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Falcons, Cardinals remain unbeaten
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October 2, 2012, Tuesday
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MATT Bryant kicked a 40-yard field goal with five seconds remaining on Sunday as Atlanta rallied to beat the Carolina Panthers, while Arizona edged Miami with a field goal in overtime to maintain their unbeaten runs in the National Football League.
Houston set a club record with its fourth straight win to start the season after a 38-14 win over Tennessee.
The Atlanta Falcons have four consecutive wins and are off to their best start since 2004, when they reached the NFC championship game. Despite taking a career-high seven sacks, Matt Ryan threw three touchdown passes for Atlanta. Bryant added three field goals.
At Glendale, Jay Feely kicked a 46-yard field goal 6:31 into overtime to keep Arizona unbeaten. The Cardinals forced overtime when Kevin Kolb threw a 15-yard touchdown pass on fourth down to Andre Roberts with 22 seconds to play in regulation.
The Broncos beat the Raiders 37-6 at Denver with Peyton Manning finishing with 338 yards and three TD passes.
Manning opened the game by leading the Broncos on an 80-yard touchdown drive and Denver never trailed.
At Philadelphia, Lawrence Tynes missed two field-goal attempts from 54 yards with 15 seconds left as the Eagles held on to beat the New York Giants 19-17.
Tynes missed wide left, but the Eagles had called a timeout to ice him. He was short on his second attempt.
The Vikings scored a 20-13 away win over the Lions at Detroit.
In other weekend results, it was: San Diego 37, Kansas City 20; St Louis 19, Seattle 13; New England 52, Buffalo 28; San Francisco 34, NY Jets 0; Cincinnati 27, Jacksonville 10; Green Bay 28, New Orleans 27; and Washington 24, Tampa Bay 22.
Houston set a club record with its fourth straight win to start the season after a 38-14 win over Tennessee.
The Atlanta Falcons have four consecutive wins and are off to their best start since 2004, when they reached the NFC championship game. Despite taking a career-high seven sacks, Matt Ryan threw three touchdown passes for Atlanta. Bryant added three field goals.
At Glendale, Jay Feely kicked a 46-yard field goal 6:31 into overtime to keep Arizona unbeaten. The Cardinals forced overtime when Kevin Kolb threw a 15-yard touchdown pass on fourth down to Andre Roberts with 22 seconds to play in regulation.
The Broncos beat the Raiders 37-6 at Denver with Peyton Manning finishing with 338 yards and three TD passes.
Manning opened the game by leading the Broncos on an 80-yard touchdown drive and Denver never trailed.
At Philadelphia, Lawrence Tynes missed two field-goal attempts from 54 yards with 15 seconds left as the Eagles held on to beat the New York Giants 19-17.
Tynes missed wide left, but the Eagles had called a timeout to ice him. He was short on his second attempt.
The Vikings scored a 20-13 away win over the Lions at Detroit.
In other weekend results, it was: San Diego 37, Kansas City 20; St Louis 19, Seattle 13; New England 52, Buffalo 28; San Francisco 34, NY Jets 0; Cincinnati 27, Jacksonville 10; Green Bay 28, New Orleans 27; and Washington 24, Tampa Bay 22.
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