Jared Goff threw five interceptions on Sunday in a 26-23 win over the Houston Texans. That marked the third time since 1991 a QB had been picked five times and his team still won.
The others were Tony Romo in 2007 and Matt Ryan in 2012.
Goff wound up 15-of-30 for 240 yards and two touchdown passes.
Romo’s game was a 25-24 October 2007 victory over the Buffalo Bills.
That was a bizarre game which saw the Bills score twice on pick-sixes and once on a 103-yard kickoff return by Terrence McGee.
The Cowboys came back from down 24-13 with 12 points in the final quarter.
They scored nine points in the final 20 seconds with a Nick Folk — yes, that Nick Folk — field goal from 53 yards the difference.
How did that happen?
With the Cowboys down 24-16, Romo began a march with 3:45 to play at his own 20, and on the 12th and final play he hit Patrick Crayton with a four-yard TD pass with 20 seconds to go.
The Bills appeared to save what would have been a humongous upset victory when Jabari Greer stripped Terrell Owens in the back corner of the end zone to deny the two-point conversion.
However, the Cowboys’ Tony Curtis recovered an onside kick at the Buffalo 47, and Romo — operating with no timeouts — completed two short passes to move the ball to the 35.
Folk, a rookie from Arizona, made his first attempt from 53 but the Bills called a timeout just before the ball was snapped, forcing him to re-kick. No problem. He coolly nailed the second one to keep the Cowboys undefeated at 5-0.
In Ryan’s five interception game, the Falcons beat the Cardinals 23-19. He became the first QB since Bart Starr in 1967 to win while throwing five picks and zero touchdown passes.
