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Tebow leads Broncos to OT win

Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 13 years, 2 months AGO
| October 24, 2011 9:00 PM

Tim Tebow rallied Denver for two touchdowns in the final 2:44 of the fourth quarter to force overtime, and Matt Prater's 52-yard field goal gave the visiting Broncos an improbable 18-15 victory Sunday over the stunned Miami Dolphins.

The Broncos (2-4) appeared beaten when they trailed Miami (0-6) 15-0 with 5:23 left and took over at their 20. At that point Tebow was 4 for 14 for 40 yards.

But he threw two TD passes sandwiched around a successful onside kick, and scored a 2-point conversion standing up with 17 seconds left to tie the game.

In overtime, Denver's D.J. Williams sacked Matt Moore to force a fumble and recovered it at the Miami 36. Three plays later Prater hit the game-winner.

Bears 24, Bucs 18: At Wembley, England, Matt Forte ran for 145 yards and a touchdown and Chicago (4-3) held on to beat Tampa Bay (4-3).

Jay Cutler threw for 226 yards and a touchdown and the Bears intercepted Josh Freeman four times to win their second game in a row.

Panthers 33, Redskins 20: At Charlotte, N.C., Cam Newton ran for a touchdown and threw for another in the second half to help Carolina (2-5) beat Washington 3-3).

Jonathan Stewart also ran for a third-quarter touchdown for the Panthers, who for the first time all year found themselves playing with the lead almost the entire way.

Chiefs 28, Raiders 0: At Oakland, Calif., Kendrick Lewis and Brandon Flowers returned interceptions for touchdowns and Kansas City (3-3) took advantage of rusty quarterback play from Kyle Boller and Carson Palmer to blank Oakland (4-3).

Packers 33, Vikings 27: At Minneapolis, Aaron Rodgers kept Green Bay (7-0) unbeaten with three touchdowns and 335 yards passing, holding off plucky Christian Ponder in the rookie's first start for Minnesota (1-6).

Adrian Peterson rushed 24 times for 175 yards and a touchdown for the Vikings.

Cowboys 34, Rams 7: At Arlington, Texas, DeMarco Murray ran for a franchise-record 253 yards, including a 91-yard touchdown that's the second-longest in club history, to lead Dallas (3-3) past St. Louis (0-6).

The Rams were without quarterback Sam Bradford and were averaging the fewest points in the league even with him.

Steelers 32, Cardinals 20: At Glendale, Ariz., Ben Roethlisberger threw 95 yards to Mike Wallace for the longest pass play in Steelers history and Pittsburgh (5-2) handed Arizona (1-5) its fifth consecutive loss.

Roethlisberger, 26 of 39 for 361 yards, also had TD passes of 12 yards to Heath Miller and 4 yards to Emmanuel Sanders in the first game between the teams since Pittsburgh's 27-23 thriller over the Cardinals in the 2009 Super Bowl.

Jets 27, Chargers 21: At East Rutherford, N.J., Plaxico Burress caught three touchdown passes, including the go-ahead score that was set up by an interception by Darrelle Revis, and New York (4-3) stormed back to beat San Diego (4-2).

Texans 41, Titans 7: At Nashville, Tenn., Arian Foster ran for 115 yards and two touchdowns and added 119 more receiving with a 78-yard TD as Houston (4-3) moved back into first place in the AFC South by beating Tennessee (3-3).

Falcons 23, Lions 16: Matt Ryan ran and threw for touchdowns to give Atlanta a double-digit lead in the first half, and the visiting Falcons (4-3) held on to beat Detroit (5-2).

Saints 62, Colts 7: Drew Brees completed 31 of 35 passes for 325 yards and five touchdowns, and host New Orleans (5-2) set a franchise record for points and victory margin in a demolition of hapless Indianapolis (0-7).

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