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Green Bay hands Texans first loss

| October 15, 2012 9:00 PM

Aaron Rodgers set a career high and tied a franchise record with six touchdown passes, three to Jordy Nelson, and the visiting Green Bay routed the previously unbeaten Houston Texans 42-24 on Sunday night.

James Jones caught two touchdown passes for the Packers (3-3). Tom Crabtree had the other one, a 48-yarder that Rodgers threw just before taking a hit from Houston linebacker Brooks Reed.

Rodgers completed 24 of 37 passes for 338 yards. He tied Matt Flynn's game record for TD passes, set in last year's regular-season finale against Detroit.

The Texans (5-1) came in with the league's third-ranked defense. Arian Foster scored two touchdowns for Houston.

Lions 26, Eagles 23: Jason Hanson kicked a 45-yard field goal in overtime and visiting Detroit (2-3) rallied from a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat Philadelphia (3-3).

Held in check most of the game, Matthew Stafford led Detroit to 17 points in the fourth quarter. He threw a TD pass and ran for a score.

Detroit had two shots from the Eagles 1 after a pass interference penalty on Colt Anderson with 13 seconds left in regulation. But Stafford misfired on both passes and Hanson kicked a 19-yard field goal to send it to overtime.

Redskins 38, Vikings 26: At Landover, Md., Robert Griffin III ran for 138 yards and two touchdowns, including a 76-yard scamper with 2:43 to play, and Washington (3-3) snapped an eight-game home losing streak by beating Minnesota (4-2).

One week after he left the game early with his first NFL concussion, Griffin also completed 17 of 22 passes for 182 yards with one touchdown and one interception.

The Redskins feasted on a Minnesota team that had not allowed more than 23 points in a game this season. Minnesota's three-game winning streak ended.

Falcons 23, Raiders 20: Matt Bryant kicked his second game-winning field goal in three weeks, a 55-yarder with 1 second remaining to lift host Atlanta (6-0) past Oakland (1-4).

Overcoming Matt Ryan's three interceptions, the Falcons extended the best start in franchise history. But it wasn't easy against the pesky Raiders.

Bills 19, Cardinals 16, OT: At Glendale, Ariz., Jairus Byrd's second interception of the game set up Rian Lindell's 25-yard field goal 3:50 into overtime and Buffalo (3-3) beat Arizona (4-2).

Giants 26, 49ers 3: Antrel Rolle intercepted two passes by Alex Smith, and Prince Amukamara picked off another to lead New York (4-2) at San Francisco (4-2) in a rematch of last season's NFC championship game.

Ravens 31, Cowboys 29: Jacoby Jones tied an NFL record with a 108-yard kickoff return and host Baltimore (5-1) won its 14th straight regular-season home game in beating Dallas (2-3).

Buccaneers 38, Chiefs 10: Josh Freeman threw for 328 yards and three touchdowns and Ronde Barber scored on a 78-yard interception return to lead host Tampa Bay (2-3) past Kansas City (1-5).

Browns 34, Bengals 24: Rookie Brandon Weeden threw two touchdown passes and host Cleveland (1-5) snapped an 11-game losing streak that dated to last season by beating Cincinnati (3-3).

Jets 35, Colts 9: At East Rutherford, N.J., Shonn Greene ran for a career-high 161 yards and three touchdowns, Mark Sanchez was efficient and Tim Tebow made a few big plays to help New York (3-3) beat Indianapolis (2-3).

Dolphins 17, Rams 14: Ryan Tannehill threw two touchdown passes and host Miami (3-3) withstood a late rally to beat St. Louis (3-3).