It was third time lucky for the Los Angeles Rams in London as they enjoyed a 33-0 rout over the Arizona Cardinals.
Todd Gurley and Jared Goff scored quickfire touchdowns late in the first half, Zach Guerlein kicked four field goals and Cooper Kupp added the exclamation point late on as the Rams cruised to victory in this critical match-up between two NFC West rivals.
It came almost 12 months to the day after Los Angeles lost 17-10 to the New York Giants on this ground, and five years after the Rams - then of St Louis - were thrashed 45-7 by the New England Patriots at Wembley.
FINAL: @RamsNFL win BIG in London! #LARams#AZvsLAR pic.twitter.com/M8r8aoGowQ
— NFL (@NFL) October 22, 2017
But this is a new-look Rams team under the NFL's youngest ever head coach, 31-year-old Sean McVay, and he has them on course for the play-offs at 5-2.
McVay has got the offence firing, highlighted here by big nights for quarterback Goff (22-of-37 for 235 yards) and running back Gurley, who ran for 106 yards and a score.
But he will be just as proud, if not more so, of how his team shut down an Arizona offence boasting two surefire future Hall of Famers in Adrian Peterson and Larry Fitzgerald.
They were helped by the fact Cardinals quarterback Carson Palmer would not finish the first half due to an arm injury, but had already done a fine job in shutting down Peterson (11 carries for 21 yards), while receiver Fitzgerald finished the night with three catches for 29 yards
That left Peterson stuck on 99 career rushing touchdowns for at least one more week.
18-yard TD for 18!@JaredGoff16 ➡️ @CooperKupp 🙌#AZvsLA | #UKRams pic.twitter.com/HLl5E2EIKW
— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) October 22, 2017
It may have been pretty foggy in Foxborough, but there was one clear winner as the New England Patriots took on the Atlanta Falcons in a rematch of last year's Super Bowl.
After a scoreless first quarter, the home side scored twice through Tom Brady passes - the first a short pass to Brandin Cooks with Rob Gronkowski clearing a path to the end zone - to put his side up 17-0 at the break.
Two field goals for Stephen Gostkowski in the second half sealed the win before Matt Ryan found Julio Jones for a consolation touchdown for the Falcons, who lost 23-7.
The Green Bay Packers were beaten by the New Orleans Saints in their first full game without star quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
Rodgers suffered a broken collarbone in last week's defeat against the Minnesota Vikings that could see the two-time MVP miss the rest of the season.
And in Brett Hundley's first NFL start, the 24-year-old rushed for a touchdown but could only complete 12 of his 25 pass attempts for 87 yards and threw for one interception as the Packers went down 26-17 to the Saints, who have won four straight games.
Great throw. Great catch.@Jay_wright4 with the full extension. #BALvsMIN #Skol pic.twitter.com/zyjiAcQl8X
— Minnesota Vikings (@Vikings) October 22, 2017
The Minnesota Vikings took full advantage of Green Bay's defeat by seeing off the Baltimore Ravens 24-16.
Latavius Murray rushed for Minnesota's only touchdown while Kai Forbath kicked six field goals to improve the Vikings to 5-2 and give them a one-game lead at the top of the NFC North.
Eddie Jackson returned a fumble 75 yards for a touchdown and scored after a 76-yard run having intercepted Cam Newton as the Chicago Bears stunned the Carolina Panthers 17-3.
The Miami Dolphins scored 17 unanswered points in the final quarter to beat the New York Jets 31-28 while Steven Hauschka kicked a field goal with 14 seconds left to give the Buffalo Bills a thrilling 30-27 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers .
The Cleveland Browns slipped to 0-7 after Ryan Succop kicked an overtime field goal to secure a 12-9 win for Tennessee and the Jacksonville Jaguars kept pace with the Titans in the NFC South by also improving to 4-3 thanks to a 27-0 rout of divisional rivals the Indianapolis Colts.
