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The New Orleans Saints maintained their perfect start to the season with victory over the previously unbeaten New York Giants in week six of the NFL regular season.

The Kansas City Chiefs finally earned their first success of the season at the Washington Redskins, while Mark Sanchez had a day to forget as the New York Jets lost to divisional rivals the Buffalo Bills.

New York Giants 27-48 New Orleans Saints

Drew Brees torched the New York Giants as the New Orleans Saints won the battle between two unbeaten teams in the Superdome.

The Giants arrived with a 5-0 record and with the meanest defence in the NFL but ended up conceding 48 points to slip to their first defeat of the year.

Quarterback Brees threw for 369 yards and four touchdowns - including his 100th for the Saints. At one stage he completed 15 straight passes as the hosts built up a 34-17 lead by half time.

Wide receiver Marques Colston was the leading receiver, finishing with 166 yards on eight receptions. Mike Bell and Reggie Bush also scored on the ground as seven different New Orleans players reached the end zone.

Baltimore Ravens 31-33 Minnesota Vikings

Brett Favre's Vikings remain perfect, though only just after Baltimore missed a chance to end Minnesota's unbeaten record right at the death.

After Ryan Longwell's fourth field goal had given the Vikings the lead in the final two minutes, the Ravens marched down the field only to see Steve Hauschka miss a 44-yard kick as time expired that would have won the game.

Defeat was tough on Baltimore, who had battled back from 27-10 down thanks to a pair of touchdown throws by Joe Flacco and a 33-yard run into the end zone by Ray Rice, his second touchdown of the contest.

Favre threw two scoring passes to tight end Visanthe Shiancoe while also hitting Bernard Berrian in the end zone, the receiver's touchdown giving Minnesota an early 14-0 lead. In the end, though, they were forced to ride their luck to go to 6-0.

Houston Texans 28-17 Cincinnati Bengals

The Texans put paid to the Bengals' four-game winning streak as Matt Schaub starred in Houston's 28-17 road win.

The quarterback completed 28 of 40 passes for 392 yards whilst throwing four touchdowns, tight end Owen Daniels catching two of them.

Cedric Benson scored on a 10-yard run for the Bengals who then added 10 points in the final two minutes of the first half, including an eight-yarder from Carson Palmer to Laveranues Coles.

However, trailing 17-14 at the break, Houston's defence shut them out in the second half. Schaub tossed scoring passes to Jacoby Jones and Daniels to move his team to a 3-3 record.

Kansas City Chiefs 14-6 Washington Redskins

Ryan Succop kicked the Kansas City Chiefs to their first win of the season - and also possibly booted Washington Redskins head coach Jim Zorn out of a job.

The Chiefs needed four field goals from Succop - the final pick in this year's entry draft - and a safety in the fourth quarter to come out on top in a game that failed to see either side muster a touchdown.

Not even benching starting quarterback Jason Campbell in favour of veteran Todd Collins could get their offence going as the pair managed just 147 yards passing between them.

Washington did far better on the ground, Clinton Portis producing 109 yards on 15 carries, but the loss, their fourth of the year already, will leave Zorn fearing for his future.

Cleveland Browns 14-27 Pittsburgh Steelers

Ben Roethlisberger threw for 417 yards as Pittsburgh recorded their 12th successive victory over the Cleveland Browns.

The Steelers, who suffered back-to-back defeats in September, moved to 4-2 with a 27-14 triumph over their divisional rivals, who mustered just 197 yards of offence.

Roethlisberger threw touchdown passes to tight end Heath Miller and wide receiver Hines Ward, who had eight catches for 159 yards. Santonio Holmes also managed over 100 yards receiving for the reigning Super Bowl champions.

The only real highlight of a fifth defeat for the Browns was a 98-yard kick-off return to the end zone by Joshua Cribbs. Quarterback Derek Anderson completed just nine of 24 passes for 122 yards, throwing one touchdown whilst also being picked off once.

Detroit Lions 0-26 Green Bay Packers

The Green Bay Packers shut out the Detroit Lions off the back of the efforts of Aaron Rodgers and Mason Crosby to improve to 3-2 for the season.

Quarterback Rodgers threw for 358 yards and two touchdowns - to James Jones and John Kuhn - despite being sacked five times by the Lions. He also provided Donald Driver with the catch that made him the franchise's all-time leader in receptions.

But after finding the end zone twice in the first quarter the Packers were forced to rely on Crosby to provide the rest of their points, the kicker nailing four field goals, the furthest from 46 yards.

The Lions failed to muster any points despite using two quarterbacks, both Drew Stanton and Daunte Culpepper getting snaps with little success in the absence of starter Matthew Stafford.

St Louis Rams 20-23 Jacksonville Jaguars

Josh Scobee's 36-yard field goal gave the Jacksonville Jaguars a 23-20 overtime victory against the struggling St Louis Rams.

Maurice Jones-Drew rushed for 133 yards and three touchdowns for the Jaguars but St Louis proved difficult to shake off with quarterback Marc Bulger, preferred to Kyle Boller, throwing an early touchdown to Donnie Avery before Leonard Little took an interception all the way back.

St Louis kicker Josh Brown landed his second field goal of the contest from 27 yards as the clock ran out to level the game at 20-20 but opposite number Scobee was on target from the first possession of overtime to ensure the Rams slip to 0-6.

Carolina Panthers 28-21 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Raheem Morris is still looking for his first victory as a head coach after The Tampa Bay Buccaneers went down 28-21 at home to the Carolina Panthers.

The Buccaneers had no answer to Panthers running back DeAngelo Williams, who barged his way to 152 rushing yards and two touchdowns.

Tampa Bay tied the game at 21-21 early in the final quarter when Tanard Jackson returned an interception 26 yards for a touchdown, having also scored via Sammie Stroughter's 97-yard kick-off return near the end of the third quarter.

But Williams crossed from one yard to cap a 16-play, 80-yard drive that settled matters in Carolina's favour with less than 30 seconds remaining on the clock.

Tennessee Titans 0-59 New England Patriots

Tom Brady enjoyed a record breaking day as the New England Patriots crushed the winless Tennessee Titans 59-0 in the snow at Gillette Stadium.

Brady threw five of his six touchdown passes in the second quarter - a NFL record for a single quarter - to help the Patriots build a 45-0 half-time lead, which was also a new benchmark.

His milestone second quarter included touchdown passes to Randy Moss of 40 and 28 yards, to Kevin Faulk of 38 yards, and to Wes Welker of 30 and five yards.

The Patriots cooled off slightly in the second half although Moss completed his hat-trick with a nine-yard grab and Brian Hoyer went in on the ground from a yard to complete the rout.

The final margin equalled the biggest since the NFL merged with the American Football League in 1970 - in 1976, the Los Angeles Rams blanked Atlanta 59-0.

Tennessee running back Chris Johnson managed 128 yards on 17 carries but the passing game was anaemic with quarterback Kerry Collins completing just two of seven passes for minus seven yards. The Titans have now slipped to 0-6 on the season following a loss that head coach Jeff Fisher admitted left him "disappointed and embarrassed".

Buffalo Bills 16-13 New York Jets

The Buffalo Bills took advantage of a horror show from New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez to claim a 16-13 overtime success at the Meadowlands.

Rookie Sanchez was picked off five times to ensure Thomas Jones' 210-yard effort on the ground went in vain for the Jets, who have now lost three in a row to slip back to 3-3.

The Bills did just enough to claim their second win of the campaign despite losing quarterback Trent Edwards to concussion following a hit in the second quarter.

Edwards was replaced by Harvard graduate Ryan Fitzpatrick and he came through a tough examination by leading a second-half rally that saw Buffalo overturn a 13-3 deficit against their AFC East rivals.

Rian Lindell's 25-yard field goal was followed by a 27-yard touchdown strike from Fitzpatrick to Lee Evans to level the score.

The Jets missed the chance to regain the lead when holder Steve Weatherford failed to handle the snap with Jay Feely lined-up to attempt a 50-yard field goal.

Lindell missed the chance to seal victory for the Bills in regulation when his 46-yard field goal attempt sailed wide right but he atoned for that error in overtime by landing a 47 yarder after Buffalo's defence had gained possession for their side by picking off Sanchez for the fifth time.

Philadelphia Eagles 9-13 Oakland Raiders

A superb defensive effort allowed the Oakland Raiders to claim the scalp of the Philadelphia Eagles.

The Eagles' pass-oriented offence was limited to just three David Akers field goals as the Raiders regularly dropped both safeties into coverage to suffocate Donovan McNabb's passing options.

Philadelphia's refusal to switch to the running game - Brian Westbrook and LeSean McCoy combined for just 11 carries - was costly with Oakland generating just enough offence of their own to edge a tight contest.

Tight end Zach Miller scored on a 86-yard pass from JaMarcus Russell for the game's only touchdown in opening quarter and, supplemented by a pair of Sebastian Janikowski field goals, it proved sufficient for the hosts.

Arizona Cardinals 27-3 Seattle Seahawks

The Arizona Cardinals reignited their NFC title defence with a comprehensive victory at the Seattle Seahawks.

Kurt Warner threw for 276 yards and two touchdowns as the Cardinals improved their record to 3-2.

Equally impressive was their defensive display at Qwest Field as Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck, who completed just 10 of 29 passes for 112 yards, came under regular pressure.

Chicago Bears 14-21 Atlanta Falcons

In Sunday's late game, the Atlanta Falcons edged out the Chicago Bears 21-14 to improve to 4-1.

Bears quarterback Jay Cutler had 300 passing yards and two touchdowns but was given little help by his side's running game, Matt Forte being limited to 23 yards on 15 attempts.

Cutler's opposite number Matt Ryan also threw a couple of touchdowns but it was Falcons running back Michael Turner's short-range touchdown with just over three minutes remaining that sealed the result.