2011 · Week 3
Washington Commanders at Dallas Cowboys
Sep 26, 2011 · Cowboys Stadium · closed · matrixturf
Recap
Dallas Cowboys held off Washington Commanders 18–16. ScoutIndex had favored Cowboys (63%) going in. Cowboys improve to 2-1; Commanders fall to 2-1. Tony Romo paced the offense with 255 passing yards.
Team stats
| WAS | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | First downs | 14 |
| 315 | Total yards | 380 |
| 250 | Passing yards | 255 |
| 65 | Rushing yards | 125 |
| 22/37 | Comp / Att | 22/36 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 3 | Sacks taken | 1 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
WAS
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rex Grossman | 22/37 | 250 | 1 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rex Grossman | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Tim Hightower | 14 | 41 | 0 |
| Chris Cooley | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Roy Helu | 5 | 15 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santana Moss | 5 | 8 | 70 | 0 |
| Jabar Gaffney | 5 | 6 | 60 | 0 |
| Tim Hightower | 5 | 6 | 39 | 1 |
| Chris Cooley | 4 | 5 | 41 | 0 |
| Fred Davis | 1 | 3 | 23 | 0 |
| Roy Helu | 2 | 2 | 17 | 0 |
| Terrence Austin | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
DAL
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Romo | 22/36 | 255 | 0 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Romo | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Felix Jones | 14 | 115 | 0 |
| Tony Fiammetta | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DeMarco Murray | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Tashard Choice | 7 | 5 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felix Jones | 3 | 3 | 40 | 0 |
| Dez Bryant | 4 | 4 | 63 | 0 |
| Jason Witten | 6 | 9 | 60 | 0 |
| Laurent Robinson | 3 | 5 | 49 | 0 |
| Kevin Ogletree | 3 | 7 | 19 | 0 |
| Tony Fiammetta | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0 |
| Martellus Bennett | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Tashard Choice | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |