NFL: DALLAS at NY GIANTS <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- DALLAS 7 10 7 7 31 NY GIANTS 7 10 0 3 20 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 3:50 DAL - TD, TONY CURTIS 15 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK). Drive: 7 plays, 65 yards in 3:50. Key plays: Jones 20-yard run to New York 45; Romo 12-yard pass to Hurd to New York 33; Romo 10-yard pass to Owens to New York 15. DALLAS 7-0. 8:47 NYG - TD, JEREMY SHOCKEY 8 YD PASS FROM ELI MANNING (LAWRENCE TYNES KICK). Drive: 8 plays, 67 yards in 4:57. Key plays: Manning 11-yard pass to Burress to Dallas 47; 5-yard encroachment penalty on Cowboys' Ratliff on 3rd-and-1 to Dallas 34; Manning 7-yard pass to Burress plus 14-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty to Cowboys' James to Dallas 14. DALLAS 7-7. 2ND QUARTER: 0:04 DAL - FG, NICHOLAS FOLK 44 YD. Drive: 6 plays, 13 yards in 2:56. Key plays: Hamlin 26-yard interception return to New York 39; Romo 5-yard pass to Barber plus 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on Giants' M Johnson to New York 17. DALLAS 10-7. 10:27 NYG - TD, REUBEN DROUGHNS 1 YD RUN (LAWRENCE TYNES KICK). Drive: 11 plays, 60 yards in 7:22. Key plays: Wilson interception at Dallas 40; 5-yard illegal use of hands penalty on Cowboys' Johnson to Dallas 39; Jacobs 3-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to Dallas 28; Jacobs 13-yard run to Dallas 10. NY GIANTS 14-10. 14:33 DAL - TD, PATRICK CRAYTON 20 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK). Drive: 7 plays, 68 yards in 1:21. Key plays: Romo 11-yard pass to Owens to New York 39; Romo 10-yard pass to Owens on 3rd-and-1 to New York 20. DALLAS 17-14. 14:59 NYG - FG, LAWRENCE TYNES 40 YD. Drive: 2 plays, 44 yards in 0:26. Key plays: Jacobs 1-yard run plus 15-yard taunting penalty on Cowboys' Burnett to New York 49; Manning 29-yard pass to Shockey to Dallas 22. DALLAS 17-17. 3RD QUARTER: 7:46 DAL - TD, TERRELL OWENS 25 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK). Drive: 12 plays, 86 yards in 6:27. Key plays: Jones 10-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to Dallas 45; Romo 15-yard pass to Crayton on 3rd-and-7 to New York 37; Romo 13-yard pass to Crayton on 3rd-and-11 to New York 25. DALLAS 24-17. 4TH QUARTER: 1:42 NYG - FG, LAWRENCE TYNES 26 YD. Drive: 16 plays, 75 yards in 8:56. Key plays: Jacobs 16-yard run to New York 33; Manning 11-yard pass to Shockey to New York 49; Manning 23-yard pass to Toomer on 3rd-and-10 to Dallas 28; Jacobs 4-yard run on 3rd-and-3 to Dallas 17; Droughns 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Dallas 6. DALLAS 24-20. 4:17 DAL - TD, TERRELL OWENS 50 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK). Drive: 5 plays, 70 yards in 2:35. Key plays: Barber 6-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to midfield. DALLAS 31-20. DALLAS - NY GIANTS Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS DALLAS NY GIANTS FIRST DOWNS 19 23 Rushing 4 7 Passing 12 11 Penalty 3 5 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-11-45% 7-14-50% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-1-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 323 300 Total offensive plays 54 66 Average gain per play 6.0 4.5 NET YARDS RUSHING 82 106 Rushing attempts 24 27 Average gain per rush 3.4 3.9 Tackles for loss-yards 4-6 1-3 NET YARDS PASSING 241 194 Times sacked: Number-Yards 2-6 5-42 Gross passing yards 247 236 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 28-20-1 34-23-2 Avg gain per pass play 8.0 5.0 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 6-0-0 5-0-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 4-35.8 4-38.3 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 35.8 35.8 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 26 10 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 0-0 1-10 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 4-86 6-79 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 2-26 1-0 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 10-84 8-70 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-0 1-0 TOUCHDOWNS 4 2 Rushing 0 1 Passing 4 1 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 4-4 2-2 Kicking: Made-Attempts 4-4 2-2 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 2-3-67% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 1-2-50% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 25:12 34:48 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS DALLAS NY GIANTS RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J JONES 11 48 4.4 20 0 B JACOBS 23 95 4.1 16 0 M BARBER I 12 34 2.8 6 0 R DROUGHNS 3 8 2.7 5 1 T ROMO 1 0 0.0 0 0 E MANNING 1 3 3.0 3 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T ROMO 20-28-247 1 4 50 E MANNING 23-34-236 2 1 29 Sacked-Yards Lost: T ROMO 2-6. Sacked-Yards Lost: E MANNING 5-42. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T OWENS 6 125 20.8 50 2 J SHOCKEY 12 129 10.8 29 1 P CRAYTON 5 66 13.2 20 1 P BURRESS 4 24 6.0 11 0 M BARBER I 3 -1 -0.3 5 0 A TOOMER 3 37 12.3 23 0 S HURD 2 21 10.5 12 0 K BOSS 1 18 18.0 18 0 J WITTEN 2 12 6.0 8 0 S MOSS 1 13 13.0 13 0 T CURTIS 1 15 15.0 15 1 B JACOBS 1 10 10.0 10 0 A FASANO 1 9 9.0 9 0 R DROUGHNS 1 5 5.0 5 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- K HAMLIN 1 26 26.0 26 0 G WILSON 1 0 0.0 0 0 P WATKINS 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- M MCBRIAR 4 143 35.8 0 1 45 J FEAGLES 4 153 38.3 0 1 48 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- R MCQUARTERS 1 10 10.0 10 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- M AUSTIN 3 59 19.7 25 0 A BRADSHAW 4 49 12.3 14 0 N JONES 1 27 27.0 27 0 R DROUGHNS 2 30 15.0 16 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- N FOLK 4/4 1/1 L TYNES 2/2 2/2 Dist.: 44 Dist.: 40 26 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ T ROMO 1 0 0 0-0 E MANNING 1 0 0 0-0 G ELLIS 0 0 1 0-0 M STRAHAN 0 0 1 0-0 K KOSIER 0 0 0 1-0 C SNEE 0 0 0 1-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ R WILLIAMS 10 8 2 0-0 G WILSON 14 10 4 0-0 B JAMES 10 7 3 0-0 M KIWANUKA 6 5 1 0-0 D WARE 10 5 5 1-14 A PIERCE 6 2 4 0-0 K BURNETT 8 7 1 0-0 M STRAHAN 5 3 2 1-4 C CANTY 5 4 1 1-7 K MITCHELL 5 3 2 0-0 J REEVES 5 4 1 0-0 S MADISON 4 4 0 0-0 T NEWMAN 4 4 0 0-0 B COFIELD 4 4 0 0-0 K HAMLIN 4 2 2 0-0 K DOCKERY 4 2 2 0-0 T JOHNSON 3 3 0 1-1 J BUTLER 3 3 0 0-0 G ELLIS 3 2 1 1-8 O UMENYIORA 3 1 2 1-2 M SPEARS 2 2 0 0-0 A ROSS 2 2 0 0-0 A SPENCER 1 1 0 1-12 F ROBBINS 2 1 1 0-0 A AYODELE 1 1 0 0-0 M JOHNSON 1 1 0 0-0 P WATKINS 1 1 0 0-0 J TUCK 1 0 1 0-0 J HATCHER 1 1 0 0-0 Att: 78,964</div>
By Doug Mittler PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Ticker) - Supremacy in the NFC EastDivision still belongs to the Dallas Cowboys. Tony Romo madesure of that. Romo threw four touchdown passes, including a pair ofsecond-half strikes to Terrell Owens, as the Cowboys snapped theNew York Giants' six-game winning streak with a 31-20 victorySunday. The Giants (6-3) were out to prove that their six-game winningstreak was not simply the result of a favorable schedule andthat they were legitimate contenders in the NFC East. Romo showed that the road to the division title still goesthrough Dallas, throwing TD passes to Tony Curtis and PatrickCrayton in the first half and two more to Owens in the secondhalf. Romo finished 20-of-28 for 247 yards with oneinterception. The Cowboys (8-1) completed a series sweep of the Giants andopened a two-game lead in the NFC East. It is the first timeDallas opened the season 8-1 since 1995. Romo completed third-down passes of 15 and 13 yards to Craytonon the Cowboys' opening drive of the second half and capped thedrive with a 25-yard touchdown pass to Owens, who ran pastcornerback Sam Madison into the right corner of the end zone togive Dallas a 24-17 lead. The Giants appeared to answer with a six-yard TD run by BrandonJacobs, but the score was nullified by a holding call on guardChris Snee. New York settled for a 26-yard field goal by Lawrence Tynes, whocapped a drive which began after an 83-yard kickoff return byAhmad Bradshaw was called back by a holding penalty. Owens also ran under a 50-yard pass from Romo for a touchdown,increasing the lead to 31-20 with 10:43 left. The Cowboys'controversial wide receiver caught six passes for 125 yards. The Cowboys took a 17-14 lead with 1:21 left in the first halfwhen Romo completed all six of his passes on a 68-yard drivethat was capped with a 20-yard touchdown pass to Crayton. The momentum was in Dallas' favor, but a 15-yard tauntingpenalty on Kevin Burnett gave the Giants the ball near midfield,and Eli Manning threw a 29-yard pass to tight end JeremyShockey, setting up a 40-yard field goal by Tynes that tied it,17-17, at halftime. Shockey finished with a career-high 12 catches for 129 yards. The Cowboys easily marched 65 yards downfield in seven plays onthe opening possession of the game. Julius Jones rushed for 20yards on the first play and Romo later found Curtis in the leftcorner of the end zone for a 15-yard touchdown pass. The Giants answered on their first drive when Manning threw an8-yard touchdown pass to Shockey to cap an eight-play drive.The 67-yard march featured back-to-back encroachment penaltieson Dallas and a personal foul on Cowboys linebacker BradieJames. Interceptions led to the next two scores. Safety Ken Hamlin returned an interception of Manning 26 yards,leading to a 44-yard field goal by Nick Folk on the opening playof the second quarter. The Giants soon capitalized on an interception when safetyGibril Wilson picked off an underthrown ball by Romo at theGiants 40. New York marched 60 yards in 11 plays, capped by a 1-yard run byReuben Droughns that gave the Giants their only lead at 14-10. Manning finished 23-of-33 for 236 yards with two interceptionsand Jacobs rushed 23 times for 95 yards.
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NFL: DALLAS at NY GIANTS <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- DALLAS 7 10 7 7 31 NY GIANTS 7 10 0 3 20 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 3:50 DAL - TD, TONY CURTIS 15 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK). Drive: 7 plays, 65 yards in 3:50. Key plays: Jones 20-yard run to New York 45; Romo 12-yard pass to Hurd to New York 33; Romo 10-yard pass to Owens to New York 15. DALLAS 7-0. 8:47 NYG - TD, JEREMY SHOCKEY 8 YD PASS FROM ELI MANNING (LAWRENCE TYNES KICK). Drive: 8 plays, 67 yards in 4:57. Key plays: Manning 11-yard pass to Burress to Dallas 47; 5-yard encroachment penalty on Cowboys' Ratliff on 3rd-and-1 to Dallas 34; Manning 7-yard pass to Burress plus 14-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty to Cowboys' James to Dallas 14. DALLAS 7-7. 2ND QUARTER: 0:04 DAL - FG, NICHOLAS FOLK 44 YD. Drive: 6 plays, 13 yards in 2:56. Key plays: Hamlin 26-yard interception return to New York 39; Romo 5-yard pass to Barber plus 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on Giants' M Johnson to New York 17. DALLAS 10-7. 10:27 NYG - TD, REUBEN DROUGHNS 1 YD RUN (LAWRENCE TYNES KICK). Drive: 11 plays, 60 yards in 7:22. Key plays: Wilson interception at Dallas 40; 5-yard illegal use of hands penalty on Cowboys' Johnson to Dallas 39; Jacobs 3-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to Dallas 28; Jacobs 13-yard run to Dallas 10. NY GIANTS 14-10. 14:33 DAL - TD, PATRICK CRAYTON 20 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK). Drive: 7 plays, 68 yards in 1:21. Key plays: Romo 11-yard pass to Owens to New York 39; Romo 10-yard pass to Owens on 3rd-and-1 to New York 20. DALLAS 17-14. 14:59 NYG - FG, LAWRENCE TYNES 40 YD. Drive: 2 plays, 44 yards in 0:26. Key plays: Jacobs 1-yard run plus 15-yard taunting penalty on Cowboys' Burnett to New York 49; Manning 29-yard pass to Shockey to Dallas 22. DALLAS 17-17. 3RD QUARTER: 7:46 DAL - TD, TERRELL OWENS 25 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK). Drive: 12 plays, 86 yards in 6:27. Key plays: Jones 10-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to Dallas 45; Romo 15-yard pass to Crayton on 3rd-and-7 to New York 37; Romo 13-yard pass to Crayton on 3rd-and-11 to New York 25. DALLAS 24-17. 4TH QUARTER: 1:42 NYG - FG, LAWRENCE TYNES 26 YD. Drive: 16 plays, 75 yards in 8:56. Key plays: Jacobs 16-yard run to New York 33; Manning 11-yard pass to Shockey to New York 49; Manning 23-yard pass to Toomer on 3rd-and-10 to Dallas 28; Jacobs 4-yard run on 3rd-and-3 to Dallas 17; Droughns 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Dallas 6. DALLAS 24-20. 4:17 DAL - TD, TERRELL OWENS 50 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK). Drive: 5 plays, 70 yards in 2:35. Key plays: Barber 6-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to midfield. DALLAS 31-20. DALLAS - NY GIANTS Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS DALLAS NY GIANTS FIRST DOWNS 19 23 Rushing 4 7 Passing 12 11 Penalty 3 5 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-11-45% 7-14-50% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-1-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 323 300 Total offensive plays 54 66 Average gain per play 6.0 4.5 NET YARDS RUSHING 82 106 Rushing attempts 24 27 Average gain per rush 3.4 3.9 Tackles for loss-yards 4-6 1-3 NET YARDS PASSING 241 194 Times sacked: Number-Yards 2-6 5-42 Gross passing yards 247 236 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 28-20-1 34-23-2 Avg gain per pass play 8.0 5.0 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 6-0-0 5-0-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 4-35.8 4-38.3 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 35.8 35.8 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 26 10 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 0-0 1-10 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 4-86 6-79 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 2-26 1-0 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 10-84 8-70 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-0 1-0 TOUCHDOWNS 4 2 Rushing 0 1 Passing 4 1 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 4-4 2-2 Kicking: Made-Attempts 4-4 2-2 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 2-3-67% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 1-2-50% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 25:12 34:48 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS DALLAS NY GIANTS RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J JONES 11 48 4.4 20 0 B JACOBS 23 95 4.1 16 0 M BARBER I 12 34 2.8 6 0 R DROUGHNS 3 8 2.7 5 1 T ROMO 1 0 0.0 0 0 E MANNING 1 3 3.0 3 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T ROMO 20-28-247 1 4 50 E MANNING 23-34-236 2 1 29 Sacked-Yards Lost: T ROMO 2-6. Sacked-Yards Lost: E MANNING 5-42. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T OWENS 6 125 20.8 50 2 J SHOCKEY 12 129 10.8 29 1 P CRAYTON 5 66 13.2 20 1 P BURRESS 4 24 6.0 11 0 M BARBER I 3 -1 -0.3 5 0 A TOOMER 3 37 12.3 23 0 S HURD 2 21 10.5 12 0 K BOSS 1 18 18.0 18 0 J WITTEN 2 12 6.0 8 0 S MOSS 1 13 13.0 13 0 T CURTIS 1 15 15.0 15 1 B JACOBS 1 10 10.0 10 0 A FASANO 1 9 9.0 9 0 R DROUGHNS 1 5 5.0 5 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- K HAMLIN 1 26 26.0 26 0 G WILSON 1 0 0.0 0 0 P WATKINS 1 0 0.0 0 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- M MCBRIAR 4 143 35.8 0 1 45 J FEAGLES 4 153 38.3 0 1 48 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- R MCQUARTERS 1 10 10.0 10 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- M AUSTIN 3 59 19.7 25 0 A BRADSHAW 4 49 12.3 14 0 N JONES 1 27 27.0 27 0 R DROUGHNS 2 30 15.0 16 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- N FOLK 4/4 1/1 L TYNES 2/2 2/2 Dist.: 44 Dist.: 40 26 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ T ROMO 1 0 0 0-0 E MANNING 1 0 0 0-0 G ELLIS 0 0 1 0-0 M STRAHAN 0 0 1 0-0 K KOSIER 0 0 0 1-0 C SNEE 0 0 0 1-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ R WILLIAMS 10 8 2 0-0 G WILSON 14 10 4 0-0 B JAMES 10 7 3 0-0 M KIWANUKA 6 5 1 0-0 D WARE 10 5 5 1-14 A PIERCE 6 2 4 0-0 K BURNETT 8 7 1 0-0 M STRAHAN 5 3 2 1-4 C CANTY 5 4 1 1-7 K MITCHELL 5 3 2 0-0 J REEVES 5 4 1 0-0 S MADISON 4 4 0 0-0 T NEWMAN 4 4 0 0-0 B COFIELD 4 4 0 0-0 K HAMLIN 4 2 2 0-0 K DOCKERY 4 2 2 0-0 T JOHNSON 3 3 0 1-1 J BUTLER 3 3 0 0-0 G ELLIS 3 2 1 1-8 O UMENYIORA 3 1 2 1-2 M SPEARS 2 2 0 0-0 A ROSS 2 2 0 0-0 A SPENCER 1 1 0 1-12 F ROBBINS 2 1 1 0-0 A AYODELE 1 1 0 0-0 M JOHNSON 1 1 0 0-0 P WATKINS 1 1 0 0-0 J TUCK 1 0 1 0-0 J HATCHER 1 1 0 0-0 Officials: Referee-Jeff Triplette, Umpire-Jim Quick, Head Linesman-Steve Stelljes, Line Judge-Jeff Seeman, Field Judge-Duke Carroll, Side Judge-Greg Meyer, Back Judge-Greg Steed. Att: 78,964 Time of Game: 3:00</div>
By Doug Mittler PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Ticker) - Supremacy in the NFC EastDivision still belongs to the Dallas Cowboys. Tony Romo andTerrell Owens kept it that way. Romo threw four touchdown passes, including a pair ofsecond-half strikes to Owens, as the Cowboys snapped the NewYork Giants' six-game winning streak with a 31-20 victorySunday. The Giants (6-3) were out to prove that their six-game winningstreak was not simply the result of a favorable schedule andthat they were legitimate contenders in the NFC East. Romo showed that the road to the division title still goesthrough Dallas, throwing TD passes to Tony Curtis and PatrickCrayton in the first half and two more to Owens in the secondhalf. "I'm not into statement games. We're into winning footballgames," said Romo, who finished 20-of-28 for 247 yards with oneinterception. "We're into moving toward the fun stuff inJanuary." The Cowboys (8-1) completed a series sweep of the Giants andopened a two-game lead in the NFC East. It is the first timeDallas opened the season 8-1 since 1995. "It was a big win. I wouldn't say it was a Giant win," Cowboyscoach Wade Phillips said. "It puts us up on the Giants, but theseason isn't over." Romo completed third-down passes of 15 and 13 yards to Craytonon the Cowboys' opening drive of the second half and capped thedrive with a 25-yard touchdown pass to Owens, who ran pastcornerback Sam Madison into the right corner of the end zone togive Dallas a 24-17 lead. The Giants appeared to answer with a 6-yard TD run by BrandonJacobs, but the score was nullified by a holding call on guardChris Snee. "We made a lot of costly mistakes that prevented us from havinga big game," Giants quarterback Eli Manning said. New York settled for a 26-yard field goal by Lawrence Tynes, whocapped a drive which began after an 83-yard kickoff return byAhmad Bradshaw was called back by a holding penalty. Owens also ran under a 50-yard pass from Romo for a touchdown,increasing the lead to 31-20 with 10:43 left. The outspokenwide receiver caught six passes for 125 yards, his thirdstraight game with 100 or more yards. "This is why I felt Jerry (Cowboys owner Jerry Jones) brought mehere," Owens said. "I want to be the playmaker for this team."The Giants answered repeated questions during the week of howSunday's game was a litmus test for a club that has faltered inthe second of recent seasons. Some Cowboys might have used that as extra motivation forSunday's game, and Giants coach Tom Coughlin was among thoseupset with the "statement" talk. "That's your verbiage," Coughlin responded to one question. "Iam disappointed. We were our own worst enemy." Manning finished 23-of-33 for 236 yards with two interceptions,but the Giants' offense was rarely in sync, getting called forthree delay of game penalties. Manning also was sacked fivetimes. One of the sacks was by Tank Johnson, who was making his Cowboysdebut following completion of an NFL suspension. "We added that middle rush and we were pushing the pocket," saidlinebacker DeMarcus Ware, who had 10 tackles and one of thesacks. "Tank's been waiting a long time for that. You couldtell." The Cowboys took a 17-14 lead with 1:21 left in the firsthalf when Romo completed all six of his passes on a 68-yarddrive that was capped with a 20-yard touchdown pass to Crayton. The momentum was in Dallas' favor, but a 15-yard tauntingpenalty on Kevin Burnett gave the Giants the ball near midfield,and Eli Manning threw a 29-yard pass to tight end JeremyShockey, setting up a 40-yard field goal by Tynes that tied it,17-17, at halftime. Shockey finished with a career-high 12 catches for 129 yards. The Cowboys easily marched 65 yards downfield in seven plays onthe opening possession of the game. Julius Jones rushed for 20yards on the first play and Romo later found Curtis in the leftcorner of the end zone for a 15-yard touchdown pass. The Giants answered on their first drive when Manning threw an8-yard touchdown pass to Shockey to cap an eight-play drive. The67-yard march featured back-to-back encroachment penalties onDallas and a personal foul on Cowboys linebacker Bradie James. Interceptions led to the next two scores. Safety Ken Hamlin returned an interception of Manning 26 yards,leading to a 44-yard field goal by Nick Folk on the opening playof the second quarter. The Giants soon capitalized on an interception when safetyGibril Wilson picked off an underthrown ball by Romo at theGiants 40. New York marched 60 yards in 11 plays, capped by a 1-yard run byReuben Droughns that gave the Giants their only lead at 14-10.
NFL: DALLAS at NY GIANTS <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- DALLAS 7 10 7 7 31 NY GIANTS 7 10 0 3 20 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 3:50 DAL - TD, TONY CURTIS 15 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK). Drive: 7 plays, 65 yards in 3:50. Key plays: Jones 20-yard run to New York 45; Romo 12-yard pass to Hurd to New York 33; Romo 10-yard pass to Owens to New York 15. DALLAS 7-0. 8:47 NYG - TD, JEREMY SHOCKEY 8 YD PASS FROM ELI MANNING (LAWRENCE TYNES KICK). Drive: 8 plays, 67 yards in 4:57. Key plays: Manning 11-yard pass to Burress to Dallas 47; 5-yard encroachment penalty on Cowboys' Ratliff on 3rd-and-1 to Dallas 34; Manning 7-yard pass to Burress plus 14-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty to Cowboys' James to Dallas 14. DALLAS 7-7. 2ND QUARTER: 0:04 DAL - FG, NICHOLAS FOLK 44 YD. Drive: 6 plays, 13 yards in 2:56. Key plays: Hamlin 26-yard interception return to New York 39; Romo 5-yard pass to Barber plus 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on Giants' M Johnson to New York 17. DALLAS 10-7. 10:27 NYG - TD, REUBEN DROUGHNS 1 YD RUN (LAWRENCE TYNES KICK). Drive: 11 plays, 60 yards in 7:22. Key plays: Wilson interception at Dallas 40; 5-yard illegal use of hands penalty on Cowboys' Johnson to Dallas 39; Jacobs 3-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to Dallas 28; Jacobs 13-yard run to Dallas 10. NY GIANTS 14-10. 14:33 DAL - TD, PATRICK CRAYTON 20 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK). Drive: 7 plays, 68 yards in 1:21. Key plays: Romo 11-yard pass to Owens to New York 39; Romo 10-yard pass to Owens on 3rd-and-1 to New York 20. DALLAS 17-14. 14:59 NYG - FG, LAWRENCE TYNES 40 YD. Drive: 2 plays, 44 yards in 0:26. Key plays: Jacobs 1-yard run plus 15-yard taunting penalty on Cowboys' Burnett to New York 49; Manning 29-yard pass to Shockey to Dallas 22. DALLAS 17-17. 3RD QUARTER: 7:46 DAL - TD, TERRELL OWENS 25 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK). Drive: 12 plays, 86 yards in 6:27. Key plays: Jones 10-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to Dallas 45; Romo 15-yard pass to Crayton on 3rd-and-7 to New York 37; Romo 13-yard pass to Crayton on 3rd-and-11 to New York 25. DALLAS 24-17. 4TH QUARTER: 1:42 NYG - FG, LAWRENCE TYNES 26 YD. Drive: 16 plays, 75 yards in 8:56. Key plays: Jacobs 16-yard run to New York 33; Manning 11-yard pass to Shockey to New York 49; Manning 23-yard pass to Toomer on 3rd-and-10 to Dallas 28; Jacobs 4-yard run on 3rd-and-3 to Dallas 17; Droughns 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Dallas 6. DALLAS 24-20. 4:17 DAL - TD, TERRELL OWENS 50 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK). Drive: 5 plays, 70 yards in 2:35. Key plays: Barber 6-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to midfield. DALLAS 31-20. DALLAS - NY GIANTS Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS DALLAS NY GIANTS FIRST DOWNS 19 23 Rushing 4 7 Passing 12 11 Penalty 3 5 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-11-45% 7-14-50% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-1-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 323 300 Total offensive plays 54 67 Average gain per play 6.0 4.5 NET YARDS RUSHING 80 106 Rushing attempts 25 28 Average gain per rush 3.2 3.8 Tackles for loss-yards 5-8 1-3 NET YARDS PASSING 243 194 Times sacked: Number-Yards 1-4 5-42 Gross passing yards 247 236 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 28-20-1 34-23-2 Avg gain per pass play 8.4 5.0 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 6-0-0 5-0-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 4-35.8 4-38.3 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 35.8 35.8 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 26 10 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 0-0 1-10 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 4-86 6-79 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 2-26 1-0 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 10-84 8-70 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-0 1-0 TOUCHDOWNS 4 2 Rushing 0 1 Passing 4 1 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 4-4 2-2 Kicking: Made-Attempts 4-4 2-2 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 2-3-67% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 1-2-50% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 25:12 34:48 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS DALLAS NY GIANTS RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J JONES 11 48 4.4 20 0 B JACOBS 24 95 4.0 16 0 M BARBER I 12 34 2.8 6 0 R DROUGHNS 3 8 2.7 5 1 T ROMO 2 -2 -1.0 0 0 E MANNING 1 3 3.0 3 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T ROMO 20-28-247 1 4 50 E MANNING 23-34-236 2 1 29 Sacked-Yards Lost: T ROMO 1-4. Sacked-Yards Lost: E MANNING 5-42. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T OWENS 6 125 20.8 50 2 J SHOCKEY 12 129 10.8 29 1 P CRAYTON 5 66 13.2 20 1 P BURRESS 4 24 6.0 11 0 M BARBER I 3 -1 -0.3 5 0 A TOOMER 3 37 12.3 23 0 S HURD 2 21 10.5 12 0 K BOSS 1 18 18.0 18 0 J WITTEN 2 12 6.0 8 0 S MOSS 1 13 13.0 13 0 T CURTIS 1 15 15.0 15 1 B JACOBS 1 10 10.0 10 0 A FASANO 1 9 9.0 9 0 R DROUGHNS 1 5 5.0 5 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- K HAMLIN 1 26 26.0 26 0 G WILSON 1 0 0.0 0 0 P WATKINS 1 0 0.0 0 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- M MCBRIAR 4 143 35.8 0 1 45 J FEAGLES 4 153 38.3 0 1 48 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- R MCQUARTERS 1 10 10.0 10 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- M AUSTIN 3 59 19.7 25 0 A BRADSHAW 4 49 12.3 14 0 N JONES 1 27 27.0 27 0 R DROUGHNS 2 30 15.0 16 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- N FOLK 4/4 1/1 L TYNES 2/2 2/2 Dist.: 44 Dist.: 40 26 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ T ROMO 1 0 0 0-0 E MANNING 1 0 0 0-0 G ELLIS 0 0 1 0-0 M STRAHAN 0 0 1 0-0 K KOSIER 0 0 0 1-0 C SNEE 0 0 0 1-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ R WILLIAMS 10 8 2 0-0 G WILSON 14 10 4 0-0 B JAMES 10 7 3 0-0 M KIWANUKA 6 5 1 0-0 D WARE 10 5 5 1-14 A PIERCE 6 2 4 0-0 K BURNETT 8 7 1 0-0 M STRAHAN 5 3 2 1-4 C CANTY 5 4 1 1-7 K MITCHELL 5 3 2 0-0 J REEVES 5 4 1 0-0 S MADISON 4 4 0 0-0 T NEWMAN 4 4 0 0-0 B COFIELD 4 4 0 0-0 K HAMLIN 4 2 2 0-0 K DOCKERY 4 2 2 0-0 T JOHNSON 3 3 0 1-1 J BUTLER 3 3 0 0-0 G ELLIS 3 2 1 1-8 O UMENYIORA 3 1 2 0-0 M SPEARS 2 2 0 0-0 A ROSS 2 2 0 0-0 A SPENCER 1 1 0 1-12 F ROBBINS 2 1 1 0-0 A AYODELE 1 1 0 0-0 M JOHNSON 1 1 0 0-0 P WATKINS 1 1 0 0-0 J TUCK 1 0 1 0-0 J HATCHER 1 1 0 0-0 Officials: Referee-Jeff Triplette, Umpire-Jim Quick, Head Linesman-Steve Stelljes, Line Judge-Jeff Seeman, Field Judge-Duke Carroll, Side Judge-Greg Meyer, Back Judge-Greg Steed. Att: 78,964 Time of Game: 3:00</div>
NFL: DALLAS at NY GIANTS <div class="pre">NFL DALLAS AT NY GIANTS NOTE: RESENDING BOX TO CORRECT RUSHING FOR ROMO AND JACOBS AND SACKS FOR UMENYIORA.</div>
