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Vikings punish Manning errors, Raiders end streak
2007-11-26
The Minnesota Vikings returned three intercepted Eli Manning passes for touchdowns and set up another score with a fourth interception as they crushed the New York Giants 41-17 on Sunday. Two of the touchdowns came in a 42-second span of the fourth quarter as Dwight Smith raced 93 yards and Chad Greenway went 37 yards with intercepted Manning passes. Darren Sharper also scored off an interception, covering 20 yards with a picked-off Manning pass in the first quarter. A fourth Manning interception led to an eight-yard touchdown by Chester Taylor in the second quarter. The Vikings (5-6), playing without injured running back Adrian Peterson, shocked the Giants (7-4) with a 60-yard touchdown pass from Tarvaris Jackson to Sidney Rice with the game just 41 seconds old. After Reuben Droughns scored on a one-yard run for the Giants to even the score at 7-7, Sharper put Minnesota ahead to stay with his first-quarter interception return. *The Oakland Raiders beat an American Football Conference (AFC) West Division opponent for the first time in three years when Justin Fargas scored on a 14-yard, fourth-quarter run to give the Raiders a 20-17 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. The win ended a 17-game drought against AFC West teams for the Raiders, who also snapped a six-game losing streak. *San Francisco's Tully Banta-Cain recovered a fumble by Arizona quarterback Kurt Warner in the end zone to give the 49ers a 37-31 overtime victory over the Arizona Cardinals. Neil Rackers had kicked a 19-yard field goal for Arizona as regular time expired to tie the score. *Robbie Gould's 39-yard field goal in overtime lifted the Chicago Bears to a 37-34 home victory over the Denver Broncos. Chicago scored the final 17 points after Jay Cutler gave Denver a 34-20 fourth-quarter lead with his second TD pass of the game. *Chad Johnson caught three touchdown passes of 10, two and three yards from Carson Palmer to lead the Cincinnati Bengals to a 35-6 victory over the Tennessee Titans. *Jamal Lewis rushed for 134 yards and scored a touchdown while Derek Anderson threw two touchdown passes in the Cleveland Browns' 27-17 win over the Houston Texans. *Drew Brees passed for three touchdowns as the New Orleans Saints (5-6) handed the Carolina Panthers (4-7) their fifth straight home loss, a 31-6 defeat. *The Tampa Bay Buccaneers (7-4) used two interceptions and four fumble recoveries to hold off the Washington Redskins 19-13. Jason Campbell passed for 301 yards for Washington (5-6). *Fred Taylor rushed for 104 yards and scored a touchdown as the Jacksonville Jaguars (8-3) won their third straight game with a 36-14 victory over the Buffalo Bills (5-6). *The Seattle Seahawks (7-4) scored 17 consecutive points to hand the St. Louis Rams (2-9) a 24-19 home loss. Rams reserve quarterback Gus Frerotte fumbled at the Seattle one-yard line in the closing seconds. *Philip Rivers threw three touchdown passes, two of them to Antonio Gates, while LaDainian Tomlinson rushed for 77 yards to become the 23rd player to top 10,000 career yards as the San Diego Chargers (6-5) beat the Baltimore Ravens 32-14. (Writing by Gene Cherry in Salvo, North Carolina; editing by Miles Evans and Greg Stutchbury)
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