Chiefs win offensive duel

Trent Green threw for 389 yards and three scores, two to tight end Tony Gonzalez, and Priest Holmes finished with 143 yards rushing and three scores to help the Kansas City Chiefs break a seven-game losing streak to the Indianapolis Colts with a win at Kansas City, Mo.

Peyton Manning passed for 472 yards and five touchdowns. But with his team trying frantically to come back from a 10-point deficit, Manning’s pass was intercepted by Greg Wesley in the end zone and returned 65 yards to seal the win.

Before Sunday, Kansas City hadn’t beaten Indianapolis since 1985. Kansas City won back-to-back games for the first time this year, while Indianapolis lost its second straight.

The Chiefs finished with 590 yards, the Colts with 505 — the third-highest single-game total in NFL history.

“When you get 590 yards of offense I don’t know what you left out,” Chiefs coach Dick Vermeil said. “I’ve never been involved in 590 yards of offense. I don’t add that high.”

Green’s 14 straight completions in the first half were one short of Len Dawson’s team record from 1967.

Holmes’ ninth three-touchdown game moved him into a tie with Arizona’s Emmitt Smith for second on the NFL career list. Jim Brown holds the record with 10 three-TD games.

Falcons 41, Broncos 28

Michael Vick threw two touchdown passes to Peerless Price and accounted for 367 yards of offense to help Atlanta set aside its 56-10 embarrassment at Kansas City last week by defeating host Denver.

Jake Plummer threw for a Denver record 499 yards — a career high and the best mark in the league this year — but also had three interceptions as the Broncos added this upset to last week’s 23-10 loss to Cincinnati.

After playing a terrible game last week, Vick finished with season highs of 115 yards rushing and 252 passing.

Atlanta gained 467 yards against a defense allowing less than 240 a game. The Falcons scored on six of their first nine possessions, a stat that would have been better if not for a missed field goal and a lost fumble in Denver territory.

Chargers 42, Raiders 14

Drew Brees threw a career-high five touchdown passes and set the team single-game record for pass efficiency in leading surprising San Diego to home win over Oakland. Brees completed his first eight passes and was 22 of 25 overall — 88 percent — for 281 yards. He had no interceptions for the fifth time in six games.

The previous team record was 81.8 percent by Rick Neuheisel, the replacement quarterback during the 1987 strike. Brees completed 80 percent of his passes, 16 of 20, against Tennessee on Oct. 3 to tie Hall of Famer Dan Fouts for second on the team’s all-time list.

The Raiders lost their fifth straight. Kerry Collins was intercepted twice and went 24 of 39 for 263 yards.

Giants 34, Vikings 13

Tiki Barber ran 24 times for 101 yards and two short touchdowns to give New York its third straight win over host Minnesota.

New York finally solved its red zone struggles by scoring all five times it reached the Minnesota 20, including four TDs.

Daunte Culpepper finished 24 for 42 for 231 yards, one late touchdown and two interceptions.

Rookie Mewelde Moore, who had 610 total yards in the last three games, was held to 29 yards on eight carries for the Vikings.

Texans 20, Jaguars 6

Demarcus Faggins returned Byron Leftwich’s errant pass 43 yards for a score with 42 seconds left, sending Houston to a home victory over Jacksonville.

David Carr went 26 of 34 for 276 yards and a touchdown, the Texans held Jacksonville to 39 yards rushing and the Jaguars did almost nothing on offense until the fourth quarter in the latest edition of this burgeoning AFC South rivalry.

The Texans have won four of their last five. Houston is above .500 for the first time in franchise history this late in a season.

Leftwich finished 25 of 40 for 227 yards with two interceptions, but got almost no help from the ground game after Fred Taylor left in the third quarter with a hip pointer.

Cowboys 31, Lions 21

Vinny Testaverde stunned everyone with a 7-yard run on fourth-and-3 to set up a tying touchdown, then scrambled 3 yards for the go-ahead score to help Dallas end a three-game losing streak with a home win over Detroit.

With Keyshawn Johnson the only receiver in the lineup who’d ever caught a pass, the Cowboys ran 41 times — 11 more than in any game this season — for 127 yards. Eddie George had season-bests of 31 carries and 99 yards.

Testaverde also came through with his arm when needed, throwing a 38-yard touchdown pass to Johnson with 1:54 left to seal the victory. He finished 19 of 24 for 235 yards, offsetting three interceptions with three touchdowns, two to Johnson.

Joey Harrington was 19 of 32 for 255 yards with two touchdowns and an interception for Detroit.

Titans 27, Bengals 20

Tennessee rested Steve McNair and his aching chest, and backup Billy Volek responded by throwing for two touchdowns and 210 yards for their first victory at home this season.

Gary Anderson kicked two field goals, and Chris Brown also ran for a touchdown and for 147 yards, his fifth 100-yard performance this season. The Titans snapped a two-game skid with their ninth victory in 10 games against their old AFC Central foe Cincinnati.

The Titans sacked Carson Palmer four times, hit him repeatedly, batted down four passes behind the line and forced him into an interception and a fumble. Palmer finished 20 of 36 for 247 yards, while Rudi Johnson had just 57 yards on 17 carries.