Cowboys Trail Ravens At Half, 17-10

Penalties continue to haunt Dallas as they trail the Ravens by seven at half in Baltimore

After 30 minutes in Baltimore, the Dallas Cowboys are trailing the Ravens by a score of 17-10.

The Ravens jumped out to a 3-0 lead on their first drive, with a 38-yard field goal from Justin Tucker, but Dallas answered in short order, driving 80 yards on eight plays on their first offensive possession. Felix Jones capped the drive with a 22-yard touchdown run to give Dallas the lead at 7-3.

Dan Bailey added a field goal early in the second quarter to extend the Dallas lead to 10-3, and everything looked fine. Then, the penalties started.

The Ravens drove 80 yards in eight plays, helped along by a neutral zone infraction by Jason Hatcher and an illegal hands to the face call on Kenyon Coleman. On the play after the call on Coleman, Ray Rice ran it in for a touchdown, to tie it up at 10-10.

Tony Romo threw his sixth interception in the last eight quarters on Dallas’ next drive, and Baltimore capitalized on it, once again going 80 yards on eight plays and scoring on a 19-yard pass from Joe Flacco to Torrey Smith.

Perhaps the worst news for Dallas at this point, rookie cornerback Morris Claiborne suffered what looked like a knee injury on the touchdown play, and had to be helped off the field. We’ll keep you updated as we find out more.

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