|
By: Quin Smyth Senior Editor
- WagerOnFootball.com
NEW ENGLAND 23, ARIZONA
12 Sunday, September 19
TEMPE, Arizona --
In the desert heat, Corey Dillon earned himself a drink.
Dillon rushed for 158 yards on 32 carries
as the New England Patriots extended their winning streak
to 17 games with a sloppy 23-12 victory over the Arizona
Cardinals.
The Patriots' streak, which includes
last year's run to a Super Bowl title, is one win shy of
tying the NFL's longest winning streak of 18 games held
by five teams. Denver was the last to accomplish the feat
in 1997-98.
After a bye next week, the Patriots
(2-0) look to tie the longest run in league history when
they visit Buffalo on October 3.
Dillon received just 15 carries in
his Patriots' debut against the Indianapolis Colts.
But on a day when the field temperature
was near 100 degrees, Dillon surpassed that total with 16
carries in the first half. He rushed for at least 150 yards
for the eighth time in his career.
Tom Brady also had a hand in the victory
despite throwing two interceptions and losing a fumble.
The two-time Super Bowl Most Valuable Player had touchdown
passes of two and 19 yards to tight end Daniel Graham in
the first half, helping the Patriots open a 14-6 lead.
In addition to the turnovers, the Patriots
committed 12 penalties for 79 yards.
Emmitt Smith rushed for just 31 yards,
but scored on a one-yard run in the third quarter for Arizona
(0-2).
At halftime, the Cardinals honored
former safety Pat Tillman, who was was killed in Afghanistan
on April 22 while serving as a member of the Army's elite
Ranger unit.
Arizona's Josh McCown went 13-of-29
for 160 yards with two interceptions.
The Patriots held a lopsided 377-167
advantage in total yards.
NY GIANTS 20, WASHINGTON 14
Sunday, September 19
EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey
-- Joe Gibbs experienced his share of losses at
Giants Stadium over the years, but none were quite as sloppy
as this.
In a horrific performance that will
probably cause the Hall of Fame coach some sleepless nights,
the Washington Redskins committed seven turnovers and lost
to the New York Giants, 20-14.
The turnovers matched the most ever
committed by the Redskins under Gibbs, who coached the team
from 1981-92 before an 11-year retirement. In his first
term with the Redskins, Gibbs only went 6-7 here, including
a 17-0 loss in the 1986 NFC championship game.
That was Gibbs' most painful defeat
against the Giants. But this was probably the most exasperating.
"It's a tough place to play,"
Gibbs said. "When I think back, I don't think I can
remember (that many turnovers). We really put our defense
in a bad position."
The win snapped a nine-game losing
streak for the Giants (1-1), who captured their home opener
under Tom Coughlin after a turbulent week in which the coach
came under fire for fining some players for not arriving
at a meeting too early.
"I'm happy for the team,"
Coughlin said. "The credit goes to the players. The
off-field stuff, that's another matter."
Three of Washington's turnovers either
led to or resulted in 17 of the Giants' points. Running
back Clinton Portis fumbled the ball away twice, one of
which was returned 16 yards for a touchdown by linebacker
Barrett Green, giving the Giants a 14-7 lead with 6:21 left
in the second quarter.
"We committed turnovers and gave
them the momentum," said Portis, who rushed for 69
yards. "I know you can't give the ball up. Everybody
knows you can't give the ball up."
Quarterback Mark Brunell also threw
an interception and fumbled before leaving the game with
a strained left hamstring. His first fumble was recovered
by Giants defensive end Michael Strahan. One play later,
Kurt Warner connected with Tim Carter on a 38-yard touchdown
2:07 into the second quarter.
Brunell also had a pass picked off
by defensive tackle Fred Robbins, who returned it 13 yards
to the Washington 26. Four plays later, Steve Christie kicked
a 38-yard field goal with 4:34 remaining in the second quarter.
Robbins, signed as a free agent after
four years in Minnesota, also had a pair of sacks and forced
a fumble. He helped bring some stability for a Giants defense
that was shredded for 454 yards last week in a loss to Philadelphia.
"We felt we needed to step up,"
Robbins said. "We didn't play the way should have last
week. We played a lot more together."
Christie added a 22-yard field goal
with 37 seconds left in the half, increasing the Giants'
lead to 20-7.
Patrick Ramsey replaced Brunell in
the second half and was intercepted three times. He hit
Portis with a 13-yard touchdown 2:59 into the fourth quarter,
pulling the Redskins within 20-14.
Willie Ponder fumbled away the ensuing
kickoff for the Giants, giving the Redskins another excellent
chance. But a badly overthrown ball by Ramsey was intercepted
by rookie safety Gibril Wilson.
"I just have to play smart football
and I didn't do it," said Ramsey, who completed just
9-of-18 passes for 142 yards.
Safety Brent Alexander picked off two
of the four passes for the Giants, and ended the Redskins
last real threat by intercepting Ramsey at the New York
10 with 6:15 left.
Warner completed 22-of-32 passes for
232 yards and won for the first time since leading the St.
Louis Rams over Philadelphia in the NFC championship game
following the 2001 season.
"Don't remind me," Warner
said. "It's over now."
SEATTLE 10, TAMPA BAY 6 Sunday,
September 19
TAMPA, Florida --
Coach Jon Gruden benched Brad Johnson in favor of Chris
Simms, but the Tampa Bay Buccaneers still couldn't reach
the end zone.
Rookie safety Michael Boulware intercepted
a pass by Simms in the final minute and the Seattle Seahawks
held on for a 10-6 victory over the Buccaneers.
Once again, the Bucs offense failed
to score a touchdown. In a season-opening 16-10 loss at
Washington last week, cornerback Ronde Barber accounted
for Tampa Bay's only touchdown with a fumble return.
Gruden didn't have much patience with
Johnson on Sunday, pulling his veteran quarterback in the
second quarter after he completed 4-of-7 passes for 34 yards
with an interception.
Simms, who won the backup job over
Brian Griese in training camp, took over and engineered
two 71-yard scoring drives for Tampa Bay (0-2), but failed
to get the Bucs into the end zone. Simms completed 21-of-32
passes for 175 yards.
But on Tampa Bay's final drive, Simms
barely averted a sack and floated a pass over the middle
that was picked off by Boulware at the Seattle 21.
It was another impressive performance
by the Seahawks defense, which held New Orleans to one touchdown
in a season-opening 21-7 win last week.
The Seahawks (2-0) have opened the
season with two road wins after finishing 2-7 on the road,
including playoffs, last season.
Matt Hasselbeck hit Koren Robinson
with a 27-yard touchdown pass 35 seconds into the second
quarter to give Seattle a 10-0 lead. The touchdown came
two plays after cornerback Marcus Trufant intercepted a
pass by Johnson and returned it 41 yards.
NEW ORLEANS 30, SAN FRANCISCO
27 Sunday, September 19
NEW ORLEANS -- Jim
Haslett could breathe easy. Barely.
Aaron Brooks threw a 16-yard touchdown
pass to Donte' Stallworth with 61 seconds remaining as the
New Orleans Saints escaped with a 30-27 victory over the
San Francisco 49ers.
Already a coach on the hot seat, Haslett
watched his team commit numerous mistakes in last week's
21-7 home loss to Seattle. He also had his condominium in
Pensacola, Florida destroyed by Hurricane Ivan last week.
The bad news continued Sunday when
Deuce McAllister, who rushed for 1,641 yards last season,
left the game with a high right ankle sprain after fumbling
away the ball on the Saints' first possession.
It looked like it would be a complete
loss for Haslett and the Saints when Ken Dorsey, a 2001
seventh-round pick, engineered a 15-play, 94-yard drive
in the fourth quarter that allowed the 49ers to take a 27-23
lead.
But Brooks rescued the Saints (1-1)
with a nine-play, 59-yard drive that he capped with his
TD over the middle to Stallworth with just over a minute
remaining. That drive accounted for most of the Saints'
92 second-half yards.
"In this league, you take them
any way you can get them," Haslett said.
Brooks went 25-of-34 for 279 yards
and three touchdowns. Since throwing four interceptions
in a 38-0 home loss to San Francisco in the 2001 finale,
Brooks has six TD passes and no interceptions in two victories
against the Niners.
"He's caught a lot of flak from
a lot of people," Stallworth said of Brooks. "But
I love being his teammate. He's a guy who's always going
to keep his cool under pressure, and he showed that today."
Taking over at his 29 with 56 seconds
left, Dorsey led the 49ers to the Saints 38. He completed
a 37-yard screen pass to running back Terry Jackson on 2nd-and-10,
but tight end Brian Jennings was called for offensive interference.
"Not really much to say,"
said wide receiver Brandon Lloyd, who originally was announced
as the offending player. "I never saw a flag. It just
wasn't a very good call, but that's what happens when you
put the game in the hands of the officials."
Dorsey then was intercepted by cornerback
Ashley Ambrose on the next play with four seconds remaining.
It was the Niners' second turnover in the final four minutes.
Jamal Robertson, who gave San Francisco its final lead with
a one-yard run with 7:07 remaining, fumbled on a handoff
exchange with Dorsey at the New Orleans 41 with 3:42 to
go.
"I've got to guarantee the handoff
in a situation like that," said Dorsey, who was 0-of-5
in the first quarter but finished 18-of-32 for 205 yards
in his first NFL start. "I'm going to go on the assumption
that (the fumble) is something I could've prevented."
Kevan Barlow rushed for 114 yards and
two second-quarter touchdowns, and Curtis Conway caught
eight passes for 112 yards for San Francisco, which is 0-2
for the first time since 2000 and just the second time in
the last 22 seasons.
"You put yourself 0-2, (then)
you put yourself in a pretty deep hole," Niners coach
Dennis Erickson said. "But there's 14 games left."
San Francisco endured a 21-19 defeat
to Atlanta in its opener. Stallworth had nine catches for
113 yards. He had a 45-yard reception in the first quarter,
setting up Brooks' eight-yard TD pass to Joe Horn.
McAllister will undergo an MRI on Monday.
BALTIMORE 30, PITTSBURGH 13
Sunday, September 19
BALTIMORE -- While
Jonathan Ogden returned to pave the way for the running
game, the Baltimore Ravens' defense also turned in a smashing
performance.
Jamal Lewis rushed for two touchdowns
and the Ravens used a big defensive effort en route to an
easy 30-13 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in their
home opener.
Regarded as the NFL's best left tackle,
Ogden missed last week's season-opening 20-3 loss at Cleveland
with a knee injury. Ethan Brooks replaced the perennial
Pro Bowler and allowed three sacks while Lewis, who rushed
for 2,066 yards last season, managed just 57 yards on 20
carries.
"He (Ogden) knows that position
so well and he's been here a long time, just his presence
throws the defense off some," Lewis said. "They
know they have to deal with him."
Lewis went over Ogden's side for a
three-yard touchdown run midway through the first quarter
to open the scoring and he plunged in from one yard early
in the third, giving the Ravens (1-1) a 20-0 lead.
Lewis rushed for just 62 yards on 24
attempts. Chester Taylor had 76 yards on nine carries. Baltimore
rushed for 172 yards.
"We came out and the line blocked
everything real well and I'm surprised we ran it so many
times," Lewis said. "It caught me off guard, but
we established the run early, and that's what we do best."
"I know they're going to run hard,"
Ogden said. "We want to block for them and once we
get them through the line, we know they can run over or
get by safety and that's all we try to do."
The Ravens won despite not getting
much from Kyle Boller, who completed 10-of-18 passes for
98 yards.
But the Ravens were dominant on defense
as they forced three turnovers and knocked out quarterback
Tommy Maddox with an elbow injury early in the third quarter.
Maddox was replaced by first-round pick Ben Roethlisberger.
Roethlisberger went 12-of-20 for 176
yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions.
"It's unfortunate that it (debut)
has to come under those circumstances," Roethlisberger
said. "You never want to see someone get hurt, especially
someone like Tommy."
One of Roethlisberger's interceptions
was returned 51 yards for a touchdown by cornerback Chris
McAlister.
"Our front seven, the whole group,
did a great job of getting pressure on the quarterback,
never let him feel comfortable," McAlister said.
"Not the ideal scenario to come
into a game on the road down 20-0," Steelers coach
Bill Cowher said. "But he came in and did some things
and most of that was in the hurry-up offense. That's what
the number two quarterback is there to do, so he'll step
up and take the reins and we'll go from there."
Baltimore linebacker Ray Lewis said
the defense set the tone.
"We set the tempo," Lewis
said. "Last week, we came out and were stopping them,
but we weren't playing our style of defense, and that's
aggressive."
Maddox was injured after getting hit
by cornerback Gary Baxter. He lost a fumble on the play
and left the field wincing in pain.
Ravens 37-year-old nickel back Deion
Sanders also gave the Baltimore fans the first taste of
"Prime Time." He returned a punt 23 yards in the
second quarter, promptly received an unsportsmanlike penalty
for taking off his helmet and left the game with a hamstring
injury.
"We have a big challenge to find
some personal discipline," Ravens coach Brian Billick
said. "That's a real focus for us. We've done some
dumb things, we've got to find some personal discipline."
Hines Ward had six receptions for 151
yards and a touchdown for Pittsburgh (1-1).
Ravens two-time Pro Bowl tight end
Todd Heap left the game late in the first quarter with a
right ankle injury.
JACKSONVILLE 7, DENVER 6 Sunday,
September 19
JACKSONVILLE, Florida
-- Quentin Griffin's first big mistake as a feature back
proved costly for the Denver Broncos.
Griffin lost a fumble in Jacksonville
territory with 31 seconds remaining, allowing the Jaguars
to escape with a 7-6 victory in their home opener.
Taking over for the traded Clinton
Portis as the Broncos' main back, Griffin rushed for 156
yards and two touchdowns in last week's season-opening victory
over Kansas City.
But Griffin was bottled up virtually
the entire way by the Jaguars' strong defensive line. He
gained 66 yards on 25 attempts.
Jake Plummer, who was attempting to
orchestrate his 23rd game-winning drive in the fourth quarter
or overtime, led the Broncos from deep in their own territory
to the Jacksonville 21 in the final minutes.
On a 3rd-and-9 play, Griffin was unable
to handle the snap from Plummer and linebacker Akin Ayodele
recovered. Griffin also lost a fumble deep in Kansas City
territory in the opener.
"It's something we work on every
day," Plummer said. "We were both at fault. At
that moment in the game, you can't afford to put the ball
on the ground. I spoke to him after the game, but that's
between me and him."
"It just looked like Jake got
back there and the ball just hit Quentin's arm," Broncos
coach Mike Shanahan said. "Quentin looked like he never
had control of it. It is a play we run all the time."
Byron Leftwich threw a 12-yard touchdown
pass to rookie Ernest Wilford in the second quarter for
the Jaguars, who are 2-0 for the first time since 2001.
"We're winning ugly games right
now because we're not scoring a lot of points, but last
year we were losing a lot of ugly football games and no
one called us unlucky then, they just said we were a bad
team," Leftwich said. "I think you make your own
luck."
"We've had two weeks of experience
to grow together and battle in adverse situations,"
Jaguars safety Donovin Darius said. "Basically, we
stuck together and it produced a win."
Leftwich, who went 8-of-16 for 120
yards, found Wilford for a seven-yard TD on the game's final
play in a 13-10 win at Buffalo last week.
Jacksonville won again despite managing
just 176 total yards and eight first downs. Fred Taylor
rushed for 54 yards on 16 attempts.
"We are not as sharp as we want
to be," Leftwich said. "It's not just one guy,
we're not as sharp as we need to be right now. We are killing
ourselves with penalties and that's something we will correct."
Jason Elam kicked field goals of 44
and 22 yards for Denver (1-1).
Plummer went 23-of-39 for 250 yards.
Rod Smith had six catches for 83 yards.
Jacksonville defensive end Paul Spicer
suffered a fractured right leg in the third quarter.
ATLANTA 34, ST LOUIS 17 Sunday,
September 19
ATLANTA -- A vintage
Michael Vick performance led the Atlanta Falcons to a win
in their home opener.
Vick ran for 109 yards and threw for
179 more as Atlanta pulled away in the fourth quarter for
a 34-17 victory over the St. Louis Rams.
The fourth-year quarterback needed
just 12 carries to top the 100-yard mark for the third time
in his career and the first since he set an NFL record for
rushing yards by a quarterback with 173 vs. Minnesota in
2002.
He did it with his arm early, however,
hitting fullback Justin Griffith with a 62-yard pass on
Atlanta's second drive and finding Griffith four plays later
for a three-yard score and a 7-0 lead. His 26 yards rushing
on the first drive of the second quarter set up Warrick
Dunn's two-yard score to make it 14-0.
Following a touchdown by St. Louis's
Marshall Faulk, Vick ran three times for 52 yards during
a 56-yard drive that culminated in Jay Feely's 35-yard field
goal to close the half.
The Rams (1-1) tied the game, 17-17,
with a touchdown catch by Torry Holt and a field goal by
Jeff Wilkins in the third quarter, but were bullied in the
fourth.
After Dunn's second score gave Atlanta
the lead for good, Falcons defensive end Brady Smith stripped
Marc Bulger of the ball in the end zone for the last Atlanta
touchdown.
Bulger was 24-of-31 for 285 yards,
121 of them to Holt. He fell to 19-5 as a starter.
With the win, Atlanta (2-0) snapped
a seven-game losing streak to St. Louis.
CAROLINA 28, KANSAS CITY 17
Sunday, September 19
KANSAS CITY, Missouri --
DeShaun Foster seized his opportunity. Rookie Keary Colbert
capitalized on his chance as well.
Foster rushed for a career-high 174
yards, including 131 in the second half, and Colbert caught
a nine-yard touchdown to lead the Carolina Panthers to a
28-17 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs.
Foster and Colbert were starting in
place of Stephen Davis and Steve Smith, two of Carolina's
best offensive players, and helped the Panthers (1-1) bounce
back from a season-opening 24-14 loss to Green Bay.
Smith broke his left leg in that game
and will be sidelined for about three months. Davis, who
set a franchise record with 1,444 rushing yards last season,
underwent arthroscopic knee surgery on Friday and will be
out two to five weeks.
A second-round pick out of UCLA in
2002, Foster rushed for 428 yards last season as a backup
to Davis and added 196 more yards in the playoffs. Now cast
in the role of starter, Foster played the role of workhorse,
carrying the ball 32 times.
He showed his breakaway speed in the
fourth quarter, racing for a 71-yard run before scoring
on a three-yard run with 10:35 left, giving the Panthers
a 28-17 lead.
Colbert, a second-round pick out of
Southern California, filled in for Smith and caught three
passes for 46 yards, including his nine-yard TD in the third
quarter. Those are not quite the numbers Carolina usually
gets from Smith, but it was good enough.
Carolina's defense, which yielded 119
yards and three touchdowns to Ahman Green on Monday, held
Chiefs Pro Bowl back Priest Holmes to 66 yards on 16 carries.
Kansas City (0-2) had the league's
highest scoring offense each of the last two years, but
reached the end zone just once against the Panthers. One
of the Chiefs' touchdowns came from their maligned defense
as cornerback Eric Warfield scored on a 43-yard interception
return.
The Chiefs lost just three regular-season
games in 2003.
DETROIT 28, HOUSTON 16 Sunday,
September 19
DETROIT -- Joey Harrington
threw for three touchdowns and Eddie Drummond returned a
kickoff for a score to propel the Detroit Lions to a 28-16
victory over the Houston Texans.
Harrington, who completed 18-of-25
passes for 176 yards, found first-round pick Roy Williams
twice for scores, including a 31-yarder that gave the Lions
a 14-3 lead 8:22 into the third quarter.
After the Texans cut the deficit to
four points on a 54-yard TD catch by Andre Johnson with
2:31 left in the third, Drummond returned the ensuing kickoff
99 yards for a TD.
Williams, the seventh overall pick
out of Texas, added a 14-yard touchdown catch with 4:41
remaining in the fourth. He finished with four catches for
73 yards.
Detroit is 2-0 for the first time since
2000.
Rookie running back Kevin Jones had
57 yards on 12 carries for Detroit.
Houston's David Carr passed for 313
yards and two touchdowns. He also was sacked five times.
Domanick Davis carried 25 times for
78 yards and caught 11 passes for 95 yards. But he lost
two more fumbles, giving him four lost fumbles in two games.
Houston is 0-2 for the first time in
club history.
CHICAGO 21, GREEN BAY 10 Sunday,
September 19
GREEN BAY, Wisconsin -
The Chicago Bears took advantage of the Green Bay Packers'
miscues to give coach Lovie Smith his first win.
Safety Mike Brown returned a fumble
95 yards for a touchdown and Thomas Jones rushed for 152
yards as the Bears snapped a seven-game losing streak against
the Packers with a 21-10 victory.
Green Bay (1-1) dominated the first
quarter, but managed just a 28-yard field goal by Ryan Longwell.
After Longwell missed a 45-yarder early in the second, the
Bears responded with a 65-yard drive, capped by a 11-yard
touchdown pass from Rex Grossman to fullback Bryan Johnson
to take a 7-3 lead.
The Packers appeared ready to take
the lead back, driving to the Chicago 2 with two minutes
left in the half. But linebacker Brian Urlacher forced Ahman
Green to fumble, and Brown returned it for his fourth career
touchdown.
Chicago (1-1) put away the game on
its first possession in the second half as Jones broke a
54-yard run to the Green Bay 16, and scored from one yard
out three plays later.
Brett Favre completed 24-of-42 passes
for 252 yards, including an 18-yard touchdown to Robert
Ferguson, but threw two interceptions for the Packers, who
lost to Chicago for the second time in nine contests under
coach Mike Sherman.
INDIANAPOLIS 31, TENNESSEE
17 Sunday, September 19
NASHVILLE, Tennessee --
The spotlight was on the reigning co-Most Valuable Players,
but Edgerrin James stole the show.
James rushed for 100 of his 124 yards
and two touchdowns in the second half to lead the Indianapolis
Colts to a 31-17 victory over the Tennessee Titans in a
battle of AFC South rivals.
The Titans (1-1) had not allowed an
opposing back to rush for 100 yards against them in 29 straight
home games and stuffed James in the first half, holding
the Colts' all-time leading rusher to 24 yards on 10 carries.
But James busted out in the second half and scored on runs
of four and 30 yards in the fourth quarter for Indianapolis
(1-1).
The first touchdown run snapped a 17-17
tie with 7:31 left and the second came with 2:29 remaining
after Tennessee failed to get a first down on a fake punt.
The reigning co-MVPs - quarterbacks
Peyton Manning of the Colts and Steve McNair of Tennessee
- put on quite a show and even Chris Brown of the Titans
enjoyed his second 100-yard rushing game in as many weeks
for the Titans. But after rushing for 104 yards on 19 carries
in the first half, Brown had just 48 yards in the second
half.
Manning completed 24-of-33 passes for
254 yards and two touchdowns and beat McNair and the Titans
for the third straight time.
McNair also threw for more than
250 yards and scored on a one-yard sneak.
CINCINNATI 16, MIAMI 13 Monday,
September 20
CINCINNATI-- Carson
Palmer played like a seasoned veteran in a crunch time.
After Palmer put his team in position,
Shayne Graham kicked a 39-yard field goal with two seconds
remaining, lifting the Cincinnati Bengals to a 16-13 victory
over the Miami Dolphins
The first overall pick in 2003 and
former Heisman Trophy winner, Palmer's rookie season was
spent watching veteran Jon Kitna. He did not attempt a pass
as a rookie, but that didn't stop coach Marvin Lewis from
naming him the starter in the offseason.
Lewis, a defensive-minded coach, watched
his team squander a 10-point fourth-quarter lead before
Palmer came through in the clutch.
Taking over at his own 20 with 1:53
remaining, Palmer calmly directed a 10-play, 59-yard drive
against one of the NFL's better defenses. The drive featured
a 13-yard completion to T.J. Houshmandzadeh on a 3rd-and-6
play and a 20-yard connection to Chad Johnson to the Miami
30.
Three plays after the completion to
Johnson, Graham came on and drilled the winning field goal,
giving the Bengals (1-1) their first win over Miami since
1977. Cincinnati had lost the last nine meetings between
the teams.
Palmer went 21-of-38 for 147 yards
and an interception.
After replacing Jay Fiedler at halftime
of last week's loss to Tennessee, A.J. Feeley made his first
start for the Dolphins.
Feeley struggled for much of the night
behind a revamped offensive line, but he rallied the Dolphins
from 13-3 deficit in the fourth quarter. He threw a four-yard
touchdown pass to Chris Chambers with 3:39 left, pulling
Miami within a field goal.
Feeley finished 21-of-39 for 218 yards,
one touchdown and two interceptions.
Following a three-and-out, Lamont Brightful
returned a punt 36 yards to set up Olindo Mare's 47-yard
field goal with 1:53 to go that tied the game.
One of Feeley's interceptions was returned
50 yards for a touchdown by linebacker Brian Simmons in
the third quarter, allowing Cincinnati to take a 7-3 lead.
Feeley also was not helped by his running
game as Lamar Gordon gained just 22 yards on 19 attempts.
Miami is 0-2 for the first time since
1988.
Week 1 .
2 . 3 .
4 . 5 .
6 . 7 .
8 . 9 .
10 .
11 . 12 .
13 .
14 .
15 .
16 .
17
| | |
