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SEATTLE: middle linebacker Rolando McClain (right) intercepts a pass intended for tight end Luke Willson (left) late in the second half of an NFL football game. —AP Cowboys stun champions Seahawks

PHILADELPHIA: DeMarco Murray scored on went 24 of 38 for 299 yards The defense harassed and pressured Eli drives, and Carr’s pass was intercepted by BROWNS 31, STEELERS 10 a 15-yard run with 3:16 left as the Dallas with two , an and a Manning often, sacking him six times and rookie Jason Verrett with 1:13 to play. Brian Hoyer passed for 217 yards and Cowboys stunned the defending lost in his second start for Buffalo (3- preventing New York’s upstart offense from Sparano took over for the fired Dennis Allen. pulled off a rarity for a Cleveland quarter- champion Seattle Seahawks 30-23 on 3) since replacing EJ Manuel. getting on track. back, leading the Browns to rout over Ben Sunday. PANTHERS 37, BENGALS 37 Roethlisberger and rival Pittsburgh. Dallas, 5-1 for the first time since 2007, PACKERS 27, DOLPHINS 24 CARDINALS 30, REDSKINS 20 Cincinnati’s Mike Nugent missed a 36-yard Hoyer threw a 51-yard pass to overcame a pair of special teams turnovers to threw a 4-yard touchdown Carson Palmer returned from a five-week field goal attempt on the final play of over- Jordan Cameron and improved to 6-2 as become the first team outside the NFC West pass to Andrew Quarless with 3 seconds left absence to throw two touchdown passes, time, and the Bengals and Carolina played to Cleveland’s starter as the surprising Browns to win in Seattle since 2011. to lift Green Bay past Miami. Green Bay twice and Arizona beat Washington to take the sole the NFL’s first tie this season. (3-2) beat the Steelers for the third time in 23 Murray’s touchdown run capped a 75-yard gave up leads and trailed 24-17 before NFC West lead. Nothing new about the Bengals tying at games. Cleveland hadn’t beaten Pittsburgh drive that saw convert a third- Rodgers directed a 68-yard drive for a field Larry Fitzgerald caught six passes for a home. They finished 13-13 with Philadelphia so badly since a 51-0 victory in 1989. and-20 with a pass to Terrance Williams along goal with 4:09 to go. The Packers (4-2) quickly season-high 98 yards and his first touchdown in their last game at Paul Brown Ben Tate had two rushing TDs and rookie the sideline. forced a punt to start at their 40 with 2:04 of the season to help the Cardinals (4-1) Stadium in 2008. Isaiah Crowell added another one as the Murray had 115 yards on 29 carries to join left, and Rodgers hit Jordy Nelson on fourth- bounce back from a 41-20 drubbing at Nugent made a 42-yard field goal that put Browns opened a 21-3 lead in the first half Jim Brown as the only running backs in NFL and-10 for 18 yards to keep the winning drive Denver. Cincinnati (3-1-1) up after the opening drive and rolled to the easy win a week after stag- history to open a season with six straight alive. Kirk Cousins was 24 for 38 for 354 yards, of overtime. Carolina (3-2-1) tied it on ing the largest comeback in NFL history by a 100-yard games. Murray also had six recep- Rodgers finished with three touchdown including a 64-yard touchdown pass to Graham Gano’s 36-yarder with 2:19 left. road team against Tennessee. tions for 31 yards. passes and 264 yards while committing no DeSean Jackson for the Redskins (1-5), but Andy Dalton was nearly perfect in over- Romo was 21 of 32 for 250 yards and two turnovers. The Packers earned their third con- threw three fourth-quarter . time, going 8 for 9 for 87 yards with one BEARS 27, FALCONS 13 touchdowns without an interception. Russell secutive victory and won in Miami for only Washington has lost four straight and 13 of throwaway. He led the Bengals into range to threw for 381 yards and a Wilson had a 9-yard touchdown run, and the second time ever. The Dolphins (2-3) lost 14. Palmer had not played since damaging a win it, but Nugent sliced the kick wide right. touchdown, Matt Forte ran for a couple of Mike Morgan returned a blocked punt 25 despite the return of six starters who had nerve in his throwing shoulder in the season- second-half scores, and Chicago picked up another road victory by beating Atlanta. yards for a score for Seattle (3-2). Wilson was missed playing time. opening win over San Diego and was not TITANS 16, JAGUARS 14 14 of 28 for 126 yards and an interception, announced as the starter until just before Chicago (3-3) has won three of four away Sammie Hill blocked a field goal attempt from Soldier Field this season, though there and was limited to 12 yards on two carries. kickoff. Palmer completed 28 of 44 for 250 EAGLES 27, GIANTS 0 in the final seconds, and Tennessee held off were so many Bears fans at the Georgia Nick Foles threw two touchdown passes yards with no interceptions. The Cardinals winless Jacksonville to snap a four-game los- Dome that it seemed almost like a neutral BRONCOS 31, JETS 17 and LeSean McCoy had a season-high 149 have not thrown an interception this season. ing streak. site. connected with Julius yards rushing as the Philadelphia Eagles beat Arizona’s Chandler Catanzaro kicked field After the Falcons (2-4) rallied from a 13-3 Thomas twice and once, New York for its first shutout in 18 years. goals of 33, 49 and 37 yards. Jackie Battle ran for a touchdown, and Ryan Succop kicked three field goals to help halftime deficit to tie it late in the third quar- leaving the Denver quarterback two shy of A rough night for the Giants (3-3) became ter, the Bears bounced back to hand Atlanta Brett Favre’s record for career touchdown worse when wide receiver Victor Cruz tore CHARGERS 31, RAIDERS 28 the Titans (2-4) bounce back after blowing its third straight loss. Cutler unleashed a tow- passes, and the Broncos held on to beat New the patellar tendon his right knee while leap- Branden Oliver scored on a 1-yard run the biggest lead ever by a home team in the ering pass to Alshon Jeffery that went for 74 York. ing for a pass on fourth down from the Eagles with 1:56 to play and San Diego spoiled inter- regular season in a loss to Cleveland. Jurrell yards. On the next play, Forte scored on a 6- Manning has 506 touchdown passes, and 3 in the third quarter. Cruz was crying and im coach Tony Sparano’s Oakland debut. Casey had two of Tennessee’s six sacks. The yard run. could tie or break Favre’s record next Sunday holding his hands to his face as he was carted Philip Rivers threw three touchdown passes Titans forced two turnovers as they won their The Falcons went three-and-out, and at home against San Francisco. Manning fin- off the field with an injury that’s expected to and engineered the winning drive to give first game at home this season - only their Chicago finished them off with a 15-play, 87- ished 22 of 33 for 237 yards - a far cry from end his season. San Diego (5-1) its fifth straight win and send second here in nine games. The Jaguars (0-6) yard drive. Forte capped it with a 9-yard scor- ing burst up the middle. last week’s performance against Arizona, Wearing all-black uniforms for the first Oakland (0-5) to its 11th straight loss. scored with 37 seconds left when Blake when he passed for a career-high 479 yards time in franchise history, the Eagles (5-1) Rookie Derek Carr threw four touchdown Bortles found Clay Harbor for a 20-yard TD with four TDs. stayed tied with Dallas (5-1) for the lead in passes for the Raiders and gave them a 28-21 LIONS 17, VIKINGS 3 But Manning displayed his methodical the NFC East. They hadn’t shut out an oppo- lead on a 6-yard throw to Andre Holmes with strike. They recovered the onside kick, but Tahir Whitehead intercepted two of Teddy best at times in his return to MetLife Stadium, nent since a 24-0 win over the Giants on Dec. 10:01 to play. Hill got his right fingers on Josh Scobee’s 55- Bridgewater’s passes, and Joique Bell put the where he and the Broncos (4-1) were blown 1, 1996, at old Veterans Stadium. But Rivers answered with a pair of scoring yard field goal attempt. game away with a fourth-quarter touchdown out by Seattle in the Super Bowl last run in Detroit’s victory over Minnesota. With Calvin Johnson and Reggie Bush February. missing, the Lions played a low-risk game. Demaryius Thomas had 10 catches for 124 NFL results/standings But their defense made another case for top yards, and Ronnie Hillman ran for 100 yards billing in the league. Ziggy Ansah had 2 1/2 on 24 carries. The Jets (1-5) had a chance to New England 37, Buffalo 22; Cincinnati 37, Carolina 37 (OT); Cleveland 31, Pittsburgh 10; Green Bay 27, Miami 24; Detroit 17, Minnesota 3; Denver 31, NY Jets 17; Baltimore 48, Tampa Bay 17; Tennessee 16, Jacksonville 14; San Diego 31, Oakland 28; Arizona 30, Washington 20; Dallas 30, Seattle 23; Chicago 27, Atlanta 13; Philadelphia 27, NY Giants 0. of Detroit’s eight sacks, tie when they got the ball deep in their own Bridgewater threw three interceptions in territory with less than a minute left. But after Conference National Football Conference his second career start for the Vikings (2-4). a sack put the ball at the 1, Geno Smith’s pass AFC East NFC East The biggest problem for Detroit (4-2) was was intercepted by , who returned W L T OTL PF PA PCT Dallas 5 1 0 0 165 126 .833 two more missed field goal attempts, New England 4 2 0 0 160 129 .667 it 22 yards for a sealing touchdown that sent Philadelphia 5 1 0 0 183 132 .833 through Matt Prater did make one from 52 Buffalo 3 3 0 0 118 126 .500 New York to its fifth straight loss. NY Giants 3 3 0 0 133 138 .500 yards in his Lions debut. Detroit won at Miami 2 3 0 0 120 124 .400 The struggling Smith, looking to keep his Washington 1 5 0 0 132 166 .167 Minnesota for only the second time in its last NY Jets 1 5 0 0 96 158 .167 starting job, was 23 of 43 for 190 yards and NFC North 17 trips. AFC North Detroit 4 2 0 0 116 82 .667 touchdown passes to Jace Amaro and Eric Cincinnati 3 1 1 0 134 113 .700 Green Bay 4 2 0 0 161 130 .667 RAVENS 48, BUCCANEERS 17 Decker, with the one interception. Baltimore 4 2 0 0 164 97 .667 Chicago 3 3 0 1 143 144 .500 Joe Flacco threw for 306 yards and five Cleveland 3 2 0 0 134 115 .600 Minnesota 2 4 0 0 104 143 .333 touchdowns to help Baltimore beat Tampa PATRIOTS 37, BILLS 22 Pittsburgh 3 3 0 0 124 139 .500 Tom Brady threw four touchdown passes NFC South Bay. Baltimore (4-2) scored on six straight AFC South possessions to begin the game, with Flacco and had his 60th 300-yard game to lead New Indianapolis 4 2 0 0 189 136 .667 Carolina 3 2 1 0 141 157 .583 throwing touchdown passes on the first five. England past Buffalo. Brandon LaFell had two Houston 3 3 0 1 132 120 .500 New Orleans 2 3 0 1 132 141 .400 Torrey Smith caught the first two, and Kamar touchdown catches, including a 56-yarder, Tennessee 2 4 0 0 104 153 .333 Atlanta 2 4 0 0 164 170 .333 Aiken, Michael Campanaro and Steve Smith and the Patriots forced three turnovers that Jacksonville 0 6 0 0 81 185 0 Tampa Bay 1 5 0 1 120 204 .167 NFC West had the others as the Ravens rebounded resulted in 13 points in the second quarter. AFC West from a road loss to Indianapolis. San Diego 5 1 0 0 164 91 .833 Arizona 4 1 0 0 116 106 .800 Brady finished 27 of 37 for 361 yards to Tampa Bay (1-5) was embarrassed for the Denver 4 1 0 1 147 104 .800 Seattle 3 2 0 0 133 113 .600 spoil the Bills’ first game under new owners second time in six games under first-year Kansas City 2 3 0 0 119 101 .400 San Francisco 3 2 0 0 110 106 .600 Terry and Kim Pegula. Brady is 23-2 against coach Lovie Smith. The Bucs fell 56-14 at Oakland 0 5 0 0 79 134 0 St. Louis 1 3 0 0 84 119 .250 AFC East rival Buffalo with the Patriots (4-2). Atlanta on Sept. 18. — AP