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Pro football

The Associated Press

All Hawaii times

National Football League

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

y-New England 10 4 0 .714 506 311

N.Y. Jets 6 8 0 .469 255 320

Miami 6 8 0 .429 264 279

Buffalo 5 9 0 .357 306 402

South

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y-Houston 12 2 0 .857 394 280

Indianapolis 9 5 0 .643 309 358

Tennessee 5 9 0 .357 285 396

Jacksonville 2 12 0 .143 219 383

North

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x-Baltimore 9 5 0 .643 348 307

Cincinnati 8 6 0 .571 355 293

Pittsburgh 7 7 0 .500 302 291

Cleveland 5 9 0 .357 280 310

West

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y-Denver 11 3 0 .786 409 274

San Diego 5 9 0 .357 299 312

Oakland 4 10 0 .286 263 402

Kansas City 2 12 0 .143 195 367

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

East

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Washington 8 6 0 .571 381 350

Dallas 8 6 0 .571 327 338

N.Y. Giants 8 6 0 .571 373 304

Philadelphia 4 10 0 .286 253 375

South

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y-Atlanta 12 2 0 .857 371 259

New Orleans 6 8 0 .429 389 379

Tampa Bay 6 8 0 .429 354 349

Carolina 5 9 0 .357 296 319

North

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y-Green Bay 10 4 0 .714 344 292

Minnesota 8 6 0 .571 319 308

Chicago 8 6 0 .571 321 240

Detroit 4 10 0 .286 330 380

West

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San Francisco 10 3 1 .769 357 218

Seattle 9 5 0 .643 350 219

St. Louis 6 7 1 .464 258 315

Arizona 5 9 0 .357 224 302

x-clinched playoff spot

y-clinched division

Thursday’s Game

Cincinnati 34, Philadelphia 13

Sunday’s Games

Green Bay 21, Chicago 13

New Orleans 41, Tampa Bay 0

Minnesota 36, St. Louis 22

Houston 29, Indianapolis 17

Atlanta 34, N.Y. Giants 0

Washington 38, Cleveland 21

Miami 24, Jacksonville 3

Denver 34, Baltimore 17

Carolina 31, San Diego 7

Arizona 38, Detroit 10

Seattle 50, Buffalo 17

Oakland 15, Kansas City 0

Dallas 27, Pittsburgh 24, OT

San Francisco 41, New England 34

Monday’s Game

Tennessee 14, N.Y. Jets 10

Saturday, Dec. 22

Atlanta at Detroit, 3:30 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 23

Tennessee at Green Bay, 8 a.m.

Indianapolis at Kansas City, 8 a.m.

New Orleans at Dallas, 8 a.m.

Minnesota at Houston, 8 a.m.

Oakland at Carolina, 8 a.m.

Buffalo at Miami, 8 a.m.

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 8 a.m.

New England at Jacksonville, 8 a.m.

Washington at Philadelphia, 8 a.m.

St. Louis at Tampa Bay, 8 a.m.

San Diego at N.Y. Jets, 8 a.m.

Cleveland at Denver, 11:05 a.m.

Chicago at Arizona, 11:25 a.m.

N.Y. Giants at Baltimore, 11:25 a.m.

San Francisco at Seattle, 3:20 p.m.

49ers 41, Patriots 34

San Francisco 7 10 14 10—41

New England 0 3 7 24—34

First Quarter

SF—Moss 24 pass from Kaepernick (Akers kick), 10:55.

Second Quarter

NE—FG Gostkowski 32, 8:31.

SF—Walker 34 pass from Kaepernick (Akers kick), 6:59.

SF—FG Akers 20, :00.

Third Quarter

SF—Gore 9 offensive fumble return (Akers kick), 10:38.

SF—Crabtree 27 pass from Kaepernick (Akers kick), 10:21.

NE—Woodhead 6 run (Gostkowski kick), 5:59.

Fourth Quarter

NE—Brady 1 run (Gostkowski kick), 14:58.

NE—Hernandez 5 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), 12:13.

NE—Woodhead 1 run (Gostkowski kick), 6:43.

SF—Crabtree 38 pass from Kaepernick (Akers kick), 6:25.

SF—FG Akers 28, 1:56.

NE—FG Gostkowski 41, :38.

A—68,756.

SF NE

First downs 19 32

Total Net Yards 383 520

Rushes-yards 39-180 24-95

Passing 203 425

Punt Returns 3-15 5-13

Kickoff Returns 6-154 5-107

Interceptions Ret. 2-59 1-0

Comp-Att-Int 14-25-1 36-65-2

Sacked-Yards Lost 1-13 3-18

Punts 5-56.6 5-45.6

Fumbles-Lost 6-1 2-2

Penalties-Yards 6-88 8-73

Time of Possession 30:13 29:47

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—San Francisco, Gore 21-83, James 8-31, Goldson 1-31, Kaepernick 7-28, Dixon 2-7. New England, Woodhead 12-61, Ridley 9-23, Brady 3-11.

PASSING—San Francisco, Kaepernick 14-25-1-216. New England, Brady 36-65-2-443.

RECEIVING—San Francisco, Crabtree 7-107, Moss 2-36, Gore 2-34, Walker 2-29, V.Davis 1-10. New England, Lloyd 10-190, Hernandez 10-92, Welker 5-56, Woodhead 5-23, Branch 4-37, Hoomanawanui 1-41, Vereen 1-4.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—San Francisco, Akers 39 (WL).

College Football

FBS Bowl Glance

Subject to Change

Saturday, Dec. 15

New Mexico Bowl

At Albuquerque

Arizona 49, Nevada 48

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

At Boise, Idaho

Utah State 41, Toledo 15

Thursday, Dec. 20

Poinsettia Bowl

At San Diego

San Diego State (9-3) vs. BYU (7-5), 3p.m. (ESPN)

Friday, Dec. 21

Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl

At St. Petersburg, Fla.

Ball State (9-3) vs. UCF (9-4), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Saturday, Dec. 22

New Orleans Bowl

East Carolina (8-4) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (7-4), 7 a.m. (ESPN)

MAACO Bowl

Las Vegas

Boise State (10-2) vs. Washington (7-5), 10:30 a.m. (ESPN)

Monday, Dec. 24

Hawaii Bowl

At Honolulu

SMU (6-6) vs. Fresno State (9-3), 3 p.m. (ESPN)

Monday’s Sports

Transactions

BASEBALL

American League

DETROIT TIGERS — Agreed to terms with RHP Anibal Sanchez on a five-year contract.

HOUSTON ASTROS — Agreed to terms with DH Carlos Pena.

National League

CHICAGO CUBS — Agreed to terms with 3B Ian Stewart on a one-year contract. Designated LHP Jeff Beliveau for assignment. Agreed to terms with RHP Chang-Yong Lim on a minor league contract.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Agreed to terms with INF Donnie Murphy on a minor league contract.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

NBA — Promoted Mike Bass to executive vice president, communications.

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES — Assigned G Josh Selby to Reno (NBADL). Recalled G Tony Wroten from Reno.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

NFL — Suspended Washington T Jordan Black four games for violating the league’s policy on performance enhancing substances.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

DALLAS STARS — Reassigned D Hubert Labrie from Idaho (ECHL) to Texas (AHL).

DETROIT RED WINGS — Reassigned D Gleason Fournier and F Andrej Nestrasil from Toledo (ECHL) to Grand Rapids (AHL).

COLLEGE

UC DAVIS — Named Ron Gould football coach.

College basketball

AP Top 25 Men’s Poll

The top 25 men’s teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 16, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:

Record Pts Prv

1. Duke (62) 9-0 1,622 2

2. Michigan (3) 11-0 1,543 3

3. Syracuse 9-0 1,465 4

4. Arizona 8-0 1,371 8

5. Louisville 9-1 1,362 6

6. Indiana 9-1 1,321 1

7. Ohio St. 8-1 1,249 7

8. Florida 7-1 1,163 5

9. Kansas 8-1 1,110 9

10. Illinois 12-0 1,044 10

11. Cincinnati 10-0 967 11

12. Missouri 8-1 886 12

13. Minnesota 11-1 730 13

14. Gonzaga 10-1 710 14

15. Georgetown 9-1 579 15

16. New Mexico 11-0 548 17

17. Creighton 10-1 530 16

18. San Diego St. 8-1 493 18

19. Butler 8-2 361 —

20. Michigan St. 9-2 343 19

21. UNLV 8-1 315 20

22. Notre Dame 9-1 291 22

23. North Carolina 8-2 256 21

24. Oklahoma St. 8-1 244 24

25. NC State 7-2 198 25

Others receiving votes: Oregon 176, Pittsburgh 158, Kentucky 41, Wyoming 14, Marquette 8, VCU 7, Wichita St. 6, Murray St. 4, UConn 4, Miami 3, Maryland 2, Bucknell 1.

Pro basketball

National Basketball Association

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

New York 18 6 .750 —

Brooklyn 13 10 .565 4½

Boston 12 11 .522 5½

Philadelphia 12 12 .500 6

Toronto 6 19 .240 12½

Southeast Division

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Miami 15 6 .714 —

Atlanta 14 7 .667 1

Orlando 11 13 .458 5½

Charlotte 7 16 .304 9

Washington 3 18 .143 12

Central Division

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Chicago 13 10 .565 —

Milwaukee 12 10 .545 ½

Indiana 13 11 .542 ½

Detroit 7 20 .259 8

Cleveland 5 20 .200 9

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

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San Antonio 19 7 .731 —

Memphis 16 6 .727 1

Houston 12 12 .500 6

Dallas 11 13 .458 7

New Orleans 5 18 .217 12½

Northwest Division

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Oklahoma City 20 4 .833 —

Minnesota 12 10 .545 7

Denver 13 12 .520 7½

Utah 13 12 .520 7½

Portland 11 12 .478 8½

Pacific Division

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L.A. Clippers 18 6 .750 —

Golden State 16 8 .667 2

L.A. Lakers 11 14 .440 7½

Phoenix 9 15 .375 9

Sacramento 7 16 .304 10½

Sunday’s Games

Toronto 103, Houston 96

Denver 122, Sacramento 97

L.A. Lakers 111, Philadelphia 98

Portland 95, New Orleans 94

Monday’s Games

Orlando 102, Minnesota 93

Houston 109, New York 96

L.A. Clippers 88, Detroit 76

Memphis 80, Chicago 71

Oklahoma City 107, San Antonio 93

Sacramento at Phoenix, late

Today’s Games

Toronto at Cleveland, 2 p.m.

Atlanta at Washington, 2 p.m.

Utah at Brooklyn, 2:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Miami, 2:30 p.m.

Boston at Chicago, 3 p.m.

Indiana at Milwaukee, 3 p.m.

Philadelphia at Dallas, 3:30 p.m.

San Antonio at Denver, 4 p.m.

New Orleans at Golden State, 5:30 p.m.

Charlotte at L.A. Lakers, 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Brooklyn at New York, 2 p.m.

Detroit at Toronto, 2 p.m.

Utah at Indiana, 2 p.m.

Washington at Orlando, 2 p.m.

Cleveland at Boston, 2:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Atlanta, 2:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Houston, 3 p.m.

Charlotte at Phoenix, 4 p.m.

Milwaukee at Memphis, 4:30 p.m.

Golden State at Sacramento, 5 p.m.

New Orleans at L.A. Clippers, 5:30 p.m.