MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2010
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Distance of the field goal, in yards, that Miami place kicker Dan Carpenter made against the Browns. It was the longest field goal in the NFL this season. Only four regular season field goals in NFL history have been longer.
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Consecutive wins in December for the San Diego Chargers prior to Sunday’s loss to the Raiders. The mark had tied an NFL record for most consecutive victories in any month.
STAROFTHEDAY ‘Special’ Jones-Drew leads Jags into first place
It wasn’t a pretty win, but Jacksonville’s fourth in its past five games put it in first place, largely due to running back Maurice Jones-Drew. He carried 31 times—helping the Jags hang on to the ball for 39 minutes 54 seconds—for 186 yards in a 17-6 victory against Tennessee. “Obviously, Maurice Jones- Drew was special today, and we rode Maurice hard today,” Coach Jack Del Rio said. “He had a superb game.” Jones-Drew has run for at least 100 yards in five straight games. The Jags are 7-5 and alone atop the AFC South.
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BESTANDWORST With Favre out, Vikings rise to the occasion
Adrian Peterson rushed for three touchdowns and Sidney Rice caught two TD passes from Tarvaris Jackson. Brett Favre was knocked from the game on the first series, but the Vikings are 2-0 under interim coach Leslie Frazier. . . . Marshawn Lynch ran for three TDs, including two in the Seahawks’ 21-point third quarter. . . . The Lions’ Cliff Avril sacked Jay Cutler three times.
Another awful day for the Colts’ Manning
Peyton Manning threw four interceptions for the second week in a row, leading to 20 points for the Cowboys. Two were returned for TDs, and the fourth set up the winning field goal in overtime. . . . Kyle Orton was 9-of-28 passing for 117 yards as the Broncos lost for the 17th time in 22 games. . . . The Panthers led by 14 points for the first time this season, but lost. . . . The Dolphins and Browns combined for 16 punts and only six third-down conversions.
“All I know is when I caught it, I just started making moves.”
—Packers wide receiver Donald Driver, describing his 61-yard touchdown reception against the 49ers. Driver hauled in a pass from Aaron Rodgers around the 40-yard line, made three tacklers miss and then bowled over four 49ers near the goal line.
Ryan, Falcons win their 6th straight
nine-yard touchdown pass caps comeback
Quarterback’s BY FRED GOODALL
tampa — Matty Ice came to the rescue again. Matt Ryan threw a nine-yard touchdown pass to Michael Jen- kins with 4 minutes 31 seconds remaining Sunday as the Atlanta Falcons put together another fourth-quarter rally to beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 28-24, for their sixth straight victory.
FALCONS BUCCANEERS 28 24 Eric Weems got the comeback
from a 10-point deficit started by scoring on a 102-yard kickoff re- turn. Brent Grimes sealed the win with an interception that stopped Tampa Bay’s final possession deep in Falcons territory. Ryan led his sixth fourth-quar-
ter, game-winning drive of the season for theNFCSouth leaders, keeping the 10-play, 67-yard march alive with a 25-yard com- pletion to Roddy White on third and 20. The Falcons (10-2) also benefited from a couple of costly penalties on the Bucs. Rookie LeGarrette Blount
rushed for 103 yards and fullback Earnest Graham threw a two- yard touchdown pass to John Gilmore for Tampa Bay (7-5), which fell to 0-5 against teams with winning records. Ryan completed 18 of 36 passes
for 205 yards and two touch- downs, overcoming two intercep- tions — Atlanta’s first turnovers in five games. The third-year pro threw a 17-
yard touchdown pass to Ovie Mughelli in the second quarter. Michael Turner rushed for 88 yards for the Falcons and scored ona five-yardrunthat gave Atlan- ta an early 7-0 lead. Josh Freeman was 19 for 38 for
181 yards and one touchdown for the third-place Bucs, who fell three games behind Atlantic in the NFC South. Grimes intercept- ed him for the second time this season, and had an earlier pick taken away by instant replay. The Bucs wore orange throw-
back jerseys from their expansion days in the late 1970s, and the team’s first coach, John McKay, was inducted into the franchise’s
MARGARET BOWLES/ASSOCIATED PRESS Tampa Bay running back LeGarrette Blount gets flipped over by Atlanta’s Brent Grimes as the Falcons win their fifth straight against theirNFCSouth rivals, the Buccaneers.
Ring of Honor at halftime. McK- ay’s son, Rich, is theFalcons presi- dentandwasTampaBay’sgeneral manager when the club won its only Super Bowl title eight years ago.
Atlanta had gone a franchise-
record four consecutive weeks without a turnover before Ryan
overthrewintended receiverTony Gonzalez and safety Sean Jones returned his first interception of the season 31 yards to the Atlanta 30 to change the momentum of the game. Seven plays later, Freeman’s
one-yard touchdown throw to Williams tied it at 14 with 15
seconds left before halftime. Connor Barth’s 33-yard field
goal snapped the tie early in the
thirdquarter.CoreyLynch’s inter- ception at the Atlanta 39 led to Graham’s touchdown pass to Gilmore that gave the Bucs a short-lived 24-14 lead. Weems took the ensuing kick-
off two yards deep in his own end zone, slipped past two diving tacklers as he made hisway to the sideline at about 25, then some- how stayed in bounds as he head- ed up the sideline in front of the Atlanta bench and ran into the clear. The Falcons have won five
straight in the intense division rivalry, with four of the games decided by six points or less. At- lanta won an earlier meeting this season, 27-21, when Blount was stopped for no gain on fourth and one from the Falcons 2 with just less than two minutes remaining. —Associated Press
For San Diego, a December mourn against Oakland 28 13
Chargers lose first December game since 2005
BY BERNIEWILSON
san diego — The San Diego Chargers are mortal in December after all. They found out at the hands of
the Oakland Raiders. Jason Campbell ran for one touchdown and threw for another, Darren McFadden ran for 97 yards and a touchdown and the Raiders took advantage of mistakes to stun host San Diego, 28-13, on Sunday. The loss puts a serious crimp in
the playoff hopes for the four- time defending AFC West cham- pion Chargers (6-6). They trail the Kansas City Chiefs by two games with four to play. Oakland (6-6) revived a running game that had been stopped cold in two straight losses. They ripped through the Chargers for 251 yards; Michael Bush led the way with 95 rushing yardsanda score. San Diego gained just 21 yards
ALEX GALLARDO/REUTERS Raiders quarterback Jason Campbell (8) celebrates with teammates after his nine-yard touchdown run.
rushing. Mike Tolbert, who had consecutive 100-yard games, was
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stuffed for 16 yards on seven carries. Rookie Ryan Mathews didn’t play, apparently still both- ered by a high ankle sprain. The Raiders swept the season
series for the first time since2001. The loss ended the Chargers’
streak of 18 straight December victories; the streak tied an NFL record for most victories in any month. Their last December loss was
on Dec. 31, 2005. San Diego had been tied with the 1970-74Miami Dolphins, who won 18 straight in Novembers. The Raiders beat the Chargers
35-27 in Oakland on Oct. 10 when consecutive blocked punts early in the game led to a touchdown and a safety. That victory snapped Oakland’s 13-game los- ing streak to the Chargers. The Chargers corrected their problems during a four-game winning streak, but then reverted to the form that showed during an ugly 2-5 start. San Diego had two early turnovers in this game,
leading to a 14-0 Oakland lead. Darren Sproles fumbled a punt
early in the first quarter and Hiram Eugene recovered at the San Diego 18. On fourth-and-1 from the 9, the Raiders fooled the Chargers with a fake handoff to fullback Marcel Reece while Campbell ran a naked bootleg to the left for an easy touchdown. On the next Chargers posses-
sion, Philip Rivers overthrew Malcom Floyd and the ball went right to safetyMichael Huff, who returned it 15 yards to the San Diego 41. Campbell completed the drive with a 4-yard touch- down pass to rookie Jacoby Ford in the right corner of the end zone for a 14-0 lead. After San Diego’sNate Kaeding
kicked a 39-yard field goal,Camp- bell showed that the Raiders didn’t need a turnover to score. He led an 80-yard, 11-play drive that was capped by Bush’s 7-yard touchdown run, when he used a spin move and a strong second effort to power into the end zone for a 21-3 lead. Campbell was back at quarter-
back after Bruce Gradkowski was hurt late in the fourth quarter of last Sunday’s 33-17 loss toMiami. —Associated Press
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