Three fat zeros, as in shutouts, highlighted a day of significant injuries and the fall of the NFL's final unbeaten team.

The Bears, Panthers and Patriots all blanked opponents Sunday in a variety of fashions. Chicago and Carolina showed little on offense, but took advantage of takeaways. New England routed Green Bay to end a two-game slide.

And Indianapolis, the first team in league history with consecutive 9-0 records, fell at Dallas.

The Eagles saw their playoff hopes take a sharp turn for the worse when they lost star quarterback Donovan McNabb for the rest of the year with a torn knee ligament in a loss to Tennessee.

Chicago (9-1) ended two long Jets drives with interceptions of Chad Pennington in a 10-0 win. The Bears entered the game with a league-leading 27 takeaways.

"I was just reading his eyes," linebacker Brian Urlacher said of his end-zone pickoff. "I don't think he saw me."

In the Panthers' 15-0 victory over St. Louis, the Rams had nine punts, an interception, a fumble and a safety as they finished with 111 yards. Mike Rucker had two of the Panthers' seven sacks of Marc Bulger, one for a safety, as Carolina (6-4) moved into a tie with New Orleans atop the NFC South.

"We believed that we still have a shot at this thing," Rucker said. "The last couple of weeks we've done our part by winning games."

The Patriots (7-3) lost their last two, their first such streak since 2002. They righted things with ease against the Packers, forcing Brett Favre out of the game with a wrist injury and getting four TD passes from Tom Brady in a 35-0 win.

"It just felt like everything was going our way," Brady said.

Not much went the Colts' way as they fell far short of their 13-0 record of last season before losing. Marion Barber III ran for two fourth-quarter touchdowns in a 21-14 victory.

"If we keep playing like this, we have a chance to do something," Cowboys coach Bill Parcells said.

Mark Bradley turned a short completion into a 57-yard touchdown 10 seconds into the final quarter. Chicago notched its second shutout this season — the Bears blanked the Packers at Green Bay on Sept. 10. The Bears, coming off a 38-20 victory over the New York Giants, also became the first road team since the 1999 Redskins to win two straight games at the Meadowlands.

The host Panthers handed St. Louis (4-6) a fifth straight loss. Jake Delhomme threw a 62-yard touchdown pass to Steve Smith. Rookie DeAngelo Williams took over for injured running back DeShaun Foster and rushed for 114 yards on 20 carries for the Panthers, who came into the game 28th in the league in rushing, but had a team-record 244 yards on the ground.

At Green Bay, New England had a 21-0 lead with under two minutes left in the first half when linebacker Tully Banta-Cain wrapped up Favre in the backfield and Tedy Bruschi jumped in to finish the sack. Bruschi's hit slammed Favre to the ground on his throwing arm, and the three-time MVP got up wincing.Favre, who made his 251st consecutive start including playoff games, was replaced by second-year quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

The Colts had escaped close calls all season, but couldn't overcome four turnovers, their most in a regular-season game since Nov. 25, 2001.For the Cowboys (6-4), it was easily their most impressive win in Parcells' four seasons. Dallas (6-4) has four of its six remaining games at home.Titans 31, Eagles 13At Philadelphia, McNabb went down on the second play of the second quarter and was carted off the field. He was rolling to his right near the Tennessee sideline after throwing an incomplete pass, grabbed his right knee and was immediately tended to by trainers.McNabb will have surgery to repair the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee and is expected to be sidelined from eight months to a year.

LaDainian Tomlinson scored four times and reached 100 touchdowns faster than any player in NFL history. Tomlinson, who has scored an NFL-record 19 touchdowns in his last six games, reached 100 TDs in his 89th game, four fewer than it took Hall of Famer Jim Brown and Emmitt Smith. He now has 102 TDs and also topped 1,000 yards rushing for the sixth straight season.

Trent Green, in his first action since suffering a severe concussion 10 weeks ago, directed an 80-yard touchdown drive in the final minutes and sluggish Kansas City (6-4) won its seventh straight vs. Oakland (2-8).

At Houston, J.P. Losman hit a diving Peerless Price in the back of the end zone for the winning touchdown with 9 seconds left.The 15-yard touchdown was reviewed, but upheld by officials as Price dragged both feet inbounds.

At Baltimore, B.J. Sams returned six kicks for 212 yards, Jamal Lewis scored three touchdowns and the Ravens wore down the Falcons in the second half.

At New Orleans, the Carson Palmer-to-Chad Johnson connection was clicking again, for touchdowns of 41, 60 and 4 yards as the Bengals snapped a three-game losing streak.

At San Francisco, Frank Gore rushed for a franchise-record 212 yards, and the maligned defense stopped the Seahawks three times in the final 4Z\x minutes of the 49ers' third straight victory.

At Miami, Renaldo Hill and Jason Taylor returned turnovers for touchdowns in the fourth quarter.

At Tampa, Carnell Williams stole the spotlight from former Auburn teammate Jason Campbell, rushing for 122 yards as Tampa Bay (3-7) ended a three-game losing streak.

Matt Leinart finally is a winner in the NFL. The Arizona rookie threw for 233 yards and a touchdown and ran 9 yards for a score to help the Cardinals snap an eight-game losing streak.