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Tuesday 16 OcTOber 2018

Patriots, Brady top Chiefs for wild 43-40 win

By The Associated Press Beasley to spark the previ-
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) ously punchless Dallas pass-
— Stephen Gostkowski ing game and rushed for a
hit a 28-yard field goal as career-high 82 yards.
time expired, and the New Perhaps pumped up by
England Patriots beat the some pregame mingling
Kansas City Chiefs 43-40 on with UFC fighter Conor Mc-
Sunday night after blowing Gregor, the Cowboys rolled
a big halftime lead. to a 24-0 halftime lead.
Tom Brady passed for 340 Beasley got his first two
yards and a touchdown touchdowns of the season
and ran for another score for the NFL’s 30th-ranked
in his 200th victory as a passing offense that was
starting quarterback, tops facing the league’s No.
in NFL history. Brady also 1 pass defense. The 2016
passed former teammate NFL Offensive Rookie of
Adam Vinatieri for most ca- the Year had already set
reer wins in the regular sea- his personal best in rushing
son and playoffs combined for a game when he spun
with 227. out of a sack for the longest
It was the first loss of the run of his career, a 28-yard-
season for the Chiefs (5-1). er. He scored Dallas’ first
New England (4-2) led 24-9 touchdown on a 17-yard
at intermission, but Patrick run. The Cowboys (3-3)
Mahomes directed an im- New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) passes under pressure from the Kansas City won their first three games
pressive rally by Kansas City Chiefs during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018, in Foxborough, Mass. of the season at 9-year-old
in the second half. He fin- Associated Press AT&T Stadium for the first
ished 23 of 36 for 352 yards 16-2 at Paul Brown Stadium 106 and punted only once ing. time. Most of their offensive
in his first loss as a starting during Marvin Lewis’ 16 against a defense led by The Rams, who had surren- struggles have been in the
quarterback, with three of seasons as Bengals coach, their former defensive co- dered 31 points in back-to- three road losses.
his four TD passes going to including a pair of playoff ordinator. Pees came out back games, improved to Blake Bortles, who estab-
Tyreek Hill. wins. of a short retirement to join 6-0 in sending the Broncos lished a career high in
Mahomes threw two inter- Same outcome as usual. first-year head coach Mike (2-4) to their fourth straight yards passing in consecu-
ceptions in the first half, but This one ended with a brief Vrabel. loss. tive weeks and had a
was unflappable down the scuffle after Andy Dalton’s Joe Flacco threw for 238 The Broncos pulled to 23-20 chance to become the
stretch. He found Hill for a final pass fell incomplete, yards and a touchdown on Case Keenum’s 1-yard fifth NFL quarterback with
75-yard touchdown pass leaving him 3-12 all-time for Baltimore. Alex Collins dart to Demaryius Thomas three straight games of at
that tied it with just over against Pittsburgh. scored on TD runs of 13 and with 1:22 remaining, cap- least 375 yards, was 15 of 26
three minutes remaining. The Steelers have found 2 yards. ping a 77-yard drive that for 149 yards with a touch-
STEELERS 28, BENGALS 21 their stride behind Conner , The Titans (3-3) lost their included three defensive down and an interception.
CINCINNATI (AP) — James who became the featured second straight and were penalties. Rams receiver DOLPHINS 31, BEARS 28, OT
Conner ran for 111 yards back when Bell decided shut out at home for the Robert Woods, however, MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP)
and a pair of touchdowns to hold out. He has run first time since moving into knocked Brandon Mc- — Jason Sanders kicked a
on the eve of Le’Veon Bell’s for more than 100 yards in Nissan Stadium in 1999. Manus’ onside kick out of 47-yard field goal on the
possible return, and Anto- each of the last two games, Tennessee has not scored bounds, and the Rams ran final play of overtime af-
nio Brown turned a short and his two 1-yard touch- a touchdown in eight out the clock with Jared ter Cody Parkey missed
pass into a 31-yard touch- down runs Sunday put him straight quarters. The Ra- Goff (14 of 28 for 201 yards) a 53-yard try for the Chi-
down with 10 seconds left in the company of a pair of vens couldn’t have looked twice taking a knee. cago Bears, who blew an
as Pittsburgh pulled off an- Steelers Hall of Famers. much better handing Ten- Phillips was the Broncos’ 11-point lead in the final 16
other improbable come- Conner has seven rushing nessee its first shutout since beloved bandmaster when minutes of regulation.
back in Cincinnati. touchdowns in six games, Nov. 28, 2010. they were celebrating their Miami’s Brock Osweiler
The Steelers (3-2-1) have joining Franco Harris (1976) Marcus Mariota tried play- Super Bowl 50 triumph, threw for 380 yards and
won eight in a row against and Jerome Bettis (2004) as ing both with and without but his contract wasn’t re- three touchdowns subbing
their AFC North rival, three the only Steelers with that the partial glove covering newed after the 2016 sea- for Ryan Tannehill, who sat
times rallying in the final accomplishment. his ring and pinkie fingers son and he joined Sean out because of an injured
minute at Paul Brown Sta- RAVENS 21, TITANS 0 on his throwing hand. It McVay in sunny Southern throwing shoulder. Albert
dium to keep it going. After NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — didn’t’ help as Mariota was California. Wilson turned two short
Joe Mixon’s 4-yard touch- The Ravens piled up a sacked the most in his four- After an overnight snow- passes into long touch-
down run with 1:18 left got franchise-record 11 sacks year NFL career and most storm, the game-time downs in the fourth quarter
the Bengals (4-2) thinking in the rain. Za’Darious Smith allowed by the Titans since temperature of 25 de- and finished with 155 yards
this might finally be the had three sacks and Pat- giving up seven in a loss at grees marked the second- on six receptions.
time they end the streak, rick Onwuasor had two for Houston on Nov. 1, 2015. coldest in Denver prior to The Dolphins took the
Ben Roethlisberger and the Ravens (4-2), who had Coach Ken Whisenhunt November in franchise his- kickoff to start overtime,
the Steelers stunned them six sacks by halftime. They was fired two days later. tory. The cold did nothing marched 74 yards and
again. finished a sack off the NFL RAMS 23, BRONCOS 20 to slow down Gurley, who were on the verge of vic-
Brown caught a short pass record for a game, shared DENVER (AP) — Todd Gur- scored his 10th and 11th tory when Kenyan Drake
and outran the secondary by five teams. ley rushed for a career- touchdowns of the season. fumbled just before cross-
for the winning score, leav- Dean Pees and the Titans high 208 yards and two COWBOYS 40, JAGUARS 7 ing the goal line. Eddie
ing thousands of Steelers simply couldn’t stop his touchdowns on 28 carries ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Goldman recovered for
fans twirling their towels in old team as the Ravens and the Rams celebrated — Dak Prescott threw two the Bears, who then drove
the stands. The Steelers are outgained Tennessee 361- Wade Phillips’ homecom- touchdown passes to Cole to the Miami 35.q