Frerotte steers Redskins home
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Your support makes all the difference.Gus Frerotte threw for 280 yards and two touchdowns and Henry Ellard caught eight passes to lift the Washington Redskins to their fifth straight win, 27-22 over the New England Patriots in Foxboro, Massachusetts.
Frerotte drew praise from the Skins head coach, Norv Turner. "He's matured. You get a chance to play and you're going to get better. He's had great presence in the pocket for a long time."
Mike Tomczak's 32-yard touchdown pass to Kordell Stewart snapped a third- quarter tie and Jerome Bettis eclipsed 100 yards rushing for the fifth straight game in the Pittsburgh Steelers' 20-10 home victory over the Cincinnati Bengals.
In Indianapolis, Marshall Faulk and line-backer Jeff Herrod scored touchdowns two minutes apart in the second half to take the Colts back to the top of the AFC East table with a 26-21 win over the Baltimore Ravens.
Miami's Terrell Buckley snuffed a last-gasp drive by returning an interception 91 yards for a touchdown with 47 seconds remaining to defeat the Buffalo Bills, 21-7.
The Dolphins had seven sacks and four turnovers despite starting four rookies on defence in Buffalo. Karim Abdul-Jabbar and Irving Spikes scored on short touchdown runs for Miami, which snapped an eight-game losing streak without Dan Marino as their starting quarterback. Marino's substitute, Craig Erickson, threw 192 yards.
In Jacksonville, Nick Lowery joined the record books on a day his woeful New York Jets lost an 11-point lead and fell to no wins from seven games after a 21-17 loss to the Jaguars. Lowery's 20-yard field goal in the fourth quarter was the 374th in his career, moving him past Jan Stenerud as the NFL's all-time leader.
Emmitt Smith ran for 112 yards and two touchdowns, including the 100th rushing TD of his career, as the Dallas Cowboys welcomed back their wide- receiver Michael Irvin with a 17-3 home victory over the Arizona Cardinals. Irvin, back after missing five games for violating the NFL's drug-abuse policy, caught five passes for 51 yards.
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