GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NFL: WASHINGTON (5-4) at DALLAS (8-1)

NFL: WASHINGTON (5-4) at DALLAS (8-1)

<h3>Cowboys open three-game homestand against Redskins</h3>



Washington (5-4) at Dallas (8-1) Sunday 4:15 pm EST

IRVING, Texas (Ticker) -- Now in control of the NFC East,the Dallas Cowboys hope to feast on some home cooking inthe coming weeks.


Coming off an impressive win over the New York Giants, theCowboys begin a three-game homestand on Sunday, when they hostthe Washington Redskins.


The contest begins a stretch in which the Cowboys will playthree games in 12 days.


Next week, Dallas entertains the New York Jets in their annualThanksgiving Day game, then hosts another Thursday game thefollowing week against the Green Bay Packers.


Last week's 31-20 victory at Giants Stadium gave Dallas atwo-game edge over New York in the NFC East. The Cowboys alsohave the tiebreaker advantage, based on a season sweep of theGiants.


Dallas, which is seeking its first division title since 1998,needs only one victory to match its win total from each of thelast two seasons.


But the Cowboys, who remained tied with the Packers for the bestrecord in the NFC at 8-1, are far from satisfied.


"We haven't accomplished anything yet," Dallas coach WadePhillips said. "We're not in the playoffs. We hadn't won ourdivision. We haven't secured anything."


Still, the Cowboys' offense looks unstoppable. Last week, TonyRomo threw four touchdown passes, giving him an NFC-high 23 forthe season. Only New England's Tom Brady has more with 33.

Two of Romo's TDs went to Terrell Owens, who grabbed six passesfor 125 yards. Romo is the NFC's leading receiver with 50receptions for 855 yards.


Last week, the Redskins squandered a nine-point lead in thefourth quarter and suffered a 33-25 loss to the PhiladelphiaEagles. To make matters worse, Washington could face the Cowboyswithout a pair of receivers.


Santana Moss missed last week's game with a heel injury and hisreplacement, James Thrash, suffered an ankle sprain afterscoring two touchdowns against the Eagles.


Against the Eagles, the Redskins twice had to settle for fieldgoals in the second half after getting the ball insidePhiladelphia's 2-yard line.


"We were in the red zone on the 2-yard line, and we can't getthe ball in, that's telling you something," Redskins runningback Rock Cartwright said. "Two times, so what is that saying?Why can't we finish, what are we not doing? It's unexplainable,it doesn't make any sense."


The teams are meeting for the first time since the Redskins'wild 22-19 win last season in Washington in which Nick Novakkicked a 47-yard field goal as time expired.

 

NFL: WASHINGTON at DALLAS

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WASHINGTON 0
DALLAS 0 14:55 LEFT, 1ST QTR

DAL BALL ON DAL 38 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL MISSED FG DAL
NICHOLAS FOLK 51 YD ATTEMPT WIDE RIGHT

WASHINGTON 0
DALLAS 0 11:28 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>

 

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WASHINGTON 0
DALLAS 0 11:28 LEFT, 1ST QTR

WAS BALL ON WAS 41 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL TD WAS
CHRIS COOLEY 19 YD PASS FROM JASON CAMPBELL
(SHAUN SUISHAM KICK)

WASHINGTON 7
DALLAS 0 7:52 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>

 

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WASHINGTON 7
DALLAS 0 7:45 LEFT, 1ST QTR

DAL BALL ON DAL 22 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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WASHINGTON 7
DALLAS 0 4:06 LEFT, 1ST QTR

WAS BALL ON WAS 10 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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WASHINGTON 7
DALLAS 0 3:05 LEFT, 1ST QTR

DAL BALL ON DAL 35 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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WASHINGTON 7
DALLAS 0 0:19 LEFT, 1ST QTR

WAS BALL ON WAS 4 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL END, 1ST QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
WASHINGTON 7 7
DALLAS 0 0 END, 1ST QTR

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: WAS - TD, CHRIS COOLEY 19 YD PASS FROM JASON
CAMPBELL (SHAUN SUISHAM KICK),
7:08. Drive: 7 plays, 59 yards in
3:36. Key plays: Campbell 16-yard
pass to Cooley to Dallas 19.
WASHINGTON 7-0</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL WASHINGTON 7
DALLAS 0 9:21 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

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WASHINGTON 7
DALLAS 0 8:37 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

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WASHINGTON 7
DALLAS 0 8:37 LEFT, 2ND QTR

DAL BALL ON DAL 40 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL TWO MINUTE WARNING, 1ST HALF

WASHINGTON 7
DALLAS 0

DAL BALL ON WAS 9 YD LINE
1ST AND GOAL</div>

 

NFL: WASHINGTON at DALLAS

<div class="pre">NFL TD DAL
TERRELL OWENS 4 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO
(NICHOLAS FOLK KICK)

WASHINGTON 7
DALLAS 7 1:16 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL
WASHINGTON 7
DALLAS 7 1:08 LEFT, 2ND QTR

WAS BALL ON WAS 41 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL FG WAS
SHAUN SUISHAM 45 YD

WASHINGTON 10
DALLAS 7 0:00 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
WASHINGTON 7 3 10
DALLAS 0 7 7 HALFTIME

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: WAS - TD, CHRIS COOLEY 19 YD PASS FROM JASON
CAMPBELL (SHAUN SUISHAM KICK),
7:08. Drive: 7 plays, 59 yards in
3:36. Key plays: Washington takes
over after missed field goal at
Washington 41; Campbell 16-yard
pass to Cooley to Dallas 19.
WASHINGTON 7-0
2ND QUARTER: DAL - TD, TERRELL OWENS 4 YD PASS FROM TONY
ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK), 13:44.
Drive: 13 plays, 60 yards in 7:21.
Key plays: Dallas takes over after
Suisham missed field goal at Dallas
40; Romo 5-yard pass to Owens on
3rd-and-4 to Washington 38; Romo
4-yard pass to Witten on 3rd-and-3
to Washington 27; Romo 23-yard pass
to Owens on 3rd-and-15 to
Washington 9. WASHINGTON 7-7
WAS - FG, SHAUN SUISHAM 45 YD, 15:00.
WASHINGTON 10-7</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
WASHINGTON 7 3 10
DALLAS 0 7 7 HALFTIME

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

7:08 WAS - TD, C Cooley 19 Yd Pass From J Campbell (S Suisham Kick).
Drive: 7 plays, 59 yards in 3:36.
Key plays: Washington takes over after missed field goal at
Washington 41; Campbell 16-yard pass to Cooley to Dallas 19. Washington
7-0.

2ND QUARTER:

13:44 DAL - TD, T Owens 4 Yd Pass From T Romo (N Folk Kick).
Drive: 13 plays, 60 yards in 7:21.
Key plays: Dallas takes over after Suisham missed field goal at
Dallas 40; Romo 5-yard pass to Owens on 3rd-and-4 to Washington 38; Romo
4-yard pass to Witten on 3rd-and-3 to Washington 27; Romo 23-yard pass to
Owens on 3rd-and-15 to Washington 9. Washington 7-7.
15:00 WAS - FG, S Suisham 45 Yd.
Drive: 7 plays, 32 yards in 1:12.
Key plays: Cartwright 36-yard kickoff return to Washington 41;
Campbell 7-yard pass to Randle El on 3rd-and-4 to Dallas 46; Campbell
11-yard pass to Randle El to Dallas 27. Washington 10-7.

Washington - Dallas End 2nd Qtr Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS Washington Dallas

FIRST DOWNS 10 11
Rushing 3 2
Passing 7 9
Penalty 0 0
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 2-4-50% 5-7-71%
TOTAL NET YARDS 160 151
Total offensive plays 26 31
Average gain per play 6.2 4.9
NET YARDS RUSHING 51 44
Rushing attempts 11 12
Average gain per rush 4.6 3.7
NET YARDS PASSING 109 107
Times sacked: Number-Yards 0-0 0-0
Gross passing yards 109 107
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 15-12-0 19-14-1
Avg gain per pass play 7.3 5.6
PUNTS: Number and Average 1-49.0 1-47.0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 0-0 2-20
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 0-0 2-0
TOUCHDOWNS 1 1
Rushing 0 0
Passing 1 1
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-2 0-1
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 12:35 17:25


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Washington Dallas

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
C PORTIS 8 31 3.9 6 0 M BARBER I 6 22 3.7 9 0
J CAMPBELL 2 18 9.0 12 0 J JONES 5 20 4.0 13 0
L BETTS 1 2 2.0 2 0 T ROMO 1 2 2.0 2 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J CAMPBELL 11-14- 90 0 1 19 T ROMO 14-19-107 1 1 23
A RANDLE E 1- 1- 19 0 0 19

Sacked-Yards Lost: None Sacked-Yards Lost: None

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
C COOLEY 4 59 14.8 19 1 J WITTEN 6 39 6.5 12 0
A RANDLE E 3 23 7.7 11 0 T OWENS 5 44 8.8 23 1
M SELLERS 2 13 6.5 8 0 S HURD 1 15 15.0 15 0
C PORTIS 2 9 4.5 8 0 M BARBER I 1 7 7.0 7 0
K MCCARDEL 1 5 5.0 5 0 O HOYTE 1 2 2.0 2 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
S SUISHAM 1/1 1/2 N FOLK 1/1 0/1
Dist.: (50) 45 Dist.: (51)</div>

 

NFL: WASHINGTON at DALLAS

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WASHINGTON 10
DALLAS 7 14:54 LEFT, 3RD QTR

WAS BALL ON WAS 36 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>