The Indianapolis Colts are the NFL's last unbeaten team, improving to 8-0 with a 27-20 victory at New England on Sunday night. Indianapolis went 13-0 last year before losing and is the second team ever to start consecutive seasons with eight wins. Green Bay did it for three seasons, 1929-31.
A steady Peyton Manning threw for 326 yards and two touchdowns, while the Colts intercepted Tom Brady four times and allowed no touchdown passes, only two scoring runs by Corey Dillon and two field goals by rookie Stephen Gostkowski.
"We went through it last year and we know what it is like. We're used to it," coach Tony Dungy said of standing alone with a zero in the loss column. "Lovie let me down; I was hoping they would remain undefeated, too."
That would be Chicago coach Lovie Smith. The Bears also began the day 7-0, but lost 31-13 to Miami.
The Dolphins' Ronnie Brown rushed for a career-high 157 yards and Jason Taylor forced a fumble and returned an interception 20 yards for a touchdown.
"If it doesn't hurt, how important is winning?" Bears quarterback Rex Grossman said. "So it hurts bad. We're 7-1, it hurts, we're going to think about it for a couple of days, watch the tape and get better and then put everything in perspective of what's out there for us to go get."
In other games, it was: Denver 31, Pittsburgh 20; Washington 22, Dallas 19; Baltimore 26, Cincinnati 20; the New York Giants 14, Houston 10; New Orleans 31, Tampa Bay 14; San Diego 32, Cleveland 25; Kansas City 31, St. Louis 17; Detroit 30, Atlanta 14; Jacksonville 37, Tennessee 7; San Francisco 9, Minnesota 3; and Buffalo 24, Green Bay 10.
On Monday night, Oakland is at Seattle.
Idle for the final week of byes were Carolina, Philadelphia, Arizona and the New York Jets.