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Bills Hang On For Victory Over Ravens

The Associated Press

Published: October 22, 2007

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. - The Bills finally built a lead they couldn't squander, and upstaged Willis McGahee in his first game back to Buffalo.

Making good on an opportunity to secure the starting job, rookie quarterback Trent Edwards went 11 of 21 for 153 yards and engineered five scoring drives in helping Buffalo to a 19-14 win against the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday.

The Bills' defense did its part, limiting the Ravens to two scores despite six drives into Buffalo territory. That included Baltimore's final drive when Kyle Boller couldn't convert a fourth-and-1 from the Buffalo 49, his pass falling just out of the reach of Musa Smith with 1:49 remaining.

The Bills improved to 2-4 and eased memories of their last outing, a 25-24 loss to Dallas in which Buffalo squandered an eight-point lead in the final 20 seconds. It was the second game Buffalo lost in the final seconds after a 15-14 loss to Denver in the season opener.
Rian Lindell hit four field goals, including a 41-yarder, and Marshawn Lynch scored on a 1-yard plunge, giving the Bills a 19-7 lead late in the third quarter.

McGahee made his mark, overcoming a slow start and a booing crowd, by scoring on a 46-yard run in his first game back since the Bills traded him to Baltimore in March. The score was McGahee's second rushing touchdown of the season and he finished with a season-best 114 rushing yards.

Baltimore	0	0	7	7	-	14
Buffalo	3	6	10	0	-	19

First Quarter

Buf-FG Lindell 29, 3:51.

Second Quarter

Buf-FG Lindell 26, 12:44.

Buf-FG Lindell 35, 10:18.

Third Quarter

Bal-McGahee 46 run (Stover kick), 11:20.

Buf-FG Lindell 41, 7:18.

Buf-Lynch 1 run (Lindell kick), 2:14.

Fourth Quarter

Bal-Mason 15 pass from Boller (Stover kick), 6:34.

A-70,727.

	Bal	Buf
First downs	15	14
Total Net Yards	308	242
Rushes-yards	24-127	33-103
Passing	181	139
Punt Returns	5-1	4-57
Kickoff Returns	4-68	3-66
Interceptions Ret.	1-0	0-0
Comp-Att-Int	21-37-0	11-21-1
Sacked-Yards Lost	1-10	2-14
Punts	6-50.8	5-45.8
Fumbles-Lost	2-1	0-0
Penalties-Yards	11-91	3-25
Time of Possession	28:34	31:26

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING-Baltimore, McGahee 19-114, Boller 1-7, M.Smith 1-6, Anderson 3-0. Buffalo, Lynch 27-84, Wright 3-10, A.Thomas 3-9.

PASSING-Baltimore, Boller 21-36-0-191, Clayton 0-1-0-0. Buffalo, Edwards 11-21-1-153.

RECEIVING-Balt., Mason 7-78, Clayton 5-49, Sypniewski 4-33, McGahee 2-1, Williams 1-18, Darling 1-10, Anderson 1-2. Buff., Evans 5-98, Lynch 3-14, Reed 1-25, Parrish 1-9, Gaines 1-7.

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