- Associated Press - Thursday, October 6, 2016

BUFFALO (2-2) at LOS ANGELES (3-1)

Sunday, 4:25 p.m. EDT, CBS

OPENING LINE - Rams by 2

RECORD VS. SPREAD - Buffalo 2-2-0, Los Angeles 3-1-0

SERIES RECORD - Bills lead 6-5

LAST MEETING - Rams beat Bills 15-12, Dec. 9, 2012

LAST WEEK - Bills beat Patriots 16-0; Rams beat Cardinals 17-13

AP PRO32 RANKING - Bills No. 17t, Rams No. 14

BILLS OFFENSE - OVERALL (28), RUSH (7), PASS (31).

BILLS DEFENSE - OVERALL (17), RUSH (13), PASS (17).

RAMS OFFENSE - OVERALL (32), RUSH (30), PASS (30).

RAMS DEFENSE - OVERALL (23), RUSH (17), PASS (23).

STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES - Rams host second home game of homecoming season at Coliseum. They don’t play at home again until November. … Bills haven’t played Los Angeles Rams on road since Nov. 27, 1983, when Rams won 41-17 in Anaheim on three TD passes by Vince Ferragamo. … Bills DT Marcell Dareus returns from four-game suspension for second violation of league’s substance abuse policy. … Bills are 4-2 in franchise history at Coliseum, beating Raiders and Chargers (1960 AFL game) in stadium. … Bills have won two straight after 0-2 start. Haven’t won three straight since early 2011. … Streamlined offense has produced well in two games since Greg Roman replaced as offensive coordinator by Anthony Lynn. … Bills riding high on shutout victory over New England, getting three sacks. … Bills DBs coach Tim McDonald is father of Rams S T.J. McDonald. Both are USC Trojans. … Bills have four Trojans: WR Robert Woods, CB Nickell Robey-Coleman, RB Reggie Bush and CB Kevon Seymour. … Rams are on just their third winning streak of past 10 seasons. … Rams are two games above .500 for first time since mid-October 2006. … Jeff Fisher is 7-1 against Buffalo as head coach dating to 1995. His Tennessee Titans beat Buffalo with “Music City Miracle” in January 2000. … DE Aaron Donald is having another monster season and was NFC defensive player of week after getting 1 1/2 sacks in strong game at Arizona. … QB Case Keenum is 8-3 as NFL starter over last three seasons despite modest numbers. QB rating of 77.3 is 36th among 45 NFL passers. … Rams still have NFL’s worst offense overall, but passing and running games are up to 30th in league. … RB Todd Gurley has just 216 yards in four games with defenses loading up against him.

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