Sports Joe Mixon ran for three touchdowns, Derek Barnett returned a fumble 28 yards for a get and the Houston Texans beat the Dallas Cowboys 34-10 on Monday night.
The Texans (7-4) stopped staunch the 2nd two-recreation losing hotfoot in quarterback C.J. Stroud’s two seasons whereas asserting a two-recreation lead within the AFC South.
In a season stuffed with issues gone spoiled for the Cowboys (3-7), particles fell from their stadium’s retractable roof because it used to be opening about a hours earlier than the game.
There used to be no lengthen and no accidents were reported, staunch one more mishap to foreshadow a fifth consecutive defeat for a team that lost 5 video games complete in every of the previous three playoff seasons.
Cooper Bustle threw a 64-yard touchdown pass to KaVontae Turpin nonetheless lost his 2nd commence since Dak Prescott’s season-ending hamstring damage. The Dallas losing hotfoot is its longest since a seven-recreation skid in 2015.
The Cowboys trailed by 10 early within the fourth quarter when Barnett knocked the ball out of Bustle’s hand as he used to be throwing. Dallas rookie left take care of Tyler Guyton caught it and used to be searching for to plug when Jalen Pitre knocked the ball free as soon as more.
Barnett scooped it and scored, even supposing he nearly stepped out of bounds running free toward a pylon.
Earlier, the Cowboys regarded as if it would bear pulled within a touchdown on a 64-yard enviornment goal from Brandon Aubrey, nonetheless Barnett used to be penalized for slapping Terence Steele on the push.
Dallas erased the functions by taking the penalty, nonetheless Bustle’s fourth-down pass from the Houston 8-yard line used to be incomplete.
Texans receiver Nico Collins returned after lacking 5 video games with a hamstring damage and took a display conceal pass 77 yards to the tip zone the first time he touched the ball, handiest to bear it known as encourage thanks to an ineligible receiver downfield.
That possession ended with a touchdown anyway on Mixon’s forty five-yard plug up the heart, and he ran large for a 1-yard get and 14-0 lead. Mixon had 109 yards rushing and situation up a enviornment goal with a 37-yard safe-and-plug on a display conceal.
Already without Prescott, the Cowboys lost tight finish Jake Ferguson to a concussion and perennial All-Pro lawful guard Zack Martin and left guard Tyler Smith to ankle accidents. Bustle used to be sacked 5 times, three on the an identical possession when Martin and Smith were injured.
The Texans didn’t need essential from Stroud, who has been in a mini-flow. He threw for 257 yards with an early interception on fourth down.
Bustle used to be 32-of-55 for 354 yards with a touchdown and an interception. Turpin had three catches for 86 yards.
Injuries Texans DE Will Anderson Jr., who entered the week tied for fifth within the NFL with 7.5 sacks, used to be indolent thanks to an ankle damage. … Cowboys DB Markquese Bell didn’t return after injuring a shoulder covering a kickoff within the 2nd quarter.
Up subsequent Texans: Host Tennessee on Sunday.
Cowboys: At Washington on Sunday.
Reporting by The Associated Press.
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