Garcia, Bucs drop Saints to 0-2

Joey Galloway caught 4 passes for 135 yards and 2 touchdowns, tormenting New Orleans for the sixth straight game between the NFC South rivals and leading host Tampa Bay to a victory.

The Saints (0-2) were embarrassed for the second consecutive week and have been outscored 72-24 after having one of the NFL's most explosive offenses and reaching the NFC championship game last season.

Jeff Garcia completed 10 of 16 passes for 243 yards and no interceptions for the Bucs (1-1).

Galloway has had some of his best games as a Buccaneer against New Orleans, scoring 10 touchdowns, 9 receiving and 1 on a punt return, in six meetings.

Drew Brees was 26 of 44 for 260 yards with 1 touchdown for the Saints, but never got into a rhythm. Deuce McAllister had 9 carries for 47 yards at the half, but only carried once for 2 yards the rest of the way. Reggie Bush finished with 27 yards on 10 rushes and 43 yards on 6 receptions.

Niners 17, Rams 16: Dante Hall fumbled while catching a punt, and Marcus Hudson recovered for San Francisco, setting up the winning field goal by Joe Nedney to beat host St. Louis.

The Rams' Jeff Wilkins missed a 56-yard field goal try with 59 seconds to play, the ball falling about a yard short of the goal post.

The 49ers (2-0) won despite struggling offensively most of the game. St. Louis (0-2) had 392 total yards to 186 for San Francisco. Alex Smith was 11-for-17 for 126 yards. Frank Gore scored 2 touchdowns and gained 81 yards on 20 carries.

Marc Bulger was 24-for-41 for 368 yards and a touchdown. Isaac Bruce caught 8 passes for 145 yards. Rams running back Steven Jackson gained 60 yards on 21 carries.

The Rams were up 13-7 and on the verge of another score when Torry Holt caught a pass at the San Francisco 10 and was stripped from behind by Nate Clements. The ball skipped into the end zone and out of bounds, giving San Francisco the ball at the 20.

The 49ers' drive appeared to stall with a fourth-and-1 at the St. Louis 43, but coach Mike Nolan went for it. Gore took a handoff up the middle and got the first down after he appeared stopped by linebacker Chris Draft. But Draft lost his grasp of the running back, who ran to the end zone to make it 14-13.

Texans 34, Panthers 21: With Matt Schaub throwing for 227 yards and 2 touchdowns and backed up by an effective running game, Houston forced 3 turnovers and recovered from a sluggish start to beat host Carolina and go 2-0 for the first time in franchise history.

Houston went 24-56 in its first five years with David Carr, who was released in the off-season when the Texans traded for Schaub. Carr, now the Panthers backup, could only watch as Andre Johnson caught 7 passes for 120 yards and 2 scores, Ahman Green rushed for 71 yards and a TD, and the Texans rallied from a 14-0 deficit. They handed the Panthers (1-1) their fourth consecutive loss in their home opener.

With Carolina fans booing by midway through the third quarter, Houston was enjoying its team-record fourth straight win dating to last season and looked ready to finally contend for a playoff berth in its sixth year.

The Panthers' Steve Smith, who caught 8 passes for 153 yards and 3 TDs, had little help. Jake Delhomme threw for 307 yards, but had an interception. DeShaun Foster lost a fumble.

Colts 22, Titans 20: Peyton Manning threw for 312 yards and a touchdown, and Indianapolis held off host Tennessee when the Colts' defense stopped Vince Young on a final-drive comeback.

Unlike last December, when Rob Bironas capped a similar comeback with a 60-yard field goal, the Colts collapsed around Young on fourth-and-4. That forced him to lob the ball away in the final seconds.

Manning, 28 of 42, knelt down to run out the final seconds as champion Indianapolis (2-0) reminded Tennessee (1-1) which team remains atop the AFC South.

Adam Vinatieri had one of his worst days in years despite making field goals of 22, 39 and 20 yards. He had an extra point blocked and a field goal partially blocked that bounced off the crossbar before going over. He also missed a 36-yarder.

Young was 17 of 27 for 184 yards and a touchdown, but couldn't lead the Titans to 2-0 for the first time since 1999.

Cardinals 23, Seahawks 20: After blowing a 17-0 lead in what looked like another classic Arizona collapse, Darnell Dockett recovered a fumble by Seattle's Matt Hasselbeck. Then, Neil Rackers kicked a 41-yard field goal with one second to go, giving the host Cardinals a victory over the Seahawks.

Rackers' 52-yarder tied it at 20 with 4:44 to play.

The Seahawks (1-1) took the subsequent kickoff and drove toward what could have been the winning score.

On first-and-5 from the Arizona 36, linebacker Gerald Hayes disrupted an already botched handoff from Hasselbeck to Shaun Alexander. The ball popped free, and Dockett recovered at the Seattle 45 with 1:48 to go. Edgerrin James, who rushed for 123 yards and a touchdown in 23 carries, carried four times before Arizona (1-1) called timeout to take the winning kick.

Steelers 26, Bills 3: Willie Parker ran for a touchdown and 126 yards, and Ben Roethlisberger threw for a score as host Pittsburgh controlled the clock and the tempo while pulling away from Buffalo.

It was the Bills' first game since tight end Kevin Everett badly injured his spinal cord.

Buffalo's J.P. Losman couldn't generate any offense as the Bills were outgained 421-223. The Steelers, whose first four scores came on field goals by Jeff Reed, finally took control with the game's only 2 touchdowns in the final quarter and a half.

Mike Tomlin won his home opener as Steelers' coach, just as Bill Cowher (1992) and Chuck Noll (1969) did before him. Tomlin also matched Cowher by winning his first two games. The Bills, with Everett believed to be watching from his hospital room, lost their fourth in a row counting their final two of last season.

Losman had only 2 completions for 5 yards until the Bills (0-2) began throwing on nearly every down late in the game. He finished 15 of 25 for 154 yards.

Jaguars 13, Falcons 7: Host Jacksonville sacked Joey Harrington seven times and held Atlanta under 100 yards rushing.

Atlanta's biggest problem came on special teams, where rookie Matt Prater missed a pair of field goals. His second miss would have given the Falcons (0-2) a 10-3 advantage. Instead, David Garrard drove Jacksonville (1-1) on consecutive scoring drives to put the team ahead for good.

Garrard was 17 of 25 for 272 yards, including a 14-yard touchdown pass to Reggie Williams. The Jaguars added 2 more sacks on the ensuing possession, forcing a punt and taking advantage of good field possession to get in field-goal range.

Harrington finished 12 of 20 for 200 yards. Warrick Dunn had 50 yards rushing and the lone score. Jerious Norwood added 30 yards on the ground.

Broncos 23, Raiders 20 (OT): Jason Elam's 23-yard field goal with 5:48 left in overtime gave host Denver a win just minutes after Oakland had been celebrating what the Raiders thought was their own wild win.

Sebastian Janikowski nailed a 52-yard field goal at 11:13 of overtime. But as the Raiders rushed the field in celebration and the Broncos (2-0) hung their heads in defeat, the officials ruled Denver called a timeout just before the snap. On the retry, Janikowski's kick hit the left upright, giving the Broncos new life and the ball at their 42.

They drove to the Oakland 6 and Elam nailed it on first down -- and the Raiders (0-2) didn't bother calling their own timeout.

Oakland's LaMont Jordan gained a career-best 159 yards on 25 carries.

Ravens 20, Jets 13: Kyle Boller threw for 185 yards and 2 touchdowns, and host Baltimore overcame a late charge by Kellen Clemens and the New York Jets in a matchup of backup quarterbacks.

Making his first NFL start, Clemens cut a 20-3 deficit to 7 points in the fourth quarter and took the Jets (0-2) to the Baltimore 7 before Ray Lewis intercepted a deflected pass in the end zone with 1:04 left to preserve the win.

Clemens replaced Chad Pennington, who injured his right ankle in the opener against New England. He threw 2 interceptions but went 19-for-37 for 260 yards -- 176 of them in the fourth quarter.

Boller played in place of Steve McNair, who hurt his groin in Baltimore's season-opening loss to Cincinnati, and went 23-for-35 with 2 touchdowns for the Ravens (1-1).