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Matt Light of New England and Channing Crowder of Miami have been fined $15,000 apiece by the NFL for what the league called "a verbal and physical altercation" last week.

Neither will be suspended, the league said Wednesday. Light punched Crowder several times after the Miami player shoved him on a New England field goal late in Sunday's 48-28 win over the Dolphins.

Unranked Iowa gave the boot to No. 3 Penn St.'s bid for an undefeated season with a late field goal. Get caught up on all the action.

The Tennessee Titans remained perfect -- even if they needed a little extra time to stay that way.

It wasn't perfect by most definitions of the word, but a Rob Bironas field goal in OT kept the Titans unbeaten for the year.

The Vikings overcame two Reggie Bush punt-return TDs and shocked the Saints on Ryan Longwell's last-minute field goal.

Terry Francona watched Boston's 10-run lead disappear and was searching for a new strategy as the numbers on the scoreboard started to resemble a football game.

"At some point," the Red Sox manager said, "you're thinking about going for a field goal." That's the type of night it was - it was hard for anyone to keep track of anything.