SportsDirect Inc. staff
Oct 30, 2011
Scott Chandler caught a pair of touchdown passes from Ryan Fitzpatrick and the Buffalo Bills notched their first win in Canada with a 23-0 shutout over the visiting Washington Redskins on Sunday in Toronto.
Fred Jackson rushed for 120 yards on 26 carries and caught three passes for 74 yards as the Bills (5-2) improved to 1-3 in their annual trip north of the border and moved into a first-place tie with New England in the AFC East.
Fitzpatrick finished 21 of 27 for 262 yards and the Buffalo defense, which entered the game with four sacks, had nine Sunday.
Buffalo opened the scoring midway through the first quarter capping an eight-play, 80-yard drive with a 20-yard touchdown pass from Fitzpatrick to Chandler. The Bills made it 13-0 at the half on a pair of field goals (37, 44 yards) by Rian Lindell.
Chandler hauled in 15-yard scoring pass from Fitzpatrick late in the third quarter to extend the lead to 20-0 and give Buffalo at least 20 points in every game this season.
John Beck got the start again for Washington (3-4), which lost its third straight game and rushed 12 times for 26 yards. Beck was 20 of 33 for 208 yards with two interceptions.
Redskins linebacker London Fletcher, who was questionable with a hamstring injury, started his 170th straight game.
Washington running back Ryan Torain started in place of Tim Hightower, who was placed on injured reserve earlier in the week because of a torn knee ligament. Torain had 14 yards on eight carries.