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

NFL: WASHINGTON at DALLAS

<div class="pre">NFL
WASHINGTON 23
DALLAS 28 0:34 LEFT, 4TH QTR

WAS BALL ON WAS 30 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: WASHINGTON at DALLAS

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
WASHINGTON 7 3 3 10 23
DALLAS 0 7 7 14 28 FINAL

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. 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
3RD QUARTER: DAL - TD, TERRELL OWENS 31 YD PASS FROM TONY
ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK), 12:51.
Drive: 8 plays, 90 yards in 3:33.
Key plays: Romo 8-yard pass to
Crayton on 3rd-and-5 to Dallas 23;
51-yard pass interference penalty
on Redskins' Doughty on 3rd-and-6
to Washington 22. DALLAS 14-10
WAS - FG, SHAUN SUISHAM 39 YD, 15:00. Drive:
8 plays, 50 yards in 2:09. Key
plays: Campbell 32-yard pass to
Moss to Dallas 39; Campbell 14-yard
pass to McCardell plus 13-yard
roughing the passer penalty on
Cowboys' Ware on 3rd-and-10 to
Dallas 12. DALLAS 14-13
4TH QUARTER: DAL - TD, TERRELL OWENS 46 YD PASS FROM TONY
ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK), 3:28.
Drive: 6 plays, 87 yards in 3:28.
Key plays: Romo 13-yard pass to
Hurd on 3rd-and-2 to Dallas 34;
Romo 23-yard pass to Witten to
Washington 43. DALLAS 21-13
WAS - FG, SHAUN SUISHAM 44 YD, 5:02. Drive: 5
plays, 41 yards in 1:34. Key plays:
Campbell 32-yard pass to McCardell
to Dallas 35. DALLAS 21-16
DAL - TD, TERRELL OWENS 52 YD PASS FROM TONY
ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK), 7:10.
Drive: 4 plays, 70 yards in 2:08.
Key plays: Barber 11-yard run to
Dallas 48. DALLAS 28-16
WAS - TD, SANTANA MOSS 5 YD PASS FROM JASON
CAMPBELL (SHAUN SUISHAM KICK),
11:15. Drive: 12 plays, 74 yards in
4:05. Key plays: Campbell 14-yard
pass to McCardell to Dallas 46;
Campbell 10-yard pass to Cooley on
4th-and-5 to Dallas 5. DALLAS 28-23

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NFL: WASHINGTON at DALLAS

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NFL
WASHINGTON 23
DALLAS 28 FINAL</div>

 

NFL: WASHINGTON at DALLAS

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
WASHINGTON 7 3 3 10 23
DALLAS 0 7 7 14 28 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

7:08 WAS - TD, CHRIS COOLEY 19 YD PASS FROM JASON CAMPBELL (SHAUN 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, TERRELL OWENS 4 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS 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, SHAUN 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.

3RD QUARTER:

12:51 DAL - TD, TERRELL OWENS 31 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK).
Drive: 8 plays, 90 yards in 3:33.
Key plays: Romo 8-yard pass to Crayton on 3rd-and-5 to Dallas 23;
51-yard pass interference penalty on Redskins' Doughty on 3rd-and-6 to
Washington 22. DALLAS 14-10.
15:00 WAS - FG, SHAUN SUISHAM 39 YD.
Drive: 8 plays, 50 yards in 2:09.
Key plays: Campbell 32-yard pass to Moss to Dallas 39; Campbell
14-yard pass to McCardell plus 13-yard roughing the passer penalty on
Cowboys' Ware on 3rd-and-10 to Dallas 12. DALLAS 14-13.

4TH QUARTER:

3:28 DAL - TD, TERRELL OWENS 46 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK).
Drive: 6 plays, 87 yards in 3:28.
Key plays: Romo 13-yard pass to Hurd on 3rd-and-2 to Dallas 34; Romo
23-yard pass to Witten to Washington 43. DALLAS 21-13.
5:02 WAS - FG, SHAUN SUISHAM 44 YD.
Drive: 5 plays, 41 yards in 1:34.
Key plays: Campbell 32-yard pass to McCardell to Dallas 35. DALLAS
21-16.
7:10 DAL - TD, TERRELL OWENS 52 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK).
Drive: 4 plays, 70 yards in 2:08.
Key plays: Barber 11-yard run to Dallas 48. DALLAS 28-16.
11:15 WAS - TD, SANTANA MOSS 5 YD PASS FROM JASON CAMPBELL (SHAUN SUISHAM KICK).
Drive: 12 plays, 74 yards in 4:05.
Key plays: Campbell 14-yard pass to McCardell to Dallas 46; Campbell
10-yard pass to Cooley on 4th-and-5 to Dallas 5. DALLAS 28-23.

WASHINGTON - DALLAS Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS WASHINGTON DALLAS

FIRST DOWNS 28 19
Rushing 4 3
Passing 22 15
Penalty 2 1
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-13-38% 8-13-62%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 423 359
Total offensive plays 73 58
Average gain per play 5.8 6.2
NET YARDS RUSHING 62 72
Rushing attempts 17 25
Average gain per rush 3.6 2.9
Tackles for loss-yards 1-1 4-16
NET YARDS PASSING 361 287
Times sacked: Number-Yards 1-6 1-6
Gross passing yards 367 293
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 55-34-1 32-22-1
Avg gain per pass play 6.4 8.7
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-0-0 5-1-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 2-43.0 4-48.8
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 33.0 46.5
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 20 16
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2-20 1-9
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 5-145 5-96
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-0 1-7
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 3-71 7-58
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-1 2-0
TOUCHDOWNS 2 4
Rushing 0 0
Passing 2 4
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-2 4-4
Kicking: Made-Attempts 2-2 4-4
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 3-4 0-1
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-4-50% 1-1-100%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-1-100%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 29:45 30:15


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

WASHINGTON DALLAS

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
C PORTIS 12 36 3.0 6 0 M BARBER I 15 43 2.9 11 0
J CAMPBELL 2 18 9.0 12 0 J JONES 9 27 3.0 13 0
L BETTS 2 8 4.0 6 0 T ROMO 1 2 2.0 2 0
A RANDLE E 1 0 0.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J CAMPBELL 33-54-348 1 2 32 T ROMO 22-32-293 1 4 52
A RANDLE E 1- 1- 19 0 0 19

Sacked-Yards Lost: J CAMPBELL 1-6. Sacked-Yards Lost: T ROMO 1-6.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S MOSS 9 121 13.4 32 1 T OWENS 8 173 21.6 52 4
C COOLEY 8 89 11.1 19 1 J WITTEN 8 67 8.4 23 0
A RANDLE E 7 53 7.6 11 0 S HURD 2 28 14.0 15 0
K MCCARDEL 5 76 15.2 32 0 P CRAYTON 2 16 8.0 8 0
M SELLERS 2 13 6.5 8 0 M BARBER I 1 7 7.0 7 0
C PORTIS 2 9 4.5 8 0 O HOYTE 1 2 2.0 2 0
L BETTS 1 6 6.0 6 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
L FLETCHER 1 0 0.0 0 0 T NEWMAN 1 7 7.0 7 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D FROST 2 86 43.0 0 1 49 M MCBRIAR 4 195 48.8 1 1 56

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A RANDLE EL 2 20 10.0 20 0 P CRAYTON 1 9 9.0 9 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R CARTWRIGHT 5 145 29.0 36 0 M AUSTIN 3 73 24.3 28 0
N JONES 1 14 14.0 14 0
P CRAYTON 1 9 9.0 9 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
S SUISHAM 2/2 3/4 N FOLK 4/4 0/1
Dist.: (50) 45 39 44 Dist.: (51)

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
J CAMPBELL 1 1 0 0-0 A GURODE 2 0 0 0-0
D WARE 0 0 1 0-0
C CANTY 0 0 0 0-1
T ROMO 0 0 0 2-0

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
S SPRINGS 7 6 1 0-0 R WILLIAMS 9 8 1 0-0
L FLETCHER 7 5 2 0-0 D WARE 7 4 3 1-6
M WASHINGTON 6 6 0 0-0 K BURNETT 5 4 1 0-0
L LANDRY 5 5 0 0-0 J REEVES 4 3 1 0-0
R DOUGHTY 5 4 1 0-0 K HAMLIN 4 2 2 0-0
F SMOOT 4 3 1 0-0 A AYODELE 3 3 0 0-0
C GRIFFIN 3 2 1 0-0 S BOWEN 3 1 2 0-0
A MONTGOMERY 3 1 2 0-0 B JAMES 3 0 3 0-0
P DANIELS 2 2 0 1-6 A HENRY 2 2 0 0-0
R MCINTOSH 2 2 0 0-0 P WATKINS 2 2 0 0-0
A CARTER 1 1 0 0-0 G ELLIS 2 2 0 0-0
D EVANS 1 1 0 0-0 C CANTY 2 1 1 0-0
P PRIOLEAU 1 1 0 0-0 J RATLIFF 2 1 1 0-0
T NEWMAN 1 1 0 0-0
J HATCHER 1 1 0 0-0
M SPEARS 1 1 0 0-0
A SPENCER 1 0 1 0-0

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By Randy Krone
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


<div class="pre">IRVING, Texas (Ticker) - Ten minutes before Sunday's kickoff,</div>the Washington Redskins emerged from the locker room andgathered at midfield, jumping up and down on the large blue starthat adorns Texas Stadium.


It was a move reminiscent of Terrell Owens years ago.

However, it was Owens who had the last laugh, catching fourtouchdown passes and leading the Dallas Cowboys to a 28-23victory over their NFC East rival Washington Redskins.

Minus defensive backs Carlos Rogers and Sean Taylor, theRedskins' secondary was able to keep Dallas' big-play offense incheck in the first half before Owens exploded in the secondhalf.


Three of Owens' four TD receptions - which tied a Cowboys'franchise record - came after the intermission.


The Redskins (5-5) nearly spoiled Owens' spectacular day,reaching the Cowboys' 19-yard line with under two minutesremaining, but defensive back Terence Newman sealed the win withan interception.


Washington opened the scoring after taking the ball at their own41-yard line following a missed field goal by Dallas.

Showing fresh legs despite their numerous injuries coming intoSunday, the Redskins moved methodically down the field andreached the end zone on Jason Campbell's 19-yard TD pass totight end Chris Cooley.


The Cowboys (9-1) were unable to mount anything on their twofirst-quarter drives, but on their first possession in thesecond quarter, the offense came to life.


Quarterback Tony Romo relied almost exclusively on the shortpassing game, hitting tight end Jason Witten three times for for16 yards and Owens three times for 32 yards, including a4-yarder that tied the game at 7-7 with 1:21 left in the half.

Shaun Suisham kicked a 45-yard field goal with four secondsremaining to give Washington a 10-7 halftime lead.

But two major calls by the officiating crew in the third quarterhelped give Dallas the lead for good.


With the Cowboys facing a 2nd-and-6 at their own 27, Romo's passover the middle appeared to be intercepted by Redskinslinebacker Rocky McIntosh, who returned it inside the 5-yardline.


Dallas coach Wade Phillips challenged the call, and replaysshowed the ball had hit the ground, giving the Cowboys renewedlife.


On the next play, Romo looked long for wide receiver PatrickCrayton. The pass was underthrown but Washington safety ReedDoughty was called for a 51-yard pass interference penalty,taking Dallas down to Washington's 22-yard line.


Three plays later, Romo hit a streaking Owens in the end zonefor 31 yards, giving Dallas a 14-10 lead.


<div class="pre">Romo finished 22-of-31 for 293 yards with the four touchdowns.</div>

The Redskins answered with an eight-play, 50-yard drive andclosed to 14-13 on Suisham's 39-yard field goal.


It took Romo and the Cowboys only six plays to pad their lead.He hit Sam Hurd for 13 yards and Witten for 23 yards beforehooking up with Owens for his third touchdown of the day.

Owens again beat Shawn Springs in a play that looked remarkablylike his second touchdown - only this time from 46 yards - toput Dallas ahead, 21-13.


Owens finished the day with eight catches for 173 yards. It washis third straight 100-yard receiving day and moved him past ArtMonk into 11th place on the NFL's all-time receiving yardslist.


It also was Owens' fifth consecutive game with at least onetouchdown catch.


While Washington closed the gap to 21-16 on Suisham's 44-yardfield goal, the Owens' show wasn't over. His fourth touchdownof the day came on a 52-yard pass from Romo for a 28-16 leadmidway through the final quarter.


Still, the Redskins did not go quietly, closing to 28-23 onCampbell's 5-yard TD pass to Santana Moss.

 

NFL: WASHINGTON at DALLAS

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
WASHINGTON 7 3 3 10 23
DALLAS 0 7 7 14 28 FINAL

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. 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
3RD QUARTER: DAL - TD, TERRELL OWENS 31 YD PASS FROM TONY
ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK), 12:51.
Drive: 8 plays, 90 yards in 3:33.
Key plays: Romo 8-yard pass to
Crayton on 3rd-and-5 to Dallas 23,
plus 51-yard pass interference
penalty on Redskins' Doughty on
3rd-and-6 to Washington 22. DALLAS
14-10
WAS - FG, SHAUN SUISHAM 39 YD, 15:00. Drive:
8 plays, 50 yards in 2:09. Key
plays: Campbell 32-yard pass to
Moss to Dallas 39; Campbell 14-yard
pass to McCardell plus 13-yard
roughing the passer penalty on
Cowboys' Ware on 3rd-and-10 to
Dallas 12. DALLAS 14-13
4TH QUARTER: DAL - TD, TERRELL OWENS 46 YD PASS FROM TONY
ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK), 3:28.
Drive: 6 plays, 87 yards in 3:28.
Key plays: Romo 13-yard pass to
Hurd on 3rd-and-2 to Dallas 34;
Romo 23-yard pass to Witten to
Washington 43. DALLAS 21-13
WAS - FG, SHAUN SUISHAM 44 YD, 5:02. Drive: 5
plays, 41 yards in 1:34. Key plays:
Campbell 32-yard pass to McCardell
to Dallas 35. DALLAS 21-16
DAL - TD, TERRELL OWENS 52 YD PASS FROM TONY
ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK), 7:10.
Drive: 4 plays, 70 yards in 2:08.
Key plays: Barber 11-yard run to
Dallas 48. DALLAS 28-16
WAS - TD, SANTANA MOSS 5 YD PASS FROM JASON
CAMPBELL (SHAUN SUISHAM KICK),
11:15. Drive: 12 plays, 74 yards in
4:05. Key plays: Campbell 14-yard
pass to McCardell to Dallas 46;
Campbell 10-yard pass to Cooley on
4th-and-5 to Dallas 5. DALLAS 28-23

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NFL: WASHINGTON at DALLAS

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
WASHINGTON 7 3 3 10 23
DALLAS 0 7 7 14 28 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

7:08 WAS - TD, CHRIS COOLEY 19 YD PASS FROM JASON CAMPBELL (SHAUN 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, TERRELL OWENS 4 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS 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, SHAUN 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.

3RD QUARTER:

12:51 DAL - TD, TERRELL OWENS 31 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK).
Drive: 8 plays, 90 yards in 3:33.
Key plays: Romo 8-yard pass to Crayton on 3rd-and-5 to Dallas 23,
plus 51-yard pass interference penalty on Redskins' Doughty on 3rd-and-6
to Washington 22. DALLAS 14-10.
15:00 WAS - FG, SHAUN SUISHAM 39 YD.
Drive: 8 plays, 50 yards in 2:09.
Key plays: Campbell 32-yard pass to Moss to Dallas 39; Campbell
14-yard pass to McCardell plus 13-yard roughing the passer penalty on
Cowboys' Ware on 3rd-and-10 to Dallas 12. DALLAS 14-13.

4TH QUARTER:

3:28 DAL - TD, TERRELL OWENS 46 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK).
Drive: 6 plays, 87 yards in 3:28.
Key plays: Romo 13-yard pass to Hurd on 3rd-and-2 to Dallas 34; Romo
23-yard pass to Witten to Washington 43. DALLAS 21-13.
5:02 WAS - FG, SHAUN SUISHAM 44 YD.
Drive: 5 plays, 41 yards in 1:34.
Key plays: Campbell 32-yard pass to McCardell to Dallas 35. DALLAS
21-16.
7:10 DAL - TD, TERRELL OWENS 52 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK).
Drive: 4 plays, 70 yards in 2:08.
Key plays: Barber 11-yard run to Dallas 48. DALLAS 28-16.
11:15 WAS - TD, SANTANA MOSS 5 YD PASS FROM JASON CAMPBELL (SHAUN SUISHAM KICK).
Drive: 12 plays, 74 yards in 4:05.
Key plays: Campbell 14-yard pass to McCardell to Dallas 46; Campbell
10-yard pass to Cooley on 4th-and-5 to Dallas 5. DALLAS 28-23.

WASHINGTON - DALLAS Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS WASHINGTON DALLAS

FIRST DOWNS 28 19
Rushing 4 3
Passing 22 15
Penalty 2 1
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-13-38% 8-13-62%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 423 359
Total offensive plays 73 58
Average gain per play 5.8 6.2
NET YARDS RUSHING 62 72
Rushing attempts 17 25
Average gain per rush 3.6 2.9
Tackles for loss-yards 1-1 4-16
NET YARDS PASSING 361 287
Times sacked: Number-Yards 1-6 1-6
Gross passing yards 367 293
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 55-34-1 32-22-1
Avg gain per pass play 6.4 8.7
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-0-0 5-1-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 2-43.0 4-48.8
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 33.0 46.5
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 20 16
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2-20 1-9
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 5-145 5-96
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-0 1-7
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 3-71 7-58
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-1 2-0
TOUCHDOWNS 2 4
Rushing 0 0
Passing 2 4
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-2 4-4
Kicking: Made-Attempts 2-2 4-4
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 3-4 0-1
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-4-50% 1-1-100%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-1-100%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 29:45 30:15


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

WASHINGTON DALLAS

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
C PORTIS 12 36 3.0 6 0 M BARBER I 15 43 2.9 11 0
J CAMPBELL 2 18 9.0 12 0 J JONES 9 27 3.0 13 0
L BETTS 2 8 4.0 6 0 T ROMO 1 2 2.0 2 0
A RANDLE E 1 0 0.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J CAMPBELL 33-54-348 1 2 32 T ROMO 22-32-293 1 4 52
A RANDLE E 1- 1- 19 0 0 19

Sacked-Yards Lost: J CAMPBELL 1-6. Sacked-Yards Lost: T ROMO 1-6.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S MOSS 9 121 13.4 32 1 T OWENS 8 173 21.6 52 4
C COOLEY 8 89 11.1 19 1 J WITTEN 8 67 8.4 23 0
A RANDLE E 7 53 7.6 11 0 S HURD 2 28 14.0 15 0
K MCCARDEL 5 76 15.2 32 0 P CRAYTON 2 16 8.0 8 0
M SELLERS 2 13 6.5 8 0 M BARBER I 1 7 7.0 7 0
C PORTIS 2 9 4.5 8 0 O HOYTE 1 2 2.0 2 0
L BETTS 1 6 6.0 6 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
L FLETCHER 1 0 0.0 0 0 T NEWMAN 1 7 7.0 7 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D FROST 2 86 43.0 0 1 49 M MCBRIAR 4 195 48.8 1 1 56

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A RANDLE EL 2 20 10.0 20 0 P CRAYTON 1 9 9.0 9 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R CARTWRIGHT 5 145 29.0 36 0 M AUSTIN 3 73 24.3 28 0
N JONES 1 14 14.0 14 0
P CRAYTON 1 9 9.0 9 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
S SUISHAM 2/2 3/4 N FOLK 4/4 0/1
Dist.: (50) 45 39 44 Dist.: (51)

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
J CAMPBELL 1 1 0 0-0 A GURODE 2 0 0 0-0
D WARE 0 0 1 0-0
C CANTY 0 0 0 0-1
T ROMO 0 0 0 2-0

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
S SPRINGS 7 6 1 0-0 R WILLIAMS 9 8 1 0-0
L FLETCHER 7 5 2 0-0 D WARE 7 4 3 1-6
M WASHINGTON 6 6 0 0-0 K BURNETT 5 4 1 0-0
L LANDRY 5 5 0 0-0 J REEVES 4 3 1 0-0
R DOUGHTY 5 4 1 0-0 K HAMLIN 4 2 2 0-0
F SMOOT 4 3 1 0-0 A AYODELE 3 3 0 0-0
C GRIFFIN 3 2 1 0-0 S BOWEN 3 1 2 0-0
A MONTGOMERY 3 1 2 0-0 B JAMES 3 0 3 0-0
P DANIELS 2 2 0 1-6 A HENRY 2 2 0 0-0
R MCINTOSH 2 2 0 0-0 P WATKINS 2 2 0 0-0
A CARTER 1 1 0 0-0 G ELLIS 2 2 0 0-0
D EVANS 1 1 0 0-0 C CANTY 2 1 1 0-0
P PRIOLEAU 1 1 0 0-0 J RATLIFF 2 1 1 0-0
T NEWMAN 1 1 0 0-0
J HATCHER 1 1 0 0-0
M SPEARS 1 1 0 0-0
A SPENCER 1 0 1 0-0

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By Randy Krone
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


IRVING, Texas (Ticker) - Ten minutes before Sunday's kickoff,the Washington Redskins emerged from the locker room andgathered at midfield, jumping up and down on the large blue starthat adorns Texas Stadium.


It was a move reminiscent of Terrell Owens years ago.

However, it was Owens who had the last laugh, catching fourtouchdown passes and leading the Dallas Cowboys to a 28-23victory over the Redskins.


Dallas (9-1) remained two games ahead of the New York Giants inthe NFC East and stayed tied with the Green Bay Packers for thebest record in the conference.


Minus defensive backs Carlos Rogers and Sean Taylor, theRedskins' secondary was able to keep Dallas' big-play offense incheck in the first half before Owens exploded in the secondhalf.


Owens indirectly took a shot at former Dallas coach BillParcells, who retired after last season and was replaced by WadePhillips.


"I've definitely been able to elevate my game," Owens said. "Iattribute my success to a head coach who came in and changedsome things and an offensive coordinator (Jason Garrett) who hasutilized me to the best of my ability."


Three of Owens' four TD receptions - which tied a Cowboys'franchise record - came after the intermission.


"We were able to make adjustments when we got them in certaincoverages," Phillips said. "I told Jason Garrett that we mightneed to hurry it up to get more plays because they are going tobe very methodical and try to keep the score around 7-3 or 7-7."

The Redskins (5-5) nearly spoiled Owens' spectacular day,reaching the Cowboys' 19-yard line with under two minutesremaining, but defensive back Terence Newman sealed the win withan interception.


"It was one of those things that can happen when you're tryingto make a play," Redskins quarterback Jason Campbell said. "Iprobably should have just tucked the ball and ran as hard as Icould toward the end zone."


Washington opened the scoring after taking the ball at its own41-yard line following a missed field goal by Dallas.

Showing fresh legs despite their numerous injuries, the Redskinsmoved methodically down the field and reached the end zone onCampbell's 19-yard TD pass to tight end Chris Cooley.

The Cowboys were unable to mount anything on their twofirst-quarter drives, but on their first possession in thesecond quarter, the offense came to life.


Quarterback Tony Romo relied almost exclusively on the shortpassing game, hitting tight end Jason Witten three times for 16yards and Owens three times for 32 yards, including a 4-yarderthat tied the game at 7-7 with 1:21 left in the half.

"They tried to put a lot of safeties over the top and tried toshade the linebackers and we did a great job adjusting to it,"Owens said.


Shaun Suisham kicked a 45-yard field goal with four secondsremaining to give Washington a 10-7 halftime lead.

But two major calls by the officiating crew in the third quarterhelped give Dallas the lead for good.


With the Cowboys facing a 2nd-and-6 at their own 27, Romo's passover the middle appeared to be intercepted by Redskinslinebacker Rocky McIntosh, who returned it inside the 5-yardline.


Phillips challenged the call and replays showed the ball had hitthe ground, giving the Cowboys renewed life.


"I went with the recommendation from the booth there," Phillipssaid. "Coach (Paul) Pasqualoni said that he may not have caughtit and I realized that with the ball on the 3-yard line, we'd bein dire straits and we might need to challenge that one."

On the next play, Romo looked long for wide receiver PatrickCrayton. The pass was underthrown but Washington safety ReedDoughty was called for a 51-yard pass interference penalty,taking Dallas down to Washington's 22-yard line.


Three plays later, Romo hit a streaking Owens in the end zonefor 31 yards, giving Dallas a 14-10 lead.


"We had multiple schemes back there and we tried to do the bestwe could but Owens is a very talented guy and there were justable to find him a few times on us," Redskins coach Joe Gibbssaid.


Romo finished 22-of-31 for 293 yards with the four touchdowns.

"We made too many mistakes, especially early on that put us in alittle bit of a hole but we fought back in the second half,"Romo said. "It's a testament to Owens that he can get open downfield and it's nice to see that we can still attack down thefield when teams are going to put a lot of people back there."

The Redskins answered with an eight-play, 50-yard drive andclosed to 14-13 on Suisham's 39-yard field goal.


It took Romo and the Cowboys only six plays to pad their lead.He hit Sam Hurd for 13 yards and Witten for 23 yards beforehooking up with Owens for his third touchdown of the day.

Owens again beat Shawn Springs in a play that looked remarkablylike his second touchdown - only this time from 46 yards - toput Dallas ahead, 21-13.


Owens finished the day with eight catches for 173 yards. It washis third straight 100-yard receiving day and moved him pastArt Monk into 11th place on the NFL's all-time receiving yardslist.


It also was Owens' fifth consecutive game with at least onetouchdown catch.


While Washington closed the gap to 21-16 on Suisham's 44-yardfield goal, the Owens' show wasn't over.


His fourth touchdown of the day came on a 52-yard pass from Romofor a 28-16 lead midway through the final quarter.

"I think one of the differences is that teams have gone awayfrom double-teaming him as much," Romo said. "We have so manyweapons that if they double him we'll go to Witten for 100yards."


Still, the Redskins did not go quietly, closing to 28-23 onCampbell's 5-yard TD pass to Santana Moss.

 

NFL: WASHINGTON at DALLAS

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
WASHINGTON 7 3 3 10 23
DALLAS 0 7 7 14 28 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

7:08 WAS - TD, CHRIS COOLEY 19 YD PASS FROM JASON CAMPBELL (SHAUN 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, TERRELL OWENS 4 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS 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, SHAUN 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.

3RD QUARTER:

12:51 DAL - TD, TERRELL OWENS 31 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK).
Drive: 8 plays, 90 yards in 3:33.
Key plays: Romo 8-yard pass to Crayton on 3rd-and-5 to Dallas 23,
plus 51-yard pass interference penalty on Redskins' Doughty on 3rd-and-6
to Washington 22. DALLAS 14-10.
15:00 WAS - FG, SHAUN SUISHAM 39 YD.
Drive: 8 plays, 50 yards in 2:09.
Key plays: Campbell 32-yard pass to Moss to Dallas 39; Campbell
14-yard pass to McCardell plus 13-yard roughing the passer penalty on
Cowboys' Ware on 3rd-and-10 to Dallas 12. DALLAS 14-13.

4TH QUARTER:

3:28 DAL - TD, TERRELL OWENS 46 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK).
Drive: 6 plays, 87 yards in 3:28.
Key plays: Romo 13-yard pass to Hurd on 3rd-and-2 to Dallas 34; Romo
23-yard pass to Witten to Washington 43. DALLAS 21-13.
5:02 WAS - FG, SHAUN SUISHAM 44 YD.
Drive: 5 plays, 41 yards in 1:34.
Key plays: Campbell 32-yard pass to McCardell to Dallas 35. DALLAS
21-16.
7:10 DAL - TD, TERRELL OWENS 52 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK).
Drive: 4 plays, 70 yards in 2:08.
Key plays: Barber 11-yard run to Dallas 48. DALLAS 28-16.
11:15 WAS - TD, SANTANA MOSS 5 YD PASS FROM JASON CAMPBELL (SHAUN SUISHAM KICK).
Drive: 12 plays, 74 yards in 4:05.
Key plays: Campbell 14-yard pass to McCardell to Dallas 46; Campbell
10-yard pass to Cooley on 4th-and-5 to Dallas 5. DALLAS 28-23.

WASHINGTON - DALLAS Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS WASHINGTON DALLAS

FIRST DOWNS 28 19
Rushing 4 3
Passing 22 15
Penalty 2 1
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-13-38% 8-13-62%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 423 362
Total offensive plays 73 58
Average gain per play 5.8 6.2
NET YARDS RUSHING 62 75
Rushing attempts 17 25
Average gain per rush 3.6 3.0
Tackles for loss-yards 1-1 3-13
NET YARDS PASSING 361 287
Times sacked: Number-Yards 1-6 1-6
Gross passing yards 367 293
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 55-34-1 32-22-1
Avg gain per pass play 6.4 8.7
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-0-0 5-1-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 2-43.0 4-48.8
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 33.0 46.5
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 20 16
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2-20 1-9
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 5-145 5-96
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-0 1-7
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 3-71 7-58
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-1 3-0
TOUCHDOWNS 2 4
Rushing 0 0
Passing 2 4
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-2 4-4
Kicking: Made-Attempts 2-2 4-4
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 3-4 0-1
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-4-50% 1-1-100%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-1-100%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 29:45 30:15


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

WASHINGTON DALLAS

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
C PORTIS 12 36 3.0 6 0 M BARBER I 15 43 2.9 11 0
J CAMPBELL 2 18 9.0 12 0 J JONES 8 30 3.8 13 0
L BETTS 2 8 4.0 6 0 T ROMO 2 2 1.0 2 0
A RANDLE E 1 0 0.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J CAMPBELL 33-54-348 1 2 32 T ROMO 22-32-293 1 4 52
A RANDLE E 1- 1- 19 0 0 19

Sacked-Yards Lost: J CAMPBELL 1-6. Sacked-Yards Lost: T ROMO 1-6.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S MOSS 9 121 13.4 32 1 T OWENS 8 173 21.6 52 4
C COOLEY 8 89 11.1 19 1 J WITTEN 8 67 8.4 23 0
A RANDLE E 7 53 7.6 11 0 S HURD 2 28 14.0 15 0
K MCCARDEL 5 76 15.2 32 0 P CRAYTON 2 16 8.0 8 0
M SELLERS 2 13 6.5 8 0 M BARBER I 1 7 7.0 7 0
C PORTIS 2 9 4.5 8 0 O HOYTE 1 2 2.0 2 0
L BETTS 1 6 6.0 6 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
L FLETCHER 1 0 0.0 0 0 T NEWMAN 1 7 7.0 7 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D FROST 2 86 43.0 0 1 49 M MCBRIAR 4 195 48.8 1 1 56

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A RANDLE EL 2 20 10.0 20 0 P CRAYTON 1 9 9.0 9 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R CARTWRIGHT 5 145 29.0 36 0 M AUSTIN 3 73 24.3 28 0
N JONES 1 14 14.0 14 0
P CRAYTON 1 9 9.0 9 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
S SUISHAM 2/2 3/4 N FOLK 4/4 0/1
Dist.: (50) 45 39 44 Dist.: (51)

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
J CAMPBELL 1 1 0 0-0 A GURODE 2 0 0 0-0
T ROMO 1 0 0 2-0
D WARE 0 0 1 0-0
C CANTY 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
S SPRINGS 7 6 1 0-0 R WILLIAMS 9 8 1 0-0
L FLETCHER 7 5 2 0-0 D WARE 7 4 3 1-6
M WASHINGTON 6 6 0 0-0 K BURNETT 5 4 1 0-0
L LANDRY 5 5 0 0-0 J REEVES 4 3 1 0-0
R DOUGHTY 5 4 1 0-0 K HAMLIN 4 2 2 0-0
F SMOOT 4 3 1 0-0 A AYODELE 3 3 0 0-0
C GRIFFIN 3 2 1 0-0 S BOWEN 3 1 2 0-0
A MONTGOMERY 3 1 2 0-0 B JAMES 3 0 3 0-0
P DANIELS 2 2 0 1-6 A HENRY 2 2 0 0-0
R MCINTOSH 2 2 0 0-0 P WATKINS 2 2 0 0-0
A CARTER 1 1 0 0-0 G ELLIS 2 2 0 0-0
D EVANS 1 1 0 0-0 C CANTY 2 1 1 0-0
P PRIOLEAU 1 1 0 0-0 J RATLIFF 2 1 1 0-0
T NEWMAN 1 1 0 0-0
J HATCHER 1 1 0 0-0
M SPEARS 1 1 0 0-0
A SPENCER 1 0 1 0-0

Officials: Referee-Walt Anderson, Umpire-Butch Hannah, Head
Linesman-Phil Mckinnely, Line Judge-Bryon Boston, Field Judge-Terry
Brown, Side Judge-Rick Patterson, Back Judge-Billy Smith.

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NOTE: RESENDING BOX TO CORRECT RUSHING FOR JONES AND
ROMO AND FUMBLES FOR ROMO.</div>