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AFC EAST

Miami N.Y. Jets

New England Buffalo

SOUTH Houston

Jacksonville Tennessee

xIndianapolis NORTH

Pittsburgh Cincinnati Baltimore Cleveland

WEST

Kansas City San Diego Denver Oakland

NFC EAST

xN.Y. Giants Washington Philadelphia Dallas

SOUTH

Tampa Bay New Orleans Atlanta Carolina

NORTH Chicago

Green Bay Detroit

Minnesota WEST

Seattle Arizona

xSan Francisco St. Louis

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SUNDAY’SRESULTS Houston 30, atWashington 27 at Cincinnati 15, Baltimore 10 Chicago 27, at Dallas 20 at Atlanta 41, Arizona 7 at Green Bay 34, Buffalo 7 Philadelphia 35, at Detroit 32 Pittsburgh 19, at Tennessee 11 Kansas City 16, at Cleveland 14 Tampa Bay 20, at Carolina 7 Miami 14, at Minnesota 10 at Denver 31, Seattle 14 at Oakland 16, St. Louis 14 at San Diego 38, Jacksonville 13 at N.Y. Jets 28, New England 14 N.Y. Giants at Indianapolis,Late

TONIGHT’SGAME New Orleans at San Francisco, 8:30

STEELERS19, TITANS11

sure who’s going to play quarterback next for his Steelers. The way his de- fense is playing, it might not matter. Antonio Brown scored on an 89-yard

kickoff return to open the game, and the Steelers forced seven turnovers in de- feating Tennessee. This is the team that won’t get Ben

Roethlisberger back from suspension for two more games. Left tackle Max Starks is injured, Byron Leftwitchwas cut to add depth on the defensive line and Dennis Dixon hurt his left knee early and didn’t return. Tomlin said Dixon needs to undergo some tests. Charlie Batch replaced Dixon, and

Pittsburgh was outgained 238-127 on offense. But the Steelers swarmed the Titans to come up with four sacks and force the most turnovers by Tennessee since 2000. Jeff Reed kicked four field goals off

those turnovers. The Titans even tried pulling Vince

Young after his third turnover. Kerry Collins was intercepted to end his first series and had a fumble himself but nearly rallied the Titans anyway. Titans Coach Jeff Fisher said he was

Pittsburgh Coach Mike Tomlin isn’t SUNDAY’SGAMES

Washington at St. Louis, 4:05 Cleveland at Baltimore, 1 Dallas at Houston, 1 Buffalo at New England, 1 Atlanta at New Orleans, 1 Tennessee at N.Y. Giants, 1 Cincinnati at Carolina, 1 San Francisco at Kansas City, 1 Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay, 1 Detroit at Minnesota, 1 Philadelphia at Jacksonville, 4:05 San Diego at Seattle, 4:15 Oakland at Arizona, 4:15 Indianapolis at Denver, 4:15 N.Y. Jets at Miami, 8:20

MONDAY’SGAME Green Bay at Chicago, 8:30

EAGLES35,LIONS32 Michael Vick took advantage of his

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cincinnati — Ray Lewis and the other conspiracy theorists blame the Ravens’ 15-10 loss against the Cincinnati Bengals on two controversial penalties. But the officials didn’t take

this AFC North game from the Ravens. Joe Flacco and the of- fense did. Flacco’s career-high four inter-

BENGALS RAVENS 15 10

ceptions ruined another suffocat- ing effort by the Ravens’ defense and underscored everything that’s wrong with a self-destruct- ing passing attack. The highly acclaimed wide re-

ceivers couldn’t get open. The offensive line couldn’t pass pro- tect. And Flacco couldn’t make the plays under pressure. So while some players point

their anger at the officials, no one can match the frustration felt by the underachieving offense. “I don’t think anyone feels

good about it. It was a tough one for me,” said Flacco, who had blood smeared on the left leg of hiswhite pants. “We’re 1-1with 14 games left.We feel like we have a pretty good team.We just have to go out there and prove it.” Flacco’s best drive came in the

opening one of the second half, when he completed 4 of 5 passes for 69 yards. His 31-yard touch- down pass to DerrickMason was his only completion ofmore than 20 yards and gave the Ravens a 7-6 lead. Take away that series and Flac-

cowas 13 of 34 (38 percent) for 85 yards. His quarterback rating of 23.8 was the second worst in 34 regular season games. “We can’t put anything on Joe.

Joe’s going to be fine,” tight end Todd Heap said. “The issue was

CHIEFS16, BROWNS14

first start at quarterback since 2006, looking like the Pro Bowler he used to be by effortlessly flicking the ball down the field and avoiding sacks with slick steps. Vick’s second touchdown pass put

Philadelphia ahead just before halftime and they had to hold on to beat Detroit. He didn’t take the first snap in a

game the past three seasons because he served an 18-month prison sentence for his role in a dogfighting operation and spent last year as a backup. Vick said he reflects “all the time” on

his journey back onto an NFL field. “I thought about it this morning on

the bus ride over,” he said softly. “It’s been a long road for me. It’s been tough. Throughout it all, I had to be resilient and overcome a lot of adversity and self-in- flicted wounds.” The electrifying athlete was 21 of 34

ception for a touchdown, Ryan Soccup kicked three field goals and Kansas City converted a late fourth-down gamble by Coach ToddHaley to beatCleveland. The Chiefs are 2-0 for the first time

Brandon Flowers returned an inter- MATTHEW STOCKMAN/GETTY IMAGES Cincinnati’sMichael Johnson, left, andGeno Atkins pile on Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco for a sack.

our whole offense, not Joe. That was a collective group. I’m defi- nitely not worried about Joe. You talk to any guy in here. Their confidence in Joe is still through the roof.” The heat is being placed on

“Joe Cool” because of the short- comings of an offense that added wide receivers Anquan Boldin and T.J. Houshmandzadeh. When a questionable rough-

ing-the-passer penalty on Terrell Suggs staked the Bengals to a 12-10 lead in the fourth quarter, the Ravens’ offense still had chances to win the game. But the Ravens’ final two drives ended with interceptions. Flacco had a pass tipped at the

line of scrimmage and picked off by linebacker Brandon Johnson at the Ravens 23-yard line. That allowed Cincinnati to extend its lead to 15-10 on a 25-yard field goal. Then, on fourth and seven

with 2 minutes 7 seconds left in the game, Flacco threw a desper- ationpass over themiddle,where he was intercepted by safety ChinedumNdukwe. That sealed the Ravens’ sixth

FALCONS41, CARDINALS7

gic as he walked over to his locker. No wonder. It was the first time all

since2005. JeromeHarrison,wholastyear ranfor

286 yards against Kansas City — third most in NFL history — was held to 33 yardson16carries,andtheChiefsangled kicks away from Joshua Cribbs, who did burn them for a 65-yard touchdown re- ception fromSenecaWallace. Wallace started in place of Jake Del-

homme, who injured his right ankle last week in his debut for the Browns (0-2). Wallacewas 16of31 for229yards. The Chiefs were clinging to their two-

—connecting with nine teammates—for 284 yards with two TDs, ran for 37 yards and escaped losses with the spin moves of a dancer and speed of a sprinter. “Alot of people doubted himandsaid

looking for a spark and promised Young will start against the New York Giants next week. Troy Polamalu helped eat up the

he wasn’t able to do this,” said DeSean Jackson, who caught four of Vick’s pass- es for 135 yards and a TD. “He’s been able to prove everybody wrong.” LeSean McCoy gave the Eagles (1-1)

clock by leaping over the line and tack- ling Collins for a loss on first and goal. Collins did toss a two-yard touchdown pass toNateWashington two plays later, and he found Kenny Britt for the two- point conversion to pull to 19-11 with 58 seconds left. After Colin Allred recovered the on-

side kick for the Titans, Bryant McFad- den broke up Collins’s pass to Washing- ton in the end zone with 13 seconds left. After two straight false starts by the Titans, Collins tossed a short pass to Chris Johnson, who was tackled by Lawrence Timmons to seal the victory. Pittsburgh snapped Johnson’s 100-

yard rushing streak at 12 straight games. The NFL’s rushing champ had a chance to move a game away from the league record of 14 held by Barry Sand- ers, but he finished with just 16 carries for 34 yards. An 85-yard touchdown run by John-

sonwas overturned by a holding penalty. STEELERS ..........................

TITANS ............................... FIRST QUARTER

SECOND QUARTER Pittsburgh: FG Reed 36, 14:12. Pittsburgh: FG Reed 34, :00.

FOURTH QUARTER

Pittsburgh: FG Reed 25, 14:56. Pittsburgh: FG Reed 27, 4:59. Tennessee: Washington 2 pass from Collins (Britt pass from Collins), :58. Attendance: 69,143.

Steelers

First Downs ............................................ 7 Total Net Yards ................................... 127 Rushes-Yards ............................... 33-106 Passing .................................................. 21 Punt Returns ..................................... 4-33 Kickoff Returns ............................... 2-115 Interceptions Ret. ............................... 3-8 Comp-Att-Int ................................. 9-17-0 Sacked-Yards Lost ............................ 4-22 Punts .............................................. 8-43.5 Fumbles-Lost ...................................... 4-1 Penalties-Yards ................................ 5-35 Time Of Possession ......................... 33:40

RUSHING

Pittsburgh: Mendenhall 23-69, Dixon 3-28, Redman 4-8, Moore 2-1, Batch 1-0. Tennessee: C.Johnson 16-34, Young 2-12, Ringer 2-1, Collins 2-(minus 1).

PASSING

Pittsburgh: Batch 5-11-0-25, Dixon 4-6-0-18. Tennessee: Collins 17-25-1-149, Young 7-10-2-66.

RECEIVING Pittsburgh: Wallace 2-25, Miller 2-3, Ward 1-9, Menden- hall 1-3, Redman 1-3, Moore 1-0, Randle El 1-0. Tennessee: Britt 5-41, C.Johnson 5-19, Gage 4-74, Washington 4-34, Scaife 3-20, Hall 1-13, Stevens 1-9, Cook 1-5.

MISSED FIELD GOALS None.

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6 0

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Pittsburgh: Brown 89 kickoff return (Reed kick), 14:46. Tennessee: FG Bironas 21, 10:46.

point lead and faced with a fourth and inches at the Cleveland 36 with two minutes left. Instead of punting and pin- ning the Browns deep, Haley went for it and Thomas Jones took a handoff and leaped over the pile, picking up the first down by the nose of the football. The Browns were penalized nine

times for 78 yards, and Phil Dawson also missed a42-yard field goal attempt. Flowers readWallace perfectly on his

an 18-point lead on his third score with 6:17 left, but Detroit wasn’t finished. The Lions (0-2) rallied to pull within

three points and recovered an onside kick with 1:48 left, but turned the ball over on downs without gaining a yard. “I’m proud to stand among the play-

ers,” Coach Jim Schwartz said. “This is a tough team, a team that’s resilient, that fights through a lot of situations.” Detroit has had to deal with a lot of

tough times, winning just twice last year after enduring the league’s first 0-16 season. The franchise is a league-worst 33-113 since 2001. The Lions lost quarterback Matthew

Stafford (injured right shoulder) in the season-opening loss at Chicago and turned to Shaun Hill. Hewas 25 of 45 for 335 yards with two TDs, including one to Calvin Johnson late in the game, and had two interceptions.

EAGLES .............................. LIONS .................................

FIRST QUARTER

Philadelphia: D.Jackson 45 pass from Vick (Akers kick), 8:39.

Detroit: Best 14 run (Hanson kick), 5:39.

SECOND QUARTER Detroit: FG Hanson 49, 12:28. Detroit: Best 75 pass from Sh.Hill (Hanson kick), 8:16. Philadelphia: McCoy 14 run (Akers kick), 3:53. Philadelphia: Maclin 9 pass from Vick (Akers kick), :13.

THIRD QUARTER Philadelphia: McCoy 4 run (Akers kick), 5:54.

FOURTH QUARTER

Philadelphia: McCoy 46 run (Akers kick), 6:17. Detroit: Best 2 run (Hanson kick), 4:13. Detroit: C.Johnson 19 pass from Sh.Hill (C.Johnson pass from Sh.Hill), 1:50. Attendance: 56,688.

Eagles

Titans 14

238

22-46 192

3-43 4-97 0-0

24-35-3 4-23

5-48.8 7-4

11-72 26:20

First Downs .......................................... 24 Total Net Yards ................................... 409 Rushes-Yards ............................... 28-162 Passing ................................................ 247 Punt Returns ..................................... 3-15 Kickoff Returns ................................. 4-63 Interceptions Ret. ............................... 2-0 Comp-Att-Int ............................... 21-34-0 Sacked-Yards Lost ............................ 6-37 Punts .............................................. 7-48.7 Fumbles-Lost ...................................... 2-0 Penalties-Yards ................................ 9-75 Time Of Possession ......................... 30:52

RUSHING

Philadelphia: McCoy 16-120, Vick 7-37, D.Jackson 1-5, Bell 4-0. Detroit: Best 17-78, Sh.Hill 3-16, A.Brown 3-13, Morris 3-8.

PASSING

Philadelphia: Vick 21-34-0-284. Detroit: Sh.Hill 25-45-2-335.

RECEIVING Philadelphia: D.Jackson 4-135, McCoy 4-8, Avant 3-33, Celek 3-27, Maclin 3-26, Schmitt 2-21, Cooper 1-20, Mills 1-14.

Detroit: Best 9-154, Pettigrew 7-108, C.Johnson 4-50, A.Brown 2-10, Scheffler 1-5, Burleson 1-4, B.Johnson 1-4.

MISSED FIELD GOALS None.

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interception return in the first half, which put the Chiefs up 10-7. Wallace tele- graphed his throw to Chansi Stuckey, allowing Flowers time to cut in front, pick off the pass and go in untouched down the sideline. Wallace atoned for his mistake mo-

Jason Snelling looked a little lethar-

day he had slowed down. Thethird-stringerwashandedalead-

ing roleby Atlanta—andhewasupto the task. Snelling, a seventh-round pick in 2007 out of Virginia, rushed for 129 yards, caught five passes and scored three touchdowns to power the Falcons to a rout over Arizona. Matt Ryan matched a career high

with three touchdown passes, and Snel- ling came through when Atlanta’s two leading backs, Michael Turner and Jeri- ous Norwood, went out with injuries. Snelling carried 24 times, scoring a

pair of touchdowns on the ground. He also had a 19-yard score among his five receptions. In all, he totaled 186 yards for an offense that was looking to break loose after a sluggish preseason and failing to score a touchdown inWeek 1. “I’m a little tired,” said Snelling,

managing a weak grin. “But that’s the way we prepare. Coach [Mike Smith] is always telling us to focus because we never know when our chance might come.” Roddy White caught a seven-yard

loss in eight meetings with the Bengals (1-1), the defending AFC North champions. “Any pick is bad. Any intercep-

tion is bad,” said Flacco, who finished 17 of 39 for 154 yards. “You don’t feel good about them.” The Ravens have turned the

ball over seven times (five inter- ceptions and two fumbles) in 26 drives this season. “Any time you have four turn-

overs, you’re not going to win,” Ravens Coach John Harbaugh said. “Maybe we could have pulled it out in the end, but we would have said the same thing. We shouldn’t have won the game.” Those turnovers allowed the

Bengals to start inRavens territo- ry four times: at the Ravens 35-, 43-, 11- and 46-yard lines. The Ravens’ defense, though, held Cincinnati to two field goals and still hasn’t allowed a touchdown in eight quarters this season. “We put our defense in some

bad situations and they kept bailing us out,”Heap said. “When it was time for us to step up, we couldn’t put it together.” —Baltimore Sun

BUCCANEERS20, PANTHERS7

tinued toshowremarkable growth. Caro- lina remained in disarray, and may be ready to turn permanently to its own young quarterback. Freeman returned to the site of the

Josh Freeman and Tampa Bay con-

BENGALS15, RAVENS10

RAVENS ............................. BENGALS ...........................

SECOND QUARTER

Cincinnati: FG Nugent 36, 14:52. Cincinnati: FG Nugent 30, 9:46.

THIRD QUARTER Baltimore: Mason 31 pass from Flacco (Cundiff kick), 11:46.

Cincinnati: FG Nugent 46, :14.

FOURTH QUARTER Baltimore: FG Cundiff 38, 5:46. Cincinnati: FG Nugent 38, 4:34. Cincinnati: FG Nugent 25, 2:48. Attendance: 64,071.

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Ravens

First Downs .......................................... 14 Total Net Yards ................................... 259 Rushes-Yards ............................... 23-109 Passing ................................................ 150 Punt Returns ..................................... 5-31 Kickoff Returns ................................. 3-92 Interceptions Ret. ............................... 0-0 Comp-Att-Int ............................... 17-39-4 Sacked-Yards Lost .............................. 1-4 Punts .............................................. 7-36.7 Fumbles-Lost ...................................... 1-0 Penalties-Yards ................................ 5-45 Time Of Possession ......................... 25:44

RUSHING

Baltimore: Rice 16-87, McGahee 3-10, Flacco 3-9, L.Mc- Clain 1-3. Cincinnati: Benson 23-78, Scott 5-17, C.Palmer 3-(minus 1).

PASSING

Baltimore: Flacco 17-39-4-154. Cincinnati: C.Palmer 16-35-0-167.

RECEIVING Baltimore: Boldin 5-35, Heap 4-35, Rice 4-30, Mason 1-31, Dickson 1-17, L.McClain 1-5, Pitta 1-1. Cincinnati: Shipley 5-42, Ochocinco 4-44, Owens 3-57, Gresham 3-15, Kelly 1-9.

MISSED FIELD GOALS None.

Bengals 14

253

31-94 159 2-6

1-60 4-44

16-35-0 1-8

8-44.1 1-0

9-56 34:16

DOLPHINS14, VIKINGS10

worst game of his brief pro career and threw for 178 yards and two touchdown passes in TampaBay’s win over Carolina to give the Buccaneers their first 2-0 start in five years. A year after starting 0-7 and just over

nine months removed from Freeman’s five-interception nightmare against Car- olina, the second-year quarterback avoided any big mistakes or turnovers. The miscues weremadeby the bumbling Panthers, who couldn’t move the ball as Matt Moore had two more turnovers and was benched for rookie Jimmy Clausen in the fourth quarter. Freemanthrewtouchdown passes to

Earnest Graham and rookie Mike Wil- liams, and also scrambled for 43 yards on four carries for the Buccaneers, who were 3-13 last season. But in just the second year of their

ments later by hooking upwith Cribbs on the65-yardstrike.HewaitedforCribbs to get behind cornerback Brandon Carr be- forehittinghiminstride,andCribbsmade it 14-10with 8:43left before halftime. Succop’s 26-yard field goal brought

the Chiefs to 14-13 in the third, and his 26-yarder with 7:48 left proved to be the game-winner. A costly penalty against Kansas City

touchdown pass from Ryan that got the Falcons rolling less than five minutes into the game. Ryan finished off Arizona with a 12-yard touchdown pass to Brian Finneran early in the thirdquarter, setup by Derek Anderson’s second intercep- tion.

leading a win at St. Louis in the first game of the post-KurtWarner era, going 17 for 31 for 161 yards. Max Hall took over at quarterback in the closing min- utes and threw Arizona’s third intercep- tion of the day. The Cardinals seemingly couldn’t do

linebacker Mike Vrabel helped the Browns take a 7-3 lead in the second quarter. On third and goal at the 5, Wal- lace scrambled and was stopped for no gain.Cleveland’sfield-goalunitwashead- ed onto the field, but turned back when Vrabel was called for illegal contact, giv- ing the Browns a first down. Two plays later,PeytonHillisscoredtocapa10-play, 98-yard drive.

CHIEFS ................................ BROWNS .............................

FIRSTQUARTER Kansas City: FGSuccop 35, 8:43.

SECONDQUARTER

Cleveland:Hillis 1 run (Dawson kick), 12:31. KansasCity:Flowers33interceptionreturn(Succopkick), 10:02. Cleveland: Cribbs 65 pass from Wallace (Dawson kick), 8:43.

THIRDQUARTER Kansas City: FGSuccop 26, 8:45.

FOURTHQUARTER

Lions 22

444

26-115 329

3-34

5-109 0-0

25-45-2 2-6

4-52.5 1-0

9-51 29:08

Kansas City: FGSuccop 23, 7:41. Attendance: 65,377.

Chiefs

FirstDowns ............................................ 16 TotalNetYards .................................... 312 Rushes-Yards ................................. 39-140 Passing ................................................. 172 PuntReturns ......................................... 4-6 KickoffReturns ................................... 3-58 InterceptionsRet. ............................... 1-33 Comp-Att-Int ................................ 16-28-2 Sacked-Yards Lost ................................ 1-4 Punts ................................................ 6-41.5 Fumbles-Lost ........................................ 0-0 Penalties-Yards .................................. 4-30 TimeOf Possession .......................... 33:13

RUSHING

Kansas City: Jones 22-83, Charles 11-49, Cassel 4-5, McCluster 1-3, Castille 1-0. Cleveland:Hillis8-35,Harrison16-33,Wallace1-4,Cribbs 1-1.

PASSING

Kansas City: Cassel 16-28-2-176. Cleveland:Wallace 16-31-1-229.

RECEIVING Kansas City: Moeaki 5-58, Bowe 4-45, Chambers 3-33, Castille 2-8, Charles 1-27, Jones 1-5. Cleveland:Watson4-62,Cribbs 3-74,Harrison3-35,Hillis 3-26,Robiskie 1-12,Stuckey 1-11,Massaquoi 1-9.

MISSEDFIELDGOALS Cleveland:Dawson 42 (WL).

Browns 13

299

26-73 226 1-5

5-50 2-1

16-31-1 1-3

8-42.1 1-1

9-78 26:47 3 7 0 14

3 0

3 — 16 0 — 14

anything right, aside from Tim Hightow- er’s 80-yard touchdown run. The frustration boiled over late in the

game when safetyKerry Rhodes jumped up to complain about a call, bumped an official and was ejected. “This was a wakeup call for us,”

Arizona wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald said. “The way we played today is not acceptable. We have a lot of changes to make on both offense and defense.”

CARDINALS ....................... FALCONS ...........................

SECOND QUARTER

Atlanta: FG Bryant 24, 13:06. Arizona: Hightower 80 run (Feely kick), 12:54. Atlanta: Snelling 19 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick), 9:18. Atlanta: Snelling 1 run (Bryant kick), 3:31.

THIRD QUARTER

Atlanta: Finneran 12 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick), 13:18. Atlanta: FG Bryant 35, 3:57.

FOURTH QUARTER

Atlanta: Snelling 7 run (Bryant kick), 3:05. Attendance: 66,824.

Cardinals

First Downs .......................................... 11 Total Net Yards ................................... 267 Rushes-Yards ............................... 13-118 Passing ................................................ 149 Punt Returns ....................................... 0-0 Kickoff Returns ................................. 5-91 Interceptions Ret. ............................... 0-0 Comp-Att-Int ............................... 18-33-3 Sacked-Yards Lost ............................ 2-15 Punts .............................................. 5-44.0 Fumbles-Lost ...................................... 1-0 Penalties-Yards ............................ 10-109 Time Of Possession ......................... 20:47

RUSHING

Arizona: Hightower 11-115, Wright 2-3. Atlanta: Snelling 24-129, Turner 9-75, Mughelli 5-16, Ryan 6-6, Douglas 1-(minus 5).

PASSING

Arizona: Anderson 17-31-2-161, Hall 1-2-1-3. Atlanta: Ryan 21-32-0-225.

RECEIVING Arizona: Fitzgerald 7-83, Stephens-Howling 3-25, Breaston 3-10, S.Williams 2-26, Hightower 2-9, Patrick 1-11.

Atlanta: White 7-78, Snelling 5-57, Finneran 3-31, Douglas 2-31, Gonzalez 2-19, Mughelli 2-9.

MISSED FIELD GOAL Arizona: Feely 54 (SH).

Falcons 33

444

45-221 223

1-17 2-64 3-84

21-32-0 1-2

2-34.0 1-1

6-75 39:13 0 7 0 7 17 10

0 — 7 7 — 41

FIRST QUARTER Atlanta: White 7 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick), 10:33.

Anderson had a brutal day after

youth movement, the Buccaneers ap- pear on the right path. After beating Cleveland with a solid second-half defen- sive effort in Week 1, Tampa Bay held Carolina’s running game in check to end a three-game skid against the Panthers. Moore threw a 37-yard touchdown

finally, to return for a 20th NFL season, he made it clear from the start that duplicating last year’s magic with Minne- sota wasn’t going to be easy. Then again, he didn’t think it was

going to be this difficult. Favre was intercepted three times

and the Miami defense stopped Adrian Peterson on fourth and goal from the 1-yard line to preserve the victory. After throwing two interceptions at

When Brett Favremadethe decision,

the Metrodome all of last season, Favre accounted for four turnovers in the 2010 homeopener, with the other a fumble on asackbyCameronWake in theendzone that Dolphins LB Koa Misi recovered to give Miami a 14-0 lead in the third quarter. “It’s just hard to repeat those type of

numbers and statistics and it’s hard to repeat wins,” Favre said of 2009, when the Vikings went 9-0 at home and he threw 33 touchdown passes and seven interceptions. “It was more what we didn’t do than what they did, but I give those guys credit.” The 40-year-old Favre had his worst

pass toSteve Smith for Carolina, but had an interception and lost a fumble on a sack leading to his benching early in the fourth quarter after completing just 6 of 16 passes for 125 yards. Clausen completed that many pass-

es on his first drive, but it ended with Jonathan Stewart stuffed shy of the goal line. Clausenwas picked off by Aqib Talib in the final minutes and finished 7 of 13 for 59 yards. Freeman,wholast season led Tampa

Bay inside the Carolina 30 eight times but produced just six points, showed his versatility early in staking the Bucca- neers to a 7-0 lead. After his 17-yard scramble on third and 11, Freeman found an open Graham in the flat for a 14-yard touchdown. Freeman was even more impressive

day as a Viking with a 44.3 quarterback rating. Two of his interceptions came at the Miami goal line. One came on a tipped ball and another on what ap- peared to be miscommunication with Bernard Berrian. This game was every bit the hard-

nosed, grind-it-out slugfest itwas expect- ed to be. The Vikings’ offense came into theweekout of sync in the passinggame and promised to feature Peterson more on the ground, which is where the Dolphins have made their living since Tony Sparano took over as coach. Petersonrushed for145yardsfor the

Vikings, who forced two fumbles of their own, one that set up Peterson’s one-yard plungeto cut the deficit to 14-7 late in the third quarter. But Miami’s defense never wavered,

holding the Vikings to a field goal in the fourth quarter and then getting the big stop with the Vikings threatening to take the lead late in the game. Onfourthandgoal from the 1,Vontae

on Tampa Bay’s second touchdown. He eluded a sack twice on third and long, then completed a 40-yard pass. On the next play he threwa 35-yard touchdown.

BUCCANEERS .................... PANTHERS .........................

FIRST QUARTER

Tampa Bay: Graham 14 pass from Freeman (Barth kick), 7:11.

SECOND QUARTER Carolina: Smith 37 pass from Moore (Kasay kick), 11:43. Tampa Bay: M.Williams 35 pass from Freeman (Barth kick), 7:43.

THIRD QUARTER Tampa Bay: FG Barth 24, 7:40.

FOURTH QUARTER

Tampa Bay: FG Barth 33, 14:46. Attendance: 72,577.

Bucs

First Downs ......................................... 14 Total Net Yards ................................. 273 Rushes-Yards ................................. 34-95 Passing .............................................. 178 Punt Returns .................................... 2-21 Kickoff Returns ................................. 1-18 Interceptions Ret. ............................. 2-26 Comp-Att-Int ............................... 12-25-0 Sacked-Yards Lost .............................. 0-0 Punts .............................................. 6-41.2 Fumbles-Lost ...................................... 0-0 Penalties-Yards ................................ 4-30 Time Of Possession ........................ 30:49

RUSHING

Tampa Bay: C.Williams 27-51, Freeman 4-43, Graham 3-1.

Carolina: D.Williams 17-54, Stewart 8-43, Goodson 5-20, Moore 1-2, Clausen 1-0, Fiammetta 1-0.

PASSING

Tampa Bay: Freeman 12-24-0-178, Spurlock 0-1-0-0. Carolina: Moore 6-16-1-125, Clausen 7-13-1-59.

RECEIVING Tampa Bay: Graham 5-33, Winslow 4-83, M.Williams 2-54, C.Williams 1-8. Carolina: Smith 3-66, Rosario 3-47, D.Williams 3-20, Goodson 2-33, Gettis 2-18.

MISSED FIELD GOALS None.

Panthers 16

278

33-119 159 4-8

5-92 0-0

13-29-2 4-25

5-41.0 2-1

4-48 29:11

7 0

7 7

3 0

3 — 20 0 — 7

Davis, Karlos Dansby and a host of Dolphins burst through the Vikings’ line and stuffed Peterson just short of the goal line. Favre had one more crack at it when Minnesota got the ball back with 1:42 to play. But he threw incomplete on fourth down at the Dolphins 27.

DOLPHINS .......................... VIKINGS .............................

FIRST QUARTER

Miami: Hartline 5 pass from Henne (D.Carpenter kick), 4:40.

THIRD QUARTER

Miami: Misi fumble recovery in end zone (D.Carpenter kick), 6:29. Minnesota: Peterson 1 run (Longwell kick), 2:38.

FOURTH QUARTER

Minnesota: FG Longwell 28, 7:52. Attendance: 63,846.

Dolphins

First Downs .......................................... 12 Total Net Yards ................................... 226 Rushes-Yards ............................... 29-120 Passing ................................................ 106 Punt Returns ....................................... 0-0 Kickoff Returns ................................. 2-37 Interceptions Ret. ............................. 3-17 Comp-Att-Int ................................. 9-15-0 Sacked-Yards Lost .............................. 2-8 Punts .............................................. 6-40.3 Fumbles-Lost ...................................... 2-2 Penalties-Yards ................................ 2-15 Time Of Possession ......................... 24:12

RUSHING

Miami: Brown 13-80, Williams 10-30, Polite 4-10, Henne 2-0.

Minnesota: Peterson 28-145, Gerhart 4-10, Tahi 1-1.

PASSING Miami: Henne 9-15-0-114. Minnesota: Favre 22-36-3-225.

RECEIVING

Miami: Marshall 4-71, Hartline 3-28, Bess 1-12, Brown 1-3.

Minnesota: Shiancoe 6-86, Peterson 5-41, Harvin 5-32, Berrian 2-24, Kleinsasser 1-20, Lewis 1-14, Gerhart 1-5, Camarillo 1-3.

MISSED FIELD GOALS None.

Vikings 22

364

33-156 208

3-14 2-44 0-0

22-36-3 3-17

2-44.0 2-1

7-44 35:48

7 0

0 0

7 7

0 — 14 3 — 10

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