Hull City 1-2 Reading: Ryan Longman own goal gives Royals victory
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Hull had taken four points from away games at Millwall and Cardiff in Liam Rosenior's first two matches in charge
Reading came from behind to snatch an injury-time winner at Hull in Liam Rosenior's first home match in charge of the Tigers.
An unmarked Jacob Greaves headed the home side in front inside 10 minutes but before the break Yakou Meite levelled from close-range on his 150th Royals appearance.
It looked set to end all-square but four minutes into added time Andy Carroll flicked on a Tom Ince cross and the ball went in off Hull's Ryan Longman.
It was a first win in nine games on Humberside for the Royals, while the Tigers have lost seven of their past eight home games.
City began brightly and Longman saw a curling effort from the edge of the box deflected narrowly wide and Dean Bouzanis made a flying save to keep out a header from Tobias Figueiredo which was destined for the top corner.
The deadlock was broken on nine minutes when the unmarked Greaves headed home from a Jean Michael Seri corner.
A defensive mix-up on 24 minutes saw Bouzanis race out of his box but Regan Slater was unable to capitalise as Amadou Mbengue snuffed out the danger.
Tigers keeper Nathan Baxter was called into action to save from Junior Hoilett's toe-poke after Ince saw a shot blocked on 34 minutes, but less than a minute later the visitors were level as Hull failed to deal with Hoilett's corner and Meite was on hand at the far post to ram the ball over the line for his third goal of the season.
Ryan Woods - who was later on the end of a tough challenge from Jeff Hendrick which drew only a yellow card - fired wide of the post at the other end before the break while, in added time, Meite freed Tyrese Fornah who cut inside and sent in a dipping effort from outside the box which was straight at Baxter.
After the turnaround Meite could only head Andy Yiadom's cross straight at Baxter, while shortly before the hour Mbengue charged down an effort from Greg Docherty before Slater's acrobatic volley was blocked by Hoilett as the hosts sought a second.
Royals skipper Yiadom produced a timely challenge to thwart Longman down the left midway through the second half and Ince saw a fierce drive blocked by a Hull defender inside the last 10 minutes after some fine approach play.
Longman sent two efforts too close to Bouzanis in the closing stages but it was at the other end that his contribution proved decisive.
Ince's cross was flicked-on by substitute Carroll and Longman could only poke the ball into his own net to spark wild celebrations from the visitors.
No Championship side has lost more home games than Hull's seven this season, with each of those defeats coming in their past eight matches at the MKM Stadium. The Tigers remain the only side without a home clean sheet in the Championship so far this season.
Hull are just a point above the relegation zone while Reading are into the top-half of the Championship table.
Hull manager Liam Rosenior told BBC Radio Humberside:
"I was delighted with the start, we were positive and on the front foot and we got a great goal - but we were flat in our performance after that. We didn't kick-on.
"Reading made changes, maybe I should have freshened up the team. I didn't because I wanted to see their reaction and I felt we were in complete dominance and control in the second half.
"I think they should have had a red card and it wasn't a foul for the second goal - we should have defended the free-kick better but it was never a foul.
"I would like to say 'thank you' to the fans for making me feel so welcome, it's something I'll always remember."
Reading manager Paul Ince told BBC Radio Berkshire:
"You can't get a better time to score than that, can you? We've got the three points. We'd have taken the point, I think the game was petering out. They were having a lot of pressure without causing us any major issues.
"When you get the free-kick you are just thinking 'just one bit of quality, just one' - it was a lovely ball into the box by Tom, I could see Andy Carroll galloping in but I couldn't see anything after that until I saw the boys celebrating the goal.
"The 94th minute is the best time to score. We looked tired, out on our feet, we gave everything again. It's great we can go into the break on a positive note and the fans can make the long journey home on a positive."