NFL WEEK 1

CHIEFS 28, JAGUARS 2

Alex Smith threw two early touchdown passes, Kansas City’s defense dominated all day and the Chiefs began the Andy Reid era with a victory at Jacksonville. Jamaal Charles ran for 77 yards and a touchdown before leaving the game with a quadriceps injury, but that was about the only negative for the Chiefs. Jacksonville advanced past its own 36-yard line just once, a stunning display of offensive futility for the rebuilding franchise. The Jaguars finished with 178 yards, but for most of the game were challenging the team low of 117 yards set last year against Houston. It wasn’t even close to the start the new coach Gus Bradley wanted, but it was a clear indication of how far the team has to go.

BEARS 24, BENGALS 21

Jay Cutler passed to Brandon Marshall for the go- ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter, helping Chicago get the victory in Marc Trestman’s coaching debut with the team. It wasn’t quite the display the Bears were looking for after making some big changes in the offseason. But it was good enough. The Bengals led by 11 in the third quarter and were up 21- 17 early in the fourth when Tim Jennings jarred the ball from Mohamed Sanu following a reception and made the recovery. Chicago took over at its 19 and got an 8- yard run from Matt Forte on fourth- and- inches at the Bengals 27 to keep the drive going. Cutler then found Marshall in the front corner of the end zone for a 19- yard touchdown, giving Chicago a 24- 21 lead with 7: 58 remaining.

INDIANAPOLIS 21, OAKLAND 17

Andrew Luck ran 19 yards for the winning touchdown, giving Indianapolis its first opening-day win since 2009. Luck was 18of-23 for 178 yards with two touchdown passes, but earned his eighth career fourth-quarter comeback by scrambling for a score with 5:20 to go. Oakland started Terrelle Pryor at quarterback. He was 19 of 29 for 217 yards and one TD, and he broke the Raiders’ rushing record for a quarterback with 13 carries for 112 yards. But he also threw two interceptions in the red zone, the second coming with 25 seconds left in the game.

LIONS 34, VIKINGS 24

Reggie Bush turned a short pass into a 77-yard touchdown in the third quarter and finished with 191 yards of offense to help Detroit pull away from Minnesota. Joique Bell ran for two TDs, including a go-ahead score that gave the Lions their first lead early in the third quarter. Matthew Stafford was 28-of-43 for 357 yards with two TDs. His last score was a 1-yard lob to rookie tight end Joseph Fauria with 6:47 left that sealed the win. Adrian Peterson ran for a 78-yard TD on his first carry and scored on a 4-yard run to give Minnesota a 14-6 lead in the second. He ended up with 93 yards rushing.

JETS 18, BUCCANEERS 17

Nick Folk kicked a 48- yard field goal with 2 seconds remaining after Lavonte David’s personal foul penalty kept New York’s drive alive, and the Jets pulled out an improbable opening victory. With the Jets trailing 17- 15 and time running out, rookie Geno Smith scrambled for 10 yards — and was shoved while he was out of bounds by David The 15- yard penalty gave the Jets the ball at the Buccaneers 30 and set up Folk’s winning field goal on the next play Things appeared dim for the Jets just moments earlier when Rian Lindell kicked a 37- yard field goal with 34 seconds left Smith, making his first NFL start with Mark Sanchez out with a shoulder injury, made some mistakes — a fumble that led to a score and an interception — but was mostly solid while going 24- of- 38 for 256 yards with a touchdown.

SEAHAWKS 12, PANTHERS 7

Russell Wilson threw for 320 yards for Seattle, including a 43- yard touchdown pass to Jermaine Kearse in the fourth quarter The Seahawks managed just two field goals before Kearse beat cornerback Josh Thomas down the right sideline for the go- ahead score with 10: 13 left The Panthers held Marshawn Lynch to 43 yards rushing, but Wilson picked up the slack by completing 25 of 33 passes The Panthers threatened to take the lead late, but safety Earl Thomas forced DeAngelo Williams to fumble at the Seattle 8. Defensive tackle Tony McDaniel recovered with 5: 25 left. The Seahawks ran out the clock from there. Carolina’s Cam Newton was held to 125 yards passing and one touchdown, a 3- yard strike to Steve Smith in the first half.

DOLPHINS 23, BROWNS 10

Ryan Tannehill passed for 272 yards and a touchdown, leading the Dolphins to a win over the Browns, who fell to 1-14 in Week 1 since 1999 Tannehill, who was given more offensive weapons for his second NFL season, threw a 34-yard TD pass to Brian Hartline in the third quarter and drove the Dolphins to a game-clinching TD in the fourth Daniel Thomas had a 1-yard scoring plunge with 6:48 left, putting the Dolphins up by 10 Miami’s Cameron Wake had 2½ sacks and the Dolphins’ defensive line sacked Brandon Weeden six times Weeden threw three interceptions and the Browns never got anything going in coach Rob Chudzinski’s debut Rookie Caleb Sturgis kicked three field goals for the Dolphins.

RAMS 27, CARDINALS 24

Greg Zuerlein kicked a 48-yard field goal with 40 seconds left to lift St. Louis to the comeback victory. It was Zuerlein’s fourth field goal of the game for the Rams, who trailed 24-13 after three quarters. Larry Fitzgerald caught two touchdown passes from new quarterback Carson Palmer and Arizona’s defense had a TD. Jared Cook had two touchdown catches in his Rams debut. The tight end fumbled a potential third TD, a 55-yarder that would have opened the scoring, when rookie Tyrann Mathieu punched the ball free at the 8 and the play resulted in a touchback.

COWBOYS 36, GIANTS 31

Brandon Carr returned an interception 49 yards for a clinching touchdown, and the Dallas Cowboys beat Eli Manning for the first time at their fancy $1.2 billion stadium with six takeaways in a victory over the New York Giants. Tony Romo threw two scoring passes to Jason Witten. Manning threw three touchdown passes to Victor Cruz and had New York in position for a comeback despite the flurry of mistakes. But with the Giants trailing 30-24, a pass from Manning went off the hand of running back De’Rel Scott into Carr’s arms. The cornerback beat Manning down the sideline for Dallas’ second defensive touchdown with 1:50 remaining. The Giants and Manning won in their first four trips to Arlington, including the stadium’s first regular-season game in 2009.