Steve Smith punished his former team with seven catches for 139 yards and two touchdowns. Antonio Brown caught seven passes for 131 yards and two scores, and Heath Miller added a career-high nine grabs. Glennon passed for 302 yards in his first start of the season, including a 41-yard catch-and-run by Louis Murphy that set up Jackson’s score.īen Roethlisberger passed for 314 yards and three touchdowns, but Pittsburgh (2-2) couldn’t protect a seven-point lead in the fourth quarter. The Buccaneers (1-3) lost to Atlanta by six touchdowns a week ago but bounced back. Mike Glennon hit a diving Vincent Jackson for a 5-yard touchdown with 7 seconds remaining to lift Tampa Bay to a stunning win. He threw two incomplete passes from the 1-yard line in the waning moments. The 49ers delivered a late goal-line stand as they avoided their first three-game losing streak under fourth-year coach Jim Harbaugh, containing the league’s top passer in Nick Foles. “I’ve always had confidence in myself and my ability and the guys I run behind,” Murray said.įrank Gore caught a career-best 55-yard touchdown and ran for 119 yards in his first 100-yard game this year, leading the San Francisco 49ers past Philadelphia 26-21 on Sunday to hand the Eagles their first loss. The NFL’s leading rusher joined Emmitt Smith as the only Dallas running backs with 100 yards in the first four games of a season, and he didn’t fumble in the first quarter for the first time this season.
Murray’s first touchdown, a 15-yard run virtually untouched around right end, was set up when Bruce Carter tipped Brees’ pass and Justin Durant intercepted it at the New Orleans 39.
DALLAS COWBOYS SAINTS SCORE FREE
The 34-year-old quarterback coming off back surgery scrambled for 21 yards on third down a play before Murray broke free in the secondary and fell across the goal line on a 28-yard run for a 31-3 lead in the third quarter.ĭez Bryant had an 18-yard scoring catch late in the fourth quarter to secure the second win for Dallas in the past 10 games against New Orleans. He finished an 80-yard drive to open the game with a 6-yard pass to a leaping Williams in the end zone and found him again for 23 yards to put Dallas up 24-9 with 19 seconds left in the first half. Romo was 22-of-29 for 262 yards without an interception. The Cowboys had 445 yards against former Cowboys defensive coordinator Rob Ryan, who directed the scheme that led to one of the franchise’s worst offensive performances in years last season, about 10 months after they fired him. The Saints (1-3) couldn’t sustain the momentum from their win over Minnesota and lost to the Cowboys in Texas for the first time since 1991. The Cowboys are tied with Philadelphia for the NFC East lead. “What you find is you forget it’s the Saints and Drew Brees and just go play.”ĭallas reached 3-1 for the first time under coach Jason Garrett after also starting 2-1 the three previous seasons.
“I think we’re a different team than we were last year,” Romo said. The Cowboys kept Drew Brees and the Saints scoreless in the first half after giving up an NFL-record 40 first downs in a 49-17 blowout loss in New Orleans last year.īrees led two scoring drives early in the fourth quarter to cut a 31-3 deficit in half before the Cowboys regained control. Romo threw three touchdowns passes – two to Terrance Williams – and DeMarco Murray ran for a pair of scores in another 100-yard game in Dallas’ 38-17 victory over the New Orleans Saints on Sunday night. Tony Romo’s back appears to be getting better by the day, and the Dallas Cowboys’ beleaguered defence held on after a strong start.
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