{"id":404533,"date":"2025-09-28T21:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T21:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/404533\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T21:00:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T21:00:14","slug":"saints-fall-to-0-4-after-loss-to-buffalo-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/404533\/","title":{"rendered":"Saints fall to 0-4 after loss to Buffalo Bills"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New Orleans Saints dropped to 0-4 on the season after a 31-19 loss to the Buffalo Bills. Despite an early back-and-forth game, the Bills pulled away in the fourth quarter, leaving the Saints behind. Winless after four weeks, New Orleans remains fourth in the NFC South.<\/p>\n

New Orleans Saints scoring\"\"RB Kendre Miller \u2013 18-yard rushing touchdown<\/p>\n

The Saints break their nine-game streak and get an opening drive touchdown. Running back Kendre Miller runs hard for an 18-yard touchdown. 7-7 tie.<\/p>\n

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K Blake Grupe \u2013 54-yard field goal<\/p>\n

After starting with a good field position, kicker Blake Grupe caps a 7-play 13-yard drive with a 54-yard field goal. 14-10 Bills leading.<\/p>\n

QB Spencer Rattler to WR Chris Olave \u2013 3-yard passing touchdown<\/p>\n

Wide receiver Chris Olave gets his first touchdown of the year after a 3-yard passing touchdown from quarterback Spencer Rattler. 21-16 Bills lead.<\/p>\n

K Blake Grupe \u2013 35-yard field goal<\/p>\n

Grupe finds his second field goal of the day, capping off a 9-play 32-yard drive with a 35-yard attempt. 21-19 Bills lead.<\/p>\n

New Orleans Saints\u2019 Team Stats\"\"<\/p>\n

Penalties: 4-41 yards<\/p>\n

Third down efficiency: 5-13<\/p>\n

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Fourth down efficiency: 0-2<\/p>\n

Time of possession: 28:39<\/p>\n

Passing: 18\/28, 109 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT<\/p>\n

Rushing: 34 ATT, 189 yards, 5.6 AVG, 1 TD<\/p>\n

Total yards: 298<\/p>\n

Defensive sacks: 3<\/p>\n

Pass defense: 16\/22, 191 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT<\/p>\n

Run defense: 32 ATT, 165 yards, 5.2 AVG, 2 TD<\/p>\n

New Orleans Saints Player Stats\"\"<\/p>\n

QB Spencer Rattler: 18\/27, 126 yards, 1 TD, 6 CAR, 49 yards<\/p>\n

RB Alvin Kamara: 15 CAR, 70 yards, 4.7 AVG<\/p>\n

RB Kendre Miller: 11 CAR, 65 yards, 5.9 AVG, 1 TD<\/p>\n

WR Rashid Shaheed: 4 REC, 47 yards<\/p>\n

WR Chris Olave: 3 REC, 20 yards, 1 TD<\/p>\n

LB Demario Davis: 7 TOT, 5 solo, 1 TFL<\/p>\n

DE Carl Granderson: 5 TOT, 5 solo, 1 sack, 2 TFL<\/p>\n

S Jonas Sanker: 5 TOT, 4 solo, 1 INT, 3 PD<\/p>\n

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DE Cameron Jordan: 4 TOT, 5 solo, 1 sack, 1 TFL<\/p>\n

Up next: vs. New York Giants<\/p>\n

The Saints will host the New York Giants in hopes of getting their first win of the season. After going 0-3, the Giants benched starter Russell Wilson in favor of rookie Jaxson Dart. Dart led New York to their first win of the season on Sunday, leaving New Orleans as one of the few remaining winless teams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New Orleans Saints dropped to 0-4 on the season after a 31-19 loss to the Buffalo Bills.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404534,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2048],"tags":[2825,215,26345,214,53,2086,6867,6868,6000,6838,7,13,1765,4083,69759,896,55,56,6,3698,40186,572,4085,494],"class_list":{"0":"post-404533","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-buffalo-bills","8":"tag-alvin-kamara","9":"tag-bills","10":"tag-blake-grupe","11":"tag-buffalo","12":"tag-buffalo-bills","13":"tag-buffalobills","14":"tag-cameron-jordan","15":"tag-carl-granderson","16":"tag-chris-olave","17":"tag-demario-davis","18":"tag-football","19":"tag-jaxson-dart","20":"tag-jonas-sanker","21":"tag-kendre-miller","22":"tag-leaving-the-saints","23":"tag-new-orleans","24":"tag-new-orleans-saints","25":"tag-new-york-giants","26":"tag-nfl","27":"tag-rashid-shaheed","28":"tag-rushing-touchdown","29":"tag-russell-wilson","30":"tag-spencer-rattler","31":"tag-the-saints"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115283940228815837","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}