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SPORTS Saturday 1 december 2018

Cowboys stifle Brees, end Saints' 10-game win streak, 13-10

By SCHUYLER DIXON "As an offense, we think
AP Pro Football Writer complementary football,"
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Brees said. "Let's put togeth-
Dak Prescott desperately er a drive. Let's keep our
scrambled for a first down defense off the field. Let's
in a game of fourth-quarter control the game, control
keepaway, then took three the clock, control the ball.
knees starting from the Just never felt like we really
New Orleans 1 to run out did that as an offense like
the clock by the narrowest we've done this year."
possible margin. The Cowboys spent the
Anything to keep Drew fourth quarter trying to pro-
Brees and the NFL's highest- tect their three-point lead,
scoring offense on the side- with Prescott breaking sev-
line. eral tackles on an 11-yard
Ezekiel Elliott scored the scramble on third-and-10
only Dallas touchdown on and Cole Beasley catch-
a 16-yard screen pass and ing a third-down pass and
the Cowboys stifled Brees diving for 5 yards on third-
and the Saints, ending New and-5.
Orleans' 10-game winning But Prescott fumbled on his
streak with a 13-10 victory season-high seventh sack
Thursday night. with Dallas in position for
The Cowboys (7-5) won at least a field goal, giving
their fourth consecutive Brees another chance from
game and assured they will his 15 with more than two
at least remain tied for the minutes remaining.
NFC East lead. Brees' interception came
The Saints (10-2) were shut two plays later, then Mar-
out in the first half, had shon Lattimore was called
their fewest points in three for interference against
years and finished with a Amari Cooper in the end
season-low 176 yards. They zone, giving Dallas a first
missed a chance to per- down at the 1 with 1:58 re-
fectly match Dallas from maining.
two years ago, when then- The Cowboys had just
rookie sensations Elliott and enough time to end the
Prescott won 11 straight af- game, with the play clock
ter dropping the opener. matching the game clock
"Everybody knew it. We had down to zero after Prescott
to keep the ball away from took a knee for the third
Brees," Cowboys owner time.
and general manager Jer- Brees was 18 of 28 for 127
ry Jones said. "We needed yards, actually the second
to play this kind of game. I straight game and third
must tell you, the defense overall under 200 yards for New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (9) is pressured by Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle
played beyond my expec- the MVP contender. The Tyrone Crawford (98) as he passes during the second half of an NFL football game, in Arlington,
tations. They played like a running game didn't do Texas, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018.
championship defense." much either, with Kamara Associated Press
Brees had his fewest yards getting 36 yards rushing
passing in a first half since while the Saints had 65 as the Cowboys, and their first The Cowboys inducted for- Football Hall of Fame.
joining the Saints in 2006 a team after averaging 177 deficit in five games. mer director of player per- THIS AND THAT
with 39, and couldn't get a the previous four games. Elliott had 136 scrimmage sonnel Gil Brandt into the New Orleans DT David
potential winning drive go- The only touchdown drive yards with 76 rushing and team's ring of honor at half- Onyemata had his first
ing in the final minutes. for the Saints was aided by 60 receiving on six catches. time. The 85-year-old joins two sacks of the season in
Instead, Jourdan Lewis' in- three first downs on Dallas MATCHING ZEKE, RAISING former coach Tom Landry the first half. ... Kirkwood's
terception — just the third penalties. The biggest was HIM $2 and former general man- TD was the second of his
for Brees while he became Randy Gregory's rough- After forcing and recover- ager Tex Schramm, both career, and second in as
the NFL's first with at least ing-the-punter penalty on ing a fumble by Cooper in deceased, in the 22-per- many weeks. ... Cooper
30 TD passes in 10 seasons Thomas Morstead. the first half , Lattimore ran son group. Those three held had eight catches for 75
— gave the Cowboys a Two plays later, Brees to one of the giant red Sal- their titles for the franchise's yards, and rookie Michael
chance to run out the clock dropped a deep throw to vation Army kettles behind first 29 years before Jerry Gallup had five for 76, high-
from the New Orleans 1 af- a backpedaling Keith Kirk- an end zone, pulled $23 out Jones bought the team. lighted by a 40-yarder to
ter an interference penalty wood in the end zone for a of his uniform and dropped Jones fired Landry imme- set up the first of Brett Ma-
in the end zone.Brees said 30-yard score to get New it in. Lattimore is No. 23. In diately, and Schramm re- her's two field goals.
he was trying to throw the Orleans within 13-10. the Thanksgiving game a signed less than two months UP NEXT
ball away behind pass- Prescott had 194 of his 248 week earlier, Elliott (No. 21) later. Jones fired Brandt af- Saints: At Tampa Bay on
catching back Alvin Ka- yards passing while helping dropped $21 into the other ter the owner and general Dec. 9 in second of three
mara, who cut outside just the Cowboys to a 13-0 half- kettle on the same end of manager's first draft in 1989. straight road games.
as Brees threw it and Lewis time lead — the first score- the field. Brandt has been nominat- Cowboys: Philadelphia
dove forward, barely keep- less first half for the Saints GIL BRANDT IN RING OF ed as a contributor for next on Dec. 9 in last of three
ing the ball off the ground. since 2014, also against HONOR year's voting for the Pro straight home games.q