Monday?s 6-pack
College hoop scores from Sunday:
? Houston 64, Texas Tech 53
? Rhode Island 84, San Francisco 71
? Baylor 86, Washington 52- Bears are really good.
? Michigan 81, Oakland 71 OT? Close call for Wolverines.
? South Carolina 69, Tulsa 58
? Virginia Tech 76, South Florida 58
Americans who have died from COVID-19: 266,099
PLEASE wear a mask when you go out.
Quote of the Day
I was disappointed on several levels that our quarterbacks put us in that position, that our quarterbacks put the league in that position. We count on them to be the leaders of our team, the leaders of our offense, and those guys made a mistake.?
Denver coach Vic Fangio
Monday?s quiz
Which current college coach was the Eagles? head coach before Doug Pederson?
Sunday?s quiz
Brad Johnson was QB for the Tampa Bay Bucs when they won their only Super Bowl title.
Saturday?s quiz
Michigan-Minnesota play every year, for the Little Brown Jug
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Monday?s Den: Wrapping up an NFL Sunday
New England 20, Cardinals 17
? Cardinals tied game on an 80-yard drive, with 8:02 left.
? Arizona was stuffed on 1-yard line trying to score TD on last play of first half.
? Total yardage in game: Arizona 298, New England 179.
? Cardinals? longest play of day was only 19 yards.
? New England won three of its last four games.
? Folk kicked a 55-yard FG at the gun for the win.
? Newton was 9-18/94 passing, ran for 46 more yards.
? New England trailed at halftime in seven of its last eight games.
Minnesota 28, Panthers 27
? Rookie LB Jeremy China scored defensive TD?s 0:10 apart in 3rd quarter, first time since 1948 a player scored two defensive TD?s in same game.
? Carolina lost six of its last seven games; they missed a 54-yard FG wide left on last play.
? Panthers? last three road losses were by a combined six points.
? Carolina is 0-8 when they allow 23+ points, 4-0 when they allow 21 or fewer.
? Vikings won four of five games since their bye week.
? Minnesota trailed 21-10 after third quarter.
? Three drives in 4th quarter: Vikings ran 30 plays for 222 yards, scored 18 points.
? Beebe caught game-winning 10-yard TD pass with 0:46 left.
Browns 27, Jacksonville 25
? Browns scored 6-7-6 points in their losses, averaged 30.8 ppg in wins
? Cleveland is 1-6 ATS in its last seven games as a road favorite.
? Chubb ran for 144 yards and a TD; Mayfield threw for 258 yards.
? Right now, Browns would be #5 seed in AFC.
? Jacksonville scored TD with 2:14 left to make it 27-25, but failed on 2-point play.
? Glennon was 20-35/235 passing in his first start since 2017.
? Jaguars lost last ten games (3-7 ATS) overall.
? Total yardage: Browns 459, Jaguars 375
Titans 45, Indianapolis 26
? Tennessee had ball six times in first half, scored five TD?s, led 35-14.
? Henry ran for 178 yards, 6.6 yards/carry.
? Over is 7-2-1 in Titans? last ten games.
? Titans are 9-6 ATS in last 15 games as a road underdog.
? Colts are 6-0 when they score 28+ points. 1-4 when they do not.
? Indy lost field position by 16 yards, ran ball for only 56 yards.
? Tennessee won its third straight visit to Indianapolis.
? Six of their last seven games went over the total.
Atlanta 46, Raiders 3
? Falcons won four of last six games, after an 0-5 start.
? Atlanta wasn?t great on offense, kicking five FG?s, with only three TD?s.
? Falcon opponents converted only 22 of last 69 third down plays.
?Las Vegas turned ball over five times, had 11 penalties for 141 yards.
? Raiders are 2-4-1 ATS in last seven games as road favorites.
? Raiders went 3/out on 7 of their 13 drives.
NJ Giants 19, Cincinnati 17
? Giants won their last three games, sit atop NFC East.
? Six of Giants? last seven games were decided by 3 or fewer points.
? Under is 4-1-1 in their last six games.
? This was Giants? first win in seven visits to Cincinnati.
? Cincinnati scored with 2:33 left for the backdoor cover.
? Wilson ran a kick back 103 yards for the Bengals? first TD.
? Bengals lost last three games by a combined 75-34.
? Cincy is 4-0-1 ATS at home this year.
Buffalo 27, LA Chargers 17
? Chargers lost eight of their last ten games.
? Bolts are 1-5 SU on road, losing by 7-3-1-8-10 points.
? Chargers are 2-5-2 ATS in last nine games as a road underdog.
? In their last eight games, Chargers gave up 30.3 ppg.
? Buffalo won four of its last five games, scoring 28.6 ppg.
? Bills ran ball for 172 yards, averaging 5.7 yards/carry.
? Buffalo ran 58 plays, only nine of them on 3rd down.
? Bills maintain a one-game lead over Miami in AFC East.
Dolphins 20, NJ Jets 3
? Dolphins won/covered six of their last seven games.
? Miami allowed 17 or fewer points in five of seven wins; 21-31-31-20 in losses.
? Miami won four of six road games, losing 21-11 in Foxboro, 20-13 in Denver.
? Fitzpatrick regained starting job, threw for 257 yards, two TD?s.
? Winless Jets are 3-8 ATS, losing home games by 8-9-20-8-3-17 points.
? Jets have been outscored 66-29 in 2nd half of their last six games.
? Gang Green was outscored 44-3 in two games vs Miami this year.
? Jets in second half: 6 drives, 21 plays, 60 yards, no points.
Saints 31, Denver 3
? Denver?s QB?s didn?t follow COVID protocol; the league sent Denver (and the rest of the NFL) a message and made them play a game with no quarterback.
? Practice squad WR Kendall Hinton played QB at Wake Forest for a while; they threw him to the wolves here- it didn?t go well.
? New Orleans won its last eight games, covered last four.
? Saints are 14-5 ATS in their last 19 games as a road favorite.
Not much else to say about this game, the league made it clear that teams need to follow the COVID rules.
49ers 23, LA Rams 20
? 49ers kicked 42-yard FG at the gun for the win.
? WR Samuel caught 11 passes for 133 yards, both career highs.
? 49ers are 14-10 ATS in last 24 games as a road underdog.
? SF won the last four games in this divisional rivalry.
? Rams turned ball over four times on their first eight drives.
? LA has outscored opponents 133-61 in second half of games.
? Seven of LA?s last eight games stayed under the total.
? Rookie RB Henry ran ball for 84 yards on only nine carries.
Chiefs 27, Tampa Bay 24
? Mahomes threw for 462 yards, three TD?s.
? Tyreek Hill had seven catches for 203 yards and two TD?s, just in first quarter
? Chiefs won their last six games, last three by total of nine points.
? Kansas City won all six road games this year.
? Tampa Bay is 7-0 when it scores 25+ points, 0-5 when it scores less.
? Last five games, Bucs were outscored 99-46 in first half.
? Tampa Bay split its six home games this season.
? Brady threw for 345 yards, three TD?s in a losing cause.
Richmond 76, Kentucky 64
? Veteran Spider squad forced 21 turnovers (+11).
? Richmond starts four seniors, Kentucky starts four freshmen.
