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In what was the toughest matchup all season for the Dallas Cowboys, Ezekiel Elliott and Dak Prescott didn't flinch. The rookie duo that has been talked about all season was once again impressive, this time on the road in one of the toughest environments in sports in Heinz Field. Against a Pittsburgh Steelers team that was in dire need of a win, the Cowboys managed to come back not only once, but twice to improve to 8-1.

In the first quarter, it looked like the Cowboys were going to get blown out. Dallas' defense had no answers for the explosive duo of Ben Roethlisberger and Le'Veon Bell. Two quick scores gave the Steelers 12 points. They failed to convert on both of their two-point conversions. In the Cowboys' second offensive series, Prescott faked the quick handoff to Lucky Whitehead and then geared back to connect with Elliott on a screen pass. Elliott took the ball the rest of the way behind his blocks, which gave the Cowboys their first score of the game.

After Pittsburgh punted, the Cowboys would score on a Dan Bailey field goal. A Pittsburgh field goal put the Steelers back on top. Near the end of the first half, the Cowboys squandered an opportunity to move the ball down the field. Pittsburgh took over and while Roethlisberger got the team within field-goal range, Chris Boswell missed on a deep field goal, which kept the score at 15-13.

Near the end of the third quarter, Prescott found Dez Bryant for a 50-yard touchdown. After the touchdown, Bryant took a moment to honor the death of his father, who died last night. Bryant was emotional after the play.

Le'Veon Bell's second touchdown on the day came with just about eight minutes left in the fourth quarter. In response to that, the Cowboys slowly drove the ball down the field. The 10-play, 75-yard drive was capped off on a 14-yard touchdown run from Elliott. A failed two-point conversion kept the score at 29-24.

With two timeouts and about 1:45 to go, the Steelers drove the football down the field with ease. After a big play from Jesse James, instead of spiking the ball to clock the ball, Roethlisberger looked deep to connect with Antonio Brown in the end zone. Pittsburgh failed on its two-point conversion attempt to put the score at 30-29.

All Dallas needed to do was get Bailey in field-goal range. After Prescott found Cole Beasley for a 10-yard reception, the Cowboys called their first of three timeouts. The next play could go down as the play of the game. Prescott found Jason Witten for a 13-yard reception. However, toward the end of the play, rookie defensive back Sean Davis pulled Witten down by the facemask, which tacked on 15 yards for the Cowboys.

The following play looked to just be an Elliott run for a few yards to make for an easier field-goal attempt for Bailey. Instead, the offensive line destroyed the Steelers front, Elliott got through and saw daylight for a 32-yard walk-off touchdown run.

Read on for full grades and analysis from the Cowboys' eighth consecutive win of the season.

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