“We can sit here and talk about all the things that didn’t go right,” Dallas coach Mike McCarthy said. The two picks left the 2016 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year with nine in his first eight games for the first time in his seven seasons. Prescott was 6 of 6 for 79 yards on the go-ahead drive after completing just 20 of 33 with two interceptions before that. The fourth consecutive victory kept the Cowboys two games behind NFL-leading Philadelphia in the NFC East. Tony Pollard scored twice for Dallas, which was a 16 1/2-point favorite, according to. “Who cares what’s happened these last 58 minutes of this game? We’ve got two minutes to go get a win.” “We got to love these moments,” Prescott said. The pair hooked up twice more, the latter an 18-yarder to put Dallas at the Houston 4.Īfter Michael Gallup's attempted TD catch was barely broken up, Elliott scored on third down from the 2 to cap the 11-play drive. Starting at his 2, Prescott immediately completed a 21-yard pass to Dalton Schultz. I was just happy we were able to get that stop.” “I think everyone knew the game wasn’t over,” linebacker Micah Parsons said. The Cowboys (10-3) stiffened against a makeshift Texans offense, stuffing backup quarterback Jeff Driskel on a fourth-down run after running back Rex Burkhead was upended for a loss on the previous play from the 1. Houston (1-11-1) appeared in position to end a seven-game losing streak after Tremon Smith's second interception of the game put the Texans at the Dallas 4-yard line, up by three points with 5:47 to go. Prescott directed a 98-yard drive to Ezekiel Elliott's short touchdown run with 41 seconds remaining, and Dallas avoided a major upset with a 27-23 victory Sunday. The star Cowboys quarterback delivered, turning what had been quite the clunker against the team with the NFL's worst record into his 18th career late-game comeback. Cowboys score late to avoid major upset, beat Texans 27-23ĪRLINGTON, Texas - Dak Prescott stood on his own goal line with a second chance, moments after throwing an interception that had given the hapless Houston Texans a great chance to finish off a shocker.
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