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On top of Tony Romo being out and Demarcus Lawrence being suspended, the Dallas Cowboys were without Dez Bryant, Tyron Smith, La'el Collins, and Orlando Scandrick for Sunday's matchup against the San Francisco 49ers. Yet they were able to come out with a win in Week 4 on the road.
It started out real ugly for the Cowboys. After receiving the opening kickoff, the Cowboys had a nice drive down the field. However, the drive stalled, and the Cowboys were forced to kick a 47-yard field goal. All-Pro kicker Dan Bailey, who has been dealing with a back injury, pushed it left and gave the 49ers good field position to start their first offensive drive of the day.
The 49ers responded with a touchdown drive, and after the Cowboys offense stalled on the next drive, San Francisco scored again, meaning the score was 14-0 before anyone knew it. Dallas didn't get its offense going until around the seven-minute mark, when they took over. At 6:52, the score was 14-0 in favor of the 49ers. At halftime, the score was knotted up at 14 thanks in large part to two huge touchdown drives from quarterback Dak Prescott that ended respectively in touchdown passes to Terrance Williams and Brice Butler.
In the second half, the 49ers received the ball and came out with two big plays. However, the drive only ended in a field goal. Dallas' emphasis on running the football came into play after that effort, as the Cowboys scored near the end of the third quarter to make it 21-17.
A fourth-quarter Morris Claiborne interception led to the Cowboys taking complete control of the game. However, Dallas scored three rather than seven points, leaving around four minutes for the 49ers to go down the field to score a touchdown. On a 4th-and-six, SF signal-caller Blaine Gabbert rolled out and found Torrey Smith, but Claiborne pushed Smith out of bounds before the first-down marker and the Cowboys took over, finishing the game in victory formation en route to a 3-1 start to the 2016 season.
Read on for full grades and analysis from the Cowboys' third consecutive win of the season.
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It started out real ugly for the Cowboys. After receiving the opening kickoff, the Cowboys had a nice drive down the field. However, the drive stalled, and the Cowboys were forced to kick a 47-yard field goal. All-Pro kicker Dan Bailey, who has been dealing with a back injury, pushed it left and gave the 49ers good field position to start their first offensive drive of the day.
The 49ers responded with a touchdown drive, and after the Cowboys offense stalled on the next drive, San Francisco scored again, meaning the score was 14-0 before anyone knew it. Dallas didn't get its offense going until around the seven-minute mark, when they took over. At 6:52, the score was 14-0 in favor of the 49ers. At halftime, the score was knotted up at 14 thanks in large part to two huge touchdown drives from quarterback Dak Prescott that ended respectively in touchdown passes to Terrance Williams and Brice Butler.
In the second half, the 49ers received the ball and came out with two big plays. However, the drive only ended in a field goal. Dallas' emphasis on running the football came into play after that effort, as the Cowboys scored near the end of the third quarter to make it 21-17.
A fourth-quarter Morris Claiborne interception led to the Cowboys taking complete control of the game. However, Dallas scored three rather than seven points, leaving around four minutes for the 49ers to go down the field to score a touchdown. On a 4th-and-six, SF signal-caller Blaine Gabbert rolled out and found Torrey Smith, but Claiborne pushed Smith out of bounds before the first-down marker and the Cowboys took over, finishing the game in victory formation en route to a 3-1 start to the 2016 season.
Read on for full grades and analysis from the Cowboys' third consecutive win of the season.
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