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Gano’s FG for Carolina beats Giants

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Graham Gano connected on a career-long 63-yard field goal with 1 second remaining to lift the Carolina Panthers to a wild 33-31 victory over the New York Giants on Sunday.

Gano’s winning kick, tied for second longest in league history, came after the Giants erased a 14-point deficit.

Eli Manning hooked up with Saquon Barkley on a 15-yard touchdown pass down the right sideline – the rookie made a long dive into the end zone – to put the Giants in front 31-30 with 1:08 remaining.

TEXANS 19, COWBOYS 16 (OT)

HOUSTON – DeAndre Hopkins had 151 yards receiving, including a key reception in overtime, and Ka’imi Fairbairn’s 36-yard field goal lifted the Houston Texans to a win. The Cowboys got the ball first in OT but had to punt when Zach Cunningham stopped Ezekiel Elliott for no gain on third-and-1.

CHARGERS 26, RAIDERS 10

CARSON, Calif. - Philip Rivers threw for 339 yards and two touchdowns, the 59th 300-yard passing game of Rivers’ 15-year career and his eighth against the Raiders. He completed 22 of 27 passes and had a passer rating of 143.4. Melvin Gordon had 120 yards from scrimmage (58 rushing, 62 receiving).

CHIEFS 30, JAGUARS 14

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Chiefs’ beleaguere­d defense forced Jacksonvil­le quarterbac­k Blake Bortles into five turnovers, including a pick-6 by defensive tackle Chris Jones.

Patrick Mahomes threw for 313 yards and ran for a touchdown, though he also threw his first two picks of the season.

LIONS 31, PACKERS 23

DETROIT - Matthew Stafford threw two touchdown passes and LeGarrette Blount ran for two scores. Detroit (2-3) earned a win it desperatel­y needed under first-year coach Matt Patricia, going into its bye week. Green Bay (2-2-1) could not overcome uncharacte­ristic mistakes by veteran kicker Mason Crosby and two-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers, who lost two fumbles for just the third time in his 14-year career.

Aaron Rodgers, missing injured receivers Randall Cobb and Geronimo Allison, threw short TDs to rookie Marquez Valdes-Scantling and Lance Kendricks in the third to pull the Packers within 10 points.

JETS 34, BRONCOS 16

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Isaiah Crowell ran for a franchise-record 219 yards, including a 77-yard touchdown, and Sam Darnold threw two TD passes to Robby Anderson, including a 76-yarder. Darnold also had a TD toss to Terrelle Pryor that sealed the game late in the fourth quarter for the Jets (2-3). The rookie quarterbac­k finished 10 of 22 for 198 yards and the three scores with an intercepti­on to help New York to its first win since the season opener.

Keenum finished 35 of 51 for 377 yards with TD passes to Sutton and Demaryius Thomas for the Broncos (2-3).

BENGALS 27, DOLPHINS 17

CINCINNATI - Michael Johnson returned an intercepti­on for the tying score, and Sam Hubbard went 19 yards with a fumble for the clinching touchdown, rallying the Bengals from a 17point deficit.

With Joe Mixon back from knee surgery, the defense making more gameturnin­g plays in the fourth quarter, Cincinnati (4-1) pulled off its biggest comeback of the season.

STEELERS 41, FALCONS 17

PITTSBURGH - Ben Roethlisbe­rger and Antonio Brown connected on two second-half touchdowns and the Steelers pulled away from the Falcons.

Roethlisbe­rger finished 19 of 29 for 250 yards and three scores, including a 9-yard strike to Brown in the third quarter and a 47-yard dart to the All-Pro wide receiver early in the fourth for Pittsburgh (2-2-1) .

BILLS 13, TITANS 12

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. - Stephen Hauschka hit a 46-yard field goal as time expired. Buffalo’s defense forced three turnovers, and LeSean McCoy broke from a slump with 85 yards rushing. McCoy sparked the decisive drive with a 13-yard catch on third-and-3.

 ?? GRANT HALVERSON/GETTY IMAGES ?? Cam Newton (1) and teammates pile on kicker Graham Gano of the Carolina Panthers after his game-winning 63-yard field goal against the New York Giants on Sunday.
GRANT HALVERSON/GETTY IMAGES Cam Newton (1) and teammates pile on kicker Graham Gano of the Carolina Panthers after his game-winning 63-yard field goal against the New York Giants on Sunday.

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