Cowboys rout Giants, Romo near perfect in 34-3 win.
| New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys |
| Jan 1, | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | SCORE |
| New York Giants (0-1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Dallas Cowboys (1-0) | 10 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 34 |
| Team Stats Comparison |
| NYG | DAL |
| Total Offense | 176 | 384 |
| Rushing Yards | 50 | 100 |
| Passing Yards | 126 | 284 |
| First Downs | 7 | 19 |
| Punt Return Yards | 0 | 73 |
| Kick Return Yards | 22 | 21 |
| Total Yards | 198 | 478 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 0 |
| 3rd Down Converstion | 3 | 9 |
| 4th Down Conversion | 0 | 0 |
| 2-Point Conversion | 0 | 0 |
| Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals | 0/1 | 4/2 |
| Penalties | 1 | 0 |
| Posession Time | 20:20 | 31:40 |
| New York Giants | | PASSING | C/A | YDS | TD | INT | | Tony Romo | 23/30 | 293 | 3 | 0 | | RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | | Alfred Morris | 20 | 55 | 2.8 | 0 | | Darren Mcfadden | 14 | 44 | 3.1 | 1 | | RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | | Dez Bryant | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 1 | | Terrence Williams | 4 | 87 | 21.8 | 0 | | Jason Witten | 8 | 68 | 8.5 | 1 | | Cole Beasley | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 1 | | DEFENSE | TACK | SACK | INT | TD | | Sean Lee | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kevin Dodd | 3 | .5 | 0 | 2 | | Byron Jones | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | Myles Jack | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | Demarcus Lawrence | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | | Barry Church | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | Tyrone Crawford | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | Dallas Cowboys | | PASSING | C/A | YDS | TD | INT | | Eli Manning | 11/32 | 159 | 0 | 2 | | RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | | Rashad Jennings | 15 | 50 | 3.3 | 0 | | RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | | Odell Beckham Jr. | 1 | 24 | 24 | 0 | | Larry Donnell | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 0 | | Victor Cruz | 3 | 78 | 26 | 0 | | Rashad Jennings | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | | DEFENSE | TACK | SACK | INT | TD | | Walter Thurmond III | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | J.T. Thomas | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | | Jasper Brinkley | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Trevin Wade | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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(TD in the defense column are tackles for loss)
The Cowboys defense came out of the gates strong, with 2 pass breaks up on the first drive and limiting Eli Manning to no yards on the first drive.
And to compliment that, the Cowboys offense was perfect on the first drive, Romo was 3/3, hitting Dez for the eventual touchdown.
Morris looked good on the first drive, but after that looked indecisive, often times getting stuffed at the line. Romo was able to find Terrence Williams for a huge 54 yard gain on the second drive, and punctuated it with a Cole Beasley touchdown in the flat.
Despite that the Cowboys were putting a beating on the giants, up 17-0 by the second quarter, Manning was looking really off is game.
Going into the end of the third Alfred Morris continued to struggle, averaging less than 3 yards per carry, luckily a healthy Romo was tearing the Giants pass defense apart, throwing his third touchdown to Old Faithful Jason to put them up 24-0.
Eli Manning continued to struggle compared to his NFC East counterpart, as he threw another interception, this time to FS Byron Jones, his first being to Barry Church. Odell Beckham was visibly frustrated after facing double coverage all day by Byron Jones and Brandon Carr, he finished the game with one catch for 24 yards. The Cowboys put Darren McFadden in in the fourth quarter and he put a punctuation mark on the the blowout by running in the final score, making it 34-3. Next weeks game will not be so easy.