Jackson, Ravens pin first loss on Patriots

The New England Patriots’ unbeaten season crashed to an end under the weight of their own mistakes and inability to contain Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, who ripped apart the NFL’s stingiest defense with his arm and legs in a 37-20 victory Sunday in Baltimore.

Baltimore zipped to an early 17-0 lead and let the Patriots creep within striking distance before quelling the comeback with a 70-yard fumble return by Marlon Humphrey and a 5-yard touchdown pass from Jackson to Nick Boyle early in the fourth quarter.

That made it 30-20, and not even six-time Super Bowl winner Tom Brady could bring New England out of the hole. Brady, who went 30 for 46 for 285 yards, threw an interception with 12:47 left.

Jackson then led a methodical 9½-minute drive that ended with his thrust into the end zone from the 1.

Jackson, the slick second-year quarterback, ran for 61 yards and two touchdowns and went 17 for 23 for 163 yards and a score. Mark Ingram ran for 115 yards, and the NFL’s leading rushing attack amassed 210 yards on the ground. CHARGERS 25, PACKERS 11 >> Melvin Gordon scored two touchdowns, Michael Badgley kicked four field goals and host Los Angeles dominated Green Bay. Los Angeles snapped a three-game home losing streak in what was easily its best game of the season. The offense moved the ball consistently in Shane Steichen’s first game as coordinator, and the defense kept Aaron Rodgers and the Packers out of the end zone until midway through the fourth quarter. Steichen called a good game as the Chargers weren’t faced with many third-and-long situations. Gordon, who came in averaging only 2.5 yards per carry, had 80 yards on 20 carries, including a pair of 1-yard TDs off left guard in the third and fourth quarters. STEELERS 26, COLTS 24 >> Adam Vinatieri missed a go-ahead 43-yard field goal with 1:14 remaining, helping host Pittsburgh escape with a victory. Vinatieri, whose 55-yard kick last week against Denver gave the Colts their third straight victory, pulled his attempt left of the uprights as the Colts fell out of first place in the AFC South. Mason Rudolph threw for 191 yards with a touchdown and an interception for Pittsburgh, and Minkah Fitzpatrick returned an interception 96 yards for a score as the Steelers won their third consecutive game. BRONCOS 24, BROWNS 19 >> Fourth-year QB Brandon Allen sparked Denver’s stagnant offense, throwing for two touchdowns in his first career NFL start and leading the Broncos past visiting Cleveland. In his first start in 1,402 days, Allen threw a 21-yard pass to Courtland Sutton and a 75-yarder to rookie tight end Noah Fant, and Phillip Lindsay ran nine times for 92 yards and a touchdown. TEXANS 26, JAGUARS 3 >> Deshaun Watson’s most impressive throw went backward — a flip under pressure to running back Carlos Hyde, whose 7-yard gain set up Houston’s first TD in a runaway over Jacksonville. The rugby-style pitch was spot-on perfect for a game in London, where the locals are still recovering from England’s 20-point loss in the World Cup final on Saturday, and now must deal with the added insult of watching their adopted home team, the Jaguars, getting hammered just as badly. Hyde finished with 19 carries for 160 yards. PANTHERS 30, TITANS 20 >> Christian McCaffrey had 166 yards from scrimmage and scored three touchdowns, and Carolina bounced back from an embarrassing defeat with a victory over Tennessee in Charlotte, N.C. Kyle Allen, who threw three interceptions in last week’s 51-13 loss to the 49ers, threw TD passes of 7 yards to McCaffrey and 12 yards to Curtis Samuel to improve to 5-1 this season as Carolina’s starting QB. McCaffrey added a 1-yard TD run and then a 58-yard burst midway through the fourth quarter for his 13th touchdown of the season. DOLPHINS 26, JETS 18 >> Ryan Fitzpatrick threw three touchdown passes, two of them to rookie Preston Williams, and host Miami got its first win of the season by beating former coach Adam Gase and New York. The Dolphins avoided what would have been the second 0-8 start in franchise history.

EAGLES 22, BEARS 14 >> Carson Wentz threw for 239 yards and one touchdown, Jordan Howard ran for 82 yards and a score and Philadelphia held on for a victory at home. The Bears had just 9 yards in the first half and trailed 19-0. BILLS 24, WASHINGTON 9 >> Rookie Devin Singletary had 95 yards rushing, including a 2-yard touchdown, and Buffalo is off to its best start since 1993 following a win in Orchard Park, N.Y.