BOSTON (Reuters) - The Miami Dolphins ended New England's
run of 21 successive regular season wins when Ronnie Brown
rushed for a team-record four touchdowns and threw for another
in a shock 38-13 victory over the Patriots on Sunday.
Brown scored on runs of two, 15, five and 62 yards and
threw a 19-yard touchdown pass for the Dolphins, who won for
only the second time in 22 games.
"Getting a win like this over a team of this caliber, I
think it just builds momentum and hopefully will carry over,"
Brown told reporters.
A spread offense in which the ball was often snapped
directly to Brown enabled the fourth-year running back to rush
for 113 yards.
"We tried to keep them off guard and show them a different
formation and get them thinking a little bit," Brown said.
"After the first time we ran it, I could see them running
around and they weren't used to it."
New England (2-1), playing for the second full game without
injured MVP quarterback Tom Brady, never led, trailing 28-6 in
the third quarter after Brown's scoring pass to Anthony Fasano.
"I'm not the best thrower in the world and I was thinking
'run, run, run,' but they did a good job of stopping the run,"
Brown said. "Fasano was open and I just had to pass him the
ball. I'm just glad it wasn't that far."
The Patriots' only touchdown came on a five-yard pass from
Brady's replacement Matt Cassel to Jabar Gaffney in the third
quarter. Stephen Gostkowski added two field goals.
"They did everything a lot better than we did," Patriots
coach Bill Belichick told reporters. "They outplayed us. They
out-coached us."
New England had not lost a regular season game since
December 2006.
* The Super Bowl champion New York Giants needed overtime
to improve to 3-0, beating the Cincinnati Bengals (0-3) 26-23
on John Carney's 22-yard field goal with eight minutes and 39
seconds to play in the extra period.
Shayne Graham's 21-yard field goal as time expired in
regulation had tied the score for the visiting Bengals.
* The Dallas Cowboys (3-0) also remained undefeated,
winning 27-16 at Green Bay (2-1) behind a pair of long
touchdown plays and Marion Barber's career-high 142 yards
rushing.
* Unbeaten Buffalo won their third consecutive game when
Rian Lindell kicked a 38-yard field goal as time expired for a
24-23 home victory over the Oakland Raiders (1-2).
Oakland led 23-14 with six minutes to go before Trent
Edwards's 14-yard touchdown pass to Roscoe Parrish and
Lindell's kick rallied the Bills.
* Cortland Finnegan's 99-yard interception return for a
touchdown sealed the Tennessee Titans (3-0) 31-12 home win over
the Houston Texans.
Tennessee's Kerry Collins threw for 189 yards and a
touchdown to become the 15th NFL quarterback to pass for 35,000
yards.
* The Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2-1) rallied to beat the
Chicago Bears 27-24 thanks to Matt Bryant's 21-yard overtime
field goal. Tampa Bay's Brian Griese passed for 407 yards and
two touchdowns against his former team.
* Josh Scobee's 51-yard field goal with four seconds to
play sent the Jacksonville Jaguars (1-2) to a 23-21 road
triumph over the Indianapolis Colts (1-2).
* The Denver Broncos (3-0) held on to beat the New Orleans
Saints (1-2) 34-32 behind Jay Cutler's two first-quarter
touchdown passes.
* Antoine Winfield's 19-yard TD fumble return and Gus
Frerotta's 34-yard scoring pass to Visanthe Shiancoe helped the
Minnesota Vikings (1-2) to their first win, a 20-10 home
victory over the previously unbeaten Carolina Panthers (2-1).
* The Washington Redskins beat the Arizona Cardinals 24-17
at home after Carlos Rogers's interception set up the winning
touchdown. Both teams are 2-1.
* The Atlanta Falcons handed the Kansas City Chiefs their
12th consecutive loss over two seasons, a 38-14 thrashing at
Atlanta. Michael Turner ran for three touchdowns for the
Falcons (2-1).
* Philadelphia's defense sacked Pittsburgh quarterbacks
nine times in the 15-6 home win by the Eagles (2-1) over the
Steelers (2-1).
* The Baltimore Ravens (2-0) scored twice in less than a
minute after interceptions en route to a 28-10 home win over
the Cleveland Browns (0-3).
* The San Francisco 49ers (2-1) cruised to a 31-13 victory
over the visiting Detroit Lions (0-3) behind Frank Gore's 130
yards rushing.
* T.J. Duckett scored twice and Julius Jones ran for 140
yards to lift the Seattle Seahawks (1-2) to a 37-13 home win
over the St Louis Rams (0-3).
(Writing by Gene Cherry in Raleigh, North Carolina; Editing
by John O'Brien)