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I think this could be cool weekly thread to get going. The games featured won't necessarily be instant classics, but will be from any past season and hopefully give us a moment to remember some of the games that we may have forgotten along the way. We start this week in a 2013 season that many would probably rather forget.
Week 13 in Cowboys History (November 28, 2013): Dallas rallies back against Oakland from down 21-7 to get to 7-5 and stay 1 game up on Philly (6-5) in the NFC East race.
Terrance Williams, returning kicks in the place of the injured Dwayne Harris, fumbled the opening kickoff for Dallas and the ball was promptly returned by Greg Jennings for an Oakland TD, putting them up 7-0 before 15 seconds had even run off the clock.
Oakland would give up a short field of their own to Dallas with Stefen Wisniewski fumbling inside the Oakland 6 yard line on Oaklands 3rd drive of the game after the two teams traded several punts. Kyle Wilber would recover the fumble for Dallas and return it to the 2 yard line, where the Dallas running game would do the rest of the work to tie the game in one play with a 2 yard Demarco Murray TD.
Oakland and Dallas traded short yardage TDs all half with Murray and Jennings respectively accounting for four scoring runs of 2, 1, 1, and 4 yards in the first half alone, resulting in a 21-14 Oakland Lead at half.
The second half was all Dallas with Tony Romo, Dez Bryant, and the passing game coming to life and stringing together two scoring drives of 88 and 62 yards in order to go up 28-21.
The defense largely corralled the Oakland offense, with Brandon Carr halting a promising Raiders drive with 8 minutes left in the 4th quarter at the Dallas 20 yard line via a spectacular leaping INT in the end zone. The Raiders would go on to make a desperation FG, cutting the Dallas lead to 7 with 35 seconds remaining, hoping to try their luck at an onside kick, which would be recovered by Dallas' Jeff Heath, ending the game and sending Oakland to a 4-8 record.
ESPN Box Score
Game Highlights
Game Leaders:
Passing:
DAL
Romo 23/32 - 225 - 1 TD
OAK
McGloin 18/30 - 255 - 1 INT
Rushing:
DAL
Murray 17 carries - 63 yards - 3 TDs
Dunbar 12 carries - 82 yards
OAK
Jennings 17 carries - 35 yards - 2 TDs
Receiving:
DAL
Dez 7 catches - 61 yards - 1 TD
Witten 3 catches - 53 yards
Defensive:
DAL
Church 8 tot tackles
Carr 3 tot tackles - 1 int
OAK
Roach 11 tot tackles - 2 sacks - 2 QB hits
Week 13 in Cowboys History (November 28, 2013): Dallas rallies back against Oakland from down 21-7 to get to 7-5 and stay 1 game up on Philly (6-5) in the NFC East race.
Terrance Williams, returning kicks in the place of the injured Dwayne Harris, fumbled the opening kickoff for Dallas and the ball was promptly returned by Greg Jennings for an Oakland TD, putting them up 7-0 before 15 seconds had even run off the clock.
Oakland would give up a short field of their own to Dallas with Stefen Wisniewski fumbling inside the Oakland 6 yard line on Oaklands 3rd drive of the game after the two teams traded several punts. Kyle Wilber would recover the fumble for Dallas and return it to the 2 yard line, where the Dallas running game would do the rest of the work to tie the game in one play with a 2 yard Demarco Murray TD.
Oakland and Dallas traded short yardage TDs all half with Murray and Jennings respectively accounting for four scoring runs of 2, 1, 1, and 4 yards in the first half alone, resulting in a 21-14 Oakland Lead at half.
The second half was all Dallas with Tony Romo, Dez Bryant, and the passing game coming to life and stringing together two scoring drives of 88 and 62 yards in order to go up 28-21.
The defense largely corralled the Oakland offense, with Brandon Carr halting a promising Raiders drive with 8 minutes left in the 4th quarter at the Dallas 20 yard line via a spectacular leaping INT in the end zone. The Raiders would go on to make a desperation FG, cutting the Dallas lead to 7 with 35 seconds remaining, hoping to try their luck at an onside kick, which would be recovered by Dallas' Jeff Heath, ending the game and sending Oakland to a 4-8 record.
ESPN Box Score
Game Highlights
Game Leaders:
Passing:
DAL
Romo 23/32 - 225 - 1 TD
OAK
McGloin 18/30 - 255 - 1 INT
Rushing:
DAL
Murray 17 carries - 63 yards - 3 TDs
Dunbar 12 carries - 82 yards
OAK
Jennings 17 carries - 35 yards - 2 TDs
Receiving:
DAL
Dez 7 catches - 61 yards - 1 TD
Witten 3 catches - 53 yards
Defensive:
DAL
Church 8 tot tackles
Carr 3 tot tackles - 1 int
OAK
Roach 11 tot tackles - 2 sacks - 2 QB hits
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