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NFL: Nick Foles is seventh NFL quarterback to throw seven touchdown passes

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Philadelphia Eagles beat Oakland Raiders 49-20 as Nick Foles equals NFL record; Seattle’s biggest comeback gives Seahawks 27-24 overtime win over the Buccaneers. Nick Foles didn’t know he had etched his name in NFL history until after he came out of Philadelphia’s 49-20 win over the Raiders. That must have been because he was too busy shredding Oakland’s defense to keep up with his impressive statistics.

Foles equaled an NFL mark with seven touchdown passes and threw for 406 yards on Sunday to revitalize Philadelphia’s struggling offense.

“A couple people came up to me and said that I tied the record with seven touchdowns,” Foles said. “It’s a great honor. Hats off to our guys for doing a great job.”

The backup quarterback connected three times with Riley Cooper to become the seventh passer in NFL history with seven TD tosses in a game. Peyton Manning did it for Denver on opening night this season against Baltimore.

Foles also threw scoring passes to Brent Celek, Zach Ertz, LeSean McCoy and DeSean Jackson and the Eagles, with four wins from nine games, looked nothing like the offense that failed to score a touchdown in each of the past two weeks.

“Every defense the past couple of weeks has been stopping us,” McCoy said. “So today we were kind of feeling bottled up and we released everything. It’s tough when you’re not winning and you’re not putting points up.”

Among the other 10 NFL games on Sunday, the Seahawks produced the greatest comeback in the club’s history to beat the Buccaneers 27-24 in overtime, the Chiefs extended their winning stretch to nine games equaling a club record to open the season with a 23-13 result against the Bills, and Nick Folk maintained his 100 percent accuracy for the season with four field goals in the Jets’ 26-20 upset win over the New Orleans Saints.

In the night game, the Colts rallied from an 18-point deficit to win 27-24 after Texans coach Gary Kubiak collapsed leaving the field at half time and had to be taken by ambulance to hospital.

The Texans didn’t reveal what was wrong with Kubiak, but did say he didn’t have a heart attack. The team said the 52-year-old coach was conscious and was with his family as he was taken to the hospital.

Andrew Luck got off to a slow start before throwing three second-half touchdowns to T.Y. Hilton as the AFC South-leading Colts secured their sixth win in eight games. Case Keenum threw for 350 yards and three touchdowns in his second career start, but had trouble moving the offense after halftime as the Texans, up 21-3 when Kubiak collapsed, lost their sixth straight game.

At Oakland, Foles completed 22 of 28 passes as he frequently exploited mismatches and blown coverages, starting with a 42-yard quick pass to Cooper on the opening drive when the Raiders had two defenders trying to match up with three receivers.

McCoy took a short pass and ran 25 yards untouched for his score in the third quarter and Jackson raced past Mike Jenkins on his 46-yard touchdown later in the third.

Foles then tied the record with a 5-yard pass to Cooper with 4:28 remaining in the third quarter, matching the mark also held by Sid Luckman, Adrian Burk, George Blanda, Y.A. Tittle and Joe Kapp. Burk did it for the Eagles in 1954 against Washington.

With more than a quarter to go to break the record, Foles was unable to get the Eagles back into the end zone on the next two drives before being replaced by Matt Barkley.

“I know what the record is,” Kelly said. “But this isn’t about records, it’s about going out and getting a win. If I put Nick out there to try to get a record and he gets hurt, that’s being silly. Records are meant to broken when they’re supposed to be broken.”

That was about all Foles couldn’t do in his first game since being held to 80 yards on 29 passes before leaving with a concussion two weeks ago against Dallas.

Foles only got another shot this week because regular starter Michael Vick reinjured his hamstring in a loss to the New York Giants last week. But now, it will be tough to take out Foles, who has 13 touchdown passes and no interceptions this season.

“Everybody started acting like his career was over after that Dallas game but they forgot that he had played some good football before that,” center Jason Kelce said. “A lot of that criticism will probably be halted for at least one week.”

At Seattle, Steven Hauschka kicked a 27-yard field goal with 8:11 left in overtime as the Seahawks overcame a 21-point deficit to beat the Buccaneers.

Trailing 21-0, Russell Wilson rallied Seattle (8-1). He threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Doug Baldwin with 1:51 left in regulation to pull the Seahawks even. Wilson then led Seattle on a nine-play, 51-yard drive in overtime capped by Hauschka’s winner.

The Chiefs gave up a season-worst 470 yards to Buffalo, but had enough for a ninth straight win with Sean Smith returning an interception 100 yards for a touchdown and Tamba Hali scoring on an 11-yard fumble return. The Chiefs held an opponent to 17 points or fewer for the ninth straight time matching the NFL record set by the Atlanta Falcons in 1977.

The Browns had a 24-18 win over the Ravens their first over Baltimore since 2007 with Jason Campbell throwing three touchdown passes, and the Patriots beat the Steelers 55-31 with Tom Brady throwing for season highs of 432 yards and four touchdowns.

At Arlington, Tony Romo threw for 337 yards and two touchdowns, including the go-ahead score to Dwayne Harris with 35 seconds left, as the Cowboys beat the Vikings 27-23.

The Panthers recorded their fourth straight win with a 34-109 victory over the Falcons, Washington edged the Charges 30-24 in overtime with Darrel Young scoring three times, and the Titans had a 28-21 win over Jeff Fisher’s Rams.


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