The Rams settled down from the early chaos and even took the lead in the second quarter when Kupp caught a short pass one-handed and ran the final 71 yards on the longest play in the remarkable career of last season's NFL Offensive Player of the Year.īut Pollard put the Cowboys back ahead 92 seconds later, breaking a handful of tackles on the second-longest run of his career.ĭallas' defense did the rest, allowing 87 yards from Los Angeles in the second half. Los Angeles' second drive ended with Armstrong running unimpeded up the middle and blocking Riley Dixon's punt, although Dallas only managed an ensuing field goal. Los Angeles beat Dallas 20-17 in that fan-free encounter to open the 2020 season. Malik Hooker made a clinching interception with 3:29 to play in a rematch of the first regular-season game in the history of SoFi Stadium, the multibillion-dollar football palace built by Rams owner Stan Kroenke and championed by Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. It’s just about executing at a little bit of a higher level.” “I thought we had a great game plan going into both. “I think we played two really good fronts the last two weeks, and they presented some unique challenges,” Stafford said. Kupp's brilliant catch-and-run is the only touchdown scored by the Rams in their past nine quarters of play, including back-to-back losses to San Francisco and Dallas. With three missing starters, the Rams' offensive line struggled to provide any support for an inert running game or for Stafford, who passed for 308 yards and was sacked five times. “You find out a lot about people when you do go through that. “This is some adversity that we’re facing right now,” McVay said. 500 for only the second time in coach Sean McVay's six seasons while getting shut out in the second half.

Indeed, Parsons' strip-sack of Stafford on the Rams' final play punctuated a rough day for LA.Ĭooper Kupp had a 75-yard touchdown reception for the Rams (2-3), who fell below. We started with a bang, and we ended with a bang.” “Oh, it shifted the whole momentum,” linebacker Micah Parsons said of the big play by Armstrong and Lawrence. With Rush going 10 for 16, the running game and the Cowboys' solid defense took charge. Tony Pollard made an outstanding 57-yard TD run for the Cowboys, who are off to a 4-1 start for the second consecutive season after racking up four consecutive wins without Prescott, who seems close to a return from thumb surgery.Īrmstrong forced the fumble returned by Lawrence and later blocked a punt in the first quarter for Dallas, which got 86 yards rushing from Pollard and 78 more from Ezekiel Elliott. Lawrence returned a fumble 19 yards for a touchdown on the Rams’ opening drive, and Cooper Rush remained unbeaten as the Cowboys' fill-in starter despite passing for just 102 yards in a 22-10 victory over Los Angeles on Sunday. The Cowboys' impressive start to the season without Dak Prescott is also very real - and not even the defending Super Bowl champions could slow them down.

“When the ball came out and it hit my feet, I was like, ‘This can’t be true.’ When I turned around and I didn’t feel nobody around me, I was like, ‘This is real!’”

“It was a surreal moment,” Lawrence said of his second touchdown in nine NFL seasons. DeMarcus Lawrence scooped up the quarterback's fumble and rumbled into the end zone.

On the Rams' third offensive play, Dallas' Dorance Armstrong bashed through their offensive line and hit Matthew Stafford. Dominant D puts Cowboys past Rams 22-10 for 4th straight win

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