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American Football Conference EAST W L T PCT PF PA HOME AWAY AFC NFC DIV 49ers 31, Giants 21 C.J. Beathard threw for 288 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a third score to lead the San Francisco 49ers to their first win of the season with a 31-21 victory over the New York Giants on Sunday. Beathard connected on an 83-yard TD to Marquise Goodwin and a 47-yarder to Garrett Celek in the second quarter as the 49ers (1-9) took advantage of another listless effort by the Giants (1-8) to win for the first time under coach Kyle Shanahan. Beathard’s time as starting quarterback in San Francisco figures to be numbered after the team acquired Jimmy Garoppolo two weeks ago in trade from New England. Garoppolo has been learning the offense and could take over when the team returns from the bye in two weeks. New York 6 7 0 8—21 San Francisco 3 14 0 14—31 First Quarter SF—FG Gould 43, 12:40. NYG—FG Rosas 47, 7:23. NYG—FG Rosas 42, 1:07. Second Quarter SF—Goodwin 83 pass from Beathard (Gould kick), 7:59. NYG—Engram 9 pass from Manning (Rosas kick), 2:08. SF—Celek 47 pass from Beathard (Gould kick), :28. Fourth Quarter SF—Beathard 11 run (Gould kick), 14:53. SF—Breida 33 run (Gould kick), 9:19. NYG—Lewis 14 pass from Manning (Darkwa run), 1:02. A—70,133.

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SF Steelers 20, Colts 17 Ben Roethlisberger’s 32-yard completion to Antonio Brown with 35 seconds set up a 33-yard field goal from Chris Boswell as time expired Sunday, giving Pittsburgh a 20-17 come-from-behind win at Indianapolis on Sunday. The Steelers (7-2) have won four straight overall and five in a row in the series. But it sure wasn’t easy as the Colts (3-7) held Roethlisberger, Antonio Brown and Le’Veon Bell in check. Pittsburgh needed two second-half TD passes from Roethlisberger to fight its way out of a 17-3 third-quarter deficit. And Roethlisberger reverted to his traditional form on the Steelers’ final possession. Roethlisberger was 19 of 31 for 236 yards with one interception. Bell had 26 carries for 80 yards and Brown, the league’s leading receiver, caught three passes for 47 yards. Pittsburgh Indianapolis Second Quarter Ind—Moncrief 60 pass from Brissett (Vinatieri kick), 14:52. Ind—FG Vinatieri 48, 5:51. Pit—FG Boswell 41, :30. Third Quarter Ind—C.Rogers 61 pass from Brissett (Vinatieri kick), 12:46. Pit—Smith-Schuster 7 pass from Roethlisberger (kick blocked), 7:47. Fourth Quarter Pit—McDonald 7 pass from Roethlisberger (Bryant pass from Roethlisberger), 11:52. Pit—FG Boswell 33, :00. A—66,146. 0 0 3 10

PIT 6 7 11—20 0—17

IND Vikings 38, Redskins 30 Case Keenum threw touchdowns to four different receivers to build a big lead, and the NFC North-leading Minnesota Vikings won their fifth in a row Washington Redskins 38-30 Sunday despite two second-half interceptions. Keenum was 21 of 29 for 304 yards and TD passes to Stefon Diggs, Adam Thielen, David Morgan and Jarius Wright. He was picked off on consecutive throws by D.J. Swearinger. Washington quarterback Kirk Cousins was 26 of 45 for 327 yards with an interception. Minnesota Washington First Quarter Was—M.Harris 36 pass from Cousins (Rose kick), 10:57. Min—Murray 1 run (Forbath kick), 8:18. Was—FG Rose 28, :08. Second Quarter Min—Diggs 3 pass from Keenum (Forbath kick), 11:45. Was—Cousins 1 run (Rose kick), 4:37. Min—Thielen 7 pass from Keenum (Forbath kick), 1:49. Min—Morgan 1 pass from Keenum (Forbath kick), :22. Third Quarter Min—Wright 7 pass from Keenum (Forbath kick), 12:22. Was—FG Rose 21, 8:24. Fourth Quarter Was—Cousins 2 run (Rose kick), 14:47. Min—FG Forbath 53, 7:45. Was—FG Rose 55, 1:14. A—74,476. 7 10 21 7

MIN 7 3 3—38 10—30

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First downs 21 Total Net Yards 406 Rushes-yards 31-102 Passing 304 Punt Returns 1-9 Kickoff Returns 2-57 Interceptions Ret. 1-10 Comp-Att-Int 21-29-2 Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 Punts 2-39.5 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 Penalties-Yards 3-40 Time of Possession 28:54 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Minnesota, Murray 17-68, McKinnon 10-32, Ham 1-3, Keenum 3-(minus 1). Washington, Perine 9-35, Thompson 9-26, Kelley 4-10, Crowder 1-5, Cousins 4-5. PASSING—Minnesota, Keenum 21-29-2304. Washington, Cousins 26-45-1-327. RECEIVING—Minnesota, Thielen 8-166, Rudolph 5-37, Diggs 4-78, McKinnon 2-15, Wright 1-7, Morgan 1-1. Washington, Davis 7-76, Crowder 4-76, Doctson 4-30, Thompson 3-41, Grant 3-25, M.Harris 2-50, Kelley 2-4, Perine 1-25. MISSED FIELD GOALS—None. Jaguars 20, Chargers 17, OT Josh Lambo kicked a 30-yard field goal with 3:12 remaining in overtime, lifting the Jacksonville Jaguars to a 20-17 victory against the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday. The game ended up in overtime after a wild and wacky final two minutes of regulation that included a fumble, two interceptions, a taunting penalty and a costly flag for roughing the passer. At times, it looked as if neither team wanted to win. Bortles completed 28 of 51 passes for 273 yards, with a touchdown and the two picks. Leonard Fournette ran for 33 yards on 17 carries and failed to score for the first time in his rookie season. Rivers threw for 235 yards and two scores. L.A. Chargers Jacksonville First Quarter Jac—Grant 56 run (kick blocked), :24. Second Quarter LAC—Ekeler 28 pass from Rivers (Novak kick), :47. Third Quarter LAC—Ekeler 22 pass from Rivers (Novak kick), 10:29. Jac—Lee 6 pass from Bortles (Lee pass from Bortles), 2:03. Fourth Quarter LAC—FG Novak 50, 10:35. Jac—FG Lambo 34, :03. Overtime Jac—FG Lambo 30, 3:12. A—60,835. 0 6 7 0 7 8 3 3

24 394 27-81 313 0-0 4-104 2-32 26-45-1 1-14 1-52.0 1-0 2-15 31:06 0—17 3—20 Rams 33, Texans 7 Robert Woods caught two of Jared Goff’s three touchdown passes during a dominant third quarter, and the surging Los Angeles Rams returned after a month away from home for their fourth straight victory, 33-7 over the depleted Houston Texans on Sunday. After struggling to a 9-7 lead during a quiet first half for the NFL’s highest-scoring team, the Rams (7-2) ran away with a series of big throws by Goff, who passed for a career-high 355 yards. Woods finished with eight catches for 171 yards, making the longest catch of his NFL career before following it up with a 12-yard TD . Tom Savage passed for 221 yards with two interceptions for Houston, which lost its second straight since losing rookie quarterback Deshaun Watson for the season with a knee injury. Rookie coach Sean McVay’s club still kept its momentum going with a 205yard third quarter on the way to scoring at least 27 points for the eighth time in nine games. The Rams are off to their best start since 2001, when they went 8-1 in St. Louis. Houston L.A. Rams First Quarter La—FG Zuerlein 27, 11:10. Second Quarter La—FG Zuerlein 33, 10:17. Hou—Ellington 26 pass from Savage (Fairbairn kick), 6:31. La—FG Zuerlein 50, :14. Third Quarter La—Woods 94 pass from Goff (Zuerlein kick), 9:23. La—S.Watkins 17 pass from Goff (Zuerlein kick), 1:33. La—Woods 12 pass from Goff (Zuerlein kick), 1:14. Fourth Quarter La—FG Zuerlein 33, 7:33. A—60,032. 0 3 7 6 0 21 0—7 3—33

First downs 17 Total Net Yards 283 Rushes-yards 25-89 Passing 194 Punt Returns 1-17 Kickoff Returns 0-0 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 18-36-2 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-27 Punts 6-46.8 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 Penalties-Yards 8-60 Time of Possession 28:29 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Houston, L.Miller 11-60, Foreman 7-18, Blue 4-10, B.Miller 1-1, Savage 2-0. Los Angeles, Gurley 11-68, Dunbar 5-31, Goff 4-3, Austin 5-2. PASSING—Houston, Savage 18-36-2-221. Los Angeles, Goff 25-37-0-355, Hekker 1-1-0-6. RECEIVING—Houston, Hopkins 7-111, Ellington 4-41, Anderson 2-30, W.Fuller 2-15, Fiedorowicz 2-10, L.Miller 1-14. Los Angeles, Woods 8-171, Gurley 6-68, Kupp 6-47, S.Watkins 2-41, Higbee 2-22, Cooper 2-12. MISSED FIELD GOALS—Houston, Fairbairn 34. Falcons 27, Cowboys 7 Adrian Clayborn set an Atlanta record with six sacks, Matt Ryan threw a pair of short touchdown passes and the Falcons romped to a 27-7 victory Sunday over the Dallas Cowboys, who looked anemic offensively in their first game without suspended running back Ezekiel Elliott. It didn’t go well for Dallas. Clayborn forced two fumbles , recovered one of them and surpassed the team record of five sacks, held by Chuck Smith and Hall of Famer Claude Humphrey. Dallas 7 0 Atlanta 3 7 First Quarter Dal—Prescott 11 run (Nugent kick), 6:19. Atl—FG M.Bryant 50, :00. Second Quarter Atl—T.Coleman 1 run (M.Bryant kick), 1:31. Third Quarter Atl—Hardy 3 pass from Ryan (M.Bryant kick), 8:26. Fourth Quarter Atl—Hooper 1 pass from Ryan (M.Bryant kick), 13:48. Atl—FG M.Bryant 29, 8:28. A—73,761.

DAL 0 7

19 443 25-104 339 3-32 2-49 2-34 26-38-0 3-22 4-51.3 0-0 10-86 31:31 0—7 10—27

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