Pats rout Colts...Packers clobber Eagles...Cardinals improve to 9-1 UNDATED (AP) - Whether its Peyton Manning or Andrew Luck, the New England Patriots usually find a way to beat the Indianapolis Colts. The Patriots are 13-6 versus the Colts in regular-season games since Manning was drafted by Indianapolis in 1998. New Englands fifth straight victory in the overall series was Sundays 42-20 pounding of the Colts at Indianapolis as Jonas Gray rushed for four touchdowns, one in each quarter. Gray rolled up 199 yards on 38 carries on a night when Tom Brady threw for 257 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions. The Pats had 502 total yards in reaching the 40-point mark for the fourth time during their current six-game winning streak. They lead the AFC at 8-2. Luck was 23 of 39 for 303 yards, two TDs and one interception for the 6-4 Colts, who top the AFC North by one game over Houston. Week 11 of the NFL schedule also featured a pair of key NFC matchups, one of which was a blowout in Green Bay. The Packers raced out to a 30-6 lead in a 53-20 laugher over the Philadelphia Eagles. Aaron Rodgers passed for 341 yards and three touchdowns, and Julius Peppers returned his second interception of the season for a score. Peppers finished off the Eagles by returning Mark Sanchezs pass 52 yards for a 39-6 lead in the third quarter. Micah Hyde scored on a 75-yard punt return as the Packers improved to 7-3. The Eagles are also 7-3. The other marquee game was in Arizona. The Cardinals are 9-1 for the first time since 1948 after Drew Stanton threw touchdown passes to Michael Floyd on Arizonas first two possessions in a 14-6 win over Detroit. The Cardinals became the first team to hold the high-octane Lions without a touchdown this season. The defense also toughened up following Stantons two interceptions, allowing the Cards to pick up their sixth straight win and keep their three-game lead in the NFC West. Detroit fell to 7-3 and into a virtual first-place tie in the NFC North. Also in the NFL: - Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning was intercepted twice while completing 34 of 54 passes with just one touchdown in Denvers 22-7 loss to St. Louis. The performance ended Mannings streak of 15 straight games with a least two touchdown passes and factored into the Broncos fall to 7-3. Shaun Hill was effective in his first start since regaining the quarterback job for the Rams, and rookie Tre Mason had 29 carries for 113 yards, the most allowed by the Broncos top-ranked run defense. - J.S. Watt is the first defensive lineman since 1948 to score four touchdowns in a season. He caught a two-yard scoring pass from Ryan Mallett and also had an interception and a fumble recovery in Houstons 23-7 win over Cleveland. Mallett threw a pair of TD passes and finished with 211 yards in his first career start to help the Texans improve to 5-5. The Browns fell to 6-4. - Matt Ryan threw for 268 yards and a touchdown, Matt Bryant added four field goals and the Atlanta Falcons moved into a tie for first place with New Orleans in the NFC South by downing Carolina 19-17. Bryants 44-yard field goal with 2:08 left put the 4-6 Falcons ahead for good before the Falcons survived a pair of late field goal tries by the Panthers. Carolina quarterback Cam Newton overcame two early interceptions to throw for 292 yards and two fourth-quarter touchdowns, but it wasnt enough for the Panthers to fall to 3-6-1. - Andy Dalton rebounded from one of the worst outings of his career by passing for three touchdowns in Cincinnatis 27-10 victory. The game represented a dramatic reversal from a week ago, when Dalton completed only 10 passes for 86 yards and had a passer rating of 2.0 in a 24-3 loss to Cleveland. Against the Saints Dalton was 16 of 22 for 220 yards and no interceptions. Drew Brees passed for 255 yards and one TD for the 4-6 Saints - The Chiefs own a five-game winning streak after holding on for a 24-20 win over the defending Super Bowl champion Seahawks in Kansas City. The Chiefs defense stopped the Seattle offense on fourth down three times late in the final quarter. Jamaal Charles ran for 159 yards and two touchdowns in the win as the Chiefs upped their record to 7-3, tied with Denver atop the AFC West. Russell Wilson passed for 178 yards and two scores for the 6-4 Seahawks. - Tampa Bay snapped a five-game losing skid with a 27-7 triumph over Washington. Rookie Mike Evans had 209 yards receiving and two touchdowns as the Bucs improved to 2-8. Evans accounted for 73 percent of Josh McCowns 288 yards passing, including scoring grabs of 36 and 56 yards in the second half. The 3-7 Redskins committed three turnovers, and Robert Griffin III was sacked six times. - Chicagos Bears are back in the win column as Jay Cutler threw for 330 yards and three touchdowns in a 21-13 win over Minnesota. The victory is just the second in seven games for the Bears, who are 4-6. Ryan Mundy intercepted Teddy Bridgewaters 29-yard pass in the end zone in the closing minute, and the Bears hung on for the win after suffering two of the worst blowout losses in franchise history. - Things just keep going bad for the New York Giants, who earned their fifth straight loss by falling 16-10 to San Francisco. Colin Kaepernick threw a 48-yard touchdown pass to Michael Crabtree and Phil Dawson kicked three first-half field goals for the 6-4 Niners. The 49ers also picked off Eli Manning five times, including a fourth-down pass at the San Francisco 2 with 4:43 to play. - San Diego ended its three-game losing streak and improved to 6-4 with a rather lackluster 13-6 victory over the 0-10 Oakland Raiders. Philip Rivers threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to Malcom Floyd on the games third play from scrimmage to put the Chargers ahead to stay. Rivers hurt his right leg midway through the third quarter but stayed in the game. The Raiders were held to a pair of field goals and ran through losing streak to 16 games.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 12:53:40 +0000
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