EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – The Atlanta Falcons got Dan Reeves his 200th coaching win, and the New York Giants provided the gift wrapping.

Warrick Dunn ran for 178 yards, including a 45-yard touchdown, and the Falcons snapped a seven-game losing streak by defeating the mistake-prone Giants 27-7 on Sunday.

Reeves, who coached the Giants before taking over in Atlanta in 1997, became the seventh NFL coach to reach the 200-win plateau (200-171-2).

The Giants (4-5) turned the ball over four times, ending their two-game winning streak and giving Atlanta (2-7) its first win since the season opener.

Lions 12, Bears 10

DETROIT – Jason Hanson’s right foot gave Detroit consecutive wins for the first time in three years.

Hanson’s 48-yard field goal – his fourth of the game – with 39 seconds left lifted the Lions to a 12-10 win over the Chicago Bears on Sunday.

Corey Harris’ diving interception at Detroit’s 37 sealed the win for Detroit (3-6).

The Lions have won two straight for the first time since winning three in a row under Gary Moeller, who now coaches Chicago’s linebackers.

The Bears (3-6) had a chance to win three straight for the first time in two years and to end a road-losing streak that now stands at 12 games.

Redskins 27, ‘Hawks 20

LANDOVER, Md. – Paid to catch passes, Rod Gardner won the game for the Washington Redskins with a touchdown toss.

Laveranues Coles, also paid to catch passes, rescued the Redskins as well when he forced a fumble that Randy Thomas recovered in their own end zone in the first half.

Gardner took a lateral and threw a 10-yard pass to a wide open Trung Canidate with 1:57 to play, giving the Redskins a 27-20 victory over the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday and calming – at least for a week – the turmoil surrounding the future of Washington coach Steve Spurrier.

The trick play wasn’t the only audacious call Spurrier made on the winning drive. The coach went for a fourth-and-inches at his own 25, and fullback Rock Cartwright barely made it after a huge hit by linebacker Anthony Simmons.

Panthers 27, Bucs 24

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Carolina Panthers vowed to do their talking on the field and did, silencing the trash-talking Tampa Bay Buccaneers by handing them a severe setback on their path back to the Super Bowl.

Jake Delhomme’s 5-yard touchdown pass to Steve Smith with 1:06 remaining overcame a late Tampa Bay rally and lifted the Panthers to a 27-24 victory Sunday in the matchup of two suddenly bitter rivals.

Tampa Bay defensive end Simeon Rice guaranteed a Buccaneers victory earlier this week, but the defending champions are now left with only a slight chance of even winning the NFC South.

The Bucs (4-5) trail the Panthers (7-2) by three games and Carolina holds the tiebreaker after a season sweep.

Carolina declined to respond to Tampa Bay’s baiting all week, promising the Panthers would have plenty to say Sunday.

It’s no secret the two blue-collar teams dislike each other, with Tampa Bay tackle Kenyatta Walker even calling his battles with Carolina defensive end Julius Peppers “personal.”

There was no denying that early as the two sparred on nearly every play, leading to trash-talking, taunting, and flaring on-field tempers as Carolina built a 20-13 lead and Walker was lured into three personal fouls.

But the Bucs proved they can never be counted out behind Brad Johnson, who threw two fourth-quarter touchdowns to rally Tampa Bay.

His 23-yard touchdown pass to Keyshawn Johnson made it 20-14 with 10:19 to play. On the next possession, facing fourth-and-1, Brad Johnson dumped off an 18-yard pass to Warren Sapp to keep the drive alive.

Keenan McCardell then made a one-armed circus catch at the edge of the end zone for a 36-yard touchdown and a 21-20 Tampa Bay lead with 4:44 to play.

The Bucs seemed to put the game away when Jake Delhomme was intercepted for the second time by Tim Wansley – he returned the first one 23 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter – to give Tampa Bay the ball on the Carolina 28.

Martin Gramatica converted it into a 39-yard field goal for a 24-20 lead, surely enough for a team admittedly not built to come back against top-level opponents.

Already playing without Stephen Davis, the NFC’s leading rusher and the only real pulse in Carolina’s offense, the Panthers knew the final drive would be daunting.

But in his best game yet in Carolina, Delhomme stayed calm in a score-or-lose situation. He threw a 29-yard pass over the middle to a wide-open Ricky Proehl, then held strong in a quickly collapsing pocket to throw a 22-yarder to Muhsin Muhammad as he was getting hit.

As both teams hurried back to the line, Delhomme quickly hit Smith on the edge of the end zone. Smith was in the air when he made the catch and was flipped over the line by a defender for the go-ahead score.

The Panthers then sealed it by holding the Bucs on their final try with heavy pressure on two attempts before Johnson’s pass to McCardell on fourth-and-6 was juggled for a no-catch.

Delhomme finished 20-for-32 for 277 yards with two touchdowns – he also threw a 66-yarder to Proehl – and two interceptions. Proehl finished with three catches for 133 yards.

Mike Minter scored on a 29-yard interception return for Carolina and John Kasay made both his field goal attempts to remain a perfect 20-for-20 on the year.

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