ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (Interstat) — Drake Maye threw for 269 yards and three touchdowns and ran for 53 yards as the New England Patriots beat the Buffalo Bills 29-26 on Sunday at Highmark Stadium. Maye connected with Romeo Doubs for two scores and found Efton Chism III for a late 23-yard touchdown, then hit Rhamondre Stevenson for the winning two-point conversion. Josh Allen passed for 253 yards and a touchdown and rushed for another score for Buffalo. Keon Coleman caught six passes for 116 yards and a touchdown. Tyler Bass kicked two field goals. The Patriots improved to 2-2. The Bills fell to 3-1. Attendance at Highmark Stadium was 60,606. New England scored first, Buffalo rallied, and the Patriots answered in the final minutes. Maye completed 22 of 37 passes. Allen completed 23 of 33 passes. Buffalo’s Dorian Williams had eight tackles. New England’s Robert Spillane also had eight tackles. The game featured a late Buffalo touchdown and a failed two-point attempt before New England’s final drive.

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (Interstat) — Drake Maye threw three touchdown passes and New England rallied past Buffalo 29-26 in an NFL game Sunday at Highmark Stadium. The Patriots improved to 2-2, while the Bills fell to 3-1 before an announced attendance of 60,606. Maye, a 6-foot-4, 225-pound quarterback from Huntersville, North Carolina, completed 22 of 37 passes for 269 yards and three touchdowns and rushed eight times for 53 yards. Josh Allen, listed at 6-foot-5 and 237 pounds, completed 23 of 33 passes for 253 yards and one touchdown, rushed five times for 4 yards and scored another touchdown for Buffalo. New England struck first in the first quarter when Maye found Romeo Doubs for a 14-yard touchdown with 7:01 remaining, giving the Patriots a 7-0 lead. Buffalo answered in the second quarter when James Cook III ran right end for an 8-yard touchdown, and Tyler Bass made the extra point to tie the game at 7-7. Later in the second, Maye was sacked at the New England 27 for a 10-yard loss. Rhamondre Stevenson then capped a drive with a 1-yard touchdown run, and Andy Borregales made the extra point to put New England ahead 14-7. Buffalo responded before halftime. Allen scored on a 2-yard run up the middle with about a minute remaining, and Bass added the extra point to tie the game at 14-14. Bass then made a 27-yard field goal with two seconds remaining in the second quarter to send Buffalo into halftime with a 17-14 lead. In the third quarter, Maye connected with Doubs again, this time for a 2-yard touchdown with 8:15 remaining. Borregales made the extra point, and New England regained the lead at 21-17. Buffalo cut into the lead in the fourth quarter when Bass made a 38-yard field goal with 11:07 remaining, trimming New England’s advantage to 21-20. With 4:27 left, Allen threw deep middle to Keon Coleman for a 34-yard touchdown. Buffalo’s two-point conversion attempt failed when Allen’s pass to Joshua Palmer was incomplete, leaving the Bills ahead 26-21. New England answered in the final minutes. Maye threw deep right to Efton Chism III for a 23-yard touchdown with 1:50 remaining. Maye then completed a pass to Stevenson for a successful two-point conversion, giving New England a 29-26 lead it protected the rest of the way. Maye led New England’s offense. Doubs finished with six receptions for 58 yards and two touchdowns. Hunter Henry had five catches for 62 yards. Mack Hollins added three receptions for 53 yards. Chism had two receptions for 42 yards and a touchdown. DeMario Douglas caught two passes for 15 yards, and Eli Raridon had one catch for 12 yards. TreVeyon Henderson rushed 14 times for 42 yards. New England’s defense was paced by Robert Spillane with eight tackles. Christian Elliss had six tackles, while Carlton Davis III and Marcus Jones each had five. Jones also returned two punts for 18 yards. Darius Muasau and Erick Hunter each recorded four tackles. Elijah Ponder had four tackles and one sack. Craig Woodson had three tackles and an interception. Kyle Williams returned three kickoffs for 81 yards. For Buffalo, Allen passed for 253 yards and one touchdown while adding a rushing score. Coleman caught six passes for 116 yards and a touchdown. Khalil Shakir had seven receptions for 82 yards. Dawson Knox caught two passes for 13 yards, Dalton Kincaid had one reception for 7 yards, and Palmer had one catch for 3 yards and one tackle. Ty Johnson ran once for 3 yards and caught two passes for 9 yards. Ray Davis ran once for 3 yards, caught one pass for 4 yards and returned one kickoff for 29 yards. DJ Moore ran once for 6 yards and caught one pass for 11 yards. Greg Dortch returned four kickoffs for 91 yards and two punts for 16 yards and made one tackle. Tommy Doman Jr. punted four times for 194 yards, and Bass made both of his field goals. Buffalo’s defense got eight tackles from Dorian Williams. Terrel Bernard and Cole Bishop each had seven tackles. Davison Igbinosun and TJ Parker each finished with five tackles, with Parker adding half a sack. DeWayne Carter, Bradley Chubb, C.J. Gardner-Johnson and Greg Rousseau each had four tackles. Maxwell Hairston and Kaleb Elarms-Orr had three tackles apiece. Ed Oliver had three tackles and half a sack, while Dee Alford had two tackles and one interception. Deone Walker, Michael Hoecht, Landon Jackson and Greg Gaines each recorded two tackles. Damar Hamlin, Joe Andreessen, Keleki Latu and Kani Walker each had one tackle. The game came down to the final minutes, and New England’s late touchdown and two-point conversion proved decisive. Buffalo had one final chance but could not answer. The Patriots evened their record at 2-2, while the Bills fell to 3-1. Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Buffalo 30, New England 29. Interstat’s ELO system gave Buffalo a 79.8 percent probability to win. New England had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of +7. The total score of 55 went under the over/under line of 49.5.