Bills Mafia takes over MetLife Stadium as Josh Allen fuels rout of touchdown-starved Jets

Antwan Staley, New York Daily News on Nov 15, 2026

Published in Football

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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Bills Mafia took over MetLife Stadium.

Josh Allen took care of the rest.

Allen accounted for three touchdowns, and James Cook put the game away with a 74-yard run as the Bills beat the Jets, 31-12, on Sunday in front of a sea of red and blue.

Allen ran for two touchdowns and completed 11 of 21 passes for 196 yards, a passing touchdown and an interception. Cook rushed for 157 yards on 18 carries, and DJ Moore caught four passes for 90 yards and a touchdown.

The Jets (2-8) got their points from Jason Sanders, who made all four of his field-goal attempts. Gang Green has gone nine quarters without scoring a touchdown. Aaron Glenn fell to 5-22 as Jets head coach and 0-9 against AFC East opponents.

Geno Smith completed 13 of 21 passes for 148 yards on a day in which he went to the blue medical tent twice. He was first evaluated for a concussion, cleared and returned, only to limp off in the third quarter with an ankle injury. The Jets ruled him out late in the fourth.

Rookie Cade Klubnik, the Jets’ fourth-round pick in April, came on in relief. Garrett Wilson, back after missing last week’s loss to the Chiefs with a concussion, caught seven passes for 106 yards. Breece Hall rushed for 41 yards on 11 carries.

After both teams punted on their opening possessions, Buffalo (8-1) took advantage of a pass interference penalty on Malachi Moore and an end-zone holding penalty on Kingsley Enagbare. Allen scored from a yard out for his 10th rushing touchdown of the season.

Sanders hit a 41-yarder in the second quarter, and Tyler Bass answered with a 37-yard field goal to put Buffalo up 10-3. The Jets had a chance to tie it before halftime, but Smith took a hit and got up slowly after throwing an incomplete pass on third down from the Buffalo 9. Sanders made a 27-yarder to cut the deficit to 10-6 at the break.

The Jets entered Sunday ranked 31st in red-zone touchdown rate at 40.74%. Their first drive of the second half showed why.

Klubnik opened the half while Smith was being evaluated and found Wilson for 29 yards on his first throw. The drive stalled in the red zone, and Sanders’ 22-yarder pulled the Jets within 10-9.

Buffalo answered with a 54-yard completion to Dalton Kincaid that set up Allen’s second 1-yard touchdown run. The roar from Bills Mafia made MetLife sound like Buffalo.

Sanders’ 48-yarder cut the lead to 17-12, but the Bills needed only two plays to answer. Allen found Moore for a 45-yard touchdown to make it 24-12.

Klubnik replaced Smith again on the next drive and threw an interception to Davison Igbinosun. Jeremy Ruckert forced Igbinosun to fumble, giving the Jets the ball back, but they still had to punt.

Early in the fourth quarter, Azareye’h Thomas picked off a pass intended for Greg Dortch for the Jets’ second interception of the season. The Jets came away empty. Wilson fumbled while trying a lateral late in the fourth, and Kaleb Elarms-Orr recovered. Cook went 74 yards on the next snap to finish it.

The Jets visit the Chargers next Sunday, then head to Miami. They’ll take a nine-quarter touchdown drought on the road after spending Sunday listening to Buffalo celebrate in their own stadium.