FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Maybe Texans safety Andre Hal thought Jacoby Brissett would run out of bounds at the 5 in the first quarter of his first NFL start.After all, with Tom Brady suspended and Jimmy Garoppolo injured, the Patriots didnt have any other quarterbacks on the roster to call upon if the 23-year-old rookie got hurt.But Brissett, who broke free around the right side on a first-and-15 from the Houston 27, went untouched to the 5 before Hal appeared to have him cornered. Heading for the sideline, Brissett stutter-stepped and let the defender cut in front of him, then slipped through his grasp before diving for the end zone .As his teammates rushed to celebrate with him, the stadium public address blasted out The Doors: Hello, I love you, wont you tell me your name.Brissett went on to complete 11 of 19 passes for 103 yards, and ran for 48 yards on eight carries for the Patriots on Thursday night as they took advantage of three Houston turnovers to beat the Texans 27-0. The 27-yard touchdown run was the longest for a Patriots quarterback since 1976.New England improved to 3-0 without Brady, who has one game remaining on his Deflategate suspension.It was quite an introduction for Brissett, who came on in relief of Garoppolo against Miami on Sunday and four days later became the first rookie quarterback to start for the Patriots since Drew Bledsoe in 1993 -- and the first black player to start at QB in franchise history .It was 15 years minus one day after Bledsoe was knocked out of the game on a hit by Jets linebacker Mo Lewis.Brady led the Patriots to the Super Bowl title that year -- and three more -- relinquishing the job only in 2008, when he was injured, and again this year when NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell benched him four games for his role in a scheme to use improperly inflated footballs in the 2015 AFC title game.Bledsoe, who had been the No. 1 overall pick in the 1993 NFL draft, was the last rookie to start a game at quarterback for the Patriots before Brissett took the field on Thursday night, leading the team out of the tunnel before the game and then to a victory during it.Brissett made his NFL debut in relief of Garoppolo, who was slammed to the turf by Dolphins linebacker Kiko Alonso on Sunday, a 31-24 Patriots victory. Brissett completed 6 of 9 passes for 92 yards against Miami but it wasnt clear he would get the start until Garoppolo was on the inactive list when it was released 90 minutes before kickoff.Coach Bill Belichick decided not to bring in a free agent quarterback to fill out the depth chart , leaving only receiver Julian Edelman, who played QB at Kent State, if something happened to Brissett.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFLRenato Nunez Jersey . -- The Magic have their first victory of the new year. Brady Anderson Jersey . In taking its goal tally to 99 in all competitions already this season, City delivered another demonstration of its lethal firepower at Etihad Stadium to set up a fourth-round match at home to another second-tier team -- Watford. https://www.cheaporioles.com/138i-whitey-herzog-jersey-orioles.html . 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On Sunday, Casse added a victory in the Grade 1 United Nations at Monmouth Park to his recent successes.With Florent Geroux aboard, World Approval parlayed a perfect stalking trip behind 75-1 longshot Cement Clement into a 1-1/4-length victory in the $327,000 United Nations, a 1-3/8-mile turf race. Cement Clement set even fractions of 24.29, 50.21, 1:14.72, and 1:39.04 while World Approval tracked him in second.Money Multiplier, also forwardly placed, moved closer on the backstretch. He lodged a bid three wide on the far turn as World Approval went after the pacesetter, but was unable to cut into the winners margin in the stretch.Wake Forest did the best of any of the closers to finish third, 1-3/4 lengths behind Money Multiplier.We sat the perfect trip, Geroux said. On paper it looked like Cement Clement would be going to the lead, so we let him set the pace for us. When I asked him at the quarter pole, he responded nicely.World Approval paid $7.40 as the second betting choice in the 10-horse field. He completed the course over good ground in 2:14.66.In his prior two starts, World Approval finished second, beaten a neck, in the Grade 1 Woodford Reserve Turf Classic at Churchill Dowwns on Kentucky Derby Day and third, beaten 2-1/4 lengths, in the Grade 1 Manhattan at Belmont Park on Belmont Stakes Day.dddddddddddd A 4-year-old gelded son of Northern Afleet, he is now 6 for 15 with earnings of $853,450. He is owned by the Live Oak Plantation of Charlotte Weber.Trainer Chad Brown had three starters in the United Nations: Money Multiplier, Wake Forest, and Mr Maybe, who finished seventh.I thought they all got pretty good trips, Brown said. The winner was very good today. My first two horses just werent good enough to run him down. With Mr Maybe, we knew we were up against it coming off a four-month layoff. Wake Forest was on the muscle in the paddock, prancing with his neck bowed.He got worked up in the paddock, that was disappointing to see, Brown said. He hasnt done that before. He put in a decent run, but we know he is better than that.Wake Forest broke slowly for the third straight race. He made a middle move to a contending position on the backstretch under John Velazquez, and then finished willingly.We know he doesnt break, Velazquez said. On the second turn, two horses backed up on me and I went around them on the backstretch. When we came back around, he just didnt have it.Triple Threat ran well to finish fourth after he dwelt at the start to get off well behind the field. ' ' '