Stars
Passing
Nick Foles, Eagles, was 22-for-28 for 406 yards and an NFL record-tying seven touchdown passes in Philadelphia’s 49-20 win over Oakland. Foles is one of seven players in NFL history to throw seven touchdown passes in a single game and joins Hall of Famer Y.A. Tittle (Oct. 28, 1962) and Peyton Manning (Sept. 5, 2013) as the only ones to accomplish the feat without throwing an interception.
Tom Brady, Patriots, finished 23-for-33 for a season-high 432 yards and four touchdowns in New England’s 55-31 victory over Pittsburgh.
Tony Romo, Cowboys, was 34-for-51 for 337 yards with two touchdown passes and an interception in Dallas’ 27-23 win over Minnesota.
Jason Campbell, Browns, was 23-for-35 for 262 yards and three touchdown passes in Cleveland’s 24-18 win over Baltimore.
Ben Roethlisberger, Steelers, was 28-for-48 for 400 yards and four touchdown passes and two interceptions in Pittsburgh’s 55-31 loss to New England.
Rushing
Mike James, Buccaneers, had 28 carries for 158 yards and a touchdown pass in Tampa Bay’s 27-24 overtime loss to Seattle.
Chris Johnson, Titans, had 23 carries for 150 yards and two touchdowns in Tennessee’s 28-21 win over St. Louis.
Adrian Peterson, Vikings, finished with 25 carries for 140 yards and a touchdown in Minnesota’s 27-23 loss to Dallas.
Receiving
Pierre Garçon, Redskins, had seven catches for 172 yards in Washington’s 30-24 overtime win over San Diego.
Rob Gronkowski, Aaron Dobson and Danny Amendola, Patriots. Gronkowski had a career-high nine catches for 143 yards and a touchdown, Dobson had five catches for 130 yards and two touchdowns, and Amendola had four catches for 122 yards and a touchdown in New England’s 55-31 victory over Pittsburgh.
Riley Cooper and DeSean Jackson, Eagles. Cooper had five receptions for 139 yards and three touchdowns, and Jackson had five catches for 150 yards and a touchdown in Philadelphia’s 49-20 victory over Oakland
Special Teams
Nick Folk, Jets, was 4-for-4 on field goals in New York’s 26-20 win over New Orleans. Folk has made all 23 field-goal attempts to start the season. His streak of 23 consecutive field goals made is the longest current streak in the NFL, and Folk’s streak of 23 field goals made in a row to start a season is the longest in franchise history.
Defense
Sean Smith and Tamba Hali, Chiefs. Smith returned an interception 100 yards for a touchdown and Hali returned a fumble 11 yards for a touchdown in Kansas City’s 23-13 win over Buffalo.
Drayton Florence, Panthers, returned an interception 38 yards for a touchdown in Carolina’s 34-10 victory over Atlanta.
Quote of the Day
After a game like this you don’t want to say, ‘Oh we were playing good; we almost had them.’ It doesn’t matter. We lost the game. I’m tired of losing. I’m tired of losing. We have to stop finding ways to beat ourselves. We just somehow find a way to not win. I don’t know.” – Tampa Bay’s Gerald McCoy after his team was unable to hold a 21-0 lead and lost 27-24 in overtime to Seattle.
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HOUSTON – Houston coach Gary Kubiak collapsed leaving the field at halftime of the Texans’ game Sunday night against Indianapolis and was taken by ambulance to a hospital.
Kubiak hunched over and dropped to his knees at the 24 yard line and immediately was surrounded by medical personnel. He was lifted off the field on a stretcher and taken by cart to the ambulance.
The Texans didn’t say what was wrong with Kubiak but did say he didn’t have a heart attack. The team said the 52-year-old coach, a former NFL quarterback, was conscious and was with his family as he was taken to the hospital.
Defensive coordinator Wade Phillips took over as coach.
Associated Press
