The Cowboys drove 72 yards in just 1:27 after forcing the Giants to settle for Josh Brown’s fourth field goal when a touchdown would have sealed New York’s first victory in an opener against Dallas. The Cowboys are 8-0 against New York in openers.
Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie returned a fumble 57 yards for a touchdown, and the Giants had to go just 1 yard for their other TD after Trumaine McBride’s interception.
It was the fifth straight win for the defending NFC East champion Cowboys over their division rival.
Rams 34, Seahawks 31
SEATTLE (AP) — Needing a yard again, Seattle handed off to Marshawn Lynch this time. It still didn’t work.
The Rams stopped the running back short of a first downy, making Greg Zuerlein’s 37-yard field goal in overtime decisive.
St. Louis survived an 18- point fourth quarter rally by the Seahawks, who famously passed from the 1 in last February’s Super Bowl and were intercepted by New England to lose.
Down 31-24 with 53 seconds left, the Rams tied the game after Seahawks defensive back Dion Bailey stumbled on Lance Kendricks’ 37-yard touchdown catch. Cary Williams’ strip of Nick Foles and 8-yard return had put Seattle up by a touchdown.
The Seahawks opened overtime with an onside kick; Bradley Marquez caught Steven Hauschka’s popped-up attempt. Officials ruled the ball was kicked directly in the air, so Marquez was OK to signal for a fair catch.
Titans 42, Bucs 14
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Marcus Mariota made it look easy, throwing four touchdown passes and outplaying No. 1 overall draft pick Jameis Winston to lead Tennessee over Tampa Bay.
The highly anticipated debut for the rookie quarterbacks was one-sided from the start, not unlike many of Mariota’s dazzling performances in college at Oregon.
Packers 31, Bears 23
CHICAGO (AP) — Aaron Rodgers threw for three touchdowns, two to James Jones, and the Packers beat Chicago to spoil John Fox’s debut as Bears coach.
The Packers got all they could handle from the rebuilding Bears, but took control down the stretch to beat them for the 10th time in 11 games, including the postseason.
Bills 27, Colts 14
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Tyrod Taylor engineered three touchdown drives and Rex Ryan’s attacking Buffalo defense put the clamps on Andrew Luck.
In his first career start, Taylor went 14 of 19 for 195 yards, including a 51-yard opening touchdown pass to Percy Harvin. Boobie Dixon and rookie Karlos Williams scored touchdowns rushing to deliver Ryan a win in his debut as Bills head coach.
Chiefs 27, Texans 20
HOUSTON (AP) — Alex Smith threw for 243 yards and three touchdowns in the first half againts the mistake prone Texans.
Travis Kelce caught two touchdown passes in the first quarter, the first coming after Kansas City intercepted Brian Hoyer on his first throw as a Texan.
The Chiefs were up by 14 in the second quarter when Justin Houston sacked Hoyer, forcing a fumble. Kansas City recovered it and a 7-yard touchdown reception by Jamaal Charles pushed the lead to 27-6.
Dolphins 17,
Redskins 10
LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Jarvis Landry returned a punt 69 yards for a touchdown with 10:22 left to give Miami its first lead.
Landry’s score broke open a tight game in which the Redskins amassed more yards and dominated the time of possession, but could not pull away.
Jets 31, Browns 10
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Ryan Fitzpatrick threw two touchdown passes and Chris Ivory ran for two scores in coach Todd Bowles’ debut.
The Jets (1-0) had five takeaways against the Browns, including an interception of Johnny Manziel, who came in late in the first quarter for the injured Josh McCown.
Panthers 20, Jaguars 9
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Josh Norman returned an interception for a touchdown, and the Panthers did just enough offensively.
Norman provided the big play in the third quarter when he stepped in front of a pass intended for rookie running back T.J. Yeldon near the sideline and went untouched the other way for a 30-yard score. Norman pointed at Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles as he trotted toward the end zone and then waved bye-bye.
Broncos 19, Ravens 13
DENVER (AP) — Former Ravens safety Darian Stewart, who followed Gary Kubiak from Baltimore to Denver over the winter, snatched the ball from tight end Crockett Gillmore in the end zone with 28 seconds left to seal a win for Peyton Manning and the Broncos.
Joe Flacco drove the Ravens to the Denver 16 in the final minute. One play before Stewart’s interception, cornerback Brady Roby got a hand in Steve Smith Sr.’s face and a would-be touchdown catch bounded away from the veteran receiver.
Cornerback Jimmy Smith’s 24-yard pick-6 was Baltimore’s only touchdown and Broncos cornerback Aqib Talib responded with a 51-yard interception return for a TD that put Denver ahead for good 16-13.
Cardinals 31, Saints 19
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Carson Palmer threw three touchdown passes in his first game back from a torn ACL and Arizona opened its season with a victory over New Orleans.
Drew Brees threw for 355 yards, but the Saints had to settle for Zach Hocker’s field goals four times.
Arizona’s Andre Ellington rushed for 69 yards before being carted off with a right knee injury.
Chargers 33, Lions 28
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Philip Rivers rallied San Diego to 30 straight points, including throwing a goahead, 13-yard touchdown pass to tight end Ladarius Green early in the fourth quarter, and the Chargers stunned Detroit in what could be their final home opener at Qualcomm Stadium.
Bengals 33, Raiders 13
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Andy Dalton threw for 269 yards and two touchdowns and Jeremy Hill ran for two scores to help Cincinnati spoil coach Jack Del Rio’s debut in Oakland.
Dalton had it easy all day long as he faced little pressure and often had receivers running free in the Raiders secondary. He connected on two touchdown passes with tight end Tyler Eifert as the Bengals (1-0) broke out to a 33-0 lead and coasted.
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