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Run Game Powers Packers Over Cowboys, Rams Over Lions; Bears Lose

Eddie Lacy ran for 124 yards and a touchdown and fellow running back James Starks added two scores in the Packers' 28-7 win over the Dallas Cowboys.

 width=With 435 yards and 29 first downs, the Packers got better balance and production out of an offense that still struggled at times with penalties and short-yardage situations. The defense and running game came up with big plays in the fourth quarter.

Aaron Rodgers threw for 218 yards and two scores. But all the Packers really needed from their star quarterback late in the game was to hand off the ball.

Lacy and Starks each had touchdown runs in the fourth quarter during the rainy evening.

Darren McFadden running for 111 yards on nine carries for Dallas as the Cowboys rushed for 171 yards, and 80 came on four plays that led to Turbin's score.

Green Bay (9-4) has a one-game lead in the NFC North over Minnesota after its second straight victory following a 1-4 slide.

>>Rams Beat Lions Behind Gurley, Johnson

 width=Rookie Todd Gurley rumbled for 140 yards and two touchdowns helping the St. Louis Rams (5-8) end a five-game losing streak with a 21-14 victory over the Detroit Lions on Sunday.

The breakout coincided with the first game under new coordinator Rob Boras, who replaced the fired Frank Cignetti on Monday.

Trumaine Johnson had an even bigger day than Gurley, scoring on an interception return and shutting down Calvin Johnson.

Trumaine Johnson's 58-yard return was the only score in the first half, plus he did most of the work holding the Lions' star receiver to a late 16-yard catch.

Aaron Donald had three sacks of Matthew Stafford to further boost a defense that had sagged in recent weeks. Donald has a career-high 11 sacks.

Golden Tate caught two touchdown passes for Detroit from Matthew Stafford who passed for 245 yards.

Tavon Austin rushed for 40 yards, including runs of 20 and 13 yards for the Rams.

>>Redskins Stay In NFC East Hunt With Win Over Bears

 width=Kirk Cousins threw for 300 yards and a touchdown and the Washington Redskins hung on to beat the Bears 24-21 after Chicago's Robbie Gould missed yet another late field goal Sunday.

Washington, which came in tied with Philadelphia and the Giants for the NFC East lead, went ahead early in the fourth quarter on Dustin Hopkins' 47-yard field goal. The Redskins (6-7) hung on to break a nine-game road losing streak dating to last season.

The Bears (5-8) were in position to score after Jay Cutler hit Alshon Jeffery with a 50-yard pass that put the ball on the Washington 35. The usually reliable Gould, who missed the potential winner at the end of regulation in last week's overtime loss to San Francisco, got a chance to redeem himself.

His 50-yard attempt wasn't even close as it sailed wide right.

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