Showing posts with label Gavin Escobar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gavin Escobar. Show all posts

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.

Sunday, October 12, 2014

Cowboys Take Down Seahawks 30-23

The Dallas Cowboys controlled the offensive line of scrimmage to rush for 162 yards on the ground as the Cowboys defeated the reigning Super Bowl Champion Seattle Seahawks 30-23.

Tony Romo passed for 250 yards on a 21/ 32 day with 2 TDs and no INTs. Both touchdown passes were caught by tight ends. Jason Witten had 2 catches for 24 yards and a TD while Gavin Escobar had 1 catch for 2 yards and the other passing touchdown.

Demarco Murray ran for 115 yards on 29 carries for his 6th straight 100 yard game and Joseph Randle added 52 yards on the ground.

Dan Bailey kicked 3 FGs for the 'Boys.

Russell Wilson was 14 for 28 with no TDs and 1 INT. He did have a rushimg touchdown. Seattle LB Mike Morgan returned a blocked punt 25 yards for a score for the only other touchdown for Seattle. Scott Hauschka kicked 3 FGs for the Seahawks.

Read the ESPN article here.