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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) – Dak Prescott threw one of his two touchdown passes to CeeDee Lamb and the Dallas Cowboys taunted the Giants again, winning 20-15 Thursday night for their seventh straight win against New York and 14th in 15 games.
Prescott, who has won his last 13 against the Giants, hit running back Rico Dowdle on a 15-yard screen pass for a touchdown to give Dallas the lead in the first quarter. Then he found Lamb for 55-yard catch-and-run TD on a play that ended with the receiver being called for taunting.
Lamb slipped past two defenders and trotted into the end zone. He then fired the ball in her direction and flexed his muscles, drawing an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.
Prescott finished 22 of 27 for 221 yards, while Lamb had seven catches for 98 yards.
Brandon Aubrey kicked field goals of 60 and 40 yards for Dallas (2-2), which entered the game with major concerns after being soundly beaten at home by New Orleans and Baltimore. Apparently a new issue for the Cowboys is a leg injury to star pass rusher Micah Parsons, who was carted off the field in the fourth quarter.
Greg Joseph kicked field goals of 52, 41, 38, 22 and 42 for the Giants (1-3), who controlled the ball for 35:37 but failed to score a touchdown at home for the second straight game. They had two field goals in a 28-6 loss to Minnesota in their opener.
What hurt New York was its inability to run against the league’s worst rush defense. Dallas has been giving up an average of 185.7 yards, but the Giants were held to 26 yards on 24 carries, an average of 1.1 yards.
Daniel Jones’ arm kept this one close. He completed 29 of 40 passes for 281 yards, finding exciting rookie Malik Nabers 12 times for 115 yards and Wan’Dale Robinson 11 times for 71 yards. But the one thing he couldn’t find was the end zone.
Nabers left late in the game with a concussion. Jones threw an interception on the Giants’ final series after Aubrey missed a 51-yard field goal attempt – his first career loss of over 50 yards – to give New York one last slim shot.
If there was a bright spot for the Giants, they were at least competitive against a bitter rival. They lost two games last year by 89-17.
Injuries
Cowboys: DE DeMarcus Lawrence, who had a sack in the first half to run his career total to 61 1/2, left in the second half with a foot injury. … Rookie starting CB Caelen Carson and backup S Markquese Bell (ankle) are inactive after being listed as questionable. Andrew Booth started for Carson and was relieved by Amani Oruwariye at the start of the second half.
Giants: Nabers, the No. 6 overall draft pick and a top star, suffered the concussion on New York’s next-to-last series.
Up next
Cowboys: In Pittsburgh for a Sunday night game on Oct. 6, the second of their five scheduled primetime appearances.
Giants: At Seattle on October 6.
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