2012 · Week 1
Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants
Sep 5, 2012 · New Meadowlands Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf
Recap
Dallas Cowboys topped New York Giants 24–17. It was an upset by ScoutIndex's numbers — Cowboys had just a 28% chance going in. Cowboys improve to 1-0; Giants fall to 0-1. Tony Romo was the story of the game with 307 passing yards and 3 TDs; 12 rushing yards. Cowboys out-gained the opponent 450–295 in total yards.
Team stats
| DAL | NYG | |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | First downs | 14 |
| 450 | Total yards | 295 |
| 307 | Passing yards | 213 |
| 143 | Rushing yards | 82 |
| 22/29 | Comp / Att | 21/32 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 2 | Sacks taken | 3 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
DAL
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Romo | 22/29 | 307 | 3 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Romo | 5 | 12 | 0 |
| DeMarco Murray | 20 | 131 | 0 |
| Lawrence Vickers | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeMarco Murray | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| Kevin Ogletree | 8 | 11 | 114 | 2 |
| Dez Bryant | 4 | 5 | 85 | 0 |
| Miles Austin | 4 | 4 | 73 | 1 |
| James Hanna | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Jason Witten | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| John Phillips | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Felix Jones | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
NYG
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eli Manning | 21/32 | 213 | 1 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ahmad Bradshaw | 17 | 78 | 1 |
| David Wilson | 2 | 4 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahmad Bradshaw | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 |
| Victor Cruz | 6 | 11 | 58 | 0 |
| Domenik Hixon | 3 | 5 | 55 | 0 |
| Martellus Bennett | 4 | 6 | 40 | 1 |
| Hakeem Nicks | 4 | 6 | 38 | 0 |
| Bear Pascoe | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Henry Hynoski | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |