Vick-led Eagles lead Cowboys 14-10 at halftime
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP)—Michael Vick(notes) ran for NFL jerseys wholesale a touchdown and threw a short scoring pass to an offensive lineman, pushing the Philadelphia Eagles to a 14-10 halftime lead over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday night.
Vick’s 1-yard keeper that capped the opening drive of the game was his seventh rushing touchdown of the season, setting an Eagles record for quarterbacks.
The Eagles regained the lead in the second quarter when Vick threw a 2-yard TD to 321-pound guard-tackle Todd Herremans(notes), who was introduced as an eligible receiver before the third-and-goal play and then caught the pass. It was the lineman’s second career touchdown—he had a 1-yarder at Seattle two years ago.
Vick was 8 of 15 passing for 123 yards with an interception, thrown late in the half when he was under extreme pressure. Vick also took some hard hits from the Cowboys.
On the play that led to the two-minute warning, linebacker Anthony Spencer(notes) was penalized for roughing the passer because of a hard hit right after Vick had thrown the ball on what was an incompletion. Two plays later, Vick was picked off by Gerald Sensabaugh(notes) and that led to a 50-yard field goal by David Buehler(notes) with 8 seconds left in the half.
Earlier in the second quarter, head coach Andy Reid and others on the Eagles sideline were visibly upset when no flag was thrown against Spencer on another play. Vick scrambled and was running out of bounds when he shoved down by the linebacker.
On the first play of the game, Vick faked a handoff to the right and rolled to the left, where he had plenty of time to set and throw. He hit a streaking DeSean Jackson(notes) for a 60-yard gain to the Cowboys 13, then scored five plays later.
After scrambling to hit Chad Hall for 12 yards on third-and-13 from the 16, Philadelphia bypassed a field goal chance and LeSean McCoy(notes) went up the middle for 3 yards. Vick scored on the next play, a straight quarterback draw up the middle, and punctuated his score by dunking the ball over the crossbar.
Dallas responded with a 10-play, 77-yard drive that was extended by a costly penalty.
The Cowboys had third-and-6 at their 45 when Jon Kitna(notes) threw a pass behind Roy Williams. On the other side of the field, though, cornerback Dimitri Patterson(notes) was called for a personal foul for grabbing the facemask of another receiver for an automatic first down.
Miles Austin(notes) then had a 26-yard gain on a reverse and Dallas eventually scored when Kitna threw a touchdown to Jason Witten(notes) on third-and-goal from the 1.
Kitna was 12 of 16 for 92 yards with an interception.
The Cowboys beat Air jordan 6 rings their NFC East rivals three times last season, including consecutive weekends in January—24-0 in the regular-season finale and 34-14 in the first round of the playoffs when Vick, then playing behind Donovan McNabb(notes), threw a 76-yard TD to Jeremy Maclin(notes).
Philadelphia, which had a nine-day layoff since playing four games in an 18-day span, came into the game tied with the New York Giants for the NFC East lead. The division leaders play next week in New York.
The Giants play Minnesota on Monday night in Detroit, a game moved after the Metrodome’s inflated roof collapsed in a snowstorm early Sunday morning.
Before the game, there was a moment of silence for former Cowboys quarterback Don Meredith, who died a week ago after suffering a brain hemorrhage.
“Dandy Don” played for the Cowboys from 1960-68, signed to a five-year personal services contract by Dallas even before the NFL had formally approved the franchise.
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