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Texans hammer Ravens

Source: Agencies | October 23, 2012, Tuesday | Print Edition

THE Houston Texans dominated a showdown of the American Football Conference's top two teams as Matt Schaub threw two touchdown passes and Arian Foster ran for two scores in Houston's 43-13 win over the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday.

Johnathan Joseph returned an interception 52 yards for a touchdown and the Texans (6-1) beat Baltimore for the first time in seven meetings. Antonio Smith had two sacks, J.J. Watt deflected the pass that led to Joseph's interception and Houston's defense returned to form after an embarrassing loss to Aaron Rodgers and Green Bay last week.

Terrell Suggs, the 2011 defensive player of the year, had a sack and three tackles in his first action for Baltimore (5-2) since undergoing surgery on his right Achilles tendon last May. Joe Flacco threw two interceptions and was sacked four times.

Giants quarterback Eli Manning threw a 77-yard scoring pass to Victor Cruz with 1:13 to play as New York overcame a late touchdown by Washington rookie sensation Robert Griffin III in a 27-23 win over the Redskins.

Manning's pass to Cruz came two plays and 19 seconds after Griffin capped what was a potential game-winning, 77-yard drive with a 30-yard touchdown pass to Santana Moss. The rookie had kept the drive alive with a 19-yard pass off a desperate scramble on a fourth-and-10 play deep in his own territory and a 24-yard run on the next play.

Green Bay's depleted defense flourished at St Louis as Aaron Rodgers threw for 342 yards to help the Packers to a 30-20 win over the Rams.

In other games, it was: Saints 35, Buccaneers 28; Patriots 29, Jets 26 (OT); Raiders 26, Jaguars 23 (OT); Colts 17, Browns 13; Cowboys 19, Panthers 14; Titans 35, Bills 24; Vikings 21, Cardinals 14; and Steelers 24, Bengals 17.



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