Dominant on paper, tense on the field
Dallas gained 508 yards. Indianapolis gained 271. The Cowboys still had to sweat it out to win 27-23 this afternoon.
Dak Prescott threw for 335 yards and CeeDee Lamb caught 10 passes for 195. Yet 14 penalties for 153 yards, a missed field goal and a Lamb fumble that gave the ball back on a Colts challenge kept Indianapolis in reach until the final minute. Rookie safety Caleb Downs ended it, intercepting Daniel Jones with 35 seconds left.
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Spencer Shrader had given Indianapolis its first lead, a 50-yard field goal with 1:37 to play. The Cowboys needed less than 30 seconds to answer, covering 65 yards. Prescott went deep to Ryan Flournoy on first down, a catch that put the ball at the Colts’ 19. Javonte Williams plowed to the 11, a penalty on Grover Stewart moved them to first-and-goal at the 6, and Williams scored from a yard out with 1:08 left.
Earlier, Brandon Aubrey’s go-ahead try from 50 yards sailed wide left after a skipped snap. Shrader then tied it at 20 with a career-long 59-yarder. Ashton Dulin had pulled Indy within 20-17 on a 55-yard touchdown, the team’s first offensive play over 50 yards this season.
Williams ran for 101 yards on 20 carries as Dallas piled up 179 on the ground. Jonathan Taylor, the subject of trade rumors for weeks, managed 46 yards on 13 carries.
There were injury worries on both sides. Cowboys tight end Jake Ferguson left with a left knee injury in the third quarter, and Colts cornerback Charvarius Ward went out with a left hamstring problem but returned.
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