Bills QB Josh Allen breaks fantasy, NFL records with 6 total TDs in loss to Rams

Josh Allen did almost everything to lift the Buffalo Bills to a victory on Sunday afternoon.

While it wasn’t enough to get them past the Los Angeles Rams, Allen set several NFL records in the process.

Allen accounted for six total touchdowns in the Bills’ wild 44-42 loss to the Rams at SoFi Stadium. He threw three touchdown passes in the loss and ran for three touchdowns himself. He is now the first player in NFL history to catch three passing and three rushing touchdowns in a regular season game. (NFL.com noted that Cleveland’s Otto Graham accomplished the feat in the 1954 NFL Championship game against Detroit.)

Allen finished 22-of-37 for 342 yards in the loss for the Bills. He had 82 rushing yards on 10 carries to also lead the team on the ground. The game was the highest scoring game of the season across the league and marked the first time in NFL history that both teams scored 40 or more points without committing a turnover. The Bills’ 42 points were the most ever scored in a loss, something that has happened only 21 other times in NFL history.

In total, Allen finished the day with a ridiculous 51.88 fantasy football points. That’s the all-time record for a quarterback in a single game in Yahoo Fantasy history.

Allen scored his sixth and final touchdown of the day on a 1-yard run with just 60 seconds left in the game, bringing the Bills back within two points. But their onside kick failed, ending their rally from 17 points down in the fourth quarter and giving the Rams the two-point victory. It marked the Rams’ first win over the Bills since 2012, and their first at home since 1983.

Matthew Stafford also had a huge day for the Rams. He went 23-of-30 for 320 yards and threw two touchdowns in the win, which moved them to 7-6 on the season and kept them in the playoff hunt. Wide receiver Puka Nacua had 162 receiving yards and a touchdown on 12 catches, including a spectacular first-half grab that could easily go down as the catch of the year.

Even though the Bills didn’t come away with the win and now trail the Kansas City Chiefs even further in the race for the top seed in the AFC, Allen can’t be too upset about his day. With a playoff even close to that, the Bills should be more than capable of making a deep playoff run in about a month.