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Patriots win 27-26 at Giants on last-second long FG
EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jer- Gresham with 8:41 remain-
sey (AP) — Stephen Gost- ing. The Cardinals held
kowski’s 54-yard field goal Seattle on its next posses-
with 1 second remaining sion and Ellington added
Sunday kept the New Eng- the punctuation, sprint-
land Patriots unbeaten with ing down the sideline on a
a 27-26 victory over the third-down run to cap Ari-
New York Giants. zona’s big night.
After Josh Brown made PANTHERS 27, TITANS 10
his fourth field goal of the NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) —
game with 1:47 remain- Cam Newton completed
ing, Tom Brady drove the his first 11 passes — the lon-
Patriots (9-0) 44 yards, con- gest streak of his career —
verting a fourth-and-10 on and Carolina remained un-
the series. Gostkowski, the beaten.
NFL’s leading scorer the last The Panthers (9-0) extend-
three seasons, sent his win- ed their league-best win-
ning kick soaring through ning streak to 13 games as
the uprights. Newton ran for a touch-
The Giants (5-5) have given down and passed for an-
the Patriots fits under Tom other score.
Coughlin and nearly pulled The Titans (2-7) suffered
off another victory. But New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) watches as LeGarrette Blount (29) dives into the their 10th straight home loss
you don’t beat New Eng- end zone for a touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game against the New York in the first home game un-
land with field goals, and a Giants on Sunday Nov. 15, 2015, in East Rutherford, N.J. der interim coach Mike Mu-
5-yard pass to Odell Beck- larkey.
ham Jr. on New York’s final Associated Press Rookie quarterback Mar-
drive was originally called a cus Mariota and the Titans
touchdown, then reversed LIONS 18, PACKERS 16 two previous defeats came The Broncos (7-2) saw their were held scoreless in the
by a video review. GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — on the road to Super Bowl nine-game AFC West win- second half.
Both Beckham and New Matthew Stafford threw contenders Denver and ning streak come to an JAGUARS 22, RAVENS 20
England’s Rob Gronkowski for two touchdowns, and Carolina. end with their first loss to BALTIMORE (AP) — Jason
had the longest TD catches Detroit stopped a 24-game CHIEFS 29, BRONCOS 13 the Chiefs (4-5) since Tim Myers kicked a 53-yard
of their careers: Beckham road losing streak against DENVER (AP) — Kansas City Tebow was their quarter- field goal after Jackson-
for 87 yards and Gronkows- Green Bay when it held on prevented Peyton Man- back in 2011. ville got one final play on a
ki for 76. for a victory despite a late ning from getting the one CARDINALS 39, SEAHAWKS facemask penalty with no
blunder by Calvin Johnson. record he really wanted, 32 time left, and the Jaguars
Mason Crosby missed a trouncing Denver on the SEATTLE (AP) — Carson ended their 13-game road
52-yard field goal as time strength of five intercep- Palmer threw for 363 yards losing streak.
expired after the Packers tions and five field goals. and three touchdowns,
recovered an onside kick Manning entered the day Andre Ellington had a 48-
fumbled by Johnson with with 71,836 yards through yard touchdown run with Down 20-19 with no time-
31 seconds left. the air, 2 shy of Brett Favre’s 1:58 remaining and Ari- outs, the Jaguars got the
Detroit (2-7) had stopped record and tied with Favre zona moved three games ball at their 20 with 1:06 left.
Green Bay on a 2-point with 186 victories. ahead in the NFC West with After moving to the Balti-
conversion attempt after He finished the day with just a wild victory over Seattle. more 49, Blake Bortles took
Aaron Rodgers hit Justin 35 yards on 5-of-20 pass- Palmer helped the Cardi- the snap an instant before
Perillo for an 11-yard touch- ing, four interceptions, two nals (7-2) build leads of 19-0 the clock expired and was
down pass on the previous sacks and an almost un- and 22-7 at halftime, only quickly sacked by Elvis Du-
drive. heard-of zero passer rating to watch Seattle (4-5) rally mervil.
Stafford threw for 242 yards before being benched late and take a 29-25 lead ear- But Dumervil grabbed the
for the league-worst Lions, in the third quarter. ly in the fourth quarter on quarterback’s facemask,
an organization that had The only highlight for Man- Bobby Wagner’s 22-yard giving the Jaguars one final
been reeling following the ning was his milestone: fumble return that left Cen- play even though the clock
midseason firings of the a 4-yard pass to running turyLink Field shaking. read 0:00.
team president and gen- back Ronnie Hillman. Even Undaunted by losing the The victory enabled the
eral manager. that didn’t come until he’d lead, Palmer led the Cardi- Jaguars (3-6) to end a road
The Packers (6-3) lost their thrown his first interception, nals on an 83-yard touch- skid that followed a win in
third straight game, but this gotten sacked and fum- down drive, capped by a Cleveland on Dec. 1, 2013.
was a new low after their bled. 14-yard strike to Jermaine Baltimore fell to 2-7.q
