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SportsSeptember 29, 2008

Brett Favre threw a career-high and Jets-record six touchdown passes, three to Laveranues Coles, and New York took advantage of mistakes by Arizona in a big second quarter of a 56-35 victory Sunday. Cardinals wide receiver Anquan Boldin was carted off the field after a helmet-to-helmet collision with Eric Smith in the end zone with 27 seconds remaining. ...

Brett Favre threw a career-high and Jets-record six touchdown passes, three to Laveranues Coles, and New York took advantage of mistakes by Arizona in a big second quarter of a 56-35 victory Sunday.

Cardinals wide receiver Anquan Boldin was carted off the field after a helmet-to-helmet collision with Eric Smith in the end zone with 27 seconds remaining. Boldin was moving all his extremities on the field and was talking to his teammates coming off the field and going into the locker room. He was being taken to a hospital for precautionary reasons.

New York's defense forced three fumbles and two interceptions in the first half and the Jets (2-2) set a franchise record by scoring 34 points in the second quarter.

Favre finished 24-for-34 for 289 yards. Coles had eight catches for 105 yards and Jerricho Cotchery had two touchdown catches.

Kurt Warner was 40-of-57 for 472 yards for Arizona (2-2), but turned the ball over six times.

Redskins 26, Cowboys 24

Jason Campbell threw two touchdown passes and Clinton Portis ran for 121 yards to knock the Cowboys from the ranks of the unbeaten.

Washington (3-1) won for only the second time in its last 13 visits to Texas Stadium.

Chargers 28, Raiders 18

Another blown fourth-quarter lead for Oakland (1-3) led to yet another San Diego (2-2) win over the Raiders and the possible end of coach Lane Kiffin's tenure.

Darren Sproles' long kickoff return set up Nate Kaeding's go-ahead 47-yard field goal with 1:51 to play, and LaDainian Tomlinson added a 41-yard TD run.

Chiefs 33, Broncos 19

Larry Johnson ran for 198 yards and two touchdowns and the Chiefs took advantage of four Denver turnovers. The win ended a club-record 12 straight losses for the Chiefs (1-3).

The Broncos (3-1) came to town one of five 3-0 teams.

Titans 30, Vikings 17

Rookie Chris Johnson scored two touchdowns and the defense forced four turnovers that the Titans (4-0) turned into 21 points.

The Titans had allowed an NFL-fewest 29 points, then gave up a season-high 17 to the Vikings (1-3).

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Buccaneers 30, Packers 21

Derrick Brooks had one of three interceptions of Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers and also forced a fumble that Jermaine Phillips returned 38 yards for a touchdown.

Matt Bryant, who made three field goals, was kicking four days after his infant son died at home. He booted a 23-yarder to put the Bucs (3-1) ahead for good. The Packers fell to 2-2.

Saints 31, 49ers 17

Quarterback Dew Brees was 23-of-35 for 363 yards and three scores for the Saints (2-2), including touchdowns of 47 yards to Robert Meachem and 33 yards to Lance Moore.

San Francisco (2-2) saw quarterback J.T. O'Sullivan get sacked six times.

Panthers 24, Falcons 9

Steve Smith broke two tackles and raced 56 yards for a touchdown, then did perhaps his most important work. Nearly two months after he broke teammate Ken Lucas' nose with a sucker punch in training camp, Smith retrieved the ball and handed it to Lucas on the sideline.

Smith's first touchdown following his two-game suspension was part of a dominating day. Carolina (3-1) shut down the league's top rushing unit, holding Michael Turner, who came in as the league's top back, to 56 yards on 18 carries. Matt Ryan threw for 158 yards for the Falcons (2-2).

Jaguars 30, Texans 27, OT

Josh Scobee hit a 37-yard field goal in overtime for Jacksonville (2-2). Houston (0-3), which led 24-20 midway through the fourth quarter, remained winless.

Browns 20, Bengals 12

Derek Anderson threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to Braylon Edwards that put the Browns (1-3) ahead to stay in the fourth quarter.

Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer rested a sore passing elbow that forced him to miss a game for the first time since 2004. Cincinnati couldn't do much behind Ryan Fitzpatrick, who hadn't completed a pass in a regular-season game in three years. Fitzpatrick threw three interceptions and finished the game as Cincinnati's leading rusher with 41 yards on four scrambles, underscoring the Bengals' futility. They're 0-4 for the first time since 2002.

Bears 24, Eagles 20

Alex Brown stopped Correll Buckhalter at the goal line on a fourth-down play late in the game, and Chicago (2-2) hung on to beat Philadelphia (2-2).

The Eagles (2-2) marched 75 yards on the fourth-quarter drive, but failed to reach the end zone on three consecutive plays from the Bears' 1, the latter stop made by Brown.

-- AP

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