Bills quarterback Josh Allen passes 5,000 career rushing yards in win over Vikings
The gist
Bills quarterback Josh Allen became the fifth NFL quarterback to reach 5,000 career rushing yards in a 23-6 win at Minnesota.
Buffalo is 7-1, its best eight-game start since 1993, with Super Bowl hopes riding on him.
How it unfolded
- Sep 23, 2026Allen earned his 19th career AFC Offensive Player of the Week honor after throwing for 248 yards and three touchdowns and running for two more in a 41-31 Week 2 win over the Detroit Lions.
- Nov 5, 2026Ahead of the Monday Night Football game against the Vikings, Allen spoke about life as a new dad to daughter Harper and his routine with wife Hailee Steinfeld.
- Nov 7, 2026The Bills (6-1) prepared to face the Vikings (6-1) in Minneapolis, ruling out wide receiver Joshua Palmer (hamstring) while linemen Dion Dawkins (rib) and Alec Anderson (ankle) were questionable.
Key terms
- AFC Offensive Player of the Week
- One of the two conferences of the National Football League, made up of 16 teams in four divisions.
- franchise-record
- A statistic that is the best ever achieved by a single NFL team, as opposed to the whole league.
Source: Wikipedia