ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Josh Allen threw two touchdown passes, James Cook scored on a 5-yard run and finished with 120 yards rushing, and the Buffalo Bills leaned on a balanced offensive attack in a 31-7 win over the Denver Broncos in a wild-card playoff game on Sunday.

The five-time defending AFC East champion Bills advanced to the divisional round for a fifth straight postseason and will face the third-seeded Ravens next weekend. The game will kick off at 6:30 p.m. and be broadcast on CBS (Channel 13) and Paramount+.

The Ravens, coming off a 28-14 win over Pittsburgh on Saturday, routed Buffalo 35-10 at Baltimore in Week 4. The outing will mark the second playoff meeting between Allen and Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson after Buffalo won 17-3 in the 2020 divisional round.

The Bills methodically wore down the Broncos by scoring on six of their first seven drives in an outing where they finished with a 23-minute edge in time of possession.

And Buffalo didn’t flinch after rookie Bo Nix capped Denver’s five-play game-opening drive with a 43-yard touchdown pass to Troy Franklin.

With Buffalo leading 13-7, Allen broke the game open with a 24-yard touchdown pass to sliding running back Ty Johnson in the back of the end zone on fourth-and-1 with 3:06 left in the third quarter.

On Buffalo’s next possession, Allen completed a 55-yard pass to Curtis Samuel on the first snap of the fourth quarter.

Cook became Buffalo’s first player to top 100 yards rushing in a playoff game since Hall of Famer Thurman Thomas had 158 yards in a 1995 wild-card win over Miami.

Allen finished 20-for-26 for 272 yards and increased his playoff total to 23 passing touchdowns, breaking the franchise record of 21 held by Hall of Famer Jim Kelly.

The seventh-seeded Broncos were outclassed in their first playoff appearance since their Super Bowl-winning season in 2015.

Nix finished 13-for-22 for 144 yards in an outing where Denver punted four times and turned the ball over on downs twice.

This story has been updated.