NFL Late Games week 5

There are only three late games this afternoon, the first of which is...

The San Francisco 49ers hosting the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. San Francisco struck first with Alex Smith passing to Delanie Walker, good for 26 yards and a touchdown, with David Akers making the extra point. Tampa Bay replied with a 24 yard Connor Barth field goal. The 49ers dug in with a defensive touchdown, as Josh Freeman was picked off by Carlos Rogers for 31 yards and a TD, and Akers added the PAT. San Francisco applied a little more pain with Frank Gore running two yards for the touchdown, and Akers kicking another extra point. Akers also kicked a 37 yard field goal. The 49ers hold a 24-3 lead at the half. The 49ers added on in the third quarter as Smith found Vernon Davis for a 23 yard touchdown, with Akers finishing it up on the extra point. Akers kept it up with a field goal of 27 yards. San Francisco added a little more with Smith and Davis meeting again for a 14 yard touchdown reception, and another Akers extra point. the 49ers refused to have mercy, as Anthony Dixon also found the end zone, and Akers added another extra point. The game ended with San Francisco up 48-3, improving them to 4-1 and knocking the Buccaneers to 3-2.

Next, the Denver Broncos play host to the San Diego Chargers. San Diego opened with a Nick Novak 24 yard field goal. Denver replied and took the lead on a Cassius Vaughn interception of Philip Rivers, taking it to the house 55 yards away. Matt Prater made the extra point. Novak helped get the Chargers within one on a field goal of 32 yards. Prater replied with a 35 yard field goal in the second quarter. Rivers took matters into his own hands to gain the lead, rushing 2 yards for a touchdown, which Novak capped off with an extra point, followed by a field goal of 28 yards to make it 16-10. Rivers added a touchdown pass of 42 yards to Malcom Floyd, and Novak's extra point made it 23-10 Chargers going into the locker rooms. After a silent third quarter, Novak blasted another field goal in, a 51 yard kick. The Broncos finally re-entered the game as well, getting a touchdown as Tim Tebow ran 12 yards to the end zone, and they converted the two-point attempt as Willis McGehee ran to score, making it 26-18. Denver put the pedal to the floor and got Tebow to throw 28 yards to Knowshon Moreno for another touchdown. The two point attempt from Tebow to Brandon Lloyd was failed. Novak gained some space with a 35 yard field goal. This would secure a 29-24 win for the Chargers, pushing them to 4-1 and moving Denver down to 1-4.

Lastly, the New England Patriots face bitter rivals, the New York Jets, at Foxboro, Massachusetts. New England opened the scoring on a BenJarvus Green-Ellis 3 yard touchdown rush, and a Stephen Gostkowski extra point. Gostkowski added on a 44 yard field goal in the second quarter. New York got on the board with a 3 yard touchdown run by Shonn Greene, and a Nick Folk extra point finished off the drive. The score was 10-7 Patriots at halftime. New England got back to work in the third quarter, as Tom Brady threw a 2 yard touchdown pass to Deion Branch, and Gostkowski made the PAT. The Jets replied as Mark Sanchez threw a 9 yard pass to Jeremy Kerley for a touchdown, and Folk had the extra point. Green-Ellis re-extended the lead with another 3 yard TD rush, and Gostkowksi again had the extra point. Gostkowski added a field goal of 24 yards for the Patriots in the fourth quarter. New York added some pressure as Sanchez and Santonio Holmes met for a 21 yard touchdown, and Folk made the extra point to put the score at 27-21. Gostkowski made it a two-possession game late with a 28 yard field goal. This was good enough for a 30-21 win, improving New England to 4-1, and knocking New York sub-.500 to 2-3.