Buffalo Bills Finally Win First Game
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) Fred Jackson scored two touchdowns in leading the Buffalo Bills to their first victory of the season, a 14-12 win over Detroit that sent the Lions to an NFL-record setting 25th consecutive road loss.
Jackson scored on a 1-yard plunge and a 16-yard catch Sunday in a sloppy game played in rain-soaked conditions between two perennial losers.
Buffalo (1-8) ended what had been its worst start to a season since going 0-11 in 1984.
The Lions (2-7) broke the road losing streak they set in dropping 24 in a row from 2001-2003.
The win wasn't assured until Detroit quarterback Shaun Hill overthrew Brandon Pettigrew at the back of the end zone on a failed 2-point conversion attempt with 14 seconds left. The Lions had pulled within two points on Hill's 20-yard TD pass to Calvin Johnson.
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