GAME THREAD: NFL: NY JETS (2-8) at DALLAS (9-1)

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    NY JETS 3
    DALLAS 34 3:51 LEFT, 4TH QTR

    DAL BALL ON DAL 1 YD LINE
    1ST AND 10</div>
     
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    <div class="pre">NFL TWO MINUTE WARNING, 2ND HALF

    NY JETS 3
    DALLAS 34

    DAL BALL ON DAL 13 YD LINE
    2ND AND 9</div>
     
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    <div class="pre">NFL NY JETS 3
    DALLAS 34 2:00 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>
     
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    NY JETS 3
    DALLAS 34 0:20 LEFT, 4TH QTR

    NYJ BALL ON NYJ 37 YD LINE
    1ST AND 10</div>
     
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    NFL: NY JETS at DALLAS

    <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
    --- --- --- --- -----
    NY JETS 0 3 0 0 3
    DALLAS 7 14 3 10 34 FINAL

    SCORING SUMMARY

    1ST QUARTER: DAL - TD, MARION BARBER III 7 YD RUN
    (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK), 4:44. Drive:
    8 plays, 63 yards in 4:44. Key
    plays: Romo 17-yard pass to Austin
    on 3rd-and-9 to New York 45; Jones
    19-yard run to New York 20; Romo
    13-yard pass to Owens to New York
    7. DALLAS 7-0
    2ND QUARTER: DAL - TD, JASON WITTEN 25 YD PASS FROM TONY
    ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK), 2:51.
    Drive: 7 plays, 56 yards in 3:39.
    Key plays: Romo 12-yard pass to
    Witten on 3rd-and-4 to New York 27.
    DALLAS 14-0
    DAL - TD, TERENCE NEWMAN 50 YD INTERCEPTION
    RETURN (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK), 8:42.
    DALLAS 21-0
    NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 40 YD, 14:21. Drive: 13
    plays, 56 yards in 5:39. Key plays:
    Clemens 19-yard pass to McCareins
    to Dallas 40; Clemens 12-yard pass
    to Cotchery on 4th-and-3 to Dallas
    21. DALLAS 21-3
    3RD QUARTER: DAL - FG, NICHOLAS FOLK 46 YD, 9:30. DALLAS
    24-3
    4TH QUARTER: DAL - FG, NICHOLAS FOLK 27 YD, 3:37. DALLAS
    27-3
    DAL - TD, TERRELL OWENS 22 YD PASS FROM TONY
    ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK), 8:48.
    Drive: 7 plays, 71 yards in 4:35.
    Key plays: Barber 10-yard run to
    New York 49; barber 13-yard run to
    New York 36; Romo 12-yard pass to
    Barber to New York 24. DALLAS 34-3

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    NFL: NY JETS at DALLAS

    <div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
    NFL
    NY JETS 3
    DALLAS 34 FINAL</div>
     
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    NFL: NY JETS at DALLAS

    <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
    --- --- --- --- -----
    NY JETS 0 3 0 0 3
    DALLAS 7 14 3 10 34 FINAL

    SCORING SUMMARY

    1ST QUARTER:

    4:44 DAL - TD, MARION BARBER III 7 YD RUN (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK).
    Drive: 8 plays, 63 yards in 4:44.
    Key plays: Romo 17-yard pass to Austin on 3rd-and-9 to New York 45;
    Jones 19-yard run to New York 20; Romo 13-yard pass to Owens to New York
    7. DALLAS 7-0.

    2ND QUARTER:

    2:51 DAL - TD, JASON WITTEN 25 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK).
    Drive: 7 plays, 56 yards in 3:39.
    Key plays: Romo 12-yard pass to Witten on 3rd-and-4 to New York 27.
    DALLAS 14-0.
    8:42 DAL - TD, TERENCE NEWMAN 50 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK).
    DALLAS 21-0.
    14:21 NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 40 YD.
    Drive: 13 plays, 56 yards in 5:39.
    Key plays: Clemens 19-yard pass to McCareins to Dallas 40; Clemens
    12-yard pass to Cotchery on 4th-and-3 to Dallas 21. DALLAS 21-3.

    3RD QUARTER:

    9:30 DAL - FG, NICHOLAS FOLK 46 YD.
    DALLAS 24-3.

    4TH QUARTER:

    3:37 DAL - FG, NICHOLAS FOLK 27 YD.
    DALLAS 27-3.
    8:48 DAL - TD, TERRELL OWENS 22 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK).
    Drive: 7 plays, 71 yards in 4:35.
    Key plays: Barber 10-yard run to New York 49; barber 13-yard run to
    New York 36; Romo 12-yard pass to Barber to New York 24. DALLAS 34-3.

    NY JETS - DALLAS Final Statistics

    TEAM STATISTICS NY JETS DALLAS

    FIRST DOWNS 9 21
    Rushing 3 10
    Passing 6 11
    Penalty 0 0
    THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 2-14-14% 4-11-36%
    FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 0-0-0%
    TOTAL NET YARDS 180 344
    Total offensive plays 51 65
    Average gain per play 3.5 5.3
    NET YARDS RUSHING 60 174
    Rushing attempts 21 34
    Average gain per rush 2.9 5.1
    Tackles for loss-yards 4-9 0-0
    NET YARDS PASSING 120 170
    Times sacked: Number-Yards 3-22 3-25
    Gross passing yards 142 195
    PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 27-12-1 28-21-1
    Avg gain per pass play 4.0 5.5
    KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 2-0-0 7-0-0
    PUNTS: Number and Average 8-46.1 5-45.0
    Had blocked 0 0
    Net punting average 45.1 39.8
    TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 30 76
    Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2-8 3-26
    Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 7-144 2-51
    Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-22 1-50
    PENALTIES: Number-Yards 4-30 2-10
    FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-1 1-0
    TOUCHDOWNS 0 4
    Rushing 0 1
    Passing 0 2
    Interceptions 0 1
    Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
    EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 0-0 4-4
    Kicking: Made-Attempts 0-0 4-4
    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 0-1-0% 1-2-50%
    GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 1-1-100%
    SAFETIES 0 0
    TIME OF POSSESSION 22:08 37:52


    INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

    NY JETS DALLAS

    RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
    -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
    T JONES 17 40 2.4 11 0 M BARBER I 18 103 5.7 20 1
    L WASHINGT 2 14 7.0 11 0 J JONES 14 64 4.6 19 0
    K CLEMENS 2 6 3.0 6 0 T ROMO 2 7 3.5 6 0

    PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
    -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
    K CLEMENS 12-27-142 1 0 31 T ROMO 21-28-195 1 2 25

    Sacked-Yards Lost: K CLEMENS 3-22. Sacked-Yards Lost: T ROMO 3-25.

    RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
    -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
    C BAKER 3 36 12.0 22 0 T OWENS 6 65 10.8 22 1
    J COTCHERY 2 43 21.5 31 0 J WITTEN 4 54 13.5 25 1
    J MCCAREIN 2 29 14.5 19 0 J JONES 4 26 6.5 9 0
    T JONES 2 17 8.5 12 0 M BARBER I 4 12 3.0 12 0
    B SMITH 2 12 6.0 7 0 M AUSTIN 2 30 15.0 17 0
    L WASHINGT 1 5 5.0 5 0 S HURD 1 8 8.0 8 0

    INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
    -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
    K RHODES 1 22 22.0 22 0 T NEWMAN 1 50 50.0 50 1

    PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
    -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
    B GRAHAM 8 369 46.1 2 2 61 M MCBRIAR 5 225 45.0 0 2 54

    T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

    PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
    -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
    L WASHINGTON 2 8 4.0 5 0 T NEWMAN 3 26 8.7 13 0

    KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
    -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
    L WASHINGTON 4 97 24.3 27 0 M AUSTIN 2 51 25.5 27 0
    B SMITH 2 38 19.0 23 0
    C BAKER 1 9 9.0 9 0

    KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
    ---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
    M NUGENT 0/0 1/1 N FOLK 4/4 2/2
    Dist.: 40 Dist.: 46 27

    O-D O-D
    FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
    ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
    L WASHINGTON 1 1 0 0-0 T ROMO 1 0 0 0-0
    K CLEMENS 1 0 0 1-0 C BROWN 0 0 0 0-1
    C MOSLEY 0 0 1 0-0 M COLOMBO 0 0 0 1-0

    DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
    ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
    A ELAM 7 6 1 0-0 G ELLIS 4 4 0 2-13
    K COLEMAN 7 6 1 0-0 K HAMLIN 4 4 0 0-0
    D HARRIS 6 6 0 0-0 P WATKINS 4 3 1 0-0
    D REVIS 5 5 0 0-0 B JAMES 4 2 2 0-0
    E BARTON 5 4 1 1-7 D WARE 4 1 3 0-0
    M CHATHAM 5 4 1 0-0 C CANTY 3 2 1 1-9
    H POTEAT 4 3 1 0-0 K BURNETT 3 2 1 0-0
    V HOBSON 4 3 1 0-0 R WILLIAMS 3 2 1 0-0
    D BARRETT 3 3 0 0-0 A AYODELE 3 1 2 0-0
    S ELLIS 3 3 0 0-0 J REEVES 2 2 0 0-0
    S POUHA 2 2 0 0-0 S BOWEN 2 1 1 0-0
    M DEVITO 2 1 1 0-0 J HATCHER 2 1 1 0-0
    C MOSLEY 1 1 0 1-3 M SPEARS 2 0 2 0-0
    D ROBERTSON 1 1 0 1-15 T NEWMAN 1 1 0 0-0
    B THOMAS 1 1 0 0-0 T JOHNSON 1 1 0 0-0
    E SMITH 1 1 0 0-0 K DAVIS 1 1 0 0-0
    B KASSELL 1 1 0 0-0 J RATLIFF 1 0 1 0-0
    K RHODES 1 0 1 0-0

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    <div class="pre">IRVING, Texas (Ticker) -- In just 21 starts, Tony Romo has</div>accomplished something Roger Staubach, Danny White and TroyAikman never could.


    Romo threw two touchdowns to lead the Dallas Cowboys to theirbest start in the franchise's illustrious history with a 34-3victory Thursday over the New York Jets on Thanksgiving Day.

    Marion Barber carried 18 times for 103 yards and a touchdown andcornerback Terence Newman returned an interception 50 yards fortouchdown for Dallas, which secured its fifth straight win.

    Prior to this season, White led the Cowboys to a thenfranchise-best 9-1 start in 1983 under Hall of Fame coach TomLandry. The best Staubach could do was 9-1 in 1976, whileAikman could only help the Cowboys to a trio of 8-2 starts in1992, 1994 and 1995.


    But Romo has trumped them all en route to a 10-1 start forDallas, which hosts the Green Bay Packers (10-1) next Thursdayin a showdown of NFC powers.


    Adding to an already impressive season, Romo also tied White forthe franchise's single-season touchdown mark at 29 with a22-yard fourth-quarter touchdown pass to Terrell Owens. Whiteset the mark in 1979.


    Despite being pressured constantly, Romo managed to dissect NewYork's defense and, at one point, completed 15-of-19 passes. Heconnected on 21-of-28 passes for 195 yards in the game.

    The Cowboys' defense also did its part, as it sacked Jetsquarterback Kellen Clemens three times and did not let New Yorkcross midfield until late in the first half.


    Romo and the Cowboys came out strong as they took the firstpossession of the game and wasted little time attacking theJets.


    Romo led an eight-play, 63-yard drive that was capped by aseven-yard score by Barber with 10:16 left in the first.

    The four-year veteran was 3-of-3 for 35 yards on the drive,which featured a key 19-yard pass to Miles Austin on 3rd-and-9.Austin was forced into action due to the absence of PatrickCrayton, who sat out with a sprained ankle.


    Dallas' offense struggled to get into a rhythm the rest of thequarter and held just a 7-0 lead. But Romo and the Cowboys thenopened the second quarter the same way they did the first.

    Romo, who threw an interception after the Cowboys recovered afirst-quarter fumble in New York's territory, capped aseven-play, 44-yard drive with a 25-yard scoring strike to JasonWitten for a 14-0 lead with 12:09 left in the half.

    Newman then stretched the lead to 21-0 as he baited Clemens intoa bad throw, picked it off and raced down the right sidelinefor a 50-yard touchdown with 6:18 left in the second.

    The Jets finally crossed the 50-yard line at 3:33 mark in thesecond, and Mike Nugent capped a 13-play, 58-yard drive with a40-yard field goal with 39 seconds left in the half.

    The Cowboys' defense continued to stymie the Jets' offense inthe second half, and Nick Folk added two field goals beforeOwens capped the scoring late in the fourth quarter.

    Owens, who caught a team-record four scores last week, finishedwith six catches for 65 yards.


    Clemens struggled as he threw 10 straight incomplete passes inthe second half, and finished 12-of-27 for 142 yards and oneinterception.
     
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    NFL: NY JETS at DALLAS

    <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
    --- --- --- --- -----
    NY JETS 0 3 0 0 3
    DALLAS 7 14 3 10 34 FINAL

    SCORING SUMMARY

    1ST QUARTER:

    4:44 DAL - TD, MARION BARBER III 7 YD RUN (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK).
    Drive: 8 plays, 63 yards in 4:44.
    Key plays: Romo 17-yard pass to Austin on 3rd-and-9 to New York 45;
    Jones 19-yard run to New York 20; Romo 13-yard pass to Owens to New York
    7. DALLAS 7-0.

    2ND QUARTER:

    2:51 DAL - TD, JASON WITTEN 25 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK).
    Drive: 7 plays, 56 yards in 3:39.
    Key plays: Romo 12-yard pass to Witten on 3rd-and-4 to New York 27.
    DALLAS 14-0.
    8:42 DAL - TD, TERENCE NEWMAN 50 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK).
    DALLAS 21-0.
    14:21 NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 40 YD.
    Drive: 13 plays, 56 yards in 5:39.
    Key plays: Clemens 19-yard pass to McCareins on 3rd-and-4 to Dallas
    40; Clemens 12-yard pass to Cotchery on 4th-and-3 to Dallas 21. DALLAS
    21-3.

    3RD QUARTER:

    9:30 DAL - FG, NICHOLAS FOLK 46 YD.
    Drive: 5 plays, 25 yards in 2:00.
    Key plays: Barber 20-yard run to New York 32. DALLAS 24-3.

    4TH QUARTER:

    3:37 DAL - FG, NICHOLAS FOLK 27 YD.
    Drive: 15 plays, 71 yards in 8:23.
    Key plays: Romo 6-yard pass to Owens on 3rd-and-4 to Dallas 30; Romo
    13-yard pass to Witten to New York 42. DALLAS 27-3.
    8:48 DAL - TD, TERRELL OWENS 22 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK).
    Drive: 7 plays, 71 yards in 4:35.
    Key plays: Barber 10-yard run to New York 49; Barber 13-yard run to
    New York 36; Romo 12-yard pass to Barber to New York 24. DALLAS 34-3.

    NY JETS - DALLAS Final Statistics

    TEAM STATISTICS NY JETS DALLAS

    FIRST DOWNS 9 21
    Rushing 3 10
    Passing 6 11
    Penalty 0 0
    THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 2-14-14% 4-11-36%
    FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 0-0-0%
    TOTAL NET YARDS 180 344
    Total offensive plays 51 65
    Average gain per play 3.5 5.3
    NET YARDS RUSHING 60 174
    Rushing attempts 21 34
    Average gain per rush 2.9 5.1
    Tackles for loss-yards 4-9 0-0
    NET YARDS PASSING 120 170
    Times sacked: Number-Yards 3-22 3-25
    Gross passing yards 142 195
    PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 27-12-1 28-21-1
    Avg gain per pass play 4.0 5.5
    KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 2-0-0 7-0-0
    PUNTS: Number and Average 8-46.1 5-45.0
    Had blocked 0 0
    Net punting average 45.1 39.8
    TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 30 76
    Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2-8 3-26
    Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 7-144 2-51
    Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-22 1-50
    PENALTIES: Number-Yards 4-30 2-10
    FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-1 1-0
    TOUCHDOWNS 0 4
    Rushing 0 1
    Passing 0 2
    Interceptions 0 1
    Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
    EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 0-0 4-4
    Kicking: Made-Attempts 0-0 4-4
    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 0-1-0% 1-2-50%
    GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 1-1-100%
    SAFETIES 0 0
    TIME OF POSSESSION 22:08 37:52


    INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

    NY JETS DALLAS

    RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
    -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
    T JONES 17 40 2.4 11 0 M BARBER I 18 103 5.7 20 1
    L WASHINGT 2 14 7.0 11 0 J JONES 14 64 4.6 19 0
    K CLEMENS 2 6 3.0 6 0 T ROMO 2 7 3.5 6 0

    PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
    -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
    K CLEMENS 12-27-142 1 0 31 T ROMO 21-28-195 1 2 25

    Sacked-Yards Lost: K CLEMENS 3-22. Sacked-Yards Lost: T ROMO 3-25.

    RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
    -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
    C BAKER 3 36 12.0 22 0 T OWENS 6 65 10.8 22 1
    J COTCHERY 2 43 21.5 31 0 J WITTEN 4 54 13.5 25 1
    J MCCAREIN 2 29 14.5 19 0 J JONES 4 26 6.5 9 0
    T JONES 2 17 8.5 12 0 M BARBER I 4 12 3.0 12 0
    B SMITH 2 12 6.0 7 0 M AUSTIN 2 30 15.0 17 0
    L WASHINGT 1 5 5.0 5 0 S HURD 1 8 8.0 8 0

    INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
    -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
    K RHODES 1 22 22.0 22 0 T NEWMAN 1 50 50.0 50 1

    PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
    -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
    B GRAHAM 8 369 46.1 2 2 61 M MCBRIAR 5 225 45.0 0 2 54

    T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

    PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
    -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
    L WASHINGTON 2 8 4.0 5 0 T NEWMAN 3 26 8.7 13 0

    KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
    -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
    L WASHINGTON 4 97 24.3 27 0 M AUSTIN 2 51 25.5 27 0
    B SMITH 2 38 19.0 23 0
    C BAKER 1 9 9.0 9 0

    KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
    ---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
    M NUGENT 0/0 1/1 N FOLK 4/4 2/2
    Dist.: 40 Dist.: 46 27

    O-D O-D
    FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
    ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
    L WASHINGTON 1 1 0 0-0 T ROMO 1 0 0 0-0
    K CLEMENS 1 0 0 1-0 K BURNETT 0 0 1 0-0
    C MOSLEY 0 0 1 0-0 C BROWN 0 0 0 0-1
    M COLOMBO 0 0 0 1-0

    DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
    ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
    A ELAM 7 6 1 0-0 G ELLIS 4 4 0 2-13
    K COLEMAN 7 6 1 0-0 K HAMLIN 4 4 0 0-0
    D HARRIS 6 6 0 0-0 P WATKINS 4 3 1 0-0
    D REVIS 5 5 0 0-0 B JAMES 4 2 2 0-0
    E BARTON 5 4 1 1-7 D WARE 4 1 3 0-0
    M CHATHAM 5 4 1 0-0 C CANTY 3 2 1 1-9
    H POTEAT 4 3 1 0-0 K BURNETT 3 2 1 0-0
    V HOBSON 4 3 1 0-0 R WILLIAMS 3 2 1 0-0
    D BARRETT 3 3 0 0-0 A AYODELE 3 1 2 0-0
    S ELLIS 3 3 0 0-0 J REEVES 2 2 0 0-0
    S POUHA 2 2 0 0-0 S BOWEN 2 1 1 0-0
    M DEVITO 2 1 1 0-0 J HATCHER 2 1 1 0-0
    C MOSLEY 1 1 0 1-3 M SPEARS 2 0 2 0-0
    D ROBERTSON 1 1 0 1-15 T NEWMAN 1 1 0 0-0
    B THOMAS 1 1 0 0-0 T JOHNSON 1 1 0 0-0
    E SMITH 1 1 0 0-0 K DAVIS 1 1 0 0-0
    B KASSELL 1 1 0 0-0 J RATLIFF 1 0 1 0-0
    K RHODES 1 0 1 0-0

    Officials: Referee-Bill Carollo, Umpire-Bill Schuster, Head
    Linesman-John Schleyer, Line Judge-Gary Arthur, Field Judge-Bill
    Lovett, Side Judge-James Coleman, Back Judge-Phil Luckett.

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    <div class="pre">IRVING, Texas (Ticker) -- In just 21 starts, Tony Romo has</div>accomplished something Roger Staubach, Danny White and TroyAikman never could.


    Romo threw two touchdowns to lead the Dallas Cowboys to theirbest start in the franchise's illustrious history with a 34-3victory Thursday over the New York Jets on Thanksgiving Day.

    Marion Barber carried 18 times for 103 yards and a touchdown andcornerback Terence Newman returned an interception 50 yards fortouchdown for Dallas, which secured its fifth straight win.

    Prior to this season, White led the Cowboys to a thenfranchise-best 9-1 start in 1983 under Hall of Fame coach TomLandry. The best Staubach could do was 9-1 in 1976, whileAikman could only help the Cowboys to a trio of 8-2 starts in1992, 1994 and 1995.


    But Romo has trumped them all en route to a 10-1 start forDallas, which hosts the Green Bay Packers (10-1) next Thursdayin a showdown of NFC powers.


    "10-1 is a great start," Romo said. "Obviously, it's aphenomenal beginning to a good season, and in the middle here.Now, it's about finishing. We're going to go out there and andtry to do what we can do to get better for next week's game.

    "I think it's going to be a fun game next week. Obviously,we'll both be 10-1 and this game will give the winner a two-gamelead for home field throughout the playoffs."


    Adding to an already impressive season, Romo also tied White forthe franchise's single-season touchdown mark at 29 with a22-yard fourth-quarter touchdown pass to Terrell Owens. Whiteset the mark in 1979.


    "The most important thing is that we won," Owens said."Regardless if I caught a touchdown or not. We made historytoday and that's a stepping stone of where we need to go, and Ithink we're headed in the right direction."


    Despite being pressured constantly, Romo managed to dissect NewYork's defense and, at one point, completed 15-of-19 passes. Heconnected on 21-of-28 passes for 195 yards in the game.

    The Cowboys' defense also did its part, as it sacked Jetsquarterback Kellen Clemens three times and did not let New Yorkcross midfield until late in the first half.


    Romo and the Cowboys came out strong as they took the firstpossession of the game and wasted little time attacking theJets.


    Romo led an eight-play, 63-yard drive that was capped by aseven-yard score by Barber with 10:16 left in the first.

    The four-year veteran was 3-of-3 for 35 yards on the drive,which featured a key 19-yard pass to Miles Austin on 3rd-and-9.Austin was forced into action due to the absence of PatrickCrayton, who sat out with a sprained ankle.


    Dallas' offense struggled to get into a rhythm the rest of thequarter and held just a 7-0 lead. But Romo and the Cowboys thenopened the second quarter the same way they did the first.

    Romo, who threw an interception after the Cowboys recovered afirst-quarter fumble in New York's territory, capped aseven-play, 44-yard drive with a 25-yard scoring strike to JasonWitten for a 14-0 lead with 12:09 left in the half.

    Newman then stretched the lead to 21-0 as he baited Clemens intoa bad throw, picked it off and raced down the right sidelinefor a 50-yard touchdown with 6:18 left in the second.

    The Jets finally crossed the 50-yard line at 3:33 mark in thesecond, and Mike Nugent capped a 13-play, 58-yard drive with a40-yard field goal with 39 seconds left in the half.

    The Cowboys' defense continued to stymie the Jets' offense inthe second half, and Nick Folk added two field goals beforeOwens capped the scoring late in the fourth quarter.

    Owens, who caught a team-record four scores last week, finishedwith six catches for 65 yards.


    Clemens struggled as he threw 10 straight incomplete passes inthe second half, and finished 12-of-27 for 142 yards and oneinterception.


    "I thought the Cowboys played well, but I think to beat a teamlike that, you have to play your best football, and we didn'tplay our best football," Jets coach Eric Mangini said. "Thereare certain things you have to achieve in all three phases, andwe didn't come close in any phase."
     

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