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Thursday Night Football: Josh Allen accounts for five TDs in Bills' 41-31 win over Lions

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Charean Williams
Thursday Night Football: Josh Allen accounts for five TDs in Bills' 41-31 win over Lions
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Josh Allen made the first regular-season game in Highmark Stadium memorable for Bills fans.

The quarterback threw three touchdown passes and ran for two in a dominant 41-31 win over the Lions. The Bills improved to 2-0, while the Lions fell to 1-1.

Allen now has four career games with three touchdown passes and two rushing touchdowns. No other player in NFL history has more than two (Kordell Stewart), according to NFL Researcher.

Allen completed 20 of 31 passes for 248 yards and three touchdowns. His scoring tosses went for 43 yards to Josh Palmer, 1 yard to Dawson Knox and 16 yards to Dalton Kincaid. Palmer has two catches for 77 yards and two touchdowns this season, having caught the game-winning touchdown in the win over the Texans on Sunday.

Kincaid caught seven passes for a team-leading 95 yards.

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