After one quarter, it looked like the New York Giants were going to blow the Dallas Cowboys out of their beautiful new stadium for the fourth consecutive time. In the Cowboys three first quarter possessions Tony Romo was intercepted twice and they were forced to punt one. The Giants had built a 13-0 lead that would balloon to a 23-0 lead after Jason Pierre-Paul intercepted another Tony Romo pass and returned it for a touchdown.
From there, the Cowboys began to rally. Felix Jones scored on a 4 yard touchdown run. Dan Bailey kicked a 51 yard field goal. Then, Tony Romo rushed for a 1 yard touchdown and threw a 1 yard touchdown to give the Cowboys a 24-23 lead heading to the fourth quarter.
In the fourth quarter, Eli Manning lead the Giants down the field two times but were forced to settle for a pair of Lawrence Tynes field goals.
With just over 3 minutes remaining, Romo took the ball down 5 points. The Cowboys moved the ball to the Giants 20 yard line but failed to convert a 4th and 1. Romo was intercepted for the fourth time.
Late in the game, Tony Romo looked like he had connected with Dez Bryant for a game winning touchdown but the play was overturned when the video showed that Bryant’s hand touched out of bounds before his bottom hit the end zone.
The Cowboys turned the ball over six times. Steve Brown of the Giants intercepted Romo twice and recovered one of the Cowboys fumbles.
The Giants won for the fourth time in the new Cowboy Stadium, 29-24.
Next week, the Giants (6-2) are home to play the Steelers, and the Cowboys (3-4) will travel to Atlanta to play the undefeated Falcons.
