Poor start of the season for Dallas as they fell 28-21 to the New York Giants. It had been a close game with both quarterbacks throwing picks in the first quarter but Romo found Bryant in the endzone with an 18 yard pass. The Cowboys went in 7-6 up at half-time, a half which was dominated by Anthony Spencer. The left end racked up 5 sacks in total in the game and was piling pressure on Eli throughout the game. The Cowboys went into the 4th quarter 14-6 up after Romo connected with Miles Austin for a touchdown, however two picks from Romo gave New York the iniative and Manning drove his offense throughout the 4th Quarter hitting Reuben Randle for a 64 yard touchdown. A challenge from head coach proved costly at 25-14 to the Giants with 3 minutes on the clock. The call stood and the Cowboys lost a crucial timeout. The Giants got a field goal and now Romo had just 2 minutes to score two touchdowns. Murray took the ball to the endzone leaving Dallas needing an onside kick recovery. They failed to recover the ball and with only two timeouts remaining they could not hold Eli's Giants from stealing a win on the opening weekend of the season. ESPN football expert Skip Bayless tweeted, "Romo flops again and doesn't live up to his mega money contract, the sooner he leaves, the sooner this football teams wins big games".
New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys |
Sep 8, 2013 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F | NYG (1-0) | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 28 | DAL (0-1) | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Top Performers | PASS: Eli Manning - 29/36 335yds 2TDs 1INT | RUSH: DeMarco Murray - 20Att 57yds 1TD | REC: Dez Bryant - 6Rec 103yds 1TD |
| Team Stats Comparison | | NYG | DAL | First Downs | 16 | 17 | 3rd Down Efficiency | 5-14 (35%) | 8-13 (61%) | 4th Down Efficiency | 0-0 | 0-0 | Total Yards | 420 | 495 | Passing Yards | 271 | 239 | Rushing Yards | 72 | 101 | Penalties-Penalty Yards | 1-10 | 1-15 | Turnovers | 1 (+3) | 4 (-3) | Time of Possession | 34:40 | 21:20 |
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New York Giants | PASSING | C/A | YDS | TD | INT | Eli Manning | 29/36 | 335 | 2 | 1 | RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | Andre Brown | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 0 | Da'rel Scott | 6 | 34 | 5.7 | 0 | David Wilson | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | Hakeem Nicks | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 0 | Victor Cruz | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 0 | Brandon Myers | 5 | 69 | 13.8 | 0 | Rueben Randle | 4 | 99 | 24.8 | 1 | Andre Brown | 4 | 16 | 4 | 0 | Jerrel Jernigan | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | Charles Clay | 2 | 20 | 10 | 1 | DEFENSE | TACK | SACK | INT | TD | Mark Herzlich | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Keith Rivers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jacquian Williams | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Antrel Rolle | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Stevie Brown | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Prince Amukamara | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Corey Webster | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Mathias Kiwanuka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aaron Ross | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | KICKING | FG | XP | PTS | LG | Josh Brown | 5/5 | 1/1 | 16 | 52 | PUNTING | TOT | YDS | AVG | -20 | Steve Weatherford | 3 | 126 | 42 | 0 | KICK RETURN | RET | YDS | AVG | TD | Jerrel Jernigan | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 0 | Victor Cruz | 1 | 18 | 18 | 0 | PUNT RETURN | RET | YDS | AVG | TD | David Wilson | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Dallas Cowboys | PASSING | C/A | YDS | TD | INT | Tony Romo | 17/36 | 242 | 2 | 4 | RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | DeMarco Murray | 20 | 57 | 2.8 | 1 | Kendall Hunter | 3 | 36 | 12 | 0 | Tony Romo | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | Dez Bryant | 6 | 103 | 17.1 | 1 | Miles Austin | 3 | 54 | 18 | 1 | Jason Witten | 6 | 64 | 10.6 | 0 | Dwayne Harris | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | Terrance Williams | 1 | 15 | 15 | 0 | Andre Smith | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | DEFENSE | TACK | SACK | INT | TD | Anthony Spencer | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Orlando Scandrick | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Demarcus Ware | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bruce Carter | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Barry Church | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Morris Claiborne | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | J.J Wilcox | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jason Hatcher | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jay Ratliff | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Sean Lee | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Brandon Carr | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Justin Durant | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | George Selvie | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | KICKING | FG | XP | PTS | LG | Dan Bailey | 0/1 | 3/3 | 3 | | PUNTING | TOT | YDS | AVG | -20 | Chris Jones | 3 | 127 | 42.3 | 0 | KICK RETURN | RET | YDS | AVG | TD | Dez Bryant | 1 | 33 | 33 | 0 | Miles Austin | 6 | 122 | 20.3 | 0 |
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