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SPORTSMonday 21 September 2015

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Peterson, playing in front of Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel (2) breaks away from Tennessee Titans cornerback Coty Sensabaugh (24) in
a pro-Vikings crowd for the the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015, in Cleveland.
first time in 658 days, rushed
29 times for 134 yards af- Associated Press
ter receiving a pregame
standing ovation out of two touchdowns for Pitts- quarters against Buffalo (1- nati quickly ended Philip of 24.
the tunnel and a couple of burgh, which rolled up 453 1). New England’s Stephen Rivers’ streak of perfect FALCONS, 24, GIANTS 20
“AP! AP! AP!” chants from total yards despite having Gostkowski hit a 25-yard passing. Dalton’s 9-yard EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP)
the fans on a sun-soaked the ball for only 23 minutes. field goal with 1:15 left. The throw to Tyler Eifert put the — Julio Jones caught a per-
afternoon. Colin Kaepernick threw for Bills’ final drive ended on Bengals (2-0) in control fect 37-yard pass from Matt
Teddy Bridgewater played 335 yards and two scores. the next play from scrim- midway through the fourth Ryan, setting up Devonta
a smart, sharp game for PATRIOTS 40, BILLS 32 mage when Tyrod Taylor’s quarter. San Diego (1-1) set Freeman’s 2-yard touch-
Minnesota (1-1). He threw ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) pass tipped off the hands up Cincinnati’s first touch- down run with 1:14 remain-
for one touchdown and ran — Tom Brady threw for 466 of Sammy Watkins and was down with a fumble. ing, lifting Atlanta over New
for another. Matthew Staf- yards — the second-most intercepted by Logan Ryan. Giovani Bernard took over York. Jones was unstoppa-
ford was erratic for the Lions of his career — and three Brady improved to 24-3 as the running back after ble in the Falcons’ second
(0-2), who fell behind 14-0 touchdowns in leading New against Buffalo, and his Jeremy Hill lost two fumbles. straight victory, tying the
early in the second quarter. England. Julian Edelman passing yards were the most He finished with 123 yards. club record with 13 recep-
CARDINAL 48, BEARS 23 scored two touchdowns, ever by a Bills opponent. Rivers’ streak of consecu- tions, good for 135 yards.
CHICAGO (AP) — Carson and the Patriots (2-0) need- BENGALS 24, CHARGERS 19 tive completions ended at His biggest catch was down
Palmer threw for four touch- ed to stave off a fourth- CINCINNATI (AP) — Andy 22, a Chargers record. The the left sideline behind
downs to lead Arizona in a quarter rally after building Dalton threw three touch- streak was two shy of Dono- Prince Amukamara in the
game that saw Chicago a 37-13 lead through three down passes, and Cincin- van McNabb’s NFL record final moments.q
lose Jay Cutler to a ham-
string injury.
Palmer connected with Lar-
ry Fitzgerald for three TDs,
David Johnson returned
the opening kickoff a
club-record 108 yards and
added a rushing TD. And
coach Bruce Arians gained
a measure of revenge after
the Bears hired Marc Trest-
man over him in January
2013. Arizona is 2-0; Chica-
go 0-2 under new coach
John Fox.
STEELERS 43, 49ERS 18
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ben
Roethlisberger passed for
369 yards and three touch-
downs, DeAngelo Williams
tied a team record with
three rushing scores for
Pittsburgh.
The Steelers (1-1) converted
a pair of 2-point attempts
in the first half to seize mo-
mentum and had little trou-
ble with San Francisco (1-1).
Antonio Brown caught nine
passes for 195 yards and