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The Pittsburgh Steelers, last season's Super Bowl champions, were shocked 27-24 in overtime by the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium.

Ryan Succop (pictured, centre) kicked the game-winning 22-yard field goal with 8:28 left in overtime.

"They are the Super Bowl champions and they are an organisation to be and try and get to," said Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassell, who set up the winning field goal with a 61-yard completion to Chris Chambers.

"To come out here and get a big win is huge, for not only this team going forward, but also this organisation."

Kansas City's defense forced three turnovers, including two interceptions by linebacker Andy Studebaker.

"I take responsibility for that performance," Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said. "I have to have this football team better prepared to play.

"Ultimately we have to play better than what we played in that stadium. We are capable of much more than that. You have to tip your hat to the Chiefs because they played well enough to win.

"But that's not what we're capable of. That's not us, and it won't be us. But it was us today."

Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger completed 32 of 42 passes for 398 yards and three touchdowns, but was removed from the game in overtime after taking a knee to the head.

Pittsburgh (6-4) remained a game behind the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC North after the Bengals were stunned by the Oakland Raiders 20-17. Kansas City improved to 3-7.

Tomlin said he would "accept responsibility" for the loss to the Chiefs.

"We were highly penalised, we turned the ball over in the red area, we gave up big plays, we gave up a kick return," he said.

"When you do those things, regardless of time of possession, yards, whatever, you open yourself up to defeat and that's what happened in that football game."

Elsewhere, Indianapolis eked out yet another narrow win while New Orleans rolled past Tampa Bay as the Colts and Saints remained unbeaten in the NFL.

Indianapolis sealed a 17-15 victory over the Ravens to improve to 10-0 for the season and stretch their regular-season winning streak to 19 games.

New Orleans improved to 10-0 - the first 10-game winning streak in club history - with a 38-7 rout of the Buccaneers.

In Baltimore, former Ravens kicker Matt Stover sealed the Colts' victory with a go-ahead field goal with seven minutes and two seconds to play.

Colts linebacker Gary Brackett then intercepted Joe Flacco's pass at the Indianapolis 13 yard line with 2:42 left, and Indianapolis kept the ball until the closing seconds.

Baltimore last chance expired when Ed Reed fumbled on a punt return with 17 seconds remaining.

The Colts 19-game winning streak is second-longest in NFL history, behind the 21 of New England from 2006-08. Their eighth straight 10-win seasons rank second behind San Francisco's 16 from 1983-98.

"It's really not on anybody's minds. At least not on my mind," Colts quarterback Peyton Manning said. "We're relieved we got this win. Obviously, it's a great team effort."

The Colts have won their last four games by a total of just 10 points. After Manning engineered a rally against New England last week, this week's triumph owed more to an Indianapolis defense that didn't allow a Baltimore touchdown.

Billy Cundiff made field goals of 46, 44, 38, 36 and 20 yards in his debut with Baltimore. He missed a 30-yarder that have given Baltimore a 15-14 lead in the third period.

After Cundiff's last field goal gave Baltimore a 15-14 lead with 10:12 remaining, Manning moved Indianapolis 60 yards before Stover booted a 25-yarder that put the Colts ahead for good.

The stellar performance of the Colts defense helped overcome an uncharacteristic three turnovers.

In Tampa, meanwhile, the Saints tightened up on turnovers as quarterback Drew Brees threw for three touchdowns without an interception - the first time in five games he hadn't been picked off.

The Saints also didn't allow a sack for the first time since October 18 against the Giants.

"I feel like we haven't peaked yet. ... I feel like the sky's the limit for this team," Brees said. "It only gets harder. By no means can we sit back on what we've accomplished thus far. Every team we face would love to give us that first loss."

In Dallas, Tony Romo's 10-yard touchdown pass to Patrick Crayton with 2:41 to play lifted the Cowboys to a 7-6 victory over the struggling Redskins.

Ailing Detroit signal-caller Matthew Stafford threw his fifth touchdown pass from one yard to Brandon Pettigrew, and Jason Hanson's extra point with no time on the clock lifted the long-suffering Lions to a dramatic 38-37 victory over Cleveland.

Veteran Brett Favre completed a career-high 88 percent of his passes for 213 yards and four touchdowns as the Vikings routed Seattle 35-9, and New England quarterback Tom Brady notched his fifth straight game of more than 300 passing yards as the Patriots beat the New York Jets 31-14.

The New York Giants snapped a four-game skid with a 34-31 overtime victory over Atlanta, Green Bay beat San Francisco 30-24, Jacksonville beat Buffalo 18-15, Arizona beat St. Louis 21-13, Oakland edged Cincinnati 20-17, San Diego beat Denver 32-3 and Philadelphia beat Chicago 24-20.

Full NFL results on Sunday, home team in CAPS:

DALLAS 7 Washington 6

DETROIT 38 Cleveland 37

GREEN BAY 30 San Francisco 24

KANSAS CITY 27 Pittsburgh 24 (OT)

NY GIANTS 34 Atlanta 31 (OT)

New Orleans 38 TAMPA BAY 7

JACKSONVILLE 18 Buffalo 15

Indianapolis 17 BALTIMORE 15

MINNESOTA 35 Seattle 9

Arizona 21 ST. LOUIS 13

NEW ENGLAND 31 NY Jets 14

OAKLAND 20 Cincinnati 17

San Diego 32 DENVER 3

Philadelphia 24 CHICAGO 20

AFP / Reuters