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Monday 13 noveMber 2017

Saints win seventh in a row, rout Bills 47-10

By The Associated Press the third quarter. The Rams
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — defense shut out Houston
C.J. Beathard threw for 288 in the second half and won
yards and two touchdowns at the Coliseum for just the
and ran for a third score third time in 11 games since
to lead the San Francisco returning to Los Angeles
49ers to their first win of the last season.
season, 31-21 over the New Woods finished with eight
York Giants on Sunday. catches for 171 yards, mak-
Beathard connected on ing the longest catch of his
an 83-yard TD to Marquise NFL career before follow-
Goodwin and a 47-yarder ing it up with a 12-yard TD.
to Garrett Celek in the sec- Bruce Ellington caught a
ond quarter as the 49ers 26-yard TD pass for the Tex-
(1-9) took advantage of ans (3-6), who have lost
another listless effort by the three straight and four of
Giants (1-8) to win for the five.Tom Savage passed
first time under coach Kyle for 221 yards with two inter-
Shanahan. Beathard’s time ceptions for Houston, which
as starting quarterback in lost its second straight since
San Francisco figures to be losing rookie quarterback
numbered after the team Deshaun Watson for the
acquired Jimmy Garoppo- season with a knee injury.
lo two weeks ago in trade Falcons defensive end Adrian Clayborn and linebacker Deion Jones sack Cowboys quarterback STEELERS 20, COLTS 17
from New England. Garop- Dak Prescott during the first quarter in a NFL football game on Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017, in Atlanta. INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Ben
polo has been learning the Associated Press Roethlisberger’s 32-yard
offense and could take sparger was let go after a game away for the Fal- them and surpassed the completion to Antonio
over when the team returns 0-7 start and replaced by cons (5-4) by tossing one to team record of five sacks, Brown with 35 seconds set
from the bye in two weeks. John McVay. Austin Hooper for a 1-yard held by Chuck Smith and up a 33-yard field goal
While the Niners could be FALCONS 27, COWBOYS 7 score. Hall of Famer Claude Hum- from Chris Boswell as time
making a quarterback ATLANTA (AP) — Adrian While the Cowboys (5-4) phrey. expired.
change soon, this perfor- Clayborn set an Atlanta sure missed Elliott, who fi- Even more impressively, The Steelers (7-2) have won
mance will only heighten record with six sacks, Matt nally began serving a six- Clayborn’s performance four straight overall and
the questions about wheth- Ryan threw a pair of short game suspension for alle- matched the second-most five in a row in the series.
er the Giants will need to touchdown passes and the gations of domestic abuse sacks in NFL history. But it sure wasn’t easy as
change coaches. Ben Falcons romped to victory after three legal reprieves, RAMS 33, TEXANS 7 the Colts (3-7) held Ro-
McAdoo has been under over Dallas. they really noticed the ab- LOS ANGELES (AP) — Robert ethlisberger, Brown and
fire after a report this past The Cowboys looked ane- sence of left tackle Tyron Woods caught two of Jar- Le’Veon Bell in check. Pitts-
week from ESPN that quot- mic offensively in their first Smith. He sat out the game ed Goff’s three touchdown burgh needed two sec-
ed an anonymous player game without suspended with back and groin injuries, passes during a dominant ond-half TD passes from Ro-
as saying the players have running back Ezekiel Elliott. leaving third-year player third quarter, and surging ethlisberger to fight its way
given up on the season Ryan hooked up with Jus- Chaz Green to protect Dak Los Angeles returned after out of a 17-3 third-quarter
and don’t view McAdoo as tin Hardy on a 3-yard pass Prescott’s blind side. a month away from home deficit. And Roethlisberger
a leader. for Atlanta’s first offensive It didn’t go well for Dallas. for their fourth straight vic- reverted to his traditional
The Giants have not fired a touchdown in the third Beating Green time after tory, 33-7 over depleted form on the Steelers’ final
coach during the season quarter this season. Early time, Clayborn forced two Houston. possession.
since 1976 when Bill Arn- in the fourth, Ryan put the fumbles, recovered one of After struggling to a 9-7 The two -time Super Bowl
lead during a quiet first champion methodically
half for the NFL’s highest- marched the Steelers 70
scoring team, the Rams yards in the final 3 minutes,
(7-2) ran away with a series 10 seconds to give Pitts-
of big throws by Goff, who burgh its only lead.
passed for a career-high Roethlisberger was 19 of 31
355 yards. for 236 yards with one inter-
Woods caught a 94-yard ception. Bell had 26 carries
TD pass to break it open for 80 yards and Brown, the
before Sammy Watkins and league’s leading receiver,
Woods made TD catches caught three passes for 47
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