Miami shaken up by Houston surge

Kris Brown gave the Houston Texans a big kick on Sunday.

Brown kicked his fifth field goal, a 35-yarder with 25 seconds left, as the second-year Texans stunned Miami 21-20. The Texans staged another season-opening upset to leave the Dolphins 0-1 for the first time in 12 years.

Last year, Houston became the first expansion team to win its opening game since 1961 by beating Dallas.

"We're not shocked," Brown said. "We took it as a slap in the face that we were the largest underdogs (14 points) on the opening weekend."

Houston's David Carr went 17-of-31 for 266 yards, including a 78-yard touchdown to Corey Bradford. The Texans limited Ricky Williams to 69 yards rushing and forced the game's only three turnovers, including an interception by Marcus Coleman that set up the winning score.

Brown also made field goals of 50, 36, 24 and 23 yards. He missed from 43 and 54 yards.

"I'm stunned, shocked, disappointed, amazed," said Miami's Larry Chester. "No one could have told me we were going to lose, not with this team."

Titans 25, Raiders 20

In Nashville, Tennessee, Steve McNair threw two touchdowns and punter Craig Hentrich matched his career high by kicking three field goals. Hentrich was doing double duty because Joe Nedney sprained his right knee on the kickoff after he kicked a 50-yard field goal. Hentrich had three field goals in nine years before matching that total Sunday night.

49ers 49, Bears 7

In San Francisco, Jeff Garcia passed for 229 yards and two touchdowns, and Garrison Hearst caught a touchdown pass and rushed for another score as the 49ers sparkled in new coach Dennis Erickson's debut.

Ahmed Plummer returned an interception 68 yards for a score. Jimmy Williams and Brandon Lloyd made exceptional special teams plays in San Francisco's electric debut under Erickson, who replaced Steve Mariucci.

The 49ers took a 33-7 halftime lead with their biggest offensive output in a half since 1992. They punted just twice in the first three quarters.

Falcons 27, Cowboys 13

In Irving, Texas, the Dallas Cowboys bumbled in the debut of new coach Bill Parcells, and Doug Johnson threw two third-quarter touchdown passes to the lead the Falcons.

Johnson, filling in for the injured Michael Vick, also dived 1 yard for a victory-sealing score early in the fourth quarter to spoil Parcells' return to the sideline. He finished 16-of-27 for 228 yards with one interception, while Quincy Carter was 15-of-32 for 268 yards with an interception and a fumble.

Dallas' Troy Hambrick had 53 yards on 14 carries in his debut as Emmitt Smith's replacement.

Seahawks 27, Saints 10

In Seattle, Matt Hasselbeck threw two touchdown passes and Shaun Alexander ran for 108 yards and scored twice to lead Seattle.

The Seahawks held the Saints to 103 yards rushing, meaningful because the they ranked last in the NFL last season, giving up 152.6 yards rushing per game.

Bills 31, Patriots 0

In Orchard Park, New York, Lawyer Milloy and Drew Bledsoe led Buffalo to victory over their former team.

The win snapped Buffalo's five-game losing streak against New England and it capped a hectic, emotional week after the Bills snagged Milloy, a four-time Pro Bowl selection, on Wednesday, a day after the Patriots released him for salary cap reasons.

Milloy not only started despite getting in only two practices with Buffalo, he caused an interception, recorded a sack and took part in five tackles.

Bledsoe engineered scoring drives of 80 and 90 yards on his first two possessions.

Panthers 24, Jaguars 23

In Charlotte, North Carolina, Jake Delhomme replaced an ineffective Rodney Peete at the start of the second half and energized Carolina's rally with three touchdown passes.

Delhomme, one of a handful of offseason additions brought in to revamp Carolina's sluggish offense, threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Ricky Proehl on fourth-and-11 with 16 seconds remaining to win it.

Seth Marler attempted a 55-yard field goal as time expired, but Mike Minter blocked the kick and new Jacksonville coach Jack Del Rio lost in his NFL debut.

Giants 23, Rams 13

In East Rutherford, New Jersey, Kenny Holmes recovered one of Kurt Warner's six fumbles for a touchdown, and the Giants sacked the St. Louis Rams' quarterback six times and intercepted him once. Warner went to the hospital after the game with a concussion. A CT scan and X-rays on his neck and head taken Sunday night were negative.

New York forced four turnovers and each started a drive that led to points.

Vikings 30, Packers 25

In Green Bay, Wisconsin, Randy Moss caught nine passes for 150 yards and a touchdown as the Vikings won in front of a record crowd of 70,505 at remodeled Lambeau Field.

The Vikings, who snapped a 12-game losing streak outdoors, built a 27-3 lead and held off Green Bay's furious rally. The Vikings forced four turnovers, including three interceptions by Brett Favre, who hadn't been picked off that many times in the first half since 1995.

Other results: Chiefs 27, Chargers 14; Lions 42, Cardinals 24; Steelers 34, Ravens 15; Broncos 30, Bengals 10; Colts 9, Browns 6.