By Dex McLuskey
Nov. 22 (Bloomberg) -- The New York Giants beat the Atlanta Falcons 34-31 to snap a four-game losing run in the National Football League.
New York secured its first home win in three starts at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, to improve to 6- 4, while Atlanta fell to 5-5 with the loss.
The Giants won on a 36-yard field goal by Lawrence Tynes on the opening possession of overtime after Atlanta tied the game with a touchdown with 35 seconds remaining in regulation play.
The Giants, coming off a bye last week, had slumped to 5-4 after winning the first five games of the season.
The visitor had won the past 12 games between the Giants and the Falcons, with Atlanta leaving Giants Stadium victorious on its previous five visits.
Elsewhere, the Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans Saints remained the only undefeated teams in the league. Indianapolis beat Baltimore 17-15 and the Saints won 38-7 at Tampa Bay.
In other Week 11 games, it was Dallas 7, Washington 6; Detroit 38, Cleveland 37; Green Bay 30, San Francisco 24; Kansas City 27, Pittsburgh 24; Jacksonville 18, Buffalo 15; and Minnesota 35, Seattle 9.
Also today, St. Louis is at Arizona, New England hosts the New York Jets, Oakland travels to Cincinnati and Denver plays at San Diego. Philadelphia hosts Chicago tonight while Tennessee is at Houston in tomorrow’s game.