Nov 12, 2007 4:04 pm US/Central
Cowboys Overcome Themselves, Then Giants 31-20
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Antonio Pierce #58 of the New York Giants encourages the crowd as Tony Romo #9 of the Dallas Cowboys calls signals during their game at Giants Stadium Nov. 11, 2007 in East Rutherford, N.J.
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Once they stopped beating themselves with penalties, the Dallas Cowboys
beat the New York Giants and all but assured themselves of an NFC East
title.
Tony Romo hit Terrell Owens on two of his four touchdown
passes and Dallas opened a three-game lead in the division by ending
the Giants' six-game winning streak with a 31-20 victory on Sunday.
Romo and Owens broke open the NFC East showdown in the second half by
combining on scoring passes of 25 and 50 yards to help Dallas (8-1)
match its best start since 1995, the last time it won the Super Bowl.
Romo, who was 20-of-28 for 247 yards, also threw a 15-yard touchdown
pass to Tony Curtis and a 20-yarder to Patrick Crayton in helping the
Cowboys sweep the season-series with the Giants (6-3). Nick Folk added
a 44-yard field goal.
Eli Manning threw an 8-yard touchdown
pass to Jeremy Shockey, who tied his career high with 12 catches for
129 yards. Reuben Droughns scored on a 1-yard run and Lawrence Tynes
kicked field goals of 40 and 26 yards.
The second field goal
came after New York had a game-tying touchdown run early in the fourth
quarter by Brandon Jacobs nullified by a questionable holding penalty
against guard Chris Snee.
Until that point, the Cowboys were
the ones hurting themselves with undisciplined errors. Four penalties
in the first half gave New York 10 points and had Dallas heading to the
locker room tied at 17-all.
Romo and Owens, and the Cowboys defense took care of things in the second half.
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