The Dallas Cowboys fell to 2-2 this afternoon, as Denver's defense effectively silenced detractors, and slowed Dallas' hitherto daunting rush attack.
With 43 seconds left in the first quarter, Marion Barber broke the plane on a hard-fought, one-yard run, with noticeable assists from Deon Anderson and Kyle Kosier. All was well in Cowboys-land. As it turned out, though, the short and kind of ugly touchdown would be the only touchdown of the day for Dallas, as they jumped to a10-point lead. Nick Folk had drilled a 49-yard field goal, previously.
Denver answered in the second. D.J. Williams recovered a Tony Romo fumble--forced by Renaldo Hill--inside the Dallas 10-yard line. Shortly thereafter, Kyle Orton found Knowshon Moreno on a pass (that was almost intercepted by Anthony Spencer) for a touchdown.
Dallas then allowed the clock to run out on the half, up three.
The second half saw no points until a 28-yard Matt Prater field goal tied things up, with 5:58 left in the fourth quarter.
With less than two minutes remaining, Orton hit Brandon Marshall for a 51-yard touchdown pass--on which the Dallas defense looked like a (really bad) high school team.
The Cowboys drove to the Denver 2, eventually finding themselves in a fourth and goal; Champ Bailey swatted Tony Romo's pass (intended for Sam Hurd) to the ground on fourth down, though, to effectively end the game.
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Dallas narrowly missed an opportunity to go up ten earlier in the quarter, as Patrick Crayton ran a (fairly bizzare) punt back for an apparent touchdown. However, officials called the play a touchback, as the ball had hit the goal line.
The Cowboys fell to 2-2, as the Broncos improved to 4-0 for the first time since 2003.
