	---	---	18	17	12	47
Clyde Downs	15	30	---	---	---	45
Tim Moten	15	30	---	---	---	45
Burt Batista	---	---	20	18	3	41
Abraham Austin	---	---	17	16	8	41
Doug Cooley	---	---	20	17	1	38
Leslie Bullock	12	19	---	---	---	31
Anthony Rivers	---	---	15	16	---	31
Edgar Williamson	---	---	13	16	---	29
Broderick Malone	2	17	---	---	9	28
Tanner Kirby	4	17	---	---	7	28
Trent Burroughs	---	---	1	5	18	24
Trevor Allred	10	11	---	---	1	22
Lonnie Ranney	0	5	---	---	17	22
Herman Denham	0	0	---	---	18	18
Jessie McDaniel	---	---	4	1	10	15
Bo Milton	0	4	---	---	10	14
Preston Diamond	0	3	---	---	7	10
Kelly Booker	3	5	---	---	---	8
Ray Curtis	0	0	---	---	7	7
Dalton Quayle	0	0	---	---	6	6
James Boyd	0	3	---	---	2	5
Bobby Fuller	---	---	0	1	2	3
James Bates	0	0	---	---	2	2
Liam Buie	0	0	---	---	1	1
Dennis O'Neill	0	1	---	---	---	1
Tito Gardner	0	0	---	---	1	1
Alfred Gilmore	---	---	0	0	---	0
Terrance Ogle	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	13	30	2.3
Middle	16	56	3.5
Right	10	77	7.7
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	17	5.7
Middle	11	32	2.9
Right	1	3	3.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
J.C. Giles	34	24	4	2	1	3	4	1	0

San Diego	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Richie Bensen	33	21	1	0	2	2	5	0	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	9	8	92	10.2
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	11	84	5.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	4	50	6.3
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	23	11.5

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	2	4	1.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	13	102	6.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	5	73	9.1
Long (19+ Yds)	6	1	18	3.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Brady Grant	10	9	0	90	2	34
WR Collin Ganser	7	3	0	19	0	30
WR Gregory Wagner	7	6	1	107	2	36
RB Richard Langfahl	4	3	0	21	0	12
RB Tommy Sampson	4	2	0	2	0	12
TE Jonathan Kovel	2	1	0	10	0	20

San Diego	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Louis Ward	12	8	0	75	0	29
WR Nathan Emerson	5	3	0	30	1	29
WR Leslie Bullock	3	0	2	0	0	19
RB Broderick Malone	3	2	0	6	0	17
TE Damien Ellard	3	2	0	33	0	28
RB Kelly Booker	3	3	0	19	0	5
TE Tanner Kirby	2	2	0	18	0	17
WR Bo Milton	1	1	0	16	0	4
RB Trevor Allred	1	0	0	0	0	11

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Richard Langfahl	5	11	2.20	4.24
Ike Fleming	4	4	1.00	3.44
J.C. Giles	3	22	7.33	7.50
Tommy Sampson	2	2	1.00	2.60

San Diego	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
J.C. Giles	10	6	31	3.10	7.32

San Diego	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Richie Bensen	2	1	2	1.00	5.97

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Brady Grant	5	4	18	3.60	9.00
TE Jonathan Kovel	1	0	0	0.00	5.00
WR Collin Ganser	1	1	2	2.00	2.71
WR Gregory Wagner	1	1	11	11.00	15.29
RB Richard Langfahl	1	0	0	0.00	5.25
RB Tommy Sampson	1	0	0	0.00	0.50

San Diego	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Nathan Emerson	2	1	2	1.00	6.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Rushes	Conversions
Richard Langfahl	3	1
Ike Fleming	2	1
J.C. Giles	1	1

San Diego	Rushes	Conversions
Trevor Allred	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Conversions
J.C. Giles	7	5	3

San Diego	Att	Comp	Conversions
Richie Bensen	9	5	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Brady Grant	3	3	2
WR Collin Ganser	2	1	0
WR Gregory Wagner	2	1	1

San Diego	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Nathan Emerson	2	1	1
RB Broderick Malone	2	1	0
TE Damien Ellard	2	1	1
WR Leslie Bullock	1	0	0
RB Kelly Booker	1	1	0
TE Tanner Kirby	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 70,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 21,400 (21,400)
End Zone 15,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 13,600 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,300 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	70,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	21,400 (21,400)
End Zone	15,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	13,600 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,300 (3,300)