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Continued from Page 17 The Bears (3-4) took over at
The Cardinals were unable their 35 with 1:33 remaining
to capitalize on that turn- and had a chance to win it
over early in the second after driving all the way to
half, however, and Brees the 21. Chicago had quar-
made them pay by leading terback Mitchell Trubisky
three touchdown drives af- take a knee with about 40
ter that, ending with passes seconds left rather than try
to running back Latavius to get closer to the goal
Murray, dynamic reserve line. And Pineiro, who hit
QB and utility player Tay- an upright on a miss ear-
som Hill, and leading re- lier, hooked the potential
ceiver Michael Thomas. winner wide left as time ex-
Cardinals rookie Kyler Mur- pired.
ray completed 19 of 33 That allowed the Char-
passes for 220 yards, but gers (3-5) to snap a three-
Arizona never found the game losing streak and
end zone. Eight of his com- avoid their first 0-4 October
pletions went to Christian since 2000, while the Bears
Kirk for 79 yards in the re- dropped their third in a row.
ceiver's return from an an- Los Angeles also picked up
kle sprain. Arizona was held its first victory in seven road New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (9) calls out an audible from the line of scrimmage in
to 40 yards rushing and the games all-time against Chi- the first half of an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals in New Orleans, Sunday, Oct.
Saints' defense held a fifth- cago and its first win at Sol- 27, 2019.
straight opponent below dier Field after losing four. Associated Press
260 total net yards. Philip Rivers threw an 11-
PACKERS 31, CHIEFS 24 yard touchdown to Austin to Tyrell Williams on third 1993 and failed to answer starter Cam Newton. They
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Ekeler in the fourth quarter down. skeptics as to whether their also had seven sacks, with
Aaron Rodgers threw for for the go-ahead touch- Fells had 58 yards receiving hot start is a result of a soft Bosa getting three of them
305 yards and three touch- down with just over eight and two touchdowns and schedule. to go along with his leaping
downs, two of them to minutes left in the game DeAndre Hopkins grabbed 49ERS 51, PANTHERS 13 interception and 46-yard
Aaron Jones on a big night after Melvin Ingram recov- 11 catches for 109 yards. SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) return on the final play of
for the Green Bay running ered a fumble by Trubisky in Derek Carr had 285 yards — Tevin Coleman scored the third quarter.
back, and the Packers held Chicago territory. passing with three touch- three of his four touch- TITANS 27, BUCCANEERS 23
off backup quarterback Rivers was 19 of 29 for 201 downs as the Raiders (3-4) downs in the first half, NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) —
Matt Moore and Kansas yards, a touchdown and lost for the second week in rookie Nick Bosa had three Ryan Tannehill threw an
City. an interception. Melvin a row. sacks to go along with an 8-yard touchdown pass to
Jones, who briefly left with Gordon ran for a score. EAGLES 31, BILLS 13 acrobatic interception and A.J. Brown with 6:55 left,
a shoulder injury, had seven Joey Bosa had two sacks, ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) San Francisco remained and Tennessee rallied to
catches for 159 yards and and the Chargers picked — Rookie Miles Sanders unbeaten with a victory beat Tampa Bay for its sec-
added 67 on the ground — up their first victory since a scored on a career-best over Carolina Panthers in its ond straight win.
a big chunk of them in the win at Miami on Sept. 29. 65-yard touchdown run highest-scoring game in 26 Tennessee came in with the
closing minutes, when the TEXANS 27, RAIDERS 24 and Philadelphia snapped years. The Niners (7-0) are NFL's No. 4 scoring defense,
Packers (7-1) sealed the HOUSTON (AP) — Deshaun a two-game skid with a win off to their best start since having not allowed more
win. It was their first at Arrow- Watson threw for 279 yards over Buffalo. winning their first 10 games than 20 points in a game
head Stadium since Nov. 4, and three touchdowns, Carson Wentz finished 17 in 1990 but still faced ques- all season. The Buccaneers
2007. With reigning league including the go-ahead of 24 for 172 and a touch- tions because five of those entered with the league's
MVP Patrick Mahomes out score in the fourth quarter down passing in a game first six victories came fourth-best offense, aver-
with a dislocated kneecap, to lift Houston past Oakland the Eagles blew open by against teams that have aging 28.8 points a game,
Moore took the reins of the after the Texans lost defen- scoring TDs 83 seconds losing records. and they became the first
Chiefs' high-powered of- sive end J.J. Watt. apart spanning halftime. But San Francisco delivered to top the mark.
fense and fared quite well. Watt sustained a season- Dallas Goedert scored on a perhaps its most complete The Titans (4-4) led 14-3
He threw for 267 yards with ending pectoral injury in 5-yard catch. Jordan How- performance of the sea- after turning a pair of first-
two touchdowns and no the second quarter. ard had a team-best 96 son against the streaking quarter turnovers into two
interceptions in the ex-high There were about 6 1/2 yards rushing and scored Panthers (4-3), who had TD passes by Tannehill.
school coach's first NFL start minutes left when Watson on a 3-yard run, and Boston won four straight games The Bucs (2-6) lost their third
in more than two years. evaded the rush and con- Scott scored on a 4-yard and featured one of the straight and fourth in five
The Chiefs (5-3) hoped nected with Darren Fells on run after Sanders left the league's top defenses. games despite Jameis Win-
Mahomes could make a a 9-yard scoring toss to put game with a shoulder injury Jimmy Garoppolo and the ston and Mike Evans put-
miraculous recovery 10 Houston up 27-24. Watson in the third quarter. offense had little trouble ting the Bucs up 23-17 by
days after hurting his knee appeared to get kicked in Linebacker Brandon Gra- carving Carolina's defense connecting on a TD pass
in Denver in time to play. the face on the play and ham had one of the team's with 232 yards rushing and at the end of the first half
But after he was limited in remained on the turf for a four sacks, and also forced a pair of touchdown pass- and a second early in the
practice throughout the few minutes and was tend- and recovered quarter- es for San Francisco's most third quarter. They wouldn't
week, coach Andy Reid ed to be trainers before back Josh Allen's fumble, prolific offensive game score again despite out-
announced Friday that getting to his feet and walk- which led to Goedert scor- since beating Detroit 55-17 gaining Tennessee 389-246.
the franchise quarterback ing to the medical tent. But ing the go-ahead touch- on Dec. 19, 1993. The Niners PATRIOTS 27, BROWNS 13
would be inactive for the he was OK and returned on down. stellar defense did the rest. FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP)
game. the next possession. The Eagles improved to 4-4 San Francisco intercepted — Tom Brady threw for 259
CHARGERS 17, BEARS 16 Houston (5-3) forced a in bouncing back from a three passes from Kyle Al- yards and two touchdown
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago punt on the next drive 37-10 prime-time dud of a len, who came into the passes and Bill Belich-
kicker Eddy Pineiro missed when Gareon Conley, who loss at Dallas last week game with no interceptions ick earned his 300th NFL
a 41-yard field goal as time was traded to the Texans The Bills (5-2) squandered on 153 career attempts coaching victory in the
expired and Los Angeles from Oakland this week, an opportunity to open while winning his first five Patriots' 27-13 win over the
hung on for the win. knocked down a pass 6-1 for the first time since starts in place of injured Cleveland.q