NFL roundup
Bengals overwhelm Bears, 24-7 CHICAGO (AP) – The Cincinnati Bengals, who entered the game with a league-leading 10 takeaways, picked off Chicago Bears quarterback Kyle Orton five times in a 24-7 victory on Sunday and became the first NFL team in 34 years to intercept five passes in consecutive games.
Madieu Williams, Keiwan Ratliff, Tory James, Deltha O’Neal and Brian Simmons each intercepted Orton. The Bengals (3-0) intercepted Minnesota’s Daunte Culpepper five times in last week. The 1971 Cleveland Browns were the last to pick off five in consecutive games.
Carson Palmer of the Bengals was 16-of-23 for 169 yards and three touchdowns, two to Chad Johnson.
Thomas Jones rushed for 106 yards and scored the Bears’ lone touchdown, a 2-yard run early in the fourth quarter.
Eagles 23, Raiders 20
PHILADELPHIA – David Akers, fighting through a strained right hamstring, kicked a 23-yard field goal with 9 seconds left for Philadelphia.
Donovan McNabb, playing with chest and groin injuries, threw for 365 yards and two touchdowns for the Eagles (2-1), while Brian Westbrook caught a TD pass, ran for a score and had 140 yards receiving. Terrell Owens had nine catches, including his 100th career touchdown.
Kerry Collins threw a 27-yard TD pass to Doug Gabriel to bring the Raiders into a 20-20 tie with 2:17 left.
Bucs 17, Packers 16
GREEN BAY, Wis. – Tampa Bay’s Carnell “Cadillac” Williams broke Alan Ameche’s NFL record for most yards in his first three NFL games by rushing 37 times for 158 yards.
Green Bay’s Ryan Longwell missed an extra point for the first time in 157 attempts, and that was the difference as the Packers fell to 0-3 for the first time since Brett Favre was a sophomore at Southern Mississippi in 1988.
Dolphins 27, Panthers 24
MIAMI – Lance Schulters intercepted Jake Delhomme with 2 minutes left to set up Olindo Mare’s game-winning field goal.
Carolina’s Steve Smith had 11 catches for 170 yards and three touchdowns. His 53-yard score midway through the fourth quarter tied the score at 24.
Falcons 24, Bills 16
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. – Shaking off a tender hamstring he hurt last weekend, Atlanta’s Michael Vick threw two touchdown passes and scrambled for 64 yards on nine carries.
Warrick Dunn rushed for 97 yards and T.J. Duckett added 75 yards rushing and a touchdown for the Falcons (2-1). Vick finished 15-of-27 for 167 yards passing and an interception.
Colts 13, Browns 6
INDIANAPOLIS – Edgerrin James ran 27 times for 108 yards and scored on a 2-yard run, while Mike Vanderjagt made two short field goals for the Colts (3-0), who won their seventh straight home game – their longest streak since moving to Indianapolis in 1984. The Colts have allowed 16 points in three games, their lowest total in the first three games in franchise history. The previous best was 17 points in 1971.
Peyton Manning was 19-of-23 for 228 yards and topped the 30,000-yard mark in his 115th game, becoming the second fastest to that plateau. Miami’s Dan Marino did it in 114 games.
Rams 31, Titans 27
ST. LOUIS – Marc Bulger threw three touchdown passes and St. Louis survived a controversial ruling in the fourth quarter to hang on for a turnover-filled victory. The Titans converted three turnovers into 17 points while the Rams got an 85-yard interception return from Adam Archuleta for a touchdown.
Jaguars 26, Jets 20, OT
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Byron Leftwich threw a 36-yard touchdown to Jimmy Smith in overtime for Jacksonville. Leftwich went 16-of-23 for 177 yards with one touchdown and one interception.
Vikings 33, Saints 16
MINNEAPOLIS – Daunte Culpepper threw for 300 yards and Minnesota (1-2) took advantage of two Saints turnovers deep in their end to take a 24-0 lead in the first half.
Seahawks 37, Cards 12
SEATTLE – Shaun Alexander scored twice in a 30-second span early in the third quarter for Seattle, which was scoreless in the second half in its first two games. Alexander finished with 140 yards on 22 carries, the 24th 100-yard game of his career, tying him with Chris Warren for the most in team history.
Cowboys 34, 49ers 31
SAN FRANCISCO – Keyshawn Johnson caught a 14-yard touchdown pass from Drew Bledsoe with 1:51 to play to complete Dallas’ rally from a 12-point deficit in the fourth quarter. Johnson’s score capped a precise 76-yard scoring drive by the Cowboys (2-1).
Bledsoe was 24-of-38 for 363 yards, passing Joe Montana for eighth place on the NFL’s career passing list with his first 300-yard game since Sept. 14, 2003. Terry Glenn had 137 yards receiving and Julius Jones rushed for two scores.
Brandon Lloyd caught an 89-yard touchdown pass and safety Tony Parrish returned one of his two interceptions for a score for the 49ers (1-2), who seemed ready to match their win total from last season, when they finished with the NFL’s worst record.