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Sunday, October 19, 2014

Cowboys Top Giants 31-21 For 6th Win In A Row

The Dallas Cowboys, behind a solid effort by Tony Romo and a record breaking performance by Demarco Murry defeated the NY Giants 31-21 to improve to 6-1 on the year,

Romo threw for 279 yards and 3 TDs. Dez Bryant caught 9 of Romo's passes for 151 yards. TE Gavin Escobar caught 3 passes for 65 yards and 2 TDs.

The story of the game though, was Demarco Murray recording his 7th consecutive game to start the season. The old record was 6 in a row by Jim Brown set in 1958.

Murray, on a pace for more than 2000 yards rushing this season has 915 yards through 7 games a 130.7 average. That would work out to 2091 yards over the 16 game schedule.

Read the ESPN Recap here.

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Cowboys Running Back Joseph Randle Arrested for Shoplifting - UPDATE

Joseph Randle, backup to Demarco Murray was arrested on Monday on allegations he stole $134 worth of merchandise from a Frisco, Texas Dillards department store.

Randle was charged with a misdemeanor Class B Theft of $50-$500. He was released on a writ bond at about 1:30 Tuesday morning.

A 5th round pick in the 2013 draft, out of Oklahoma State, Randle is being paid a base salary of $495,000 a year.

As a backup to Murray, Randle has seen limited action and has 113 yards on 16 carries for the Cowboys in 2014. He had the best game of his career on Sunday in the Cowboys win over the defending Super Bowl Champion Seattle Seahawks when he ran for 52 yards on 5 carries in the Cowboys 30-23 victory.

The Cowboys have said they will fine Randle an unspecified amout but they would not suspend him.

UPDATE
Cowboys to fine Randle 1 weeks pay, equal to $29,117

Read the ESPN article here.