Texans 7 @ Cowboys 14 at the half,
I was doing a good job of keeping up
with the game but had to do some other
things right with just under 8 minutes
left in the 2nd quarter, before Cooper ...

.... Rush, Noah Brown, & Cedrick Wilson
(TD score on a pass) put the Cowboys
ahead right before the half.

QB competition, Cooper Rush did much
better than Garrett Gilbert, Cooper lead-
ing 2 TD drives topped off with 2 TD
passes.

WR competition, Noah Brown did espe-
cially well on last TD drive which was
topped off with a TD pass to Cedrick
Wilson. Runwise, nothing memorable.
Tight ends Blake Jarwin 25 yard catch
& Dalton Schultz 9 yard catch.

Defense, strong 1st half after that short
TD drive resulting from a Gilbert fumble.

Details up to 8 minutes left in the 2nd
quarter follow:

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Cowboys 1st Possession at 25 yard line

Pollard 3 yard run, Gilbert stepped on backing
up - incomplete pass, Gilbert had ball stripped
while waiting too long for a receiver to get open,
Texans recover fumble at Cowboys 23 yard line.

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Texans 1st Possession at Cowboys 23 yard line

Pass incomplete - good coverage by Anthony
Brown, Mark Ingram 4 yard run, 3rd & 6 pass
for 5.5 yards to Brandin Cooks, 4th & 1 run by
Mark Ingram for 1st down at Cowboys 12 yard
line.

Ingram 8 yard run, 2nd & 2 Lindsay 3 yard run
for 1st down at 2 yard line. Cowboys time out.

Ingram runs it in for a TD. Texans 7, Cowboys 0

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Cowboys 2nd Possession, Dixon returns it to
Cowboys 20 yard line

13 yard pass to CeeDee Lamb for 1st down at
33 yard line.

Tony Pollard 2 yard loss on Texans penetration
of offensive line. Dalton Schultz 9 yard reception.
On 3rd & 3, pass to Pollard for 1st down at Cow-
boys 48 yard line.

Incomplete pass to Lamb. Pollard 2 yard run.
3rd & 8 at 50 yard line, handoff to Pollard for
no gain. Pitiful call.

Punt fair caught at 11 yard line.

Sidenote: Cowboys players fully vaccinated rate
is 93%, staff is fully vaccinated.

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Texans 2nd Possession at Texans 11 yard line

5 yard pass complete to Brandin Cooks, Lindsey
3 yard run. 3rd & 2, bad pass incomplete.

Punt to Cowboys 25 yard line, fair caught by
CeeDee Lamb, 56 yard punt.

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Cowboys 3rd Possession at Cowboys 25 yard line

Cooper Rush at QB, Tony Pollard run up the mid-
dle for big gain of 16 yards thru a huge hole, 1st
down at Cowboys 41 yard line.

On deep pass attempt to Amari Cooper, Texans
defender pushes off & is called for pass interfer-
ence at Texans 33 yard line.

End around to Amari Cooper, he stumbles & is
tackled at 37 yard line, 2nd & 14 pass to Blake
Jarwin for 1st down down the middle at Texans
12 yard line for a 1st down.

3 yard completion to Gallup just inside 9 yard
line, pass to Pollard near the line & he avoids
Texans to dive into the end zone!

Texans 7, Cowboys 7 with 3:36 left in 1st quar-
ter.

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Texans 3rd Possession at 25 yard line

4 yard run by Ingram, 1 yard run by Ingram,
3rd & 5 pass deflected away by Jayron Kearse.

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Cowboys 4th Possession after 56 yard punt run
back by Dixon to Cowboys 21 yard line, 2:05 left
in 1st quarter

Rico Dowdle 4 yard run, Cooper Rush sacked at
21 yard line, 3rd & 10 pass incomplete to Rico
Dowdle.

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Texans 4th Possession after Brian Anger 57 yard
punt down to Texans 22 yard line, Keen returned
it to 45 yard line helped by 2 Cowboys missed
tackles

Ingram 3 yard run, end of 1st quarter, 7 yard pass
complete to Jordan for 1st down at Cowboys 45
yard line.

Bradley Anae tackles Lindsay for 2 yard loss at
47 yard line, 2nd & 12 7 yard pass complete to
Chris Moore at 40 yard line, 3rd & 5 pass for 4
yards to Alex Erickson, 4th & 1 run at Cowboys
36 yard line by Phillip Lindsay stopped for a 1
yard loss by DT Osa Odighizuwa at Cowboys
37 yard line.

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Cowboys 5th Possession at Cowboys 37 yard line

Rico Dowdle 1 yard loss on a run, 2nd & 11 Cooper
Rush sacked at 28 yard line, 3rd & 19 pass to Rico
Dowdle but Cowboys penalized for pass interference,
3rd & 29 at 18 yard line, pass to Cedrick Wilson for
9 yards at Cowboys 27 yard line.

After Brian Anger 46 yard punt to Texans 27 yard
line, Cowboys penalized 5 yards for illegal man
downfield, forced to re-punt from 22 yard line. Ano-
ther Cowboys penalty, false start, penalized 5 more
yards, ball now at Cowboys 17 yard line.

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Texans 5th Possession after Brian Anger 58 yard
punt to Texans 25 yard line, run back 9 yards to
34 yard line by Alex Erickson

3 yard run by Scottie Phillips, 3 yard run by Scot-
tie Phillips, 3rd & 4 pass incomplete due to good
coverage by Trevon Diggs.

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Cowboys 6th Possession after 45 yard punt out
of bounds at Cowboys 15 yard line, 7:59 left in
2nd quarter

[had to do some other things so didn't document
this drive which ended with a TD catch by Cedrick
Wilson, several nifty catches by Noah Brown]

Texans 7, Cowboys 14

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