JETS 13, JAGUARS 10
Story line: Chad Pennington went through his usual fourth-quarter routine. With three minutes to go and no timeouts, he marched the Jets (4-7) 94 yards before throwing a 3-yard touchdown pass to Santana Moss with 26 seconds left.
Stars: On the winning score, Pennington faked a spike and hit Moss in the corner of the end zone. “Chad gave me the eye and he threw it up for me to make a play,” Moss said. Before Moss’ TD, he had one catch for 10 yards.
Extra points: Kevin Johnson had five catches for 77 yards in his first game for the Jaguars (2-9). . . . Moss caught a TD for the seventh straight game.
Quote: “When you have a team down, it’s the law of the jungle. You keep them down. You choke them and suffocate them. We didn’t do that.”–Jaguars linebacker Akin Ayodele.
COLTS 17, BILLS 14
Story line: The Colts (9-2) overcame a 14-3 fourth-quarter deficit behind Edgerrin James, who scored his second touchdown of the quarter on a 1-yard plunge with 1:38 left. The reeling Bills (4-7) lost their fourth straight.
Star: Peyton Manning was credited with his 15th career fourth-quarter comeback, and second of the season. He was 26-of-42 for 229 yards, 70 in the final 15 minutes.
Extra point: The game-time temperature was 70 degrees, the warmest ever for a November game in Buffalo.
PATRIOTS 23, TEXANS 20
Story line: Patriots kicker Adam Vinatieri rebounded from a miss in regulation and a block early in overtime to hit a 28-yarder with 41 seconds left. Texans fell to 4-7.
Star: Kevin Faulk had eight catches for 108 yards and 80 yards rushing for New England.
Extra point: Patriots are 9-2, their best 11-game start. The other time New England started 8-2 was 1978. The Houston Oilers beat them 26-23 in the 11th game.
Quote: “We talk a lot on our team about hanging in there and playing 60 minutes of football. Today was what, 74?”
–Patriots coach Bill Belichick.
BENGALS 34, CHARGERS 27
Story line: The Bengals (6-5) came in as three-point favorites even though they’d been 12-48 on the road since 1996. Say goodbye to the Bungles. Jon Kitna matched his career high with four touchdown passes, three to Chad Johnson.
Star: Chargers’ LaDainian Tomlinson ran for 95 yards to pass the 1,000-yard mark for the third straight season.
Extra point: The Bengals had 22 first downs and 308 yards in the first half alone. That’s more yardage than the Chargers (2-9) had total in four of their last five games.
Quote: “Whatever the Cincinnati Bengals of the NFL mean, now people far and near will relate that failure to the San Diego Chargers.”–San Diego defensive end Marcellus Wiley.
CHIEFS 27, RAIDERS 24
Story line: Morten Andersen kicked the 31st game-winning field goal of his career, a 35-yarder that barely cleared the crossbar with four seconds left to lift Kansas City (10-1).
Star: Priest Holmes collected 91 yards rushing and 100 receiving and scored his NFL-leading 15th rushing TD.
Extra point: Linebacker Mike Maslowski, nursing an assortment of injuries, became the first Chiefs starter to miss a game this year.
RAMS 30, CARDINALS 27
Story line: Jeff Wilkins kicked his second game-winning kick in a row for the Rams (8-3), a 49-yarder with 10:22 left in overtime. His 31-yarder last week beat the Bears 23-21.
Star: Up-down-then-up-again Marc Bulger threw four INTs but finished with 329 yards and drove the Rams 82 yards before Wilkins tied it 27-27 at the end of regulation.
Extra point: Cards’ Anquan Boldin caught six passes for two TDs and 123 yards, a yard shy of tying the NFL record for the quickest to 1,000 yards receiving by a rookie.
Quote: “If we would have got the ball in overtime, we would have gone right down their throat and scored.”–Boldin.
EAGLES 33, SAINTS 20
Story line: Donovan McNabb was 16-of-25 for 259 yards and one touchdown as Eagles (8-3) won their sixth straight. The Saints (5-6) had won four of five coming in.
Star: New Orleans’ Deuce McAllister had 184 yards rushing, including scoring runs of 76 (his longest career TD) and 22 yards, for his eighth straight game with more than 100 yards.
Extra point: Brian Westbrook scored his ninth TD, most by an Eagles player since RB Ricky Watters had 13 in 1996.
Quote: “That was for Michael Jackson. We have a lot fun during the week.”–McNabb on a silly gyration he did after a fourth-quarter TD pass to Jon Ritchie.
STEELERS 13, BROWNS 6
Story line: Just plain ugly. The Steelers won despite being outgained 303-168 in total yards, getting just 11 first downs and running only six offensive plays in the third. The Browns (4-7) got only one field goal out of three visits within the 10.
Fading star: Steelers QB Tommy Maddox was 9-of-24 for 73 yards–FB Dan Kreider caught two for a team-high 21 yards.
Extra point: Jerome Bettis ran for a season-high 93 yards.
VIKINGS 24, LIONS 14
Story line: With the Vikings (7-4) up 10-7 with 2:26 left, Corey Chavous picked off Lions quarterback Joey Harrington for a score, and Brian Williams grabbed his third interception and ran it back for a touchdown 20 seconds later.
Star: Williams’ three interceptions tied a team record, done most recently by Jacksonville coach Jack Del Rio in 1993.
Extra point: Detroit (3-8) lost its 22nd straight road game.
Quote: “Everyone’s going to say, `It’s Detroit,’ but a win in this league is a win.”–Minnesota coach Mike Tice.
DOLPHINS 24, REDSKINS 23
Story line: Ricky Williams’ TD runs of 1 and 24 yards in the fourth quarter made up a 23-10 deficit. Washington (4-7) lost for the sixth time in the past seven games.
Stars: Bruce Smith tied the NFL career record with his 198th sack. . . . Williams finished with 107 yards rushing.
Extra point: Dolphins (7-4) wore orange jerseys for the first time in their 38-year history.
Monday matchup
GIANTS (4-6) AT BUCS (4-6)
Time: 8 p.m; WLS-Ch. 7, WSCR-AM 670.
Line: Bucs by 5 1/2.
Last meeting: Giants won 17-13 at Tampa on Sept. 12, 1999.
The buzz: A national television audience gets to watch two teams with only slim chances of making the playoffs.
Terry Bannon’s pick: Bucs 23, Giants 16.
