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October 5, 2010, Tuesday
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KANSAS City Chiefs were left the only undefeated team in the National Football League after the Chicago Bears and Pittsburgh Steelers both suffered their first losses of the season on Sunday.
The Bears were left battered and bruised after their 17-3 thumping by a greatly improved New York Giants team while the Pittsburgh Steelers gave up a last-minute touchdown in their 14-17 loss to the Baltimore Ravens in a fourth round full of surprises and tight finishes.
The Indianapolis Colts, last season's AFC champions, were handed a shock 28-31 loss by the Jacksonville Jaguars after Josh Scobee booted a 59-yard field goal in the final second while Atlanta Falcons' Matt Bryant kicked a game-winning field goal two seconds from the end against the San Francisco 49ers.
Super Bowl champions New Orleans Saints rebounded from last week's surprise loss with a hard-fought 16-14 victory over the winless Carolina Panthers while the New Yorks Jets showed why they are regarded as one of the early favorites this season when they thrashed the Buffalo Bills 38-14 for their third straight win.
Donovan McNabb provided the week's most stirring moment when he led the Washington to a 17-12 victory over the Eagles in his first game back in Philadelphia since being traded to the Redskins.
McNabb had played 11 seasons in Philadelphia and received a standing ovation by Eagles supporters when he ran on to the field at the start of the game.
The Giants, heavily criticized after their mistake-riddled loss to the Tennessee Titans last week, responded with a brutal defensive display that left Chicago quarterback Jay Cutler concussed after he was sacked nine times in the first half before being replaced.
"I know that they suffered," Giants head coach Tom Coughlin said. "We need to win. We've won against a real good team and hopefully that's something we can build on."
The Steelers, playing without suspended quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, were 32 seconds away from a 4-0 start when Joe Flacco hooked up with TJ Houshmandzadeh for an 18-yard TD pass that gave the Ravens a 17-14 win.
The Colts scored on a one-yard TD pass from Peyton Manning to tie their game with the Jaguars at 28-28 with less than a minute remaining.
But the Jaguars had just enough time to drive upfield and give Scobee the chance to steal the victory with a field goal that was four yards shy of matching the NFL record.
Elsewhere in the NFL it was: Rams 20, Seahawks 3; Texans 31, Raiders 24; Browns 23, Bengals 20; Chargers 41, Cardinals 10; Packers 28, Lions 26; and Broncos 26, Titans 20.
The Bears were left battered and bruised after their 17-3 thumping by a greatly improved New York Giants team while the Pittsburgh Steelers gave up a last-minute touchdown in their 14-17 loss to the Baltimore Ravens in a fourth round full of surprises and tight finishes.
The Indianapolis Colts, last season's AFC champions, were handed a shock 28-31 loss by the Jacksonville Jaguars after Josh Scobee booted a 59-yard field goal in the final second while Atlanta Falcons' Matt Bryant kicked a game-winning field goal two seconds from the end against the San Francisco 49ers.
Super Bowl champions New Orleans Saints rebounded from last week's surprise loss with a hard-fought 16-14 victory over the winless Carolina Panthers while the New Yorks Jets showed why they are regarded as one of the early favorites this season when they thrashed the Buffalo Bills 38-14 for their third straight win.
Donovan McNabb provided the week's most stirring moment when he led the Washington to a 17-12 victory over the Eagles in his first game back in Philadelphia since being traded to the Redskins.
McNabb had played 11 seasons in Philadelphia and received a standing ovation by Eagles supporters when he ran on to the field at the start of the game.
The Giants, heavily criticized after their mistake-riddled loss to the Tennessee Titans last week, responded with a brutal defensive display that left Chicago quarterback Jay Cutler concussed after he was sacked nine times in the first half before being replaced.
"I know that they suffered," Giants head coach Tom Coughlin said. "We need to win. We've won against a real good team and hopefully that's something we can build on."
The Steelers, playing without suspended quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, were 32 seconds away from a 4-0 start when Joe Flacco hooked up with TJ Houshmandzadeh for an 18-yard TD pass that gave the Ravens a 17-14 win.
The Colts scored on a one-yard TD pass from Peyton Manning to tie their game with the Jaguars at 28-28 with less than a minute remaining.
But the Jaguars had just enough time to drive upfield and give Scobee the chance to steal the victory with a field goal that was four yards shy of matching the NFL record.
Elsewhere in the NFL it was: Rams 20, Seahawks 3; Texans 31, Raiders 24; Browns 23, Bengals 20; Chargers 41, Cardinals 10; Packers 28, Lions 26; and Broncos 26, Titans 20.
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