Jacksonville Edges Chicago Bears, 17-16

BY ESPN

Blake Bortles threw for 271 yards and hit a slipping Arrelious Benn for a 51-yard touchdown in the closing minutes, lifting the Jacksonville Jaguars to a 17-16 victory over the Chicago Bears on Sunday.

The Jaguars (2-3) wiped out a 13-0 deficit in the fourth quarter in a matchup of last-place teams. And the go-ahead touchdown might have been helped by the oft-criticized turf at Soldier Field.

Benn slipped as he caught a slant and so did Tracy Porter as he tried to tag the receiver. That allowed Benn, who spent the past three seasons on injured reserve, to get up and run untouched for his first touchdown in five seasons.

That gave the Jaguars a one-point lead with 2:49 left and sent the Bears (1-5) to another loss after they dropped the previous game to Indianapolis on a late TD pass by Andrew Luck. Chicago came up short despite racking up 389 yards.

The Bears' Brian Hoyer threw for 302 yards -- his fourth straight 300-yard game filling in for the injured Jay Cutler (sprained right thumb).

Cameron Meredith had 11 catches for 113 yards. Alshon Jeffery added 93 yards receiving.

Willie Young had two sacks for Chicago. Porter intercepted Bortles in the end zone early on, but Chicago fell to 2-9 at home in two seasons under coach John Fox.

Bortles completed 20 of 33 passes with a touchdown and interception. Allen Hurns added 74 yards receiving, and Chris Ivory ran for a TD for Jacksonville.

Houston 26, Indianapolis 23 (OT)

After three lackluster quarters by the Houston Texans on Sunday night, a good chunk of the home crowd headed out early. Tough luck for them.

Nick Novak made a 33-yard field goal in overtime to give Houston a 26-23 victory over the Indianapolis Colts. Houston became the first NFL team to rally from a 14-point deficit in the final 3 minutes since the Tim Tebow-led Broncos did it in 2011 against the Dolphins.

Brock Osweiler threw a 36-yard pass to Jaelen Strong to get Houston to the 12 and Novak's field goal came two plays later.

"I think a lot of fans tonight missed a terrific performance in the third, fourth quarter by a team," Osweiler said. "Nothing was perfect early on, I understand why fans were frustrated but I hope they learned tonight that this team is never going to quit fighting."

Indianapolis (2-4) got the ball first in overtime, but Benardrick McKinney sacked Andrew Luck on third down to force a punt.

Osweiler shook off a tough start to throw two touchdown passes in less than 2 minutes in the fourth quarter as Houston (4-2) tied it at 23 with 54 seconds left. He found Lamar Miller on a 10-yard catch-and-run TD with 2:47 remaining and, after a stop by the defense, connected with C.J. Fiedorowicz on a 26-yarder that tied it.

"When you have them down and have a 14-point lead late in the fourth quarter, you've got to be able to close games out," Colts coach Chuck Pagano said. "We did not do that today."

Houston's defense forced a punt by Indianapolis to send it to OT.

"Everybody stood together and everybody did their job and made plays and (was) trying to get the ball back to the offense," Jadeveon Clowney said.

Luck had a 22-yard touchdown throw in the first quarter and pushed the lead to 20-9 when he dashed into the end zone untouched on a 14-yard run early in the fourth.

Miller scored his first touchdown as a Texan on a 1-yard run on Houston's first drive of the second half, but the extra point failed to leave the Texans down 13-9.

The Texans stopped the Colts on fourth down after that, but Osweiler's pass was intercepted two plays later. Luck's TD run came on the next drive.

The Colts led 13-0 in the second quarter after two field goals by Adam Vinatieri and a touchdown catch by Jack Doyle. Osweiler and Houston's offense struggled to get going early and Osweiler had negative-9 yards passing in the first quarter. The Texans cut it to 13-3 before halftime on Novak's 27-yard field goal.

Sunday, October 16 Scoreboard

Buffalo 45, San Francisco 16

Washington 27, Philadelphia 20

Tennessee 28, Cleveland 26

New York Giants 27, Baltimore 23

New Orleans 41, Carolina 38

Jacksonville 17, Chicago 16

Detroit 31, Los Angeles 28

Miami 30, Pittsburgh 15

New England 35, CIncinnati 17

Kansas City 26, Oakland 10

Seattle 26, Atlanta 24

Dallas 30, Green Bay 16

Houston 26, Indianapolis 23 (OT)

Monday, October 17 Schedule (Time Central)

New York Jets at Arizona, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, October 20 Schedule (Time Central)

Chicago at Green Bay, 7:25 p.m.

Sunday, October 23 Schedule (All Times Central)

New York Giants at Los Angeles, 8:30 a.m.

New Orleans at Kansas City, noon

Indianapolis at Tennessee, noon

Minnesota at Philadelphia, noon

Cleveland at Cincinnati, noon

Washington at Detroit, noon

Oakland at Jacksonville, noon

Buffalo at Miami, noon

Baltimore at New York Jets, noon

Tampa Bay at San Francisco 3:05 p.m.

San Diego at Atlanta, 3:05 p.m.

New England at Pittsburgh,3 :235 p.m.

Seattle at Arizona, 7:30 p.m.