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Saints’ Malcolm Jenkins (27) sends Bucs running back Earnest Graham flying after a fourth-quarter hit. (Associated Press)

Patriots 20, Cowboys 16

Tom Brady threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to Aaron Hernandez with 22 seconds left and New England (5-1) rallied to beat Dallas (2-3) in Foxborough, Mass. Dan Bailey’s 26-yard field goal had broken a 13-13 tie with 5:13 left but the Cowboys could not hold on.

Dallas 3 7 3 3 16
New England 3 10 0 7 20

NE—FG Gostkowski 31.

Dal—FG Bailey 48.

NE—FG Gostkowski 26.

NE—Welker 5 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick).

Dal—Witten 1 pass from Romo (Bailey kick).

Dal—FG Bailey 22.

Dal—FG Bailey 26.

NE—Hernandez 8 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick).

A—68,756.

Dal NE
First downs 21 25
Total Net Yards 377 371
Rushes-yards 24-77 25-101
Passing 300 270
Punt Returns 2-3 3-27
Kickoff Returns 2-40 5-103
Interceptions Ret. 2-7 1-6
Comp-Att-Int 27-41-1 27-41-2
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-17 3-19
Punts 4-51.8 2-48.0
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-2
Penalties-Yards 10-77 5-35
Time of Possession 32:49 27:11

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Dallas, Murray 10-32, Romo 1-17, Jones 8-14, Choice 5-14. New England, Green-Ellis 14-58, Ridley 3-19, Brady 4-17, Woodhead 4-7.

PASSING—Dallas, Romo 27-41-1-317. New England, Brady 27-41-2-289.

RECEIVING—Dallas, Austin 7-74, Bryant 4-78, Witten 4-48, Choice 3-16, Robinson 2-43, Jones 2-19, Bennett 2-13, Ogletree 1-12, Murray 1-7, Phillips 1-7. New England, Hernandez 8-68, R.Gronkowski 7-74, Welker 6-45, Branch 3-69, Woodhead 2-22, Green-Ellis 1-11.

Giants 27, Bills 24

Ahmad Bradshaw ran for 104 yards and a career-best three touchdowns and Lawrence Tynes kicked a go-ahead 23-yard field goal with 1:32 remaining to give New York (4-2) a victory over Buffalo (4-2) in East Rutherford, N.J.

Buffalo 14 3 0 7 24
N.Y. Giants 7 10 7 3 27

NYG—Bradshaw 1 run (Tynes kick).

Buf—Jackson 80 run (Lindell kick).

Buf—Roosevelt 60 pass from Fitzpatrick (Lindell kick).

NYG—FG Tynes 26.

NYG—Bradshaw 1 run (Tynes kick).

Buf—FG Lindell 49.

NYG—Bradshaw 1 run (Tynes kick).

Buf—St.Johnson 9 pass from Fitzpatrick (Lindell kick).

NYG—FG Tynes 23.

A—79,243.

Buf NYG
First downs 17 24
Total Net Yards 374 414
Rushes-yards 23-155 33-122
Passing 219 292
Punt Returns 2-11 1-17
Kickoff Returns 1-21 4-88
Interceptions Ret. 0-0 2-25
Comp-Att-Int 21-30-2 21-32-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-25 0-0
Punts 3-45.3 3-53.7
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 7-75 7-79
Time of Possession 29:13 30:47

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Buffalo, Jackson 16-121, B.Smith 4-26, Fitzpatrick 3-8. N.Y. Giants, Bradshaw 26-104, Ware 5-19, Manning 2-(minus 1).

PASSING—Buffalo, Fitzpatrick 21-30-2-244. N.Y. Giants, Manning 21-32-0-292.

RECEIVING—Buffalo, Jackson 5-47, St.Johnson 5-39, Spiller 5-39, Nelson 4-62, Roosevelt 1-60, Chandler 1-(minus 3). N.Y. Giants, Ballard 5-81, Manningham 5-56, Nicks 4-96, Bradshaw 2-26, Pascoe 2-17, Cruz 2-12, Scott 1-4.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—N.Y. Giants, Tynes 50 (BK).

Raiders 24, Browns 17

Jacoby Ford returned a kickoff 101 yards and Kevin Boss caught a 35-yard touchdown pass from punter Shane Lechler on a fake field goal to lead the Raiders (4-2) to a victory over Cleveland (2-3) in Oakland, Calif. Raiders quarterback Jason Campbell suffered a broken collarbone in the first half.

Cleveland 0 7 0 10 17
Oakland 7 7 10 0 24

Oak—McFadden 4 run (Janikowski kick).

Cle—Al.Smith 1 pass from McCoy (Dawson kick).

Oak—Ford 101 kickoff return (Janikowski kick).

Oak—FG Janikowski 48.

Oak—Boss 35 pass from Lechler (Janikowski kick).

Cle—FG Dawson 47.

Cle—Massaquoi 12 pass from McCoy (Dawson kick).

A—57,300.

Cle Oak
First downs 18 18
Total Net Yards 268 329
Rushes-yards 21-65 40-151
Passing 203 178
Punt Returns 2-30 2-(-6)
Kickoff Returns 4-83 3-151
Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0
Comp-Att-Int 21-45-0 15-24-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-12 2-9
Punts 6-45.2 4-48.5
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-1
Penalties-Yards 5-34 5-35
Time of Possession 25:19 34:41

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Cleveland, Hardesty 11-35, McCoy 4-16, Hillis 6-14. Oakland, McFadden 20-91, Bush 10-28, J.Campbell 2-16, Tonga 1-12, Boller 5-9, Ausberry 1-(minus 2), Moore 1-(minus 3).

PASSING—Cleveland, McCoy 21-45-0-215. Oakland, Boller 8-14-0-100, J.Campbell 6-9-0-52, Lechler 1-1-0-35.

RECEIVING—Cleveland, Little 6-72, Watson 3-35, Massaquoi 3-30, Cribbs 2-30, Hardesty 2-18, Al.Smith 2-14, Moore 2-12, Robiskie 1-4. Oakland, Heyward-Bey 6-82, Ford 3-43, Boss 1-35, Bush 1-9, Moore 1-9, Ausberry 1-4, Myers 1-3, McFadden 1-2.

Ravens 29, Texans 14

Joe Flacco threw for 305 yards and ran for a score, Billy Cundiff kicked five field goals, and Baltimore pulled away to a home victory over Houston (3-3). The Ravens (4-1) held the Texans scoreless over the final 21 minutes.

Houston 0 7 7 0 14
Baltimore 7 3 6 13 29

Bal—Flacco 1 run (Cundiff kick).

Hou—W.Smith fumble recovery in end zone (Rackers kick).

Bal—FG Cundiff 43.

Bal—FG Cundiff 48.

Hou—Jones 32 pass from Schaub (Rackers kick).

Bal—FG Cundiff 25.

Bal—FG Cundiff 33.

Bal—R.Williams 4 run (Cundiff kick).

Bal—FG Cundiff 40.

A—71,154.

Hou Bal
First downs 18 24
Total Net Yards 293 402
Rushes-yards 25-93 30-113
Passing 200 289
Punt Returns 1-4 1-13
Kickoff Returns 1-26 3-67
Interceptions Ret. 1-2 0-0
Comp-Att-Int 21-37-0 20-33-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 4-20 2-16
Punts 6-41.0 2-45.0
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 1-1
Penalties-Yards 5-15 5-25
Time of Possession 27:48 32:12

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Houston, Foster 15-49, Tate 9-41, Schaub 1-3. Baltimore, Rice 23-101, R.Williams 2-8, Leach 2-5, Flacco 3-(minus 1).

PASSING—Houston, Schaub 21-37-0-220. Baltimore, Flacco 20-33-1-305.

RECEIVING—Houston, Foster 6-52, Walter 6-52, Jones 4-76, Mason 3-27, Daniels 2-13. Baltimore, Boldin 8-132, Rice 5-60, T.Smith 3-84, Dickson 2-20, Pitta 2-9.

Bengals 27, Colts 17

Nate Clements blocked a late field goal try that would have tied the game, and Carlos Dunlap returned a Colts fumble 35 yards for the clinching score, helping Cincinnati (4-2) to a home victory that kept Indianapolis (0-6) winless.

Indianapolis 0 7 0 10 17
Cincinnati 7 3 10 7 27

Cin—Green 11 pass from Dalton (Nugent kick).

Ind—D.Brown 18 run (Vinatieri kick).

Cin—FG Nugent 20.

Cin—Benson 1 run (Nugent kick).

Cin—FG Nugent 43.

Ind—FG Vinatieri 46.

Ind—Clark 1 pass from Painter (Vinatieri kick).

Cin—Dunlap 35 fumble return (Nugent kick).

A—52,068.

Ind Cin
First downs 18 17
Total Net Yards 273 358
Rushes-yards 23-94 31-94
Passing 179 264
Punt Returns 2-5 2-35
Kickoff Returns 3-29 2-55
Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-15
Comp-Att-Int 23-34-1 25-32-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-9 0-0
Punts 4-52.0 5-44.2
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 0-0
Penalties-Yards 2-11 11-111
Time of Possession 26:24 33:36

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Indianapolis, Carter 14-45, D.Brown 5-35, Painter 4-14. Cincinnati, Benson 16-57, Scott 11-29, Leonard 2-9, Dalton 2-(minus 1).

PASSING—Indianapolis, Painter 23-34-1-188. Cincinnati, Dalton 25-32-0-264.

RECEIVING—Indianapolis, Garcon 8-52, Clark 6-53, Wayne 5-58, D.Brown 2-16, Collie 1-8, Tamme 1-1. Cincinnati, Simpson 6-101, Green 5-51, Caldwell 4-32, Gresham 4-23, Leonard 2-38, Hawkins 1-7, Benson 1-5, Scott 1-5, Lee 1-2.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—Indianapolis, Vinatieri 52 (BK). Cincinnati, Nugent 43 (WR).

Buccaneers 26, Saints 20

Josh Freeman threw for 303 yards and two touchdowns, Earnest Graham rushed for 109 yards and Tampa Bay outlasted New Orleans in Tampa, Fla. Quarterback Drew Brees became the first passer with four consecutive 350-yard games.

New Orleans 7 3 3 7 20
Tampa Bay 3 17 3 3 26

TB—FG Barth 48.

NO—Colston 38 pass from Brees (Kasay kick).

TB—Benn 65 pass from Freeman (Barth kick).

TB—FG Barth 42.

TB—Parker 19 pass from Freeman (Barth kick).

NO—FG Kasay 33.

NO—FG Kasay 24.

TB—FG Barth 42.

NO—Ingram 12 run (Kasay kick).

TB—FG Barth 38.

A—56,590.

NO TB
First downs 20 21
Total Net Yards 453 420
Rushes-yards 20-70 25-117
Passing 383 303
Punt Returns 1-(-10) 3-24
Kickoff Returns 3-69 3-30
Interceptions Ret. 0-0 3-16
Comp-Att-Int 29-45-3 23-41-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 0-0
Punts 4-55.0 4-47.3
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0
Penalties-Yards 7-53 7-64
Time of Possession 28:33 31:27

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—New Orleans, Ingram 9-22, Brees 3-21, Sproles 1-16, P.Thomas 7-11. Tampa Bay, Graham 17-109, Lumpkin 2-13, Freeman 4-3, Parker 1-(minus 3), Benn 1-(minus 5).

PASSING—New Orleans, Brees 29-45-3-383. Tampa Bay, Freeman 23-41-0-303.

RECEIVING—New Orleans, Sproles 8-46, Graham 7-124, Colston 7-118, Moore 2-46, Meachem 1-23, Henderson 1-12, Ingram 1-6, P.Thomas 1-5, Collins 1-3. Tampa Bay, Williams 6-59, Winslow 5-40, Benn 3-83, Briscoe 2-49, Parker 2-32, Graham 2-22, Lorig 2-9, Pianalto 1-9.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—Tampa Bay, Barth 55 (WL).

Steelers 17, Jaguars 13

Rashard Mendenhall ran for a season-high 146 yards and a touchdown and Pittsburgh (4-2) narrowly avoided a second-half collapse in a home win over Jacksonville (1-5). Ben Roethlisberger passed for 200 yards and a score for the Steelers.

Jacksonville 0 3 7 3 13
Pittsburgh 7 10 0 0 17

Pit—Mendenhall 8 run (Suisham kick).

Pit—Wallace 28 pass from Roethlisberger (Suisham kick).

Pit—FG Suisham 21.

Jac—FG Scobee 46.

Jac—Hill 18 pass from Gabbert (Scobee kick).

Jac—FG Scobee 45.

A—62,934.

Jac Pit
First downs 16 15
Total Net Yards 209 370
Rushes-yards 30-133 32-185
Passing 76 185
Punt Returns 1-7 4-13
Kickoff Returns 3-87 1-34
Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0
Comp-Att-Int 12-26-0 12-23-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 5-33 3-15
Punts 7-42.3 6-42.7
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0
Penalties-Yards 4-22 8-65
Time of Possession 28:47 31:13

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Jacksonville, Jones-Drew 22-96, Karim 5-21, Gabbert 3-16. Pittsburgh, Mendenhall 23-146, Redman 4-22, Roethlisberger 3-9, Dwyer 2-8.

PASSING—Jacksonville, Gabbert 12-26-0-109. Pittsburgh, Roethlisberger 12-23-0-200.

RECEIVING—Jacksonville, Thomas 4-36, Hill 2-29, Lewis 2-29, Jones-Drew 2-8, Dillard 1-7, Jones 1-0. Pittsburgh, Miller 4-27, Ward 3-47, Wallace 2-76, Sanders 1-32, A.Brown 1-16, Redman 1-2.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—Pittsburgh, Suisham 46 (WL).

Eagles 20, Redskins 13

Michael Vick threw for 237 yards and a touchdown, Kurt Coleman had three interceptions, and Philadelphia held on to beat Washington in Landover, Md. Washington’s Rex Grossman was replaced by John Beck after throwing his fourth interception late in the third quarter.

Philadelphia 7 13 0 0 20
Washington 0 3 3 7 13

Phi—Celek 7 pass from Vick (Henery kick).

Phi—McCoy 1 run (Henery kick).

Phi—FG Henery 28.

Phi—FG Henery 24.

Was—FG Gano 50.

Was—FG Gano 26.

Was—Beck 2 run (Gano kick).

A—80,447.

Phi Was
First downs 22 17
Total Net Yards 422 287
Rushes-yards 38-192 14-42
Passing 230 245
Punt Returns 0-0 2-4
Kickoff Returns 0-0 5-149
Interceptions Ret. 4-38 2-5
Comp-Att-Int 18-32-2 17-37-4
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-7 2-15
Punts 3-43.7 4-42.5
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-0
Penalties-Yards 8-60 9-75
Time of Possession 38:08 21:52

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Philadelphia, McCoy 28-126, Vick 7-54, Lewis 2-10, Young 1-2. Washington, Torain 10-22, Beck 2-14, Helu 2-6.

PASSING—Philadelphia, Vick 18-31-1-237, Young 0-1-1-0. Washington, Grossman 9-22-4-143, Beck 8-15-0-117.

RECEIVING—Philadelphia, Maclin 5-101, Celek 4-42, D.Jackson 3-46, Avant 3-28, McCoy 2-13, Smith 1-7. Washington, Davis 6-95, Stallworth 3-30, Gaffney 2-55, Moss 2-38, Helu 2-11, Austin 1-32, Cooley 1-(minus 1).

Falcons 31, Panthers 17

Michael Turner ran for 139 yards and two touchdowns, Matt Ryan scored the tie-breaking TD on 1-yard plunge with 7 minutes left, and Corey Peters came up with a huge interception, helping Atlanta (3-3) beat visiting Carolina (1-5).

Carolina 3 7 7 0 17
Atlanta 7 7 0 17 31

Car—FG Mare 42.

Atl—Turner 1 run (Bryant kick).

Car—Stewart 1 run (Mare kick).

Atl—Mughelli 1 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick).

Car—Newton 14 run (Mare kick).

Atl—FG Bryant 24.

Atl—Ryan 1 run (Bryant kick).

Atl—Turner 2 run (Bryant kick).

A—69,047.

Car Atl
First downs 24 24
Total Net Yards 368 325
Rushes-yards 25-142 35-166
Passing 226 159
Punt Returns 1-0 1-8
Kickoff Returns 4-88 1-22
Interceptions Ret. 0-0 3-79
Comp-Att-Int 21-35-3 14-22-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-11 1-4
Punts 2-40.5 3-43.0
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 7-85 4-57
Time of Possession 29:26 30:34

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Carolina, Newton 6-50, Stewart 7-48, D.Williams 12-44. Atlanta, Turner 27-139, Snelling 3-12, Rodgers 1-8, Ryan 3-7, Mughelli 1-0.

PASSING—Carolina, Newton 21-35-3-237. Atlanta, Ryan 14-22-0-163.

RECEIVING—Carolina, Smith 5-66, Olsen 5-42, Shockey 4-60, Stewart 3-24, Naanee 2-31, LaFell 1-12, D.Williams 1-2. Atlanta, Gonzalez 3-29, Douglas 2-57, White 2-21, Mughelli 2-20, Palmer 1-8, Turner 1-8, Kelly 1-7, Snelling 1-7, Rodgers 1-6.

Packers 24, Rams 3

Aaron Rodgers threw three TD passes, including a career-long 93-yarder to Jordy Nelson, and the Packers (6-0) rolled over St. Louis in Green Bay, Wis. Rodgers threw for 310 yards. Sam Bradford passed for 321 yards with an interception for the Rams (0-5).

St. Louis 0 3 0 0 3
Green Bay 3 21 0 0 24

GB—FG Crosby 32.

GB—J.Jones 35 pass from Rodgers (Crosby kick).

GB—Nelson 93 pass from Rodgers (Crosby kick).

GB—Driver 7 pass from Rodgers (Crosby kick).

StL—FG Jo.Brown 36.

A—70,604.

StL GB
First downs 22 20
Total Net Yards 424 399
Rushes-yards 25-125 32-96
Passing 299 303
Punt Returns 2-56 0-0
Kickoff Returns 2-40 2-27
Interceptions Ret. 1-(-3) 1-0
Comp-Att-Int 28-44-1 17-28-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-22 1-7
Punts 5-32.4 5-44.4
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 7-45 3-16
Time of Possession 30:41 29:19

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—St. Louis, S.Jackson 18-96, C.Williams 4-24, B.Gibson 1-5, Bradford 2-0. Green Bay, Starks 13-49, Grant 9-25, Rodgers 7-15, Cobb 1-6, Kuhn 2-1.

PASSING—St. Louis, Bradford 28-44-1-321. Green Bay, Rodgers 17-28-1-310.

RECEIVING—St. Louis, Salas 8-77, Alexander 6-91, Kendricks 4-71, B.Gibson 4-43, S.Jackson 4-29, C.Williams 2-10. Green Bay, G.Jennings 6-82, Driver 3-25, Nelson 2-104, Grant 2-27, Starks 2-17, J.Jones 1-35, Finley 1-20.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—St. Louis, Jo.Brown 47 (WR).

Bears 39, Vikings 10

Devin Hester set the tone with a 48-yard touchdown catch and scored on a career-best 98-yard kickoff return before leaving with a chest injury, and Chicago (3-3) routed visiting Minnesota (1-5). Jay Cutler threw for 267 yards and two TDs without an interception.

Minnesota 0 3 7 0 10
Chicago 16 10 10 3 39

Chi—Hester 48 pass from Cutler (Gould kick).

Chi—Paea safety.

Chi—Barber 3 run (Gould kick).

Min—FG Longwell 37.

Chi—Sanzenbacher 13 pass from Cutler (Gould kick).

Chi—FG Gould 51.

Min—Peterson 4 run (Longwell kick).

Chi—Hester 98 kickoff return (Gould kick).

Chi—FG Gould 26.

Chi—FG Gould 22.

A—62,322.

Min Chi
First downs 15 22
Total Net Yards 286 377
Rushes-yards 17-53 28-119
Passing 233 258
Punt Returns 1-0 1-27
Kickoff Returns 6-146 4-131
Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0
Comp-Att-Int 28-42-0 21-31-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 5-43 1-9
Punts 5-37.2 3-38.3
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1
Penalties-Yards 5-40 3-15
Time of Possession 29:20 30:40

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Minnesota, Peterson 12-39, Ponder 1-8, Harvin 1-5, Gerhart 1-3, Webb 1-1, Booker 1-(minus 3). Chicago, Forte 17-87, Barber 11-32.

PASSING—Minnesota, McNabb 19-24-0-177, Ponder 9-17-0-99, Webb 0-1-0-0. Chicago, Cutler 21-31-0-267.

RECEIVING—Minnesota, Harvin 7-78, Berrian 5-54, Shiancoe 5-45, Jenkins 4-45, Rudolph 2-20, Gerhart 2-7, Camarillo 1-23, Kleinsasser 1-4, Peterson 1-0. Chicago, Forte 6-36, Hester 5-91, R.Williams 3-50, Knox 2-41, Davis 2-27, Sanzenbacher 1-13, Clutts 1-6, Barber 1-3.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—Minnesota, Longwell 38 (WL).