INGLEWOOD, Calif. (Interstat) — Tyler Bass made a 45-yard field goal with 1:55 remaining in overtime, lifting the Buffalo Bills to a 37-34 victory over the Los Angeles Rams on Monday at SoFi Stadium. The announced attendance was 73,882. Buffalo improved to 4-1, while the Rams fell to 2-3. Josh Allen passed for 210 yards and one touchdown and ran for 121 yards and another score. James Cook rushed for 111 yards and two touchdowns. Matthew Stafford threw for 383 yards and three touchdowns for Los Angeles, which forced overtime with a late touchdown but could not score in the extra period.

The Rams tied the game late in regulation after Buffalo had taken a seven-point lead. Cook scored on a 5-yard run with 1:39 remaining, and Bass added the extra point to put the Bills ahead 34-27. Stafford then led Los Angeles down the field, and Kyren Williams scored on a 1-yard run with 5 seconds left. Harrison Mevis made the extra point to send the game to overtime at 34-34. In overtime, Buffalo moved into position for Bass, who connected from 45 yards to end it.

Allen finished 12-of-19 passing for 210 yards with one touchdown, and he carried 10 times for 121 yards and one touchdown. He also completed a two-point pass to Dalton Kincaid after scoring on a 1-yard run in the fourth quarter. Keon Coleman caught a 7-yard touchdown pass from Allen. Khalil Shakir had three receptions for 80 yards, Ty Johnson had four catches for 72 yards, and Cook added one reception for 7 yards. Dawson Knox caught one pass for 6 yards, and Kincaid had one catch for 7 yards. Bass made all three of his field-goal attempts, including kicks of 49 and 23 yards in the first quarter. Tommy Doman Jr. punted once for 52 yards. Greg Dortch returned four kickoffs for 105 yards and one punt for 14 yards.

Stafford completed 40 of 54 passes for 383 yards and three touchdowns. Puka Nacua was his top target with 17 receptions for 138 yards and one touchdown, and he also ran twice for 9 yards. Davante Adams caught five passes for 51 yards and two touchdowns. Tyler Higbee had five receptions for 83 yards. Davis Allen added two catches for 24 yards. Tutu Atwell had one reception for 4 yards, and Colby Parkinson had one catch for 3 yards. Blake Corum scored on a 1-yard run, and Williams added the late 1-yard score that forced overtime. Harrison Mevis made four extra-point attempts.

Buffalo’s defense was led by Cole Bishop with 11 tackles. Christian Benford had 10 tackles, Dorian Williams had nine, and Terrel Bernard, Davison Igbinosun and C.J. Gardner-Johnson each finished with seven. Damar Hamlin and T.J. Sanders each had five tackles. Deone Walker had four tackles. Anthony Kendall and TJ Parker each had three tackles. Michael Hoecht, Trent Sherfield, Bradley Chubb and DeWayne Carter each had two tackles, with Carter recording a sack. Greg Rousseau, Greg Gaines, Jalon Kilgore, Maxwell Hairston, Kaleb Elarms-Orr, Joe Andreessen and Javon Solomon each had one tackle.

Los Angeles was paced defensively by Nate Landman with 13 tackles. Kam Curl had eight tackles, while Quentin Lake and Kamren Kinchens each had six. Omar Speights had four tackles. Byron Young and Trent McDuffie each had three tackles. Josaiah Stewart had three tackles and a sack, and Aaron Donald had two tackles.

The game featured several momentum swings. Bass opened the scoring with a 49-yard field goal with 13:23 left in the first quarter, then added a 23-yard kick with 10 seconds left in the quarter. The Rams took their first lead in the second quarter when Stafford found Adams for a 4-yard touchdown and Mevis made the extra point. Buffalo answered when Cook scored on a 17-yard run, and Bass’s extra point made it 13-7.

In the third quarter, Corum scored on a 1-yard run and Mevis’s extra point gave Los Angeles a 14-13 lead. Allen then hit Coleman for a 7-yard touchdown, but Bass’s extra point was no good wide right, leaving Buffalo ahead 19-14. Early in the fourth, Stafford connected with Nacua for a 2-yard touchdown, but the two-point attempt failed when Stafford was sacked, keeping the Rams ahead 20-19. Allen then scored on a 1-yard run and hit Kincaid for the two-point conversion, putting Buffalo ahead 27-20.

Stafford answered with a 5-yard touchdown pass to Adams, and Mevis tied the game at 27-27. Cook’s 5-yard touchdown run and Bass’s extra point gave Buffalo a 34-27 lead with 1:39 remaining. Williams’ 1-yard touchdown run and Mevis’s extra point tied it at 34-34 with 5 seconds left. In overtime, Bass delivered the winning 45-yard field goal with 1:55 remaining.

Buffalo had entered the game after a loss to New England in its previous outing, while the Rams had beaten Philadelphia in their previous game. Buffalo’s upcoming schedule includes games against Las Vegas, Baltimore, Minnesota, the New York Jets, Miami, Kansas City, New England, Green Bay, Chicago and Denver. Los Angeles will play Arizona, Las Vegas, the Los Angeles Chargers, Washington, Arizona again, Green Bay, Kansas City, San Francisco, Dallas and Seattle. Both teams will look to build on their current positions in the standings.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Los Angeles Rams 43, Buffalo 32. Interstat’s ELO system had projected the Rams with a 56.7 percent probability to win. Buffalo had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of +3.5. The total score of 71 went under the over/under line of 54.5.