Overview

• Allen left early in the first quarter after taking a hit to the face on a short run, entering the medical tent with a bloody nose.
• ESPN's Alaina Getzenberg reported he missed only two plays before returning with gauze in his nostril.
• Backup Mitchell Trubisky briefly replaced him and completed a 32-yard pass to Josh Palmer on 3rd-and-7.
• CBS reporter Tracy Wolfson said Allen was bleeding “profusely” before staff controlled the bleeding on the sideline.
• Upon returning, Allen guided a drive capped by Matt Prater's 52-yard field goal to extend Buffalo's lead to 13-0.