Monday 27 October 2014 08:04, UK
The Arizona Cardinals continued their rich vein of form with a 24-20 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles at the University of Phoenix Stadium.
In a match-up between two of the top three teams in the NFC, the Cardinals prevailed after quarterback Carson Palmer found John Brown for a 75-yard touchdown pass late in the fourth quarter.
Arizona’s new record of 6-1 is currently the joint-best in the NFL, although the Dallas Cowboys have the chance to move ahead when they play the Washington Redskins on Monday night.
The Eagles (5-2) struck first when Nick Foles capped an 80-yard drive with a 21-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Jeremy Maclin.
The hosts hit back to level the scores when Andre Ellington rushed in for a touchdown from one-yard out and they took the lead on an 80-yard pass from Palmer to Larry Fitzgerald.
A Cody Parkey field goal and another Maclin touchdown put Philadelphia 17-14 up, a lead which was retained when Chandler Catanzaro and Parkey traded three-pointers.
But with 81 seconds left in the final quarter Brown caught the bomb from Palmer and took it into the end zone, with Philadelphia quarterback Nick Foles subsequently leading his team back down the field but being unable to score a touchdown.
Elsewhere in the late slate of games on Sunday of Week Eight in the NFL, Ben Roethlisberger enjoyed a monster day as the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Indianapolis Colts 51-34.
Roethlisberger threw six touchdown passes and racked up 522 passing yards as the Steelers (5-3) ended the Colts’ (5-3) five-game winning run.
Antonio Brown and Martavis Bryant each caught two scores for the Steelers. Colts quarterback Andrew Luck threw for 400 yards in a contest which featured 1,087 total yards of offense.
The Oakland Raiders (0-7) were not able to get their first win of the season on the board as they went down 23-13 to the Cleveland Browns (4-3) at FirstEnergy Stadium.
The Raiders were in contention until Darren McFadden fumbled the ball away during a promising-looking drive. The Browns scored through Andrew Hawkins on the subsequent possession.
