Bills 24, Bucs 18 | Game recap, highlights, and stats to know

Josh Allen remains unbeaten on Thursday Night Football, as the quarterback led the Buffalo Bills to a 24-18 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Allen completed 78 percent of his passes on his way to 324 passing yards and two touchdowns. He threw an interception after his pass was tipped shortly after the release.

In addition to his work in the air, Allen tallied 41 rushing yards and a touchdown on seven carries. Allen quickly used his feet when he had to, sliding when necessary to avoid contact.

Rookie tight end Dalton Kincaid was the only active tight end on the game-day roster as Dawson Knox and Quintin Morris both recovered from injuries. Kincaid finished with five receptions for 65 yards and a touchdown, the first of his career.

Late in the second quarter, Allen took the snap at the Tampa Bay 22-yard line and rolled right, finding Kincaid who sped past his defender to the end zone. Holding on to the ball that will likely have a place on Kincaid's mantle, the 24-year-old outstretched his arms before leaping into the stands to celebrate his first score as a pro.

In the three games before Thursday night, the Bills offense scored a combined 10 points in the first halves. Thursday, they scored 17. A week after missing two field goal attempts, Tyler Bass drilled a 37-yarder to put Buffalo in the lead after their first drive. Buffalo never trailed after that score

The Bills defense and special teams units were effective in containing Baker Mayfield and the Buccaneers offense in the first half. After making their way into Buffalo territory in their second drive of the game, defensive end Shaq Lawson tipped Chase McLaughlin's field goal attempt to keep the Bucs off the scoreboard.

The Bills offense got hot in the second quarter after not finding the end zone in the first quarter. In the red zone, Allen had a big hole open up from the Tampa Bay 13-yard line and the QB decided to keep it himself for a TD run. It marked his fifth rushing TD of the year.

As Mayfield began to heat up for the Bucs, he found receiver Chris Godwin for a big gain to set up a 57-yard field goal, which McLaughlin was able to knock through the posts for Tampa Bay's first points of the game to make it 10-3.