The Dallas Cowboys hosted the New York Giants on Sunday night. It's a matchup of highly touted running backs. Giants rookie RB Saquon Barkley had a great debut last week against the Jaguars. Cowboys RB Ezekiel Elliott is in his third season and is one of the top RBs in the NFL. Who will come out on top in this matchup between NFC East rivals? Let's find out!
The Cowboys would start with the ball and it would take them three plays as Dak Prescott would find Tavon Austin for a 64 yard touchdown and a 7-0 Dallas lead. The Giants first drive would end in a punt. The Cowboys would go eight plays and end with a Brett Maher 37 yard field goal for a 10-0 lead in the first quarter. The rest of the half would result in both teams trading punts til the end of the half when Prescott took a knee to go to the half.
The Giants would start with the ball in the second half and it would end with a fumble recovered by the Cowboys. Dallas would capitalize with a 29 yard field goal by Maher for 13-0 lead. The Giants would get on the board with an 11 play drive that ended with a Aldrick Rosas 28 yard field goal to cut the lead to 13-3. After the Cowboys and Giants traded three and outs, the Cowboys would go on a 14 play drive that ended with a six yard touchdown run by Ezekiel Elliott for a 20-3 Cowboys lead with 5:45 to go in the game. The Giants wouldn't quit however as they would go on a 11 play drive that would end with Eli Manning going to Evan Engram for an 18 yard touchdown to make it 20-10. The Giants would try for an onside kick and would get it and would go on an eight play drive and would end with a 38 yard field goal by Rosas to cut the deficit to 20-13. The Giants would have to try another onside kick and this time the Cowboys would get it and they would take a knee as Dallas would take their home opener with a 20-13 victory over the New York Giants.
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