Patriots survive Chiefs in OT

FOXBORO, Mass. -- Super Bowl hero Adam Vinatieri's 35-yard field goal 4:40 into overtime Sunday gave unbeaten New England a 41-38 victory over Kansas City, which had tied the game on two touchdowns by Priest Holmes in the last five minutes of regulation.

Holmes' 1-yard scoring run as time expired, followed by Morten Andersen's extra point, forced overtime. The Patriots (3-0) won the coin toss and marched to the winning kick, Vinatieri's first game-winner since his 48-yarder against St. Louis gave the Patriots the championship.

Troy Brown set a club record with 16 catches and a personal high of 176 yards receiving. Tom Brady completed 39 of 54 passes for a career-high 410 yards and four touchdowns.

Holmes, the league's top rusher in 2001, had 180 yards and two touchdowns on 30 carries and caught one of Trent Green's three TD passes. The other two went to Eddie Kennison.

Trailing 38-24 after Antowain Smith's 42-yard touchdown run with 6:20 left, the Chiefs tied the game on Holmes' two TD runs.

Browns 31, Titans 28

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Phil Dawson's 33-yard field goal with 10:47 left in overtime won it after Tim Couch rallied the Browns by throwing for three touchdowns, including two in the final 2:35 of regulation.

The Titans (1-2) led 28-14 with 5:06 left but blew a second-half lead and lost for the second straight week.

Couch, who sat out the first two games after tearing scar tissue in his right elbow, picked apart the Titans to help the Browns (2-1) overcome four turnovers.

Cleveland needed 11 plays to go 80 yards to cut Tennessee's lead to 28-21 with a 12-yard TD toss from Couch to Andre Davis with 2:35 to go.

With Tennessee ready for an onside kick, Dawson pooched the ball over the Titans, and Dennis Northcutt recovered before it went out of bounds at the Titans' 42. Nine plays later, Couch found Northcutt for an 8-yard TD pass with 12 seconds remaining.

Cleveland won the toss, and this time Couch needed eight plays to set up Dawson's game-winning field goal.

Couch was 36-of-50 for 326 yards as Cleveland rolled up 403 yards offense, compared with just 187 for the Titans.

Dolphins 30, Jets 3

MIAMI -- Ricky Williams ran for 151 yards and the Dolphins (3-0) snapped their streak of eight consecutive losses to the Jets. Williams sewed up the win with a 53-yard touchdown sprint, the longest gain in his four-year career. Miami has won 17 straight home games in August or September.

Miami committed no turnovers. Jay Fiedler, who had thrown eight interceptions in his four previous games against New York, went 16-for-30 for 185 yards and one score.

Jets QB Vinny Testaverde was picked off twice and fumbled once.

Panthers 21, Vikings 14

MINNEAPOLIS -- Lamar Smith carried 30 times for 154 yards and scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns for the Panthers, who are 3-0 for the second time in their eight-year existence and first time since 1996.

Smith's 24-yard run provided the winning margin.

The Vikings, 0-3 for the first time since 1967, had just 250 yards and turned the ball over four times. Daunte Culpepper was 19-of-30 for 191 yards, a touchdown and a career-high four interceptions. Deon Grant had three interceptions.

Culpepper's frustrations were visible early in the fourth quarter when he hopped up and down and yelled at Randy Moss on the sideline after a third-down overthrow forced another punt.

Colts 23, Texans 3

HOUSTON -- Peyton Manning had touchdown passes of 42 yards to Qadry Ismail and 43 to Reggie Wayne, and helped set up three field goals by Mike Vanderjagt. Manning, who threw three interceptions in last week's loss to Miami, completed 21 of 28 passes for 272 yards. He didn't have an interception.

The Texans (1-2) attempted a comeback in the third quarter behind the running of rookie Jonathan Wells, who ran 42 yards in a 56-yard drive to set up Houston's only score, a 24-yard field goal by Kris Brown.

David Carr, sacked nine times in last week's loss to San Diego and six times in a season-opening victory over Dallas, went down four times against Indianapolis.

Eagles 44, Cowboys 13

PHILADELPHIA -- Donovan McNabb completed 24 of 37 passes for 287 yards and three touchdowns and ran for 67 yards and one touchdown.

The Eagles (2-1) didn't allow an offensive touchdown for the second straight game. Reggie Swinton's 100-yard kickoff return was the only touchdown for Dallas (1-2).

Emmitt Smith ran 11 times for 52 yards, moving within 362 yards of Walter Payton to become the NFL's career rushing leader. Smith's sixth carry moved him ahead of Payton for No. 1 on the rushing attempts list.

Eagles rookie Brian Westbrook threw a 25-yard option pass to Todd Pinkston for a touchdown.

Saints 29, Bears 23

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- New Orleans rallied from a 20-point deficit. Rookie Donte' Stallworth scored on a 29-yard pass from Aaron Brooks with 1:11 left and Sammy Knight stopped a last-second Chicago drive with a goal-line interception.

Chicago (2-1) had won all 12 previous games decided by a touchdown or less. But this time, the Saints won the close one to go 3-0 for the first time since 1998 .

On the winning drive, Stallworth caught the pass near the sideline, got around defensive back Reggie Austin and coasted into the end zone to make it 27-23. Brooks then ran in for two points.

The Bears drove to the Saints 18, but Jim Miller threw into a crowd at the front of the end zone and Knight intercepted with 2 seconds remaining.

Trailing 20-0, the Saints got back in it with two touchdowns in 58 seconds in the second quarter, the second after Chicago's Leon Johnson fumbled a kickoff.

49ers 20, Redskins 10

SAN FRANCISCO -- All-Pro receiver Terrell Owens scored on a spectacular 38-yard run on which he appeared ready to pass, and the 49ers rushed for 252 yards.

San Francisco (2-1) punctuated its win with a monotonously satisfying eight-minute drive led by backup quarterback Tim Rattay, who relieved ill Jeff Garcia (stomach virus). Garrison Hearst, held to 5 yards rushing in last week's loss to Denver, rushed for 97, while Kevan Barlow rushed for 94 and a touchdown.

Washington (1-2) gained just 41 yards and was scoreless in the second half.

Broncos 28, Bills 23

DENVER -- Denver, which opened the season by stopping St. Louis and San Francisco, two of the league's best offenses, held off another prolific attack. The Broncos are 3-0 for the first time since 1998, when they won their second straight Super Bowl.

Brian Griese threw for two touchdowns and Clinton Portis ran for 103 yards and a touchdown. Denver lost starting tailback Olandis Gary early with a sprained left ankle.

The Bills (1-2) entered as the league leader in yards passing and second in total yards, but they finished with just 291 yards -- 39 rushing.

Chargers 23, Cardinals 15

TEMPE, Ariz. -- For the first time this season, the Chargers (3-0) allowed a touchdown -- two of them -- but used a late goal-line stand to preserve victory. But star linebacker Junior Seau had to be helped to the locker room favoring his right leg after he was hurt on the last play of that stand.

Arizona's Jake Plummer threw for two touchdowns but was intercepted twice. The first, by Marcellus Wiley, set up a San Diego touchdown. The second was returned 20 yards by Donnie Edwards for a score.

The Cardinals (1-2) came back in triple-digit heat but were stopped at the San Diego 9.

Packers 37, Lions 31

DETROIT -- Brett Favre threw for 357 yards and three touchdowns as the Packers (2-1) held off the Lions (0-3) at the new Ford Field, spoiling rookie Joey Harrington's first start.

Favre completed 31 of 47 passes and moved past Warren Moon for fourth on the NFL's all-time list with 294 TD passes.

Detroit scored two TDs, including a 52-yard pass to James Stewart with 1:37 left, to cut the deficit to 34-31. An offside penalty negated the Lions' recovery on the onside kick, and Ryan Longwell's 47-yard field goal ended the scoring.

Giants 9, Seahawks 6

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Rookie Matt Bryant kicked a game-winning 47-yard field goal with 2:04 to play, the longest of his so-far perfect career. He is 9-for-9.

Bryant, waived less than a week before the season and re-signed two days before the opener, added field goals of 33 and 21 yards for the Giants (2-1).

William Peterson iced the win for the second straight week with an interception in the final two minutes.

Rian Lindell staked Seattle to a 6-0 halftime lead with field goals of 42 and 27 yards. The Seahawks lost their third straight, their worst start since Mike Holmgren took over as coach in 1999.

--From wire reports