Patriots need last-second FG to stay unbeaten; Peyton Manning benched in loss

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Stephen Gostkowski’s 54-yard field goal with 1 second left Sunday kept the New England Patriots unbeaten with a 27-26 victory over the New York Giants.

After Josh Brown made his fourth field goal of the game with 1:47 remaining, Tom Brady drove the Patriots (9-0) 44 yards, converting a fourth-and-10 on the series. Gostkowski, the NFL’s leading scorer the last three seasons, sent his winning kick soaring through the uprights.

The Giants (5-5) have given the Patriots fits under Tom Coughlin and nearly pulled off another victory. But you don’t beat New England with field goals, and a 5-yard pass to Odell Beckham Jr. on New York’s final drive was originally called a touchdown, then reversed by a video review.

Both Beckham and New England’s Rob Gronkowski had the longest TD catches of their careers: Beckham for 87 yards and Gronkowski for 76.

Chief 29, Broncos 13

DENVER -- Kansas City prevented Peyton Manning from getting the one record he really wanted, trouncing Denver on the strength of five interceptions and five field goals.

Manning entered the day with 71,836 yards through the air, 2 shy of Brett Favre’s record and tied with Favre with 186 victories.

He finished the day with just 35 yards on 5-of-20 passing, four interceptions, two sacks and an almost unheard-of zero passer rating before being benched late in the third quarter.

The only highlight for Manning was his milestone: a 4-yard pass to running back Ronnie Hillman. Even that didn’t come until he’d thrown his first interception, gotten sacked and fumbled.

Steelers 30, Browns 9

PITTSBURGH -- Ben Roethlisberger came off the bench to throw for 379 yards and three touchdowns Pittsburgh overwhelmed the hapless Browns and Johnny Manziel.

Roethlisberger began the game on the bench to rest his sprained left foot but entered in the first quarter after Landry Jones went down with a left ankle injury. Roethlisberger completed 22 of 33 passes and was sacked just once as Pittsburgh won its second straight.

Antonio Brown caught 10 passes for 139 yards and two scores as the Steelers (6-4) remained unbeaten at home against Cleveland (2-8) since 2003.

Manziel passed for a career-high 372 yards with a touchdown and an interception but was also sacked six times. The Browns, who have lost five straight, ran for just 15 yards and were penalized 11 times for 159 yards. Cleveland is 2-13 in its last 15 games under coach Mike Pettine.

Panthers 27, Titans 10

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Cam Newton completed his first 11 passes -- the longest streak of his career -- and undefeated Carolina shut out Tennessee in the second half to earn the victory.

The Panthers (9-0) extended their league-best winning streak to 13 games as Newton ran for a touchdown and passed for another score.

The Titans (2-7) suffered their 10th straight home loss in the first home game under interim coach Mike Mularkey.

Carolina led 14-10 at halftime. The Panthers padded the lead on Graham Gano’s field goals of 48 and 19 yards and Newton’s 2-yard touchdown run with less than 3 minutes remaining.

Rookie quarterback Marcus Mariota and the Titans were held scoreless in the second half.

Lions 18, Packers 16

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Matthew Stafford threw for two touchdowns and Detroit stopped a 24-game road losing streak against Green Bay despite a late blunder by Calvin Johnson.

Mason Crosby missed a 52-yard field goal as time expired after the Packers recovered an onside kick that was mishandled by Johnson with about 31 seconds left.

Detroit (2-7) had stopped Green Bay on a 2-point conversion attempt after Aaron Rodgers hit Justin Perillo for an 11-yard touchdown pass on the previous drive.

Stafford threw for 242 yards for the league-worst Lions, an organization that had been reeling following the midseason firings of the team president and general manager.

The Packers (6-3) lost their third straight game, but this was a new low after their two previous defeats came on the road to Super Bowl contenders Denver and Carolina.

Redskins 47, Saints 14

LANDOVER, Md. -- Kirk Cousins threw for a career-high four touchdowns -- each one longer than any scoring pass he’d completed all season -- to lead Washington past visiting New Orleans.

Cousins went 20 for 25 for 324 yards, zero interceptions and a perfect passer rating of 158.3, connecting for TDs of 78 yards to Matt Jones, 16 and 8 yards to Jordan Reed, and 11 yards to Jamison Crowder.

Cousins didn’t have a touchdown toss of more than 7 yards until he got to go up against the Saints’ porous and poor-tackling defense.

The 33-point margin of victory for the Redskins (4-5) was the team’s largest since beating San Francisco by 35, 52-17, in October 2005.

The Saints (4-6) lost their second game in a row, following a run of three victories that briefly got them to .500.

Dolphins 20, Eagles 19

PHILADELPHIA -- Chris McCain knocked Sam Bradford out and Reshad Jones spoiled Mark Sanchez’s comeback bid.

Ryan Tannehill threw a go-ahead 4-yard touchdown pass to Jarvis Landry and the defense held on to give Miami the win away from home.

Bradford injured his left shoulder and sustained a concussion on a hard hit by McCain in the third quarter and didn’t return, though X-rays on his shoulder were negative.

Sanchez drove the Eagles to the Dolphins 8 late in the fourth quarter, but Jones intercepted his pass in the end zone. Miami’s defense held again in the final minute.

The Dolphins (4-5) snapped a two-game losing streak with the upset over the Eagles (4-5).

Bears 37, Rams 13

ST. LOUIS -- Zach Miller caught two touchdown passes, including an 87-yard score that was Chicago’s longest play since 2010, and rookie Jeremy Langford also had two TDs, leading Chicago to the win at St. Louis.

The Bears (4-5) improved to 3-1 on the road after their top offensive showing. They brought thousands of fans to the Edward Jones Dome, which had a season-best 58,663 tickets distributed.

Langford was untouched on an 83-yard TD on a screen and also had a 6-yard scoring run. The running back, filling in for the injured Matt Forte, had seven catches for 109 yards and 73 yards on 20 carries.

Todd Gurley had a 6-yard scoring run on the opening drive for the Rams (4-5), who have lost two straight since entering November with a winning record for the first time since 2006.

Jaguars 22, Ravens 20

BALTIMORE -- Jason Myers kicked a 53-yard field goal after Jacksonville got one final play on a facemask penalty with no time left, and the Jaguars ended their 13-game road losing streak.

Down 20-19 with no timeouts, the Jaguars got the ball at their 20 with 1:06 left. After moving to the Baltimore 49, Blake Bortles took the snap an instant before the clock expired and was quickly sacked by Elvis Dumervil.

But Dumervil grabbed the quarterback’s facemask, giving the Jaguars one final play even though the clock read 0:00.

Myers, who earlier missed a 26-yard field goal try, boomed this one through the uprights.

The victory enabled the Jaguars (3-6) to end a road skid that followed a win in Cleveland on Dec. 1, 2013.

Baltimore (2-7) has lost its seven games this season by a total of 32 points.

Buccaneers 10, Cowboys 6

TAMPA, Fla. -- Jameis Winston scored on a 1-yard quarterback keeper with 54 seconds remaining Sunday, giving Tampa Bay a victory that extended Dallas’ longest losing streak since 1989 to seven games.

The No. 1 overall draft pick shrugged off two interceptions — the first he’d thrown in a month — and benefited from a defensive holding call that wiped out his goal-line fumble on the play before the rookie faked a handoff to Doug Martin and circled around right end all alone.

The Cowboys (2-7) reached the Tampa Bay 44 following the ensuing kickoff, but Matt Cassel’s throw to the end zone intended for Dez Bryant was intercepted by Bradley McDougald after the Tampa Bay safety appeared to give the receiver a slight shove to the back.

Bryant argued for a pass interference call to no avail.

The Bucs (4-5) drove 56 yards in nine plays for the winning score, overcoming two long field goals by the Cowboys’ Dan Bailey.