Miles Austin looked nothing like a backup making his first career start.

Stepping in for injured wide receiver Roy Williams, Austin caught 10 passes for a franchise-record 250 yards and scored the winning touchdown in overtime of the visiting Cowboys' victory against winless Kansas City.

In dooming the Chiefs to their 28th loss in 30 games, Austin erased the record of 246 yards that Hall of Famer "Bullet" Bob Hayes set against Washington almost 39 years ago.

"It's a feeling that's unbelievable," he said. "It's amazing. I never seen that coming today. I was ready today, but you never expect a huge game like that."

Austin's tackle-breaking 59-yard catch-and-run from Tony Romo gave the mistake-prone Cowboys a 20-13 lead against the Chiefs with 2:16 left. Matt Cassel's 16-yard pass to Dwayne Bowe tied it 20-20 with 24 seconds to go in regulation.

Austin got free on a 60-yard scoring play on Dallas' second possession in overtime. On each of his touchdowns, he broke the tackle of cornerback Maurice Leggett.

"It's very frustrating," Leggett said. "But we also have to focus on the bigger stuff so we can get better each and every day."

Kansas City (0-5) is winless for 315 days and has lost eight in a row at Arrowhead Stadium, where the Chiefs were nearly invincible during the 1990s.

n Vikings 38, Rams 10: Brett Favre at 40 was plenty good enough against host St. Louis. Favre threw for 232 yards and a touchdown a day after his milestone birthday, leading undefeated Minnesota past the hapless Rams. Spry and efficient, Favre showed no signs of a letdown after beating the Packers, his former team, last week, dodging defenders and winging passes in every direction to give Minnesota its first 5-0 start in six years. Jared Allen returned one of his two fumble recoveries 52 yards for a touchdown and Adrian Peterson rumbled in for two touchdowns, helping the Vikings to their 400th win (400-322-9).

n Colts 31, Titans 9: Peyton Manning's near-perfect start to the season continued as he had 309 yards and three touchdown passes, and visiting Indianapolis never trailed in beating its AFC South rivals for their NFL-best 14th consecutive regular-season win. Manning joined Kurt Warner and Steve Young as the only NFL quarterbacks to open a season by throwing for at least 300 yards in the first five games. He will have to wait out a bye week to try and match them with a sixth such games.

n Giants 44, Raiders 7: Eli Manning and his hurting heel, even for less than a half, were more than enough for host New York against hapless Oakland. After a week of concern over whether he would make his 83rd consecutive start, Manning threw two scoring passes and led the Giants on touchdown drives on their first four series in a 44-7 win that has New York (5-0) off to its best start since winning the Super Bowl in 1990. Manning tossed touchdown passes of 30 yards to Mario Manningham and 9 yards to first-round draft pick Hakeem Nicks. He finished 8 of 10 for 173 yards before donning a baseball cap late in the second quarter for a well-deserved rest on a day the Giants gained 483 yards in total offense.

n Seahawks 41, Jaguars 0: Matt Hasselbeck returned from broken ribs to throw for four touchdown passes, and the Seahawks rolled to their biggest home shutout in 25 years against bewildered Jacksonville. The three-time Pro Bowl quarterback was in what coach Jim Mora called excruciating pain Monday, after overdoing rehabilitation work in his urgency to return and end Seattle's three-game losing streak.

n Cardinals 28, Texans 21: Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie returned an interception 49 yards for a touchdown with 2:20 to go as Arizona's defense stopped visiting Houston three times at the 1-yard line in the final minute to eke out the victory. Matt Schaub brought the Texans back from a 21-0 halftime deficit to tie the score when Rodgers-Cromartie stepped in front of intended receiver Kevin Walter.

n Panthers 20, Redskins 17: Aided by a disputed call and Jake Delhomme's bold third-down run, Carolina jump-started a sagging season at the expense of embattled Washington coach Jim Zorn and his visiting Redskins. The Panthers scored the game's final 18 points, with Jonathan Stewart's 8-yard run with 9:21 left the go-ahead touchdown in a comeback win against the Redskins.

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