Joe Mixon ran for 3 touchdowns, Derek Barnett returned a fumble 28 yards for a score and the Houston Texans beat the Dallas Cowboys 34-10 on Monday night time.
The Texans (7-4) ended simply the second two-game shedding streak in quarterback C.J. Stroud’s two seasons whereas sustaining a two-game lead within the AFC South.
In a season stuffed with issues gone improper for the Cowboys (3-7), particles fell from their stadium’s retractable roof because it opened simply hours earlier than the sport.
There had been no delays and no accidents reported, simply one other incident that heralded a fifth straight loss for a crew that has misplaced 5 video games complete in every of the final three playoff seasons.
Cooper Rush threw for a median of 64-yard touchdown pass to KaVontae Turpin however missed his second begin since Dak Prescott’s season-ending hamstring harm. Dallas’ shedding streak is its longest since a seven-game skid in 2015.
The Cowboys had been down 10 early within the fourth quarter when Barnett knocked the ball out of Rush’s fingers as he was throwing. Dallas rookie left deal with Tyler Guyton caught it and was making an attempt to run when Jalen Pitre dropped the ball once more.
Barnett picked it up and scored, though he almost went out of bounds by working free towards a pylon.
Earlier, the Cowboys appeared to have managed a landing on a 64-yard discipline aim by Brandon Aubrey, however Barnett was penalized for slapping Terence Steele on the run.
Dallas erased the factors by taking the penalty, however Rush’s fourth-down cross from Houston’s 8-yard line was incomplete.
Texans receiver Nico Collins returned after lacking 5 video games with a hamstring harm and threw a display screen cross 77 yards to the top zone the primary time he touched the ball, solely to have it referred to as again for a receiver not appropriate for land.
That possession nonetheless led to a landing Mixon’s 45-yard sprint up the middleand ran large for a 1-yard rating and a 14-0 lead. Mixon had 109 yards dashing and arrange a discipline aim with a 37-yard catch-and-run on a display screen.
Already with out Prescott, the Cowboys misplaced tight finish Jake Ferguson to a concussion and perennial All-Pro proper guard Zack Martin and left guard Tyler Smith to ankle accidents. Rush was sacked 5 occasions, three on the identical possession when Martin and Smith had been injured.
The Texans did not want a lot from Stroud, who was in a little bit of a stoop. He threw for 257 yards with an early interception on fourth down.
Rush was 32 of 55 for 354 yards with one landing and one interception. Turpin made three receptions for 86 yards.
Injuries
Texans DE Will Anderson Jr., who entered the week ranked fifth within the NFL with 7.5 sacks, was inactive with an ankle harm. … Cowboys DB Markquese Bell didn’t return after injuring his shoulder on the second quarter kickoff.
Next
Texans: Host Tennessee on Sunday.
Cowboys: Sunday at Washington.
Associated Press reporting.
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