ORCHARD PARK, New York (Ticker) -- Two clutch catches by Eric Moulds and another by Bobby Shaw added up to a third win for the Buffalo Bills.
Travis Henry scored on a two-yard run 3:53 into overtime, two plays after a big grab by Moulds, as the Bills snapped a two-game losing streak with a 22-16 triumph over the Cincinnati Bengals.
Buffalo (3-2) tied it with 28 seconds left in regulation on a 29-yard field goal by Rian Lindell. Shaw managed to keep his feet in bounds for a 14-yard catch on 3rd-and 11 to the Bengals' 46 and Moulds kept alive the 59-yard drive with a 19-yard catch on 4th-and-3 to the Cincinnati 20-yard line.
"It was a thing where I really had to concentrate on making the play," Shaw said. "At that point, I just made sure I got two feet inbounds and concentrated on catching it.
"It's a play we call, 'all sticks,' where all the receivers run to the first down and Drew (Bledsoe) just picks the best look," Moulds said of his reception.
After stopping the Bengals on the first possession of overtime, the Bills moved 57 yards in five plays to the winning score. On first down at the Cincinnati 35, Moulds leaped over cornerback Tory James to grab a pass from Drew Bledsoe, then raced down the right sideline and drew a face mask penalty on safety Kevin Kaesviharn that put Buffalo at the 3.
"We knew going into the game that they didn't want us to go deep against them. So they wanted to overplay us on certain routes," Moulds said. "It was a great play by Kevin (offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride) to run that one, and Drew made a great throw.
"Eric is the best player we have, there is no question about that. He is one of the better players in the entire league," Bledsoe said. "When we have important situations in the game, I am always going to try and find him. I think he is an absolute stud."
Two plays later, Henry bowled in for his second touchdown of the game. It was his last of 25 carries as he revitalized the Bills' rushing offense with 85 yards. Buffalo combined for 62 yards on the ground in losses to Miami and Philadelphia.
"Make no bones about it, Travis Henry was a big part of it today," Bills coach Gregg Williams said. "He's a warrior. He played that way from the start of the ballgame. He could have even had a few more runs and we could have had some better rhythm in the first half. He was huge today."
Moulds pulled his groin on his overtime catch and had to be helped to the locker room after Henry's touchdown.
"It had been bothering me a little the whole game, but on that play, when I tried to stop and stiff-arm the guy, he did a great job tackling," Moulds explained. "I couldn't get my feet together, and that's when it happened."
The Bengals (1-4) got three field goals from Shayne Graham and a 16-yard touchdown run from Rudi Johnson, but three of their four losses have been by seven points or fewer.
"Close does not count," Cincinnati first-year coach Marvin Lewis said. "We're not satisfied with this, not at all. There's not a person in this locker room satisfied. That's not what we came here for."
Lindell opened the scoring in the final minute of the first quarter with a 27-yard field goal, his first of three.
Graham tied it midway through the second quarter with a 39-yarder and sent the Bengals to the locker room with a 6-3 lead with a 37-yarder.
Buffalo again struggled offensively in the first half, totaling 60 yards as Bledsoe was victimized by several drops and was just 5-of-17 for 45 yards.
"It was a day where it was a little windy. It's a little cold, a little intermittent rain, so it makes the ball move a little bit as it's traveling through the air and it requires a little bit more concentration," Bledsoe said.
The Bills took the second-half kickoff and moved 46 yards to set up Lindell's tying 38-yard field goal. Late in the third quarter, Buffalo linebacker London Fletcher tipped a pass by Jon Kitna and right end Aaron Schobel intercepted it.
Five plays later, Henry took a middle screen from Bledsoe and ran nine yards for the go-ahead touchdown. Bledsoe completed 19-of-35 passes for 211 yards.
But Cincinnati took the ensuing kickoff and marched 74 yards. Kitna had a pair of third-down completions to Kelley Washington before Johnson went around the left side and dived into the corner of the end zone to make it 13-13.
With Corey Dillon nursing a groin injury, Johnson had 20 carries for 69 yards. Kitna was 26-of-44 for 225 yards.
"They all hurt," Kitna said. "Everytime you lose, it hurts. We just didn't get it done. You play the game to win, that's why you play football. The fact of the matter is, we've lost four and won one. We have to find whatever it is in ourselves to make the extra plays to win football games."
The Bengals put themselves in position to win as Peter Warrick returned a punt 30 yards. But Cincinnati could not get another first down and settled for a 30-yard field goal by Graham.
"I think we're playing well right now," Bengals defensive tackle John Thornton said. "We need to sit back and see what we did wrong. We get Corey back. I think we can jell, put some wins together."
