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Tuesday 20 November 2018
Steelers rally to stun Jaguars in final seconds, 20-16

By The Associated Press NFC North.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Mack and Jackson led
Ben Roethlisberger was far a dominant effort by the
from perfect until the fourth defense. And Chicago (7-
quarter, and that was all 3) took a big step toward
that mattered for the Pitts- its first division champion-
burgh Steelers. ship since 2010. The Bears
One week after Roethlis- have won a season-high
berger had a perfect quar- four in a row. And the past
terback rating, he over- two have come against
came three interceptions the NFC North after they
and a 16-0 deficit by lead- dropped 10 straight to divi-
ing two late scoring drives. sion opponents.
He lunged in from the 1 for Chicago simply suffocated
the winning score with 5 the Vikings (5-4-1), domi-
seconds left for a 20-16 vic- nating in total yards (308-
tory over the Jacksonville 268) and time of possession
Jaguars on Sunday. (34:29-25:31) even though
The Steelers (7-2-1) won quarterback Mitchell
their sixth straight and likely Trubisky had his difficulties.
ended any playoff hopes Trubisky was 20 of 31 for 165
for the Jaguars, who elimi- yards and a touchdown,
nated Pittsburgh in the divi- Washington Redskins quarterback Alex Smith (11) ankle is injured as he is sacked by Houston but had two passes inter-
sional round last year. The Texans defensive end J.J. Watt (99) and Houston Texans strong safety Kareem Jackson (25) cepted by Anthony Harris.
Jaguars (3-7) dropped their during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018 in Landover, Md. BRONCOS 23, CHARGERS
sixth in a row in a game Associated Press 22
they controlled until the fi- help the Texans overcome of his other carries. Peter- las needed 14 plays to cov- CARSON, Calif. (AP) —
nal five minutes. a mistake-prone Deshaun son's 3- and 7-yard TD runs er 75 yards for the game's Brandon McManus kicked
Leonard Fournette ran for Watson for their seventh gave him 105 in his career first TD, Prescott's 4-yard run a 34-yard field goal as time
95 yards and caught two consecutive victory. and moved him past for- after faking a handoff to El- expired and snapped the
passes for 46 yards that led Washington's loss came at mer Redskins star John Rig- liott. Prescott had a couple Chargers' six-game winning
to the Jaguars' only touch- a significant price when gins into sole possession of of 17-yard passes — one to streak.
down when he launched quarterback Alex Smith suf- sixth, one behind Jim Brown Amari Cooper, another to Denver got the ball at its
himself from the 4 and fered a gruesome ankle for fifth. Cole Beasley — but no oth- 8 with 1:51 remaining, and
scored for a 16-0 lead with injury on a sack in the third Peterson finished with 51 er play on the possession Case Keenum orchestrated
2:09 left in the third quarter. quarter. Smith's right ankle yards on 16 carries. went for more than 5 yards. a seven-play, 76-yard drive.
Roethlisberger, who now turned the wrong way as COWBOYS 22, FALCONS 19 Maher hooked the extra Keenum, who was 19 of 32
has 10 turnovers in his he was sacked by Kareem ATLANTA (AP) — Brett Ma- point, however, leaving the for 205 yards, completed
last three games against Jackson and J.J. Watt on her shook off a missed extra Cowboys with a 12-9 lead. five passes for 86 yards dur-
Jacksonville, took over a play eerily similar to Joe point and kicked a 42-yard They quickly extended the ing the drive, including a
from there.He got safety Theismann's broken leg field goal on the final play. margin. On Atlanta's next 30-yarder to Courtland Sut-
Tashaun Gipson Sr. to bite that came exactly 33 years Matt Ryan threw a 34-yard possession, Ryan threw a ton to the Denver 16. Kee-
on a pump fake and found ago to the day. touchdown pass to Ju- short pass to Calvin Rid- num then spiked the ball
Antonio Brown open deep Colt McCoy replaced Smith lio Jones for Atlanta's only ley cutting over the mid- and McManus kicked the
in the middle of the field for and threw for a touchdown touchdown with 1:52 re- dle. The ball was thrown field goal as time expired.
a 78-yard touchdown. pass and led a long scoring maining to tie the game. a bit too hard, the rookie Phillip Lindsay had 11 car-
Still trailing by 10 points drive for Washington (6-4), But Dallas drove 51 yards couldn't hang on and it ries for 79 yards and Sutton
with just under six minutes which likely will have to rely in 10 plays, setting up Ma- ricocheted into the arms of had three receptions for 78
remaining, Roethlisberger on the journeyman quar- her's winning kick as time Dallas linebacker Leighton yards. Denver (4-6) had lost
found tight end Vance Mc- terback the rest of the way. expired .The Cowboys (5- Vander Esch . He returned six of seven coming into the
Donald in the back of the Adrian Peterson's touch- 5), who gained a game the interception 28 yards to game.Philip Rivers threw for
end zone to cut the lead to down that put the Redskins on Washington in the NFC the Atlanta 31. 401 yards and two touch-
16-13 with 2:28 remaining. up 21-20 early in the fourth East, gave their playoff Two plays later, Elliott dart- downs. The 15-year veter-
The Jaguars went three- quarter was the first lead hopes a boost. Atlanta (4- ed through a big hole up an, who completed 28 of
and-out, and Roethlisberg- change in a game involv- 6) lost its second straight the middle, shook off an 43 passes, also became the
er led a 68-yard drive. He ing the Redskins all season. game and now faces long attempted tackle from Da- sixth quarterback in league
hit JuJu Smith-Schuster on Watson threw for a touch- odds to reach the postsea- montae Kazee at the 15 history to throw at least two
the left sideline for a 35- down and had two inter- son — especially playing in and powered in for a 23- touchdown passes in each
yard gain to the 27 that at ceptions, completing 16 of the NFC South, where the yard touchdown. Maher of his team's first 10 games
least got the Steelers in field 24 passes and taking three Falcons trail New Orleans connected on this extra to start a season.
goal position. sacks. Houston (7-3) turned and Carolina. point, giving the Cowboys It was not one of the clean-
James Conner dropped a over the ball three times, After a field goal battle a 10-point lead with 12:26 est games for Rivers or the
sure touchdown when he but kept its winning streak between Maher and At- remaining. Chargers (7-3), though. Riv-
got behind linebacker Tel- going after Redskins kicker lanta's Matt Bryant left the BEARS 25, VIKINGS 20 ers threw two interceptions
vin Smith Sr., but Roethlis- Dustin Hopkins missed a Falcons with a 9-6 lead CHICAGO (AP) — Khalil and Los Angeles commit-
berger hit Brown over the 63-yard field-goal attempt heading to the final period, Mack had a sack and fum- ted 14 penalties, includ-
middle to the 2. with 3 seconds left. Dak Prescott and Ezekiel El- ble recovery, Eddie Jack- ing 10 in the first half. Mike
TEXANS 23, REDSKINS 21 Peterson ran for two touch- liott scored on a pair of runs son returned an intercep- Badgley, who made three
LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — downs to continue climb- to push the Cowboys to a tion for a touchdown and field goals, also missed an
Justin Reid returned an ing the NFL rushing chart, 19-9 lead. Chicago beat Minnesota extra point that ended up
interception 101 yards to but was bottled up on a lot Grinding for every yard, Dal- to tighten its grip on the looming large.q