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Bills Supersede the Redskins, 24-10 : Interconference: Buffalo beats Washington for a victory over another team it lost to in the Super Bowl.

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From Associated Press

Sweeping the teams that swept them in the last three Super Bowls was sweet.

“But we would still like to have those three rings,” Buffalo Bill linebacker Cornelius Bennett said.

The Bills beat the Washington Redskins, 24-10, Monday night to give them victories this season over all the teams that beat them in the last three title games.

The latest victory exacted a measure of revenge for the Redskins’ 37-24 victory in the Super Bowl two seasons ago, but Buffalo Coach Marv Levy said his team is more concerned with items closer at hand.

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“Our division is our concern,” he said. “Everybody may have been talking about (Super Bowl revenge), but I wasn’t and I didn’t think many players in our locker room were making a big deal about Washington beating us two years ago.”

Andre Reed had 159 receiving yards and a touchdown and Thurman Thomas ran for 129 yards and a touchdown. The Bills (6-1) piled up 402 yards against the Redskins (1-6), who entered the game with the NFL’s next-to-worst defense.

Jim Kelly completed 18 of 24 passes for 238 yards and two touchdowns, and Buffalo intercepted four passes by Mark Rypien in handing Washington its sixth consecutive loss.

The Bills, who entered the weekend leading the league with 24 takeaways, used two interceptions by Nate Odomes to take control of the game in the third quarter.

“You’ve got people running to the football and if there’s an opportunity to get the ball out, we’re going to do it,” Odomes said.

In all, the Bills stopped four consecutive drives by intercepting passes by Rypien. Darryl Talley and James Williams got the other picks.

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“Buffalo had good coverage all night,” Washington Coach Richie Petitbon said. “I can’t say what happened in each case until I see the film, but turnovers definitely hurt us.”

Buffalo already has a 13-10 victory over Dallas, which beat the Bills, 52-17, in last season’s Super Bowl, and a 17-14 victory over the New York Giants, who started the Bills’ title game losing streak three seasons ago with a 20-19 victory.

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