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SPORTS Friday 29 November 2019
Trick TD sparks Bills in 26-15 Thanksgiving win over Cowboys

By SCHUYLER DIXON He finished with 71 yards cized for taking a field goal
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) rushing and 66 receiving. down seven late against
— John Brown became Singletary became the lat- New England, embattled
the first Buffalo receiver to est back to have a splash- Cowboys coach Jason
throw a touchdown pass ier day than the two-time Garrett went for it on fourth
and the Bills went on to rushing champion, rushing down from the Buffalo 6
beat the Dallas Cowboys for 63 yards with 38 more late in the third quarter. But
26-15 on Thursday. receiving. The 28-yard Prescott's pass to Elliott in
Bills quarterback Josh Allen score was the easiest play the flat wasn't close, skip-
ran for a touchdown and he had all day, waiting ping in front of the running
threw a TD pass to Cole for Brown's throw to come back.
Beasley, who had 110 yards down and waltzing into the Settling for field goals didn't
receiving in his first game end zone. help the Cowboys much ei-
against his former team. Most of the Buffalo joy was ther. Brett Maher had a 36-
The Bills (9-3) got their first saved for Beasley, who had yard miss partially blocked Dallas Cowboys safety Xavier Woods (25) and linebacker Sean
Thanksgiving win since 1975 several momentum-chang- by Star Lotulelei on the fi- Lee (50) defend as Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen (17)
in their first appearance on ing plays along with his 25- nal of the first half and was reaches the end zone for a touchdown in the second half of an
the holiday in 25 years. yard touchdown in his first wide right from 47 in the NFL football game in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019.
The Cowboys (6-6) stum- 100-yard game with the Bills third quarter.
bled after scoring a touch- and third of his career. The INJURIES knee surgery. by accounting for at least
down on their opening diminutive receiver who Dallas left guard Connor BILLS MARKS two touchdowns in eight
drive, giving Philadelphia grew up in the Dallas area Williams injured a knee and Brown became the first consecutive games.
a chance to rejoin them and played at SMU spent tried to return before being non-quarterback to throw EMPTY STATS
atop the NFC East after his first seven seasons with ruled out in the second half. a TD pass for Buffalo since Prescott was 32 of 49 for
their fourth double-digit loss the Cowboys. He was just a few weeks re- Fred Jackson 10 years ago. 355 yards and two touch-
in the past six Thanksgiving A week after getting criti- moved from arthroscopic Allen set a franchise record downs. q
games.
A lackluster showing for Dal-
las' sixth loss in nine games
came four days after own-
er Jerry Jones blasted the
coaching staff following a
loss to New England from a
team that entered the sea-
son with lofty expectations.
Allen was 19 of 24 for 231
yards and a career-best
120.7 passer rating as Bills
won their third straight
game and solidified their
hold on an AFC wild-card
spot.
The second-year quar-
terback found the ball at
the bottom of a pile after
fumbling a snap on fourth-
and-1, quickly reached the
ball over the first down spot
and then stumbled forward
3 yards to the Dallas 28.
On the next play, Brown
took a pitch on a double
reverse and lofted the ball
to wide-open running back
Devin Singletary for Buffa-
lo's first lead at 13-7 in the
second quarter.
The Cowboys couldn't
blame a sputtering offense
on the conditions after the
windy and rainy loss to the
Patriots. Dak Prescott threw
an interception, lost one
fumble and had another
on fourth down as Dallas
was outscored 26-0 over a
50-minute stretch.
Ezekiel Elliott had 54 yards
rushing and another 20 re-
ceiving in the first nine min-
utes, but wasn't much of a
factor the rest of the way.