Seven From Sunday – Week 11 – Crescent City Sports

With two games remaining in Week 11, nine games were within one score (eight points) in the fourth quarter and six games were decided by eight-or-fewer points, including two teams – Indianapolis and Seattle – that recorded game-winning touchdowns in the final minute of the fourth quarter. There have been 78 games decided by six-or-fewer points this season, the most such games through Week 11 in NFL history.The Buffalo Bills won their sixth-consecutive game to improve to 9-2, defeating Kansas City, 30-21, snapping the Chiefs’ 15-game winning streak (including the postseason).Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen has 72 career regular-season wins, tied with Joe Flacco (72) for the third-most regular-season wins by a quarterback in his first seven seasons in NFL history. Only Russell Wilson (75) and Patrick Mahomes (74) have more.

The Detroit Lions defeated Jacksonville, 52-6, improving to 9-1. It marks the first time the Lions have won nine of their first 10 games of a season in 90 years, since starting 10-0 in the 1934 season.

Detroit running backs David Montgomery (two) and Jahmyr Gibbs (one) combined for three rushing touchdowns and the Lions have rushed for a touchdown in 24 consecutive games, including the postseason, the longest such streak in NFL history.

The Lions are the third team in the Super Bowl era with three wins of 35-or-more points in their first 10 games of a seasonjoining the 1973 Atlanta Falcons and 1969 Minnesota Vikings.

The Lions, who also scored 52 points at home in Week 8, are the second team since 1970 and fifth team all-time to score 50-or-more points in consecutive home games in a single seasonjoining the 2014 Green Bay Packers, 1969 Minnesota Vikings, 1966 Dallas Cowboys and 1950 Los Angeles Rams.

The Pittsburgh Steelers defeated Baltimore, 18-16, as kicker Chris Boswell converted all six of his field goal attempts. Boswell also made six field goals in the Steelers’ 18-10 win over Atlanta in Week 1.

Pittsburgh became the fifth team since 2000 to win multiple games in a season without scoring a touchdownjoining the 2016 St. Louis Rams, 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 2000 Baltimore Ravens and 2000 Tennessee Titans.

Boswell is the first player in NFL history with six made field goals in three career games and joined John Carney (1993) as the only kickers with multiple such games within a season all-time.

The Green Bay Packers defeated Chicago, 20-19, as defensive lineman Karl Brooks blocked a field goal on the final play of regulation to secure the victory, the second consecutive week with a blocked field goal on the final play of a game to clinch a win (Kansas City’s Today Chenal in Week 10).