Browns extend road woes in OT defeat
Chandler Catanzaro kicked a 59-yard field goal, the longest ever in overtime, with 1:50 remaining to give the Tampa Bay Buccaneers a 26-23 victory over the Cleveland Browns yesterday in Tampa, Fla.
Redeeming himself after missing an extra point, as well as a 40-yard field goal on the final play of regulation, Catanzaro’s kick barely made it over the crossbar to end Tampa Bay’s three-game skid and hand the Browns a NFL record-tying 24th consecutive road loss.
Cleveland, which has played four overtime games this season — most for a team since Arizona won all four it played in 2011, and tied for second most in NFL history — doesn’t have a road victory since winning in overtime at Baltimore on Oct. 11, 2015.
The Detroit Lions also dropped 24 in a row away from home from 2001-03.
Jameis Winston and DeSean Jackson scored on 14yard runs for Tampa Bay. Rookie Ronald Jones II added his first pro TD on a 2-yard run that put Tampa Bay up 23-9 heading into the fourth quarter.
Saints 24, Ravens 23 — Justin Tucker missed the first conversion of his career after host Baltimore scored the potential tying touchdown with 24 seconds left in response to a strong fourth quarter by Drew Brees, and New Orleans escaped with a victory.
Brees threw two touchdown passes, locked up two more milestones and engineered a comeback that enabled the Saints to wipe out a 10-point deficit.
It was 24-17 before Joe Flacco directed a beat-the-clock drive covering 81 yards and ending with a 14-yard touchdown pass to John Brown.
Lions 32, Dolphins 21 — In Miami Gardens, Fla., Kerryon Johnson rushed for 158 yards and Detroit looked unstoppable by repeatedly mounting long scoring drives to beat Miami.
Matt Stafford was 18-for22 for 217 yards and two touchdowns. Detroit had 457 total yards and 248 on the ground, with scoring drives covering 64, 85, 75, 65, 75, 63 and 44 yards.
Chargers 20, Titans 19 — Philip Rivers threw for 306 yards with two touchdown passes and Los Angeles held on for a win in London after Tennessee failed twice on a go-ahead 2-point conversion with 31 seconds remaining.
Marcus Mariota completed 24-of-32 passes for 237 yards and a touchdown for the Titans, throwing a 1-yard completion to tight end Luke Stocker on fourth down to pull within one.
The Titans then twice tried to go for the 2-pointer and the win, with Mariota’s first attempt, a pass intended for Tajae Sharp, negated by a defensive holding call and his second, to Taywan Taylor, tipped by safety Anthony Phillips.
Vikings 37, Jets 17 — In East Rutherford, N.J., Kirk Cousins threw two touchdown passes, Latavius Murray ran for two scores, and Minnesota pulled away in the second half to beat New York for its third straight victory.
Vikings wide receiver Adam Thielen became the fifth player in NFL history to get at least 100 yards receiving in seven consecutive games, catching nine passes for 110 yards and a touchdown.
Redskins 20, Cowboys 17 — In Landover, Md., Ryan Kerrigan’s strip-sack of Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott was recovered for a touchdown by Preston Smith with just under five minutes left in the fourth quarter, and Washington held on to edge Dallas when a last-second field-goal attempt by Brett Maher went off the left upright.
What would have been a 47-yard kick became a 52-yarder when LouisPhilippe Ladoceur was called for a snap infraction.
Panthers 21, Eagles 17 — Cam Newton tossed a 1-yard touchdown pass to Greg Olsen with 1:22 left and visiting Carolina overcame a 17-point deficit in the fourth quarter to beat Philadelphia.
Wes Horton sacked Carson Wentz, forcing a fumble on fourth down at the Panthers 14 to seal the win.
Texans 20, Jaguars 7 — Blake Bortles fumbled on Jacksonville’s third play of each half, leading to 10 points and his benching in a loss to visiting Houston.
The Texans won their fourth consecutive game thanks to those two turnovers and took a one-game lead in the AFC South.
Rams 39, Niners 10 — In Santa Clara, Calif., Todd Gurley scored three touchdowns and Jared Goff threw two TD passes as Los Angeles took advantage of four takeaways and a blocked punt to throttle San Francisco.
Chiefs 45, Bengals 10 — Patrick Mahomes was 28-of39 passing for 358 yards with four touchdowns and ran for another 45 yards as Kansas City overwhelmed visiting Cincinnati.