The Buffalo Bills spent the first two weeks making history by scoring points.
They found a much stranger way to make it Sunday.
Buffalo turned the ball over five times, committed 10 penalties and trailed by 10 points, and left new Highmark Stadium with a 24-16 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers.
Greg Rousseau joined two of the NFL's greatest pass rushers in the record book, Josh Allen matched a feat accomplished by only three other players and the Bills reached 3-0 for the third consecutive season.
Here are eight noteworthy stats from the Bills' improbable Week 3 victory .
Greg Rousseau joined exclusive NFL company
Greg Rousseau has started the season by getting to the quarterback.
Every game. Twice.
Rousseau sacked Justin Herbert two times Sunday, giving him six sacks through the first
three games.
He became the third player in NFL history to record at least two sacks in each of the first three games of a season. The other two are Mark Gastineau with the New York Jets in 1984 and Kevin Greene with the Carolina Panthers in 1998.
Rousseau's six sacks are also the most by a Bills player through the first three games of a season.
He joined Bruce Smith in 1990 and Bryce Paup in 1995 as the only Bills players to record at least two sacks in three consecutive games at any point in a season.
He finished Sunday with eight tackles, two sacks, four tackles for loss and three quarterback hits.
Josh Allen joined Jim Brown in NFL history
Josh Allen didn't have his best game throwing the football.
He still ran his way into NFL history.
Allen scored on a pair of 1-yard runs, giving him two rushing touchdowns in each of Buffalo's first three games.
Only three other players in NFL history have started a season with at least two rushing touchdowns in each of the first three games: Jim Brown in 1958, Stephen Davis in 1999 and Priest Holmes in 2003.
Allen is the first quarterback to do it.
His second touchdown also gave him 85 career rushing scores, tying former Bills running back Marshawn Lynch for 17th in NFL history.
Allen also has 87 career touchdowns from scrimmage, 85 rushing and two receiving, tying Andre Reed and Thurman Thomas for the most in Bills history.
Bills won with five turnovers for first time since 1997
Buffalo lost three fumbles and Allen threw two interceptions against the Chargers. The Bills committed five turnovers on their first eight possessions and still won.
It was the first time Buffalo won a game despite committing at least five turnovers since Sept. 21, 1997.
That game was even crazier. And it featured current Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh, who was the quarterback of the Indianapolis Colts.
The Bills committed five turnovers, four lost fumbles and an interception, and fell behind the Colts 26-0 at Rich Stadium. Buffalo then scored 37 of the next 40 points.
Todd Collins threw two touchdown passes and Antowain Smith rushed for 129 yards and three touchdowns, including a 54-yard score with 5:21 remaining that gave Buffalo a 37-29 lead. The Bills held on for a 37-35 victory.
Bills have started 3-0 three years in a row
Three games. Three wins.
Again. The Bills are 3-0 for the third consecutive season.
Joe Brady joined John Madden, Bill Cowher on exclusive list
Joe Brady hasn't lost an NFL game as a head coach.
Brady, 37, is the fifth-youngest coach in the Super Bowl era to begin his head coaching career 3-0.
Only Josh McDaniels (33 years old), John Madden (33), Bill Cowher (35) and Mike Tomlin (35) were younger when they won their first three games.
Brady became the first coach in Bills history to win his first two games when Buffalo beat Detroit in Week 2.
Bills joined rare list with difficult 3-0 start
The Bills haven't exactly eased into the season.
Buffalo became the 10th team since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger to open a season with three consecutive games against opponents that finished above .500 the previous year and win all three.
The Bills opened with a 36-31 road victory over the Houston Texans, beat the Detroit Lions 41-31 four days later and survived the Chargers 24-16.
James Cook ran through NFL's stingiest run defense
The Chargers arrived in Buffalo with the NFL's best run defense through two weeks, allowing 2.7 yards per rushing attempt.
James Cook averaged more than twice that.
Cook rushed 24 times for 154 yards and a touchdown, averaging 6.4 yards per carry.
Cook lost a fumble on Buffalo's first offensive play, but he became increasingly important as Allen and the passing game struggled.
On Buffalo's go-ahead touchdown drive in the fourth quarter, Cook carried three consecutive times for 26 yards to reach the Chargers 1. Allen scored on the next play.
Cook later broke a 23-yard run and scored from 3 yards out to give Buffalo a 24-13 lead. He also gained 9 yards on third-and-6 to give Buffalo the first down it needed to run out the clock.
Bills defense repeatedly bailed out offense
Five turnovers should have been devastating.
Los Angeles finished with only 16 points despite Buffalo giving the ball away five times. The Chargers also reached the red zone four times and scored only one touchdown.
Three Los Angeles possessions immediately following Bills turnovers ended without points: Cameron Dicker missed a 45-yard field goal, the Chargers punted and C.J. Gardner-Johnson intercepted Herbert.
The last one changed the game.
Buffalo's fifth turnover on offense gave Los Angeles the ball at the Bills' 28 with a 13-10 lead early in the fourth quarter. Three plays later, Gardner-Johnson intercepted Herbert at the Buffalo 1 and returned it 41 yards.
Buffalo scored the go-ahead touchdown on the ensuing drive. The defense then forced a turnover on downs, and Cook scored on the next possession to make it 24-13.
This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: 8 stats from Bills' extraordinary win: Greg Rousseau, Josh Allen make NFL history
