NFL: DALLAS at DETROIT <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- DALLAS 0 14 0 14 28 DETROIT 10 10 7 0 27 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 7:25 DET - TD, T.J. DUCKETT 32 YD RUN (JASON HANSON KICK). Drive: 5 plays, 60 yards in 2:31. Key plays: Jones 15-yard run to Dallas 43; Jones 10-yard run to Dallas 32. DETROIT 7-0. 14:52 DET - FG, JASON HANSON 19 YD. Drive: 13 plays, 61 yards in 5:50. Key plays: Kitna 14-yard pass to McDonald to Dallas 48; Kitna 10-yard pass to Jones to Dallas 38; Kitna 10-yard pass to Furrey plus 13-yard roughing the passer penalty on Cowboys' Ware to Dallas 13; Kitna 5-yard pass to McHugh on 3rd-and-3 to Dallas 1. DETROIT 10-0. 2ND QUARTER: 2:47 DAL - TD, MARION BARBER III 20 YD RUN (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK). Drive: 5 plays, 42 yards in 2:55. Key plays: Austin 60-yard kick return to Detroit 42. DETROIT 10-7. 6:38 DET - FG, JASON HANSON 36 YD. Drive: 7 plays, 55 yards in 3:51. Key plays: Kitna 18-yard pass to McDonald to Dallas 45; Kitna 35-yard pass to McHugh to Dallas 20. DETROIT 13-7. 13:19 DET - TD, KEVIN JONES 3 YD RUN (JASON HANSON KICK). Drive: 11 plays, 80 yards in 5:04. Key plays: Kitna 19-yard pass to Johnson to Detroit 39; Jones 16-yard run to Dallas 45; Kitna 18-yard pass to Johnson to Dallas 13. DETROIT 20-7. 14:31 DAL - TD, MARION BARBER III 8 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK). Drive: 7 plays, 65 yards in 1:12. Key plays: Romo 15-yard run to Detroit 30; Romo 12-yard pass to Witten to Detroit 18; Romo 10-yard pass to Barber to Detroit 8. DETROIT 20-14. 3RD QUARTER: 10:41 DET - TD, KEVIN JONES 3 YD RUN (JASON HANSON KICK). Drive: 10 plays, 41 yards in 5:49. Key plays: McBriar 32-yard punt to Dallas 41; Kitna 13-yard pass to Johnson on 3rd-and-9 to Dallas 27; Kitna 6-yard pass to Middleton on 3rd-and-5 to Dallas 5. DETROIT 27-14. 4TH QUARTER: 0:48 DAL - TD, MARION BARBER III 1 YD RUN (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK). Drive: 10 plays, 56 yards in 5:07. Key plays: Romo 11-yard pass to Witten to Detroit 45; Romo 11-yard pass to Witten to Detroit 7. DETROIT 27-21. 14:42 DAL - TD, JASON WITTEN 16 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK). Drive: 11 plays, 83 yards in 1:57. Key plays: Romo 13-yard pass to Witten on 3rd-and-4 to Dallas 36; Romo 13-yard pass to Barber to Detriot 47; Romo 11-yard pass to Witten to Detriot 36; Romo 16-yard pass to Hurd to Detriot 20. DALLAS 28-27. DALLAS - DETROIT Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS DALLAS DETROIT FIRST DOWNS 25 25 Rushing 4 10 Passing 20 14 Penalty 1 1 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 4-10-40% 7-14-50% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 0-0-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 368 390 Total offensive plays 63 69 Average gain per play 5.8 5.7 NET YARDS RUSHING 87 152 Rushing attempts 16 32 Average gain per rush 5.4 4.8 Tackles for loss-yards 1-1 3-7 NET YARDS PASSING 281 238 Times sacked: Number-Yards 3-21 1-10 Gross passing yards 302 248 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 44-35-0 36-22-0 Avg gain per pass play 6.0 6.4 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-1-0 6-3-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 3-44.0 3-52.0 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 44.0 51.3 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 0 2 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 0-0 1-2 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 6-155 5-105 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 0-0 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 3-23 7-35 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 3-1 1-0 TOUCHDOWNS 4 3 Rushing 2 3 Passing 2 0 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 4-4 3-3 Kicking: Made-Attempts 4-4 3-3 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 0-1 2-3 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 3-4-75% 2-5-40% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 2-3-67% 2-3-67% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 27:35 32:25 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS DALLAS DETROIT RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- M BARBER I 7 43 6.1 20 2 K JONES 23 92 4.0 18 2 J JONES 8 29 3.6 8 0 T DUCKETT 9 60 6.7 32 1 T ROMO 1 15 15.0 15 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T ROMO 35-44-302 0 2 30 J KITNA 22-36-248 0 0 35 Sacked-Yards Lost: T ROMO 3-21. Sacked-Yards Lost: J KITNA 1-10. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J WITTEN 15 138 9.2 16 1 S MCDONALD 8 96 12.0 19 0 M BARBER I 10 61 6.1 13 1 C JOHNSON 5 51 10.2 19 0 P CRAYTON 3 46 15.3 30 0 S MCHUGH 3 60 20.0 35 0 T OWENS 3 21 7.0 13 0 M FURREY 2 15 7.5 10 0 S HURD 2 23 11.5 16 0 B MIDDLETO 2 12 6.0 6 0 J JONES 2 13 6.5 8 0 K JONES 1 10 10.0 10 0 A CASON 1 4 4.0 4 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- Interceptions: None PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- M MCBRIAR 3 132 44.0 1 0 55 N HARRIS 3 156 52.0 0 3 58 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T WALTERS 1 2 2.0 2 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- M AUSTIN 3 112 37.3 60 0 A CASON 3 81 27.0 36 0 N JONES 2 32 16.0 19 0 B MIDDLETON 1 13 13.0 13 0 T CURTIS 1 11 11.0 11 0 B SAIPAIA 1 11 11.0 11 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- N FOLK 4/4 0/1 J HANSON 3/3 2/3 Dist.: (50) Dist.: 19 36 (35) O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ J WITTEN 1 1 0 0-0 J KITNA 1 0 0 1-0 M BARBER III 1 0 0 0-0 J DEVRIES 0 0 1 0-0 T ROMO 1 0 0 0-0 E SIMS 0 0 1 0-0 G ELLIS 0 0 1 0-0 D WHITE 0 0 1 0-0 A GURODE 0 0 0 1-0 G BLUE 0 0 0 0-1 K KOSIER 0 0 0 1-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ T NEWMAN 8 6 2 0-0 E SIMS 14 8 6 0-0 B JAMES 7 5 2 0-0 T FISHER 10 8 2 0-0 A HENRY 7 4 3 0-0 D EDWARDS 7 4 3 0-0 K HAMLIN 6 5 1 0-0 G ALEXANDER 6 4 2 1-12 A AYODELE 6 1 5 0-0 G BLUE 6 4 2 0-0 R WILLIAMS 5 2 3 0-0 K KENNEDY 6 3 3 0-0 J RATLIFF 4 4 0 0-0 P LENON 4 3 1 0-0 C CANTY 4 2 2 0-0 D WHITE 3 2 1 1-9 D WARE 4 2 2 0-0 K SMITH 3 2 1 0-0 G ELLIS 3 3 0 1-10 C REDDING 2 1 1 0-0 N JONES 2 2 0 0-0 J DEVRIES 1 1 0 1-0 P WATKINS 2 1 1 0-0 I ALAMA-FRANCIS 1 1 0 0-0 J HATCHER 2 1 1 0-0 S ROGERS 1 0 1 0-0 J REEVES 1 1 0 0-0 A LEWIS 1 0 1 0-0 M SPEARS 1 0 1 0-0 C SMITH 1 0 1 0-0 Att: 62,759</div>
DETROIT (Ticker) -- The Dallas Cowboys' magical seasoncontinued. Tony Romo tossed a 16-yard touchdown pass to Jason Witten with18 seconds remaining Sunday as the Cowboys rallied for a 28-27victory over the Detroit Lions, clinching the NFC East Divisiontitle. Detroit, which stunned Dallas, 39-31, in last year'sregular-season finale, appeared on the verge of beating theCowboys for the second time in as many seasons. But Romo drove Dallas (12-1) 83 yards on 11 plays in the finaltwo minutes without any timeouts for the winning score. Witten, who had a huge day with career highs of 15 receptionsfor 143 yards, made amends for a fumble on the Lions' 1-yardline earlier in the fourth quarter with the Cowboys trailing,27-21. The dramatic victory gave Dallas its first division title since1998 and extended the Cowboys' winning streak to seven games. Dallas also stayed one game ahead of Green Bay (11-2) in thebattle for home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. The crushing defeat continued a second-half collapse this seasonfor the Lions (6-7), who have dropped five in a row following a6-2 start. Detroit appeared to be in control, taking a 27-14 lead on KevinJones' 3-yard TD run with 4:24 remaining in the third quarter. But the Cowboys began their comeback on Marion Barber's 1-yardTD run 44 seconds into the fourth quarter. Romo finished 35-of-44 for 307 yards and two touchdowns.
NFL: DALLAS at DETROIT <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- DALLAS 0 14 0 14 28 DETROIT 10 10 7 0 27 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 7:25 DET - TD, T.J. DUCKETT 32 YD RUN (JASON HANSON KICK). Drive: 5 plays, 60 yards in 2:31. Key plays: Jones 15-yard run to Dallas 43; Jones 10-yard run to Dallas 32. DETROIT 7-0. 14:52 DET - FG, JASON HANSON 19 YD. Drive: 13 plays, 61 yards in 5:50. Key plays: Kitna 14-yard pass to McDonald to Dallas 48; Kitna 10-yard pass to Jones to Dallas 38; Kitna 10-yard pass to Furrey plus 13-yard roughing the passer penalty on Cowboys' Ware to Dallas 13; Kitna 5-yard pass to McHugh on 3rd-and-3 to Dallas 1. DETROIT 10-0. 2ND QUARTER: 2:47 DAL - TD, MARION BARBER III 20 YD RUN (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK). Drive: 5 plays, 42 yards in 2:55. Key plays: Austin 60-yard kick return to Detroit 42. DETROIT 10-7. 6:38 DET - FG, JASON HANSON 36 YD. Drive: 7 plays, 55 yards in 3:51. Key plays: Kitna 18-yard pass to McDonald to Dallas 45; Kitna 35-yard pass to McHugh to Dallas 20. DETROIT 13-7. 13:19 DET - TD, KEVIN JONES 2 YD RUN (JASON HANSON KICK). Drive: 11 plays, 80 yards in 5:04. Key plays: Kitna 19-yard pass to Johnson to Detroit 39; Jones 16-yard run to Dallas 45; Kitna 18-yard pass to Johnson to Dallas 13. DETROIT 20-7. 14:31 DAL - TD, MARION BARBER III 8 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK). Drive: 7 plays, 65 yards in 1:12. Key plays: Romo 15-yard run to Detroit 30; Romo 12-yard pass to Witten to Detroit 18; Romo 10-yard pass to Barber to Detroit 8. DETROIT 20-14. 3RD QUARTER: 10:41 DET - TD, KEVIN JONES 3 YD RUN (JASON HANSON KICK). Drive: 10 plays, 41 yards in 5:49. Key plays: McBriar 32-yard punt to Dallas 41; Kitna 13-yard pass to Johnson on 3rd-and-9 to Dallas 27; Kitna 6-yard pass to Middleton on 3rd-and-5 to Dallas 5. DETROIT 27-14. 4TH QUARTER: 0:48 DAL - TD, MARION BARBER III 1 YD RUN (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK). Drive: 10 plays, 56 yards in 5:07. Key plays: Romo 11-yard pass to Witten to Detroit 45; Romo 11-yard pass to Witten to Detroit 7. DETROIT 27-21. 14:42 DAL - TD, JASON WITTEN 16 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK). Drive: 11 plays, 83 yards in 1:57. Key plays: Romo 13-yard pass to Witten on 3rd-and-4 to Dallas 36; Romo 13-yard pass to Barber to Detriot 47; Romo 11-yard pass to Witten to Detriot 36; Romo 16-yard pass to Hurd to Detriot 20. DALLAS 28-27. DALLAS - DETROIT Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS DALLAS DETROIT FIRST DOWNS 25 25 Rushing 4 10 Passing 20 14 Penalty 1 1 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 4-10-40% 7-14-50% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 0-0-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 368 390 Total offensive plays 63 69 Average gain per play 5.8 5.7 NET YARDS RUSHING 87 152 Rushing attempts 16 32 Average gain per rush 5.4 4.8 Tackles for loss-yards 1-1 3-7 NET YARDS PASSING 281 238 Times sacked: Number-Yards 3-21 1-10 Gross passing yards 302 248 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 44-35-0 36-22-0 Avg gain per pass play 6.0 6.4 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-1-0 6-3-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 3-44.0 3-52.0 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 44.0 51.3 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 0 2 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 0-0 1-2 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 6-155 5-105 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 0-0 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 3-23 7-35 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 3-1 1-0 TOUCHDOWNS 4 3 Rushing 2 3 Passing 2 0 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 4-4 3-3 Kicking: Made-Attempts 4-4 3-3 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 0-1 2-3 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 3-4-75% 2-5-40% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 2-3-67% 2-3-67% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 27:35 32:25 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS DALLAS DETROIT RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- M BARBER I 7 43 6.1 20 2 K JONES 23 92 4.0 18 2 J JONES 8 29 3.6 8 0 T DUCKETT 9 60 6.7 32 1 T ROMO 1 15 15.0 15 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T ROMO 35-44-302 0 2 30 J KITNA 22-36-248 0 0 35 Sacked-Yards Lost: T ROMO 3-21. Sacked-Yards Lost: J KITNA 1-10. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J WITTEN 15 138 9.2 16 1 S MCDONALD 8 96 12.0 19 0 M BARBER I 10 61 6.1 13 1 C JOHNSON 5 51 10.2 19 0 P CRAYTON 3 46 15.3 30 0 S MCHUGH 3 60 20.0 35 0 T OWENS 3 21 7.0 13 0 M FURREY 2 15 7.5 10 0 S HURD 2 23 11.5 16 0 B MIDDLETO 2 12 6.0 6 0 J JONES 2 13 6.5 8 0 K JONES 1 10 10.0 10 0 A CASON 1 4 4.0 4 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- Interceptions: None PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- M MCBRIAR 3 132 44.0 1 0 55 N HARRIS 3 156 52.0 0 3 58 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T WALTERS 1 2 2.0 2 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- M AUSTIN 3 112 37.3 60 0 A CASON 3 81 27.0 36 0 N JONES 2 32 16.0 19 0 B MIDDLETON 1 13 13.0 13 0 T CURTIS 1 11 11.0 11 0 B SAIPAIA 1 11 11.0 11 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- N FOLK 4/4 0/1 J HANSON 3/3 2/3 Dist.: (50) Dist.: 19 36 (35) O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ J WITTEN 1 1 0 0-0 J KITNA 1 0 0 1-0 M BARBER III 1 0 0 0-0 J DEVRIES 0 0 1 0-0 T ROMO 1 0 0 0-0 E SIMS 0 0 1 0-0 G ELLIS 0 0 1 0-0 D WHITE 0 0 1 0-0 A GURODE 0 0 0 1-0 G BLUE 0 0 0 0-1 K KOSIER 0 0 0 1-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ T NEWMAN 8 6 2 0-0 E SIMS 14 8 6 0-0 B JAMES 7 5 2 0-0 T FISHER 10 8 2 0-0 A HENRY 7 4 3 0-0 D EDWARDS 7 4 3 0-0 K HAMLIN 6 5 1 0-0 G ALEXANDER 6 4 2 1-12 A AYODELE 6 1 5 0-0 G BLUE 6 4 2 0-0 R WILLIAMS 5 2 3 0-0 K KENNEDY 6 3 3 0-0 J RATLIFF 4 4 0 0-0 P LENON 4 3 1 0-0 C CANTY 4 2 2 0-0 D WHITE 3 2 1 1-9 D WARE 4 2 2 0-0 K SMITH 3 2 1 0-0 G ELLIS 3 3 0 1-10 C REDDING 2 1 1 0-0 N JONES 2 2 0 0-0 J DEVRIES 1 1 0 1-0 P WATKINS 2 1 1 0-0 I ALAMA-FRANCIS 1 1 0 0-0 J HATCHER 2 1 1 0-0 S ROGERS 1 0 1 0-0 J REEVES 1 1 0 0-0 A LEWIS 1 0 1 0-0 M SPEARS 1 0 1 0-0 C SMITH 1 0 1 0-0 Officials: Referee-Gerry Austin, Umpire-Ruben Fowler, Head Linesman-Ed Camp, Line Judge-Carl Johnson, Field Judge-Scott Edwards, Side Judge-Al Riveron, Back Judge-Bob Waggoner. Att: 62,759 Time of Game: 3:11</div>
NFL: DALLAS at DETROIT <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- DALLAS 0 14 0 14 28 DETROIT 10 10 7 0 27 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: DET - TD, T.J. DUCKETT 32 YD RUN (JASON HANSON KICK), 7:25. Drive: 5 plays, 60 yards in 2:31. Key plays: Jones 15-yard run to Dallas 43; Jones 10-yard run to Dallas 32. DETROIT 7-0 DET - FG, JASON HANSON 19 YD, 14:52. Drive: 13 plays, 61 yards in 5:50. Key plays: Kitna 14-yard pass to McDonald to Dallas 48; Kitna 10-yard pass to Jones to Dallas 38; Kitna 10-yard pass to Furrey plus 13-yard roughing the passer penalty on Cowboys' Ware to Dallas 13; Kitna 5-yard pass to McHugh on 3rd-and-3 to Dallas 1. DETROIT 10-0 2ND QUARTER: DAL - TD, MARION BARBER III 20 YD RUN (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK), 2:47. Drive: 5 plays, 42 yards in 2:55. Key plays: Austin 60-yard kick return to Detroit 42. DETROIT 10-7 DET - FG, JASON HANSON 36 YD, 6:38. Drive: 7 plays, 55 yards in 3:51. Key plays: Kitna 18-yard pass to McDonald to Dallas 45; Kitna 35-yard pass to McHugh to Dallas 20. DETROIT 13-7 DET - TD, KEVIN JONES 2 YD RUN (JASON HANSON KICK), 13:19. Drive: 11 plays, 80 yards in 5:04. Key plays: Kitna 19-yard pass to Johnson to Detroit 39; Jones 16-yard run to Dallas 45; Kitna 18-yard pass to Johnson to Dallas 13. DETROIT 20-7 DAL - TD, MARION BARBER III 8 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK), 14:31. Drive: 7 plays, 65 yards in 1:12. Key plays: Romo 15-yard run to Detroit 30; Romo 12-yard pass to Witten to Detroit 18; Romo 10-yard pass to Barber to Detroit 8. DETROIT 20-14 3RD QUARTER: DET - TD, KEVIN JONES 3 YD RUN (JASON HANSON KICK), 10:41. Drive: 10 plays, 41 yards in 5:49. Key plays: McBriar 32-yard punt to Dallas 41; Kitna 13-yard pass to Johnson on 3rd-and-9 to Dallas 27; Kitna 6-yard pass to Middleton on 3rd-and-5 to Dallas 5. DETROIT 27-14 4TH QUARTER: DAL - TD, MARION BARBER III 1 YD RUN (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK), 0:48. Drive: 10 plays, 56 yards in 5:07. Key plays: Romo 11-yard pass to Witten to Detroit 45; Romo 11-yard pass to Witten to Detroit 7. DETROIT 27-21 DAL - TD, JASON WITTEN 16 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK), 14:42. Drive: 11 plays, 83 yards in 1:57. Key plays: Romo 13-yard pass to Witten on 3rd-and-4 to Dallas 36; Romo 13-yard pass to Barber to Detriot 47; Romo 11-yard pass to Witten to Detriot 36; Romo 16-yard pass to Hurd to Detriot 20. DALLAS 28-27 ATT: 62,759</div>
By Chuck Klonke PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer DETROIT (Ticker) - The Dallas Cowboys' magical season continued. Tony Romo tossed a 16-yard touchdown pass to Jason Witten with18 seconds remaining Sunday as the Cowboys rallied for a 28-27victory over the Detroit Lions, clinching the NFC East Divisiontitle. "Ninth time that we've come from behind this year, and it showsyou the character and the heart of this team," Cowboys coachWade Phillips said. "It wasn't the prettiest game for usoverall, but it was the best in that we came out the EasternDivision champs and that was our goal going into the game." Detroit, which stunned Dallas, 39-31, in last season'sregular-season finale, appeared on the verge of beating theCowboys for the second time in as many seasons. But Romo drove Dallas (12-1) 83 yards on 11 plays in the finaltwo minutes without any timeouts for the winning score as theCowboys clinched their first division title since 1998. "I enjoy being in those situations," Romo said. "It gets yourjuices flowing a little bit. It makes the game a lot of funevery once in a while. I probably wouldn't want it every game." The Lions had a chance to get back the ball on the Cowboys'winning drive when Romo fumbled but guard Kyle Kosier - a formerLion - recovered for Dallas at the Cowboys' 40-yard line. "It's about the details and winning the game and we had two orthree opportunities and we just need to make those plays and wedidn't do that," Lions coach Rod Marinelli said. "We've got noexcuse. You just need to make them." Witten, who had a huge day with career highs of 15 receptionsfor 138 yards, made amends for a fumble on the Lions' 1-yardline earlier in the fourth quarter with the Cowboys trailing,27-21. "Obviously, I was excited to have the ball back after thinking Ilost the game for us," Witten said. The dramatic victory gave Dallas its seventh straight win andkept the Cowboys one game ahead of Green Bay (11-2) in thebattle for home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs. Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens had just three catches for21 yards but was delighted with the outcome. "We won and nothing else matters," Owens said. "It was a teameffort and we did what we had to do to win." The crushing defeat continued a second-half collapse this seasonfor the Lions (6-7), who have dropped five in a row following a6-2 start. "Yeah, this is a tough loss," Lions offensive lineman DamienWoody said. "We had them and we let them off the hook. I tipmy hat off to those guys because they finished the game. "Good teams finish the ballgame. We're not there yet. We'renot at that point where we're finishing ballgames. We just haveto keep working to finish them." Detroit appeared to be in control, taking a 27-14 lead on KevinJones' 3-yard TD run with 4:24 remaining in the third quarter. But the Cowboys began their comeback on Marion Barber's 1-yardTD run 44 seconds into the fourth quarter. Romo finished 35-of-44 for 302 yards and two touchdowns - hisseventh 300-yard game of the season. "You have to give the Lions credit," Romo said. "They had achance to win. The way they fought and played they deserved toprobably get one. We were fortunate." Jones' 2-yard TD run gave the Lions a 20-7 lead with 1:41 leftin the first half. Dallas quickly answered, closing to 20-14 on Romo's 8-yard TDstrike to Barber with 29 seconds left in the half.
