BRYCE YOUNG threw for three touchdowns, Rico Dowdle rushed for 183 yards and caught a touchdown pass against his former team and the Carolina Panthers beat the Dallas Cowboys 30-27 with a field goal on the final play Sunday afternoon in Charlotte.
Ryan Fitzgerald’s 33-yard kick for his third field goal of the game gave the Panthers (3-3) their second consecutive victory. They held the ball for 15 plays on the game’s last possession.
Young threw two touchdown passes to Tetairoa McMillan and another to Dowdle. He completed 17 of 25 passes for 199 yards and an interception. Dowdle, in his first season with Carolina after four years with the Cowboys, carried the ball 30 times and made four receptions for a team-high 56 receiving yards.
Dowdle finished with 239 scrimmage yards. He is the first player in Panthers history to top 200 in consecutive games.
Fitzgerald kicked first-half field goals of 31 and 55 yards.
Dak Prescott threw for three touchdowns and 261 yards on 25-for-34 passing for the Cowboys (2-3-1), who had only 31 rushing yards.
The Cowboys tied the score at 27 on Brandon Aubrey’s 28-yard field goal with 9:20 remaining. Following punts by both teams, the Panthers gained possession at their own 17-yard line with 6:07 remaining. They converted on a fourth-and-4 play from the Dallas 40 on the final play before the two-minute warning on the way to setting up the winning field goal.
The Panthers went ahead when they drove 80 yards in the third quarter, with Young’s 36-yard pass to Dowdle finishing the four-play series.
Dallas was back ahead 24-20 by the end of the third quarter on Prescott’s 34-yard pass to George Pickens. Carolina regained the lead when Young’s 2-yard pass to McMillan completed a 10-play drive.
Dallas led 17-13 at halftime, largely because of Donovan Wilson’s interception and an ensuing penalty, setting up the Cowboys at the Carolina 12-yard line. Prescott passed 3 yards to Hunter Luepke on fourth down for the points.
Young threw 19 yards to McMillan for Carolina’s first touchdown. That was countered by the Cowboys using 13 plays on a march that ended with Prescott’s 19-yard TD pass to Jake Ferguson.
KC CHIEFS IMPROVE TO .500
Patrick Mahomes passed for 257 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another score as host Kansas City snapped Detroit’s four-game winning streak with a 30-17 win on Sunday night.
Hollywood Brown caught four passes for 45 yards and two touchdowns. Tight end Travis Kelce had six receptions for 78 yards for the Chiefs (3-3).
Jared Goff passed for 203 yards and two touchdowns for the Lions (4-2).
Detroit wide receiver Jameson Williams caught six passes for 66 yards and a touchdown, while tight end Sam LaPorta contributed five receptions for 55 yards and a touchdown. Jahmyr Gibbs gained 65 yards on 17 carries.
Kansas City held a 13-10 halftime advantage.
The Lions got a little too fancy after a long opening drive. On fourth-and-goal from the 1, running back David Montgomery threw an apparent touchdown pass to Goff. The officials called an illegal motion penalty to wipe it out. Detroit settled for Jake Bates’ 28-yard field goal. — Reuters
