ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — In his 15 NFL seasons, Jason Elam had never missed three field goals in one game.

The Denver Broncos kicker wasn't about to start a new trend.

Elam, a University of Hawai'i alum, and the Broncos field-goal unit scrambled onto the field to convert a 42-yard attempt just as time ran out, lifting Denver to a 15-14 win over the injury-depleted Buffalo Bills yesterday.

"I'm really happy and thankful I got a chance to redeem myself there," said Elam, who had missed a 43-yard attempt three minutes earlier. He also saw a 50-yarder sail wide left in the third quarter.

Maybe it was good that Elam had little time to think about the final kick.

The Broncos were out of timeouts when Jay Cutler hit Javon Walker for an 11-yard catch with 14 seconds left, leading to a mad scramble onto the field. Broncos holder Todd Sauerbrun got the ball down with 1 second remaining.

"I'm going to look back at this game down the road and this is going to be one of my favorites," said Elam, who has scored more points for one team than anyone else in NFL history. "Out of all the kicks I've had, I've never had a scenario like that."

The field goal, though, was overshadowed by a frightening moment, when Bills reserve tight end Kevin Everett was knocked cold after sustaining a cervical spine injury and taken off the field by ambulance at the start of the third quarter.

Everett had surgery yesterday and there is concern about whether he will be able to walk again.

"He's had some sparse movement," Everett's agent Brian Overstreet told The Associated Press in a phone interview late yesterday.

"The next couple of days is going to be critical," said Overstreet, responding to a question about paralysis. "Our concern is for him to come out of this healthy and, hopefully, be able to walk again."

Everett fell immediately to the ground after a helmet-to-helmet hit when he tackled Denver's Domenik Hixon during a kickoff to open the second half. Everett had his eyes open but showed no signs of movement as he was placed on a backboard with his head and body immobilized, and carefully loaded into an ambulance at the Broncos 30.

"It was real hard," Bills cornerback Terrence McGee said. "I watched the whole thing and he never moved."

Several Broncos players expressed concern over the severity of Everett's injury, with Elam opening his news conference by saying: "What we heard is not good, so for our whole team, our prayers go out to him."

Denver out-gained the Bills in total yards, an eye-popping 470-184; first downs, 23-13; and had a six-minute edge in time of possession.

The Broncos managed three field goals and a touchdown despite having eight of 10 drives into Bills territory.

"What can I say, these are the types of games that drive you crazy," Broncos coach Mike Shanahan said. "We have to tie up some loose ends, but it's nice to get out with a victory."

Cutler went 23 of 39 for a career-high 304 yards passing, including a 5-yard touchdown to Brandon Marshall.

Travis Henry had 139 yards rushing in his Broncos debut, playing against his former team.