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SPORTSTuesday 15 September 2015
NFL Capsules
Cowboys overcome mistakes, beat Giants 27-26 on late TD
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) the first half against the
mistake-prone Texans.
— Tony Romo threw an Travis Kelce caught two
touchdown passes in the
11-yard touchdown pass first quarter, the first com-
ing after Kansas City inter-
to Jason Witten with 7 sec- cepted Brian Hoyer on his
first throw as a Texan.
onds left, and the Dallas The Chiefs were up by 14 in
the second quarter when
Cowboys overcame three Justin Houston sacked
Hoyer, forcing a fumble.
turnovers that led to easy Kansas City recovered it
and a 7-yard touchdown
New York points to beat reception by Jamaal
Charles pushed the lead
the Giants 27-26 on Sun- to 27-6. Hoyer struggled in
his debut before Ryan Mal-
day night. lett took over with about
six minutes left and led
The Cowboys drove 72 Houston on two scoring
drives to cut the lead to a
yards in just 1:27 after forc- touchdown.
DOLPHINS 17, REDSKINS 10
ing the Giants to settle for LANDOVER, Maryland (AP)
— Jarvis Landry returned a
Josh Brown’s fourth field punt 69 yards for a touch-
down with 10:22 left to give
goal when a touchdown Miami its first lead.
Landry’s score broke open
would have sealed New a tight game in which the
Redskins amassed more
York’s first victory in an yards and dominated the
time of possession, but
opener against Dallas. The could not pull away.
Kirk Cousins went 21 for
Cowboys are 8-0 against 31 for 196 yards and two
interceptions for Washing-
New York in openers. ton. Robert Griffin III was
inactive after only recently
Dominique Rodgers- recovering from a concus-
sion. Miami trailed 10-0 in
Cromartie returned a fum- the second quarter, cut
it to 10-7 at halftime and
ble 57 yards for a touch- pulled even when An-
drew Franks kicked a The
down, and the Giants had Dolphins then forced a
punt. Landry took the ball
to go just 1 yard for their in the center of the field
and darted up the middle,
other TD after Trumaine dodging would-be tack-
lers along the way.
McBride’s interception. On the ensuing drive,
Cousins threw a sideline
It was the fifth straight win pass that cornerback Brice
McCain intercepted at the
for the defending NFC East Miami 2.
JETS 31, BROWNS 10
champion Cowboys over EAST RUTHERFORD, New
Jersey (AP) — Ryan Fitzpat-
their division rival. rick threw two touchdown
passes and Chris Ivory ran
RAMS 34, SEAHAWKS 31 for two scores in coach
Todd Bowles’ debut.
The Rams stopped Seattle The Jets (1-0) had five take-
aways against the Browns,
running back Marshawn including an interception
of Johnny Manziel, who
Lynch short of a first down came in late in the first
quarter for the injured Josh
Sunday, making Greg Zu- New York Giants running back Rashad Jennings (23) is taken down by Dallas Cowboys free McCown.q
erlein’s 37-yard field goal safety J.J. Wilcox (27) during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015, in
in overtime decisive. Arlington, Texas. Associated Press
St. Louis survived an outplaying No. 1 overall Jones, AS the Packers beat tacking Buffalo defense
draft pick Jameis Winston Chicago to spoil John Fox’s put the clamps on Andrew
18-point fourth quarter rally to lead Tennessee over debut as Bears coach. Luck.
Tampa Bay. The Packers got all they In his first career start, Taylor
by the Seahawks, who fa- The highly anticipated de- could handle from the re- went 14 of 19 for 195 yards,
but for the rookie quarter- building Bears, but took including a 51-yard open-
mously passed from the 1 in backs was one-sided from control down the stretch ing touchdown pass to
the start, not unlike many to beat them for the 10th Percy Harvin. Boobie Dixon
last February’s Super Bowl of Mariota’s dazzling per- time in 11 games, includ- and rookie Karlos Williams
formances in college at ing the postseason. scored touchdowns rush-
and were intercepted by Oregon. Rodgers improved to 13-3 ing to deliver Ryan a win
The 2014 Heisman winner lifetime against Chicago. in his debut as Bills head
New England to lose. threw for 209 yards without The 2014 MVP completed coach.
an interception to join Hall 18 of 23 passes for 189 The Bills built a 24-0 lead by
Down 31-24 with 53 sec- of Famer Fran Tarkenton as yards. scoring on four consecu-
the only players to throw Jones, who spent seven tive possessions into the
onds left, the Rams tied four or more TD passes in seasons in Green Bay be- third quarter. And Buffalo’s
their first NFL game. fore signing with Oakland defense did the rest.
the game after Seahawks Tarkenton did it for Minne- last year, caught four pass- The retooled Luck-led
sota against the Chicago es for 51 yards. That includ- Colts attack was limited to
defensive back Dion Bailey Bears on Sept. 17, 1961. ed a one-handed grab on 148 yards offense and nine
Winston, the 2013 Heis- a 13-yard score late in the first downs on its first five
stumbled on Lance Kend- man winner, did some- first quarter and a 1-yard drives before scoring two
thing rare, too, becom- TD in the third — a good touchdowns in the final 16
ricks’ 37-yard touchdown ing the first quarterback start after being released minutes.
since Brett Favre in 1991 to by the Raiders in the spring Luck finished 26 of 49 for
catch. Cary Williams’ strip have his first NFL pass inter- and by the Giants on the 243 yards and two touch-
cepted and returned for a final roster cut. downs, and was intercept-
of Nick Foles and 8-yard touchdown. BILLS 27, COLTS 14 ed twice.
PACKERS 31, BEARS 23 ORCHARD PARK, New York CHIEFS 27, TEXANS 20
return had put Seattle up CHICAGO (AP) — Aaron (AP) — Tyrod Taylor engi- HOUSTON (AP) — Alex
Rodgers threw for three neered three touchdown Smith threw for 243 yards
by a touchdown. touchdowns, two to James drives and Rex Ryan’s at- and three touchdowns in
The Seahawks opened
overtime with an onside
kick; Bradley Marquez
caught Steven Hauschka’s
popped-up attempt. Of-
ficials ruled the ball was
kicked directly in the air, so
Marquez was OK to signal
for a fair catch.
The Rams sacked Russell
Wilson six times.
TITANS 42, BUCCANEERS 14
TAMPA, Florida (AP) —
Marcus Mariota made it
look easy, throwing four
touchdown passes and
