HOUSTON – If this was his final start of the season, Vinny Testaverde sure went out in style.

Testaverde led the Jets on a long drive in the waning minutes to set up an 8-yard TD run by LaMont Jordan with 1:21 left in a 19-14 comeback victory over the Houston Texans.

The 39-year-old Testaverde has started all six games this year after starter Chad Pennington injured his left wrist in the preseason. But Pennington is poised to take over.

Despite the late score – which was followed by an incomplete pass on a 2-point try – the Jets (2-4) held their breaths. J.J. Moses returned the ensuing kickoff 63 yards to the New York 27 and the Texans (2-4) quickly moved to the 9.

On fourth-and-4, David Carr’s pass over the middle glanced off receiver Andre Johnson’s chest and fell to the ground.

Bengals 34, Ravens 26

CINCINNATI – Marvin Lewis got a sweet victory over his old team by taking advantage of its weakest link.

Baltimore rookie Kyle Boller fumbled twice and threw an interception, setting up a 24-point swing, and the Cincinnati Bengals held on for a 34-26 victory Sunday under their fired-up rookie coach.

Jon Kitna threw touchdown passes of 45 and 82 yards – the latter one off a fortuitous deflection – as the Bengals went ahead 24-7 during Boller’s disastrous first half.

After a couple of slop-time touchdowns got the Ravens close, the Bengals (2-4) recovered the onside kick and ran out the clock. Ravens linebackers Ray Lewis and Peter Boulware ran to the opposite sideline and embraced their former defensive coordinator, who helped them win a Super Bowl in the 2000 season.

Chargers 26, Browns 20

CLEVELAND – LaDainian Tomlinson helped the San Diego Chargers get their first win the best way he knows how – by running.

Tomlinson rushed for 200 yards and one touchdown and the Chargers held off Kelly Holcomb’s comeback Sunday for a 26-20 win over the Cleveland Browns.

Steve Christie kicked field goals of 44, 50, 43 and 32 yards, and Kwaime Lassiter returned an interception 38 yards for a TD for the Chargers, who came in as the NFL’s lone winless team.

Tomlinson, though, took care of that.

Tired of losing, the sensational running back joked earlier this week that he was willing to do anything – even break the rules – just to get the Chargers a victory.

He broke off a 70-yard TD run on his first carry after halftime and picked up 143 yards in the second half as the Chargers (1-5) snapped a nine-game losing streak dating to last season.

But they had to survive Holcomb’s heroics to do it.

Holcomb replaced an ineffective Tim Couch late in the third quarter and threw two TD passes – the second to tight end Darnell Sanders with 11:40 left – as the Browns (3-4) trimmed a 17-point deficit to 23-20.

But Tomlinson then helped San Diego run nearly eight minutes off the clock by darting around the field for 48 tough yards to set up Christie’s field goal with 3:44 remaining.

Holcomb got the Browns to midfield but threw three straight incompletions and gave the ball back to the Chargers, who didn’t have to punt it back until there were just 25 seconds left.

Holcomb, who missed his fourth straight start with a broken right fibula, finished 11-of-19 for 90 yards and two TDs in relief of Couch, who went 13-of-24 for 102 yards and two interceptions.

Tomlinson, who came in averaging 5.1 yards per carry, turned his first run of the second half into the longest TD of his career to give the Chargers a 20-6 lead.

Running left, Tomlinson froze cornerback Anthony Henry with a stutter step, broke attempted tackles by linebacker Andra Davis and Robert Griffith and outraced the Browns to put the Chargers ahead 20-6.

After Couch’s second pick, Christie’s 42-yard kick made it 23-6, and with Cleveland’s offense sputtering, it appeared the Chargers would coast to their first win since beating Denver in overtime on Dec. 1.

But as he has done before, Holcomb sparked the Browns, taking them on a 74-yard scoring drive that he capped with a 6-yard TD pass to Dennis Northcutt.

The Chargers gave the Browns the ball right back when Tim Dwight fumbled the ensuing kickoff and Holcomb made San Diego pay with his 2-yard TD toss to Sanders.

Lassiter’s TD return with 5:27 left before halftime gave the Chargers a surprising 13-0 lead – their largest advantage this season.

Playing behind a patchwork offensive line, Couch, who had at least three passes dropped in the opening half, locked in way too long on wide receiver Quincy Morgan, and Lassiter was waiting.

Christie kicked field goals from 44 and 50 yards in the first quarter to put San Diego up 6-0.

Browns running back William Green had to leave with an unspecified shoulder injury early in the second quarter and was used sporadically the rest of the way.

Phil Dawson kicked two field goals for the Browns.

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