Highlights of Sunday's National Football League games
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[October 30, 2017]
(The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Sunday's National
Football League games:
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Cowboys 33, Redskins 19
Ezekiel Elliott ran for 150 yards and two touchdowns, Mike Nugent
kicked four field goals and the Dallas Cowboys defeated the
Washington Redskins 33-19 in the rain on Sunday.
Elliott carried 33 times and scored on runs of 13 and one yards and
had a 27-yard score negated by a holding penalty. He recorded his
third career performance of at least 150 yards in what could be his
last game for some time. He has a court date on Monday that will
likely determine whether he begins serving a six-game suspension
immediately.
Dak Prescott was 14 of 22 for 143 yards for Dallas (4-3).
Washington, which began the game without three members of its
offensive line, lost two more in the second half.
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Quarterback Kirk Cousins completed 26 of 39 passes for 263 yards,
one touchdown and one interception, and the Redskins (3-4) gained
just 49 rushing yards.
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Seahawks 41, Texans 38
Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson passed for a career-best 452
yards and engineered another late comeback to spoil Houston rookie
Deshaun Watson's big day.
Wilson hit tight end Jimmy Graham on an 18-yard touchdown with 21
seconds left, capping an 80-yard drive over the final 1:39, for his
fourth touchdown pass of the game. Graham and wide receiver Paul
Richardson both scored twice for Seattle (5-2).
Watson also passed for four touchdowns, going 19-for-30 for a
season-best 402 yards, but also threw three costly interceptions in
the loss by Houston (3-4).
All but about 10 Houston players knelt during the national anthem,
with arms locked as the Texans protested controversial comments by
owner Bob McNair at an owners' meeting.
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Patriots 21, Chargers 13
Tom Brady threw for 333 yards with a touchdown and Stephen
Gostkowski kicked four fields goals, leading New England past
mistake-prone Los Angeles.
It was the Patriots' fourth straight win.
Brady, who threw a two-yard touchdown pass to tight end Rob
Gronkowski, recorded his 81st career 300-yard game, his fifth this
season.
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Gostkowski was 4-for-6 on field-goal attempts as the Patriots (6-2)
ended a three-game winning streak for the Chargers (3-5).
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Eagles 33, 49ers 10
Carson Wentz threw two touchdown passes and Philadelphia overcame a
sluggish start to defeat winless San Francisco.
Wentz was 18 of 32 for 211 yards and has tossed a franchise-record
19 touchdown passes through the first eight games.
The Eagles improved to 7-1 following their sixth consecutive win
while the 49ers fell to 0-8, joining the Cleveland Browns as the
only two teams without a win.
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Panthers 17, Buccaneers 3
Carolina reclaimed some momentum in the NFC South division race with
the victory over slumping Tampa Bay.
The Panthers (5-3), who broke a two-game losing streak, established
a 10-0 first-half lead with a one-yard touchdown run by Jonathan
Stewart and a 28-yard field goal by Graham Gano.
Following a fourth-quarter interception by James Bradberry, the
Panthers got the put-away score on Cam Newton's 25-yard pass to
Kelvin Benjamin on third-and-16.
Newton was 18-of-32 passing for 154 yards. He rushed for 44 yards
and was not sacked.
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Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) throws a pass during the first
half against the Los Angeles Chargers at Gillette Stadium. Bob
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Saints 20, Bears 12
Drew Brees completed 23 of 28 passes for 299 yards and New Orleans
overcame two fourth-quarter fumbles by Mark Ingram II to hold off
Chicago and post its fifth consecutive victory.
Wil Lutz kicked a 49-yard field goal with 1:35 left to ensure the
win by the Saints (5-2). The Bears fell to 3-5.
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Vikings 33, Browns 16
Minnesota used 21 second-half points to overpower winless Cleveland
at Twickenham Stadium in London.
The Vikings (6-2) have won four straight games -- three with backup
Case Keenum at quarterback. The Browns are 0-8.
The lead changed five times after the Browns jumped ahead 6-0.
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Bills 34, Raiders 14
Buffalo's defense forced four Oakland turnovers and scored 13 points
off a flurry of three takeaways in a span of five minutes.
Buffalo had its fourth straight game with at least three takeaways.
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LeSean McCoy rushed for 151 yards and a touchdown and Tyrod Taylor
had 165 passing yards and two touchdowns (one rushing) for the
Bills, who improved to 5-2 for the first time since 2011.
The Raiders dropped to 3-5.
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Bengals 24, Colts 23
Defensive end Carlos Dunlap's interception return for a touchdown
with seven minutes left lifted Cincinnati (3-4) to victory over
Indianapolis (2-6).
With the Colts leading 23-17, Dunlap batted Jacoby Brissett's pass
up in the air, then caught it and ran 16 yards for a touchdown,
putting the Bengals ahead after the extra point.
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Falcons 25, Jets 20
Staring at a fourth straight loss to an AFC East opponent, Matt Ryan
hit Mohamed Sanu for the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter,
and Atlanta hung on to beat New York in the rain.
The Jets (3-5) were about to get the ball back down 22-20 inside
nine minutes to play, but Jeremy Kerley muffed a punt and Kemal
Ishmael recovered for Atlanta (4-3) on the New York 13-yard line.
Ryan had trouble with the snaps in the steady downpour, fumbling two
exchanges in the first quarter and a third later.
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Steelers 20, Lions 15
Ben Roethlisberger connected with rookie receiver JuJu
Smith-Schuster on a 97-yard touchdown, the longest pass play in
Pittsburgh history, and the Steelers held off the Detroit Lions
20-15 on Sunday night at Ford Field.
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Roethlisberger completed 17 of 31 passes for 313 yards.
Smith-Schuster hauled in seven of those passes for 193 yards.
Le'Veon Bell rushed for 76 yards on 25 carries, including a 5-yard
touchdown, for the Steelers (6-2).
Matthew Stafford completed 27 of 45 passes for 423 yards for the
Lions (3-4), but they couldn't score a touchdown. Matt Prater
accounted for all of Detroit's points with five field goals.
The Lions had won their last five games after a bye week.
(Editing by Gene Cherry)
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