Colts 27, Titans 10
NASHVILLE - Andrew Luck threw for 160 yards and two touchdowns before sitting out the second half, and Indianapolis finished off the regular season by beating Tennessee.
The Colts (11-5) outgained the Titans (2-14), 378-192, as the AFC South champs swept their division in a second straight season for the first time in franchise history.
Indianapolis 7 10 0 10 – 27
Tennessee 0 7 3 0 – 10
First quarter
Ind–Fleener 7 pass from Luck (Vinatieri kick), 2:54.
Second quarter
Ind–Doyle 1 pass from Luck (Vinatieri kick), 8:54.
Ten–Wright 6 pass from Whitehurst (Succop kick), 5:07.
Ind–FG Vinatieri 23, 2:55.
Third quarter
Ten–FG Succop 31, 4:01.
Fourth quarter
Ind–FG Vinatieri 26, 14:56.
Ind–Fleener 8 pass from Hasselbeck (Vinatieri kick), 3:16.
A: 69,143.
Ind Ten
First downs 16 9
Total Net Yards 378 192
Rushes-yards 30-64 24-142
Passing 314 50
Punt Returns 3-40 1-10
Kickoff Returns 3-130 5-140
Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0
Comp-Att-Int 23-35-0 13-31-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-1 4-29
Punts 5-40.6 7-54.7
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 4-1
Penalties-Yards 4-20 4-20
Time of Possession 33:26 26:34
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing: Indianapolis, Herron 10-35, Tipton 9-21, Richardson 6-11, Luck 1-5, Hasselbeck 4-(minus 8). Tennessee, Greene 11-94, Whitehurst 4-19, Sankey 4-18, Wright 1-10, L.Washington 2-2, Battle 1-0, Palmer 1-(minus 1).
Passing: Indianapolis, Luck 10-16-0-160, Hasselbeck 13-19-0-155. Tennessee, Whitehurst 12-28-0-72, Palmer 1-3-0-7.
Receiving: Indianapolis, Fleener 5-56, Doyle 4-21, Nicks 3-46, Herron 3-31, Moncrief 3-16, Wayne 2-91, Tipton 2-45, Richardson 1-9. Tennessee, Walker 7-43, Hagan 2-16, Andrews 2-11, Wright 2-9.
Missed Field Goals: Indianapolis, Vinatieri 46 (WL).
Texans 23, Jaguars 17
HOUSTON - J.J. Watt had three sacks and a safety, and Andre Johnson had 134 yards receiving and a touchdown to lead Houston (9-7) past Jacksonville (3-13).
The Texans had a shot at making the playoffs, but Baltimore beat Cleveland, 20-10, to claim the final AFC wild-card spot.
Watt made it 23-17 when he sacked Blake Bortles in the end zone for a safety, giving him 201/2 sacks for the season.
Jacksonville 10 0 7 0 – 17
Houston 7 7 0 9 – 23
First quarter
Hou–Foster 10 pass from Keenum (Bullock kick), 10:23.
Jax–FG Scobee 53, 6:02.
Jax–Gratz 55 interception return (Scobee kick), 2:55.
Second quarter
Hou–Blue 1 run (Bullock kick), 6:34.
Third quarter
Jax–Todman 23 pass from Shorts III (Scobee kick), 4:45.
Fourth quarter
Hou–A.Johnson 8 pass from Keenum (Bullock kick), 13:34.
Hou–Watt safety, 5:37.
A: 71,777.
Jax Hou
First downs 13 24
Total Net Yards 233 358
Rushes-yards 14-121 39-123
Passing 112 235
Punt Returns 1-16 2-12
Kickoff Returns 1-33 2-43
Interceptions Ret. 1-55 0-0
Comp-Att-Int 15-34-0 25-35-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 5-28 3-15
Punts 6-49.3 6-46.3
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-1
Penalties-Yards 4-25 6-55
Time of Possession 20:12 39:48
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing: Jacksonville, Bortles 3-61, Todman 7-52, Gerhart 4-8. Houston, Grimes 11-45, Blue 17-39, Foster 5-23, Keenum 6-16.
Passing: Jacksonville, Bortles 14-33-0-117, Shorts III 1-1-0-23. Houston, Keenum 25-35-1-250.
Receiving: Jacksonville, Shorts III 5-47, Todman 5-46, Hurns 2-15, Lee 2-8, Sanders 1-24. Houston, A.Johnson 10-134, Blue 6-37, D.Johnson 3-33, Grimes 2-23, Hopkins 2-5, Foster 1-10, Griffin 1-8.
Missed Field Goals: Jacksonville, Scobee 51 (WL).
Chiefs 19, Chargers 7
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas City beat San Diego to eliminate the Chargers from playoff contention, moments before they were eliminated themselves.
The Chiefs (9-7) needed Cleveland to beat Baltimore and Jacksonville to beat Houston, and neither of those outcomes transpired. San Diego (9-7) needed merely to beat Kansas City to reach the postseason.
Chiefs linebacker Justin Houston piled up four sacks to finish with 22 this season.
San Diego 0 7 0 0 – 7
Kansas City 3 13 3 0 – 19
First quarter
KC–FG Santos 43, 6:33.
Second quarter
KC–Kelce fumble recovery in end zone (Santos kick), 12:50.
SD–Oliver 1 run (Novak kick), 10:50.
KC–FG Santos 21, 3:58.
KC–FG Santos 27, :33.
Third quarter
KC–FG Santos 31, 8:24.
A: 73,952.
SD KC
First downs 21 15
Total Net Yards 361 251
Rushes-yards 25-112 26-111
Passing 249 140
Punt Returns 3-13 4-69
Kickoff Returns 4-79 2-55
Interceptions Ret. 0-0 2-0
Comp-Att-Int 20-34-2 16-27-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 7-42 4-17
Punts 5-42.0 5-51.2
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0
Penalties-Yards 10-67 7-46
Time of Possession 31:21 28:39
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing: San Diego, Oliver 14-71, D.Brown 10-39, Rivers 1-2. Kansas City, Charles 13-54, Davis 9-23, Thomas 1-18, Daniel 3-16.
Passing: San Diego, Rivers 20-34-2-291. Kansas City, Daniel 16-27-0-157.
Receiving: San Diego, Inman 5-79, Royal 4-95, Gates 4-67, Floyd 3-29, Oliver 2-4, Ajirotutu 1-9, D.Brown 1-8. Kansas City, Kelce 7-84, Bowe 3-30, Thomas 3-28, Charles 2-8, Avant 1-7.
Missed Field Goals: San Diego, Novak 52 (WL). Kansas City, Santos 50 (WL).
Vikings 13, Bears 9
MINNEAPOLIS - Teddy Bridgewater threw the go-ahead, 44-yard touchdown pass to Adam Thielen in the third quarter, guiding Minnesota (7-9) past Chicago (5-11) to put one more blemish on a forgettable year for the Bears.
Blair Walsh kicked two field goals, Audie Cole had 11 tackles in his first start of the season.
Jay Cutler returned from a one-game benching with 172 yards on 23-for-36 passing without a turnover.
Chicago 0 3 3 3 – 9
Minnesota 3 0 7 3 – 13
First quarter
Min–FG Walsh 37, 4:59.
Second quarter
Chi–FG Feely 48, :55.
Third quarter
Chi–FG Feely 25, 13:05.
Min–Thielen 44 pass from Bridgewater (Walsh kick), 10:53.
Fourth quarter
Min–FG Walsh 44, 11:29.
Chi–FG Feely 35, 8:53.
A: 52,364.
Chi Min
First downs 12 15
Total Net Yards 264 311
Rushes-yards 21-99 33-121
Passing 165 190
Punt Returns 1-0 1-31
Kickoff Returns 3-88 3-39
Interceptions Ret. 1-31 0-0
Comp-Att-Int 23-36-0 17-25-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-7 3-19
Punts 4-45.5 3-35.3
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 8-50 4-25
Time of Possession 31:33 28:27
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing: Chicago, Forte 17-51, Cutler 3-39, Morgan 1-9. Minnesota, Asiata 19-91, Banyard 6-20, Bridgewater 6-18, Felton 1-3, Charle.Johnson 1-(minus 11).
Passing: Chicago, Cutler 23-36-0-172. Minnesota, Bridgewater 17-25-1-209.
Receiving: Chicago, Bennett 8-59, Forte 8-23, Jeffery 2-34, Rosario 2-25, Wilson 2-18, Morgan 1-13. Minnesota, Thielen 3-68, Jennings 3-45, Ellison 3-23, Wright 3-23, Charle.Johnson 2-22, Asiata 2-17, Banyard 1-11.
Missed Field Goals: Chicago, Feely 43 (WR).
Ravens 20, Browns 10
BALTIMORE - Baltimore earned a wild-card berth, rallying to defeat Cleveland while getting the help it needed halfway across the country.
Down by 10-3 in the fourth quarter, the Ravens (10-6) kicked a field goal and then took the lead on a 16-yard touchdown pass from Joe Flacco to Torrey Smith with 7 minutes, 33 seconds left.
Flacco's 2-yard touchdown throw to Kamar Aiken with 3:44 remaining clinched it.
Baltimore needed to beat the Browns and have San Diego lose in Kansas City.
Cleveland 0 3 7 0 – 10
Baltimore 0 3 0 17 – 20
Second quarter
Bal–FG Tucker 25, 8:05.
Cle–FG Hartley 38, 2:32.
Third quarter
Cle–West 2 run (Hartley kick), 3:29.
Fourth quarter
Bal–FG Tucker 28, 10:37.
Bal–T.Smith 16 pass from Flacco (Tucker kick), 7:33.
Bal–Aiken 2 pass from Flacco (Tucker kick), 3:44.
A: 71,070.
Cle Bal
First downs 16 22
Total Net Yards 259 419
Rushes-yards 29-109 28-129
Passing 150 290
Punt Returns 1-15 1-0
Kickoff Returns 2-40 3-62
Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-0
Comp-Att-Int 14-28-1 22-36-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 4-27 1-22
Punts 7-43.9 6-46.5
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-0
Penalties-Yards 7-58 8-55
Time of Possession 30:43 29:17
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing: Cleveland, West 18-94, Shaw 7-9, Crowell 4-6. Baltimore, Forsett 17-119, Pierce 6-8, Flacco 3-1, Toussaint 2-1.
Passing: Cleveland, Shaw 14-28-1-177. Baltimore, Flacco 22-36-0-312.
Receiving: Cleveland, Hawkins 4-33, Gabriel 3-66, Cameron 3-41, West 2-12, Crowell 1-16, Benjamin 1-9. Baltimore, Smith Sr. 8-90, T.Smith 4-83, Daniels 2-46, Forsett 2-17, Aiken 2-13, Gillmore 1-22, M.Brown 1-17, Campanaro 1-17, Toussaint 1-7.
Missed Field Goals: None.
Jets 37, Dolphins 24
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. - New York won its season finale, which might not be enough to save coach Rex Ryan's job.
Embattled Geno Smith had his best game in a rocky season, throwing for a career-high 358 yards and three touchdowns to help Ryan and the Jets (4-12) beat Miami (8-8).
N.Y. Jets 7 7 10 13 – 37
Miami 3 14 7 0 – 24
First quarter
Mia–FG Sturgis 37, 6:13.
NYJ–Owusu 23 run (Folk kick), 3:11.
Second quarter
Mia–Dan.Thomas 1 run (Sturgis kick), 10:44.
NYJ–Ivory 8 pass from Smith (Folk kick), 6:44.
Mia–Clay 23 pass from Tannehill (Sturgis kick), :43.
Third quarter
Mia–Miller 97 run (Sturgis kick), 12:51.
NYJ–Decker 74 pass from Smith (Folk kick), 11:35.
NYJ–FG Folk 26, 6:35.
Fourth quarter
NYJ–FG Folk 23, 14:12.
NYJ–Cumberland 23 pass from Smith (Folk kick), 3:22.
NYJ–FG Folk 39, :31.
A: 70,220.
NYJ Mia
First downs 18 23
Total Net Yards 494 387
Rushes-yards 34-104 20-179
Passing 390 208
Punt Returns 4-41 0-0
Kickoff Returns 4-145 5-120
Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0
Comp-Att-Int 21-27-0 23-39-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-6 7-51
Punts 2-44.0 5-50.0
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1
Penalties-Yards 5-40 5-40
Time of Possession 31:16 28:44
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing: N.Y. Jets, Ivory 13-29, Owusu 1-23, C.Johnson 10-20, Smith 5-18, Kerley 2-11, Conner 2-3, B.Powell 1-0. Miami, Miller 19-178, Dan.Thomas 1-1.
Passing: N.Y. Jets, Smith 20-25-0-358, Quigley 1-1-0-38, Kerley 0-1-0-0. Miami, Tannehill 23-39-0-259.
Receiving: N.Y. Jets, Decker 10-221, Amaro 3-34, Sudfeld 2-44, Cumberland 2-23, Owusu 1-36, Kerley 1-33, Ivory 1-8, C.Johnson 1-(minus 3). Miami, Hartline 5-94, Landry 5-55, Clay 5-45, Gibson 3-27, Williams 2-22, Sims 2-15, Dan.Thomas 1-1.
Missed Field Goals: N.Y. Jets, Folk 45 (WL). Miami, Sturgis 53 (WR).
Bills 17, Patriots 9
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Kyle Orton threw for one touchdown, Anthony Dixon ran for another, and Buffalo (9-7) finished its first winning season in 10 years with a win over New England (12-4).
With the top seed in the AFC clinched, the Patriots used quarterback Tom Brady for only the first half and held out tight end Rob Gronkowski and five other starters. The victory snapped two streaks: Buffalo's 0-12 record at Gillette Stadium and New England's 35 straight home wins against AFC teams.
Buffalo 7 10 0 0 – 17
New England 3 3 3 0 – 9
First quarter
Buf–Woods 6 pass from Orton (Carpenter kick), 11:59.
NE–FG Gostkowski 24, 3:02.
Second quarter
Buf–Dixon 1 run (Carpenter kick), 10:38.
NE–FG Gostkowski 44, 5:07.
Buf–FG Carpenter 48, 2:14.
Third quarter
NE–FG Gostkowski 35, :37.
A: 68,756.
Buf NE
First downs 16 14
Total Net Yards 268 260
Rushes-yards 33-104 25-116
Passing 164 144
Punt Returns 3-22 3-28
Kickoff Returns 2-73 0-0
Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0
Comp-Att-Int 16-23-0 18-33-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-12 4-26
Punts 5-36.6 4-43.5
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0
Penalties-Yards 5-44 5-55
Time of Possession 29:03 30:57
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing: Buffalo, Jackson 18-58, Dixon 7-27, Spiller 5-17, Watkins 1-5, Orton 2-(minus 3). New England, Blount 10-62, Garoppolo 4-16, Bolden 5-15, LaFell 2-13, Brady 2-9, Vereen 2-1.
Passing: Buffalo, Orton 16-23-0-176. New England, Brady 8-16-0-80, Garoppolo 10-17-0-90.
Receiving: Buffalo, Woods 4-39, Watkins 3-57, Gray 3-25, Chandler 1-20, Smith 1-18, Dixon 1-8, Jackson 1-4, Hogan 1-3, Spiller 1-2. New England, LaFell 4-70, Tyms 4-39, Amendola 4-24, Vereen 3-14, J.White 2-8, Wright 1-15.
Missed Field Goals: None.
Saints 23, Buccaneers 20
TAMPA, Fla. - Drew Brees threw a 36-yard touchdown pass to Marques Colston with 1 minute, 57 seconds remaining, helping New Orleans (7-9) overcome a 13-point, second-half deficit to beat Tampa Bay (2-14), which clinched the top pick in the 2015 draft.
Brees shrugged off three interceptions to throw for 281 yards. His only TD pass gave the Saints their first lead, and Junior Galette sacked Josh McCown for a safety that provided the final margin of victory.
New Orleans 0 7 0 16 – 23
Tampa Bay 3 17 0 0 – 20
First quarter
TB–FG Murray 39, 6:03.
Second quarter
TB–Evans 6 pass from McCown (Murray kick), 11:25.
NO–K.Robinson 1 run (S.Graham kick), 5:45.
TB–Sims 8 run (Murray kick), 1:48.
TB–FG Murray 27, :06.
Fourth quarter
NO–Ingram 1 run (S.Graham kick), 14:02.
NO–Colston 36 pass from Brees (S.Graham kick), 1:57.
NO–Galette safety, 1:05.
A: 59,952.
NO TB
First downs 20 18
Total Net Yards 338 280
Rushes-yards 23-70 39-183
Passing 268 97
Punt Returns 1-3 3-34
Kickoff Returns 1-19 3-85
Interceptions Ret. 1-2 3-(-3)
Comp-Att-Int 24-38-3 14-23-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-13 3-18
Punts 3-52.0 4-40.8
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 2-15 4-23
Time of Possession 27:13 32:47
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing: New Orleans, Ingram 14-57, K.Robinson 7-15, Brees 2-(minus 2). Tampa Bay, Martin 19-108, Sims 18-69, McCown 2-6.
Passing: New Orleans, Brees 24-38-3-281. Tampa Bay, McCown 14-23-1-115.
Receiving: New Orleans, J.Graham 6-54, Stills 5-82, Colston 2-51, K.Robinson 2-22, Watson 2-18, Cadet 2-9, Ingram 2-4, Toon 1-24, Meachem 1-16, Brees 1-1. Tampa Bay, Evans 5-54, Myers 4-21, King 2-13, Jackson 1-11, Shepard 1-10, Sims 1-6.
Missed Field Goals: None.
Broncos 47, Raiders 14
DENVER - C.J. Anderson ran for three touchdowns as Denver (12-4) earned a first-round bye and the AFC's No. 2 seed with a rout of Oakland (3-13).
Peyton Manning guided the Broncos to at least a tie for the best record in the NFL for the third consecutive season. That's something he accomplished just twice in his 13 years in Indianapolis.
Oakland 7 0 7 0 – 14
Denver 10 10 10 17 – 47
First quarter
Den–FG Barth 49, 9:40.
Den–Anderson 11 run (Barth kick), 5:37.
Oak–McGill 18 fumble return (Janikowski kick), 3:42.
Second quarter
Den–Anderson 1 run (Barth kick), 13:08.
Den–FG Barth 36, :23.
Third quarter
Den–Anderson 25 run (Barth kick), 14:08.
Oak–Olawale 1 pass from Carr (Janikowski kick), 8:55.
Den–FG Barth 35, 5:38.
Fourth quarter
Den–FG Barth 21, 10:18.
Den–T.Carter 20 fumble return (Barth kick), 4:48.
Den–Green 1 pass from Osweiler (Barth kick), 1:56.
A: 76,929.
Oak Den
First downs 10 25
Total Net Yards 199 451
Rushes-yards 18-67 34-142
Passing 132 309
Punt Returns 2-23 5-37
Kickoff Returns 5-103 1-76
Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-5
Comp-Att-Int 18-36-1 23-39-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-26 1-3
Punts 9-46.4 3-46.3
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-1
Penalties-Yards 9-86 1-16
Time of Possession 26:59 33:01
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing: Oakland, Murray 10-37, McFadden 4-13, Reece 1-11, Carr 3-6. Denver, Anderson 13-87, Hillman 15-56, Stewart 4-5, Osweiler 1-(minus 1), Manning 1-(minus 5).
Passing: Oakland, Carr 18-36-1-158. Denver, Manning 21-37-0-273, Osweiler 2-2-0-39.
Receiving: Oakland, Murray 4-60, Reece 3-30, Rivera 2-26, J.Jones 2-17, Holmes 2-10, McFadden 2-6, Butler 1-6, Thompkins 1-2, Olawale 1-1. Denver, D.Thomas 8-115, Sanders 6-73, Green 3-46, Welker 2-42, Anderson 2-20, Latimer 1-14, Hillman 1-2.
Missed Field Goals: None.