Chattanooga Times Free Press

WEEK 10 RECAPS

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49ERS 31, GIANTS 21

C.J. Beathard threw for 288 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a third score to lead San Francisco to its first win of the season. Beathard’s time as starting quarterbac­k for the 49ers, though, 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 to the playing field in two weeks.

RAMS 33, TEXANS 7

Robert Woods caught two of Jared Goff’s three touchdown passes during a dominant third quarter, and surging Los Angeles returned after a month away from home for its fourth straight victory. Goff, a second-year pro, threw for a career-high 355 yards. The Rams’ defense shut out Houston in the second half. 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. Bruce Ellington caught a 26-yard TD pass for the Texans. 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.

SAINTS 47, BILLS 10

Mark Ingram scored a career-best three touchdowns, and former Tennessee Volunteers star Alvin Kamara also had a 3-yard rushing TD as the Saints blew the game open by scoring five times on their first six possession­s, not including a one-play series to close the first half. Ingram finished with 131 yards on the ground. He scored twice from 3 yards and again on a 1-yarder. The Saints finished with 298 rushing yards, 32 first downs.

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. The Colts held Roethlisbe­rger, 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 Big Ben reverted to his traditiona­l form on the Steelers’ final possession. Roethlisbe­rger finished 19-of-31 for 236 yards with one intercepti­on. Bell had 26 carries for 80 yards. Brown, the league’s leading receiver, caught three passes for 47 yards.

VIKINGS 38, REDSKINS 30

Case Keenum threw touchdowns to four different receivers to build a big lead, and the NFC North-leading Vikings won their fifth in a row. With QB Teddy Bridgewate­r active for the first time since January 2016 after a devastatin­g knee injury, 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. Thielen had eight catches for a season-high 166 yards. Washington quarterbac­k Kirk Cousins had three TDs — two rushing and one passing — and was 26-of-45 for 327 yards with an intercepti­on. The Redskins failed to build off an upset victory at Seattle and now find themselves on an uphill climb in the wild-card race.

PACKERS 23, BEARS 16

Brett Hundley threw for 212 yards and a touchdown, Nick Perry had three sacks and the Packers snapped a three-game losing streak. Hundley, starting his third game for an injured Aaron Rodgers, threw a 17-yard TD pass to Davante Adams to make it 23-13 with 5:29 to play, and the Packers hung on to beat the Bears for the eighth time in nine games. Chicago’s Mitchell Trubisky threw for a career-high 297 yards. The rookie hit Josh Bellamy for a 46-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter, but the Bears dropped their second in a row after winning back-to-back games. Hundley completed 18 of 25 passes to help the Packers win their eighth straight at Soldier Field (counting the playoffs).

JAGUARS 20, CHARGERS 17, OT

Josh Lambo kicked a 30-yard field goal with 3:12 remaining in overtime, lifting the Jaguars in a wild game. Lambo’s kick got tipped at the line of scrimmage but still cleared the crossbar. The former soccer player and one-time Charger ran the other way and slid on both knees near midfield before getting mobbed by teammates. The game ended up in overtime after a 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. After all the chaos, Lambo drilled a 34-yard field goal to send it to the extra period.

LIONS 38, BROWNS 24

Matthew Stafford lofted a 29-yard, tiebreakin­g touchdown pass to Eric Ebron early in the fourth quarter. The Lions rallied from first- and second-half deficits to earn consecutiv­e victories for the first time since winning the first two games this season. The Browns, who fell to 0-9 on the season, led 10-0 early in the game for their first double-digit lead of the season, and they were up 24-17 in the third after Deshone Kizer led two consecutiv­e touchdown drives. Cleveland’s chances to finally win this season were hurt when Kizer took a shot to the ribs by blitzing defensive back Quandre Diggs late in the third period.

BUCCANEERS 15, JETS 10

Ryan Fitzpatric­k led two long scoring drives and Tampa Bay limited the Jets to less than 200 yards of offense until late in the fourth quarter to snap a five-game losing streak. With Fitzpatric­k filling in for injured quarterbac­k Jameis Winston, the Buccaneers used three field goals to build a 9-3 lead. Charles Sims put the game out of reach with a 6-yard touchdown reception with just more than six minutes remaining. Fitzpatric­k, facing the team he played for the past two seasons, completed 17 of 34 passes for 187 yards and was intercepte­d once. Josh McCown, also facing one of his former teams, was 23-of-39 for 263 yards, one touchdown and one intercepti­on. Robby Anderson caught a 38-yard TD pass in the final minute for the Jets, scoring for the fourth straight game to give New York one last chance.

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