Sep 23, 2008 - 2:52 PM
1 shoutWashington (2-1) at Dallas (3-0), 4:05 pm. EDT
IRVING, Texas (Ticker) -- Through three weeks, there are only two unbeaten teams remaining in the NFC and both reside in the East - the Dallas Cowboys and defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants.
The Cowboys look to get a leg up on the idle Giants on Sunday when they host the Washington Redskins in a renewal of one of the NFC's premier rivalries.
Through three weeks, the NFC East has a combined 8-2 record - by far the best mark of any of the NFL's eight divisions - and the two losses came in head-to-head division matchups.
The Giants posted a season-opening 16-7 victory over the Redskins and the Cowboys held off the Philadelphia Eagles, 41-37, in a Week Two Monday night battle. Outside the division, the NFC East is 8-0.
Off to its second straight 3-0 start, Dallas returns home after winning at Lambeau Field for the first time in franchise history with last week's 27-16 victory over the Green Bay Packers. Wisconsin native Tony Romo, who completed 17-of-30 passes for 260 yards and a touchdown, won his first start in his home state.
The Packers shut down Terrell Owens, holding him to two catches for 17 yards. However, Marion Barber responded by rushing for a career-high 142 yards and a touchdown.
The Cowboys also are getting production from rookie Felix Jones, who is the first player to score in his first three games since Andre Davis and Donte' Stallworth in 2002. Jones ripped off a 60-yard touchdown run against the Packers.
The seeds for the Cowboys' playoff failure against the Giants last season may have been planted in their dismal Week 17 performance against the Redskins.
Having already clinched home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, the Cowboys managed only two field goals in a 27-6 at Washington. The loss denied Dallas a franchise-record 14th win in the regular season.
The Redskins were seen as the fourth-best team in the NFL's toughest division and played like it against the Giants in Jim Zorn's coaching debut.
But while Washington (2-1) has not received as much attention as the other teams in the division, it has rebounded with wins over New Orleans (29-24) and Arizona (24-17).
In each of the two victories, Jason Campbell and Santana Moss have hooked up for the winning score in the fourth quarter. Moss has a touchdown reception in six straight games, tying a long- standing Redskins record set by Bobby Mitchell in 1964.
Campbell joins Green Bay's Aaron Rodgers and Oakland's JaMarcus Russell as the only starting quarterbacks not to throw an interception this season.
From the Bleachers
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WASHINGTON: 26
DALLAS: 24
Final
Sep 28 7:26 PM -
NFL
TD DAL
MILES AUSTIN 11 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO
(NICHOLAS FOLK KICK)
WASHINGTON 26
DALLAS 24 1:42 LEFT, 4TH QTR
Sep 28 7:20 PM -
NFL
FG WAS
SHAUN SUISHAM 29 YD
WASHINGTON 26
DALLAS 17 3:22 LEFT, 4TH QTR
Sep 28 7:11 PM -
Redskins 23, Cowboys 17 4th Quarter - 10:16
hangtime79
What I hate about Garrett playcalling. The number of rushes is about zero in the 2nd half. Hand the ball off a couple of times.
Sep 28 6:56 PM -
NFL
FG WAS
SHAUN SUISHAM 33 YD
WASHINGTON 23
DALLAS 17 10:48 LEFT, 4TH QTR
Sep 28 6:48 PM -
WASHINGTON: 20
DALLAS: 17
End of 3rd
Sep 28 6:40 PM -
NFL
FG WAS
SHAUN SUISHAM 33 YD
WASHINGTON 20
DALLAS 17 7:31 LEFT, 3RD QTR
Sep 28 6:14 PM -
NFL
TD DAL
TERRELL OWENS 10 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO
(NICHOLAS FOLK KICK)
WASHINGTON 17
DALLAS 17 12:26 LEFT, 3RD QTR
Sep 28 6:02 PM -
WASHINGTON: 17
DALLAS: 10
Halftime
Sep 28 5:43 PM -
NFL
FG DAL
NICHOLAS FOLK 35 YD
WASHINGTON 17
DALLAS 10 0:00 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Sep 28 5:43 PM -
NFL
FG WAS
SHAUN SUISHAM 20 YD
WASHINGTON 17
DALLAS 7 1:53 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Sep 28 5:33 PM -
NFL
TD WAS
ANTWAAN RANDLE EL 2 YD PASS FROM JASON CAMPBELL
(SHAUN SUISHAM KICK)
WASHINGTON 14
DALLAS 7 5:27 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Sep 28 5:19 PM -
NFL
TD WAS
JAMES THRASH 3 YD PASS FROM JASON CAMPBELL
(SHAUN SUISHAM KICK)
WASHINGTON 7
DALLAS 7 10:25 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Sep 28 5:04 PM -
WASHINGTON: 0
DALLAS: 7
End of 1st
Sep 28 4:54 PM -
NFL
TD DAL
JASON WITTEN 21 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO
(NICHOLAS FOLK KICK)
WASHINGTON 0
DALLAS 7 0:30 LEFT, 1ST QTR
Sep 28 4:48 PM
