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Cowboys get win over Patriots in OT

- By The Associated Press

FOXBOROUGH, MASS. » Dak Prescott threw 35-yard touchdown pass to CeeDee Lamb in overtime, and the Dallas Cowboys survived a wild finish to beat New England 35-29 on Sunday, their first win over Bill Belichick’s Patriots.

Dallas hadn’t won at New England since 1987 and was 0-5 against Belichick. The Cowboys (5-1) have won five straight, their longest winning streak since 2016.

The Cowboys led 17-14 entering the fourth quarter, and that’s when the fun began. The teams traded five scores in the period, three in the final 2 ½ minutes.

New England (2-4) was clinging to a 21-20 lead when sensationa­l Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs intercepte­d Mac Jones and returned it 42 yards for a touchdown — his seventh pick and second pick-six of the season — to put Dallas ahead 26-20. On the next play from scrimmage, Jones hit Kendrick Bourne for a 75-yard score. Jones hooked up with Jakobi Meyers for the 2-point conversion.

But Prescott led the Cowboys on a 40-yard drive and Greg Zuerlein’s 49-yard field goal sent it to overtime. Dallas ended it after New England punted on its first possession as the Patriots dropped to 0-4 at home for the first time in Belichick’s 22 years as coach.

RAIDERS 34, BRONCOS 24 » Derek Carr sliced up the Denver defense for 341 yards and two touchdowns, Maxx Crosby made three sacks and the Raiders started the postJon Gruden era with a victory.

The Raiders (4-2) gave longtime special teams coordinato­r Rich Bisaccia a win in his debut as interim head coach and offensive coordinato­r Greg Olson was masterful in his first play-calling duties for Las Vegas since Carr’s rookie season in 2014.

RAVENS 34, CHARGERS 6 »

Lamar Jackson threw for 167 yards and a touchdown for Baltimore.

A week after scoring 47 points in a win over Cleveland, the Chargers (4-2) came up empty on their first five possession­s and were held under 16 points for only the second time since drafting Herbert before last season.

CARDINALS 37, BROWNS 14

Kyler Murray threw four touchdown passes as the Cardinals remained the NFL’s only unbeaten team and continued their best start since 1974.

The Cardinals (6-0) built a 20-0 lead in the first half and kept their perfect record intact despite not having coach Kliff Kingsbury or star linebacker Chandler Jones, who both tested positive for COVID-19 this week.

JAGUARS 23, DOLPHINS 20

The Jaguars ended their 20-game losing streak when Matthew Wright kicked a 53-yard field goal as time expired.

Trevor Lawrence connected on a short slant pass to Laviska Shenault Jr. and the Jags (1-5) called a timeout with 1 second remaining after the Dolphins (1-5) gambled on a fourth-and-1 from their 46 and came up short.

VIKINGS 34, PANTHERS 28, OT » Kirk Cousins completed a 27-yard touchdown pass to K.J. Osborn on the first possession of overtime.

Cousins threw for 373 yards and three touchdowns against the league’s top-ranked pass defense, Dalvin Cook ran for 140 yards and a score and the Vikings finally solved their second-half offensive woes. Adam Thielen had a number of big catches, finishing with 1

COLTS 31, TEXANS 3 » Carson Wentz threw two touchdown passes, Jonathan Taylor ran for two more and the Indianapol­is defense held up.

Indy rebounded from an embarrassi­ng fourth-quarter collapse at Baltimore by winning for the second time in three weeks. The Colts (2-4) can now move within one game of the AFC South lead — if Buffalo beats Tennessee on Monday.

CHIEFS 31, WASHINGTON 13 » Patrick Mahomes threw for 397 yards and engineered three second-half touchdown drives to compensate for a pair of intercepti­ons.

PACKERS 24, BEARS 14 » Aaron Rodgers threw for two touchdowns and ran for another as the Packers (5-1) beat the Bears (3-3) for the 20th time in 23 games counting the playoffs and improved to 22-5 with Rodgers as the starter against Chicago.

RAMS 38, GIANTS 11 » Matthew Stafford threw three of his four touchdown passes in a 28-point second quarter. Stafford connected with prime target Cooper Kupp on scoring passes of 3 and 13 yards. He also found Robert Woods for a 15-yard score and running back Darrell Henderson on a 25-yarder.

BENGALS 34, LIONS 11 » Joe Burrow tied a career high with three touchdown passes, helping the Bengals (4-2) equal last year’s number of wins and double their victories from 2019 during coach Zac Taylor’s debut season.

Detroit (0-6) could not rally as it did in closely contested setbacks against San Francisco, Baltimore and Minnesota, failing to score until Austin Seibert made a 35-yard field goal midway through the fourth quarter.

STEELERS 23, SEAHAWKS 20 » Chris Boswell hit a 36yard field goal with 2:50 left in overtime to give the Pittsburgh Steelers a 23-20 victory over the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday night.

Boswell’s third field goal of the game came three plays after Steelers outside linebacker T.J. Watt forced Seattle quarterbac­k Geno Smith to fumble deep in Seahawks territory. Pittsburgh inside linebacker Devin Bush scooped it up to give the Steelers possession. Two snaps to center the ball in the middle of the field set up Boswell to win it.

 ?? NICK WASS — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ?? Baltimore Ravens tight end Mark Andrews, center, looks on after catching a touchdown pass from quarterbac­k Lamar Jackson, not visible, during the second half Sunday against the Los Angeles Chargers in Baltimore.
NICK WASS — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Baltimore Ravens tight end Mark Andrews, center, looks on after catching a touchdown pass from quarterbac­k Lamar Jackson, not visible, during the second half Sunday against the Los Angeles Chargers in Baltimore.

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