Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. ó Rob Bironas kicked a 46-yard field goal in overtime, and the Tennessee Titans beat the Miami Dolphins 27-24 Sunday after blowing an 18-point lead.
Tennessee kept alive faint playoff hopes for another week.
Vince Young threw for a career-high three touchdowns and Chris Johnson ran for 104 yards as the Titans (7-7) reached .500 for the first time this year. But the Titans made it far too interesting by blowing the big lead.
The Dolphins (7-7) also viewed this as an elimination game for their own playoff hopes. They trailed 24-6 in the third quarter before rallying, tying on Ricky Williams’ 2-point conversion run with 1:34 left.
Miami won the toss and got the ball first in overtime. But Michael Griffin picked off Chad Henne’s pass, and Bironas kicked the winner four plays later.
Browns 41, Chiefs 34
KANSAS CITY, Mo. ó Jerome Harrison scored his third touchdown with 44 seconds left and rushed for a team-record 286 yards, and Joshua Cribbs returned two kickoffs for touchdowns.
Cribbs started the Browns (3-11) off with kickoff returns of 100 and 103 yards in the first half, breaking the NFL career record and tying the single-game mark.
Harrison took it from there, scoring all of his touchdowns in the second half to break Jim Brown’s team record of 237 yards, set in 1957 and 1961. He closed it out with a 28-yard run off right tackle to finish behind only Adrian Peterson and Corey Dillon in the NFL record book.
Patriots 17, Bills 10
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. ó Randy Moss bounced back a week after being accused of quitting by Carolina Panthers defenders with five catches for 70 yards and a touchdown. Tully Banta-Cain had three of New England’s six sacks to anchor a banged-up defense.
The Patriots (9-5) won their first road game on this side of the Atlantic this season by beating their AFC East rival for the 13th straight time and 18th time in 19 meetings.
The Bills (5-9) were undone by 11 penalties for 124 yards, including a pair of pass-interference calls that set up New England’s first two scores.
Cardinals 31, Lions 24
DETROIT ó Kurt Warner threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Anquan Boldin with 1:54 left, as Arizona (9-5) moved a step closer toward clinching the NFC West.
The Cardinals needed a victory in Detroit and a San Francisco loss or tie later in the day in Philadelphia to win consecutive division titles for the first time since 1974-75.
The Lions (2-12) had the ball with 1:46 left with a chance to come back, but gained just 7 yards and lost their fourth straight game.
Arizona led 17-0 at halftime, then let the Lions make it 17-all in the third quarter and 24-all with 3:48 left.
Falcons 10, Jets 7
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. ó Tony Gonzalez caught a 6-yard touchdown pass from Matt Ryan on a fourth-down play with 1:38 remaining.
A day after the Falcons (7-7) were eliminated from playoff contention, they likely also ended the chances for the stunned Jets (7-7), whose three-game winning streak was stopped.
Ryan, starting after missing two games with a toe injury, drove Atlanta downfield for the win at a cold, windy and half-filled Meadowlands. Frustrated Jets fans in the upper deck tossed snow, the remnants of a major storm in the Northeast, and booed loudly after the score.
The Falcons, eliminated from the playoff race with Dallas’ victory over New Orleans on Saturday night, are still in contention to post back-to-back winning records for the first time in their 44-year history.
Texans 16, Rams 13
ST. LOUIS ó Matt Schaub had his eighth 300-yard passing game and Andre Johnson set a season best with 196 yards receiving, but the Texans ended up leaning on field goals to hold off the lowly Rams.
The Rams (1-13) lost their 12th in a row at home and for the 23rd time in 24 games overall only three days after canceling practice after a confirmed case of swine flu. St. Louis got all of its players back, but lost for the second time this season while wearing throwback jerseys honoring the 1999 Super Bowl championship team.
The Rams fell far short of a sellout for the second straight game with paid attendance of 46,256, the franchise’s worst since moving to the Midwest in 1995.
Raiders 20, Broncos 19
DENVER ó JaMarcus Russell threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Chaz Schilens with 35 seconds left.
Russell was benched a month ago and passed by Charlie Frye on the depth chart this week.
The former No. 1 overall draft pick entered when Frye was knocked out of the game early in the fourth quarter by a blow to the head from linebacker Andra Davis. He went 5-of-11 for 47 yards.
The Broncos (8-6) are still in the AFC wild-card hunt but they were expecting a win over Oakland (5-9.
Ravens 31, Bears 7
BALTIMORE ó Joe Flacco threw a career-high four touchdown passes, and the Ravens capitalized on six Chicago turnovers.
Baltimore (8-6) led 14-0 after 13 minutes and 31-7 after three quarters.
The victory solidified the Ravens’ hold on the sixth and final playoff spot in the AFC and improved their record against teams currently with losing records to 6-0.
Jay Cutler threw three interceptions, upping his NFL-high total to 25.
Buccaneers 24, Seahawks 7
SEATTLE ó Rookie Josh Freeman shook off his ninth interception in just over two games to throw two touchdown passes in the second half.
Tampa Bay’s 26th-ranked defense forced five turnovers by Seattle quarterback Matt Hasselbeck, as the Buccaneers (2-12) won for just the second time in 17 games.
With maybe 500 angry Seattle fans watching by the end, the young Bucs triumphantly pointed to the sky after the team’s first win away from Tampa in 10 tries.