The New York Giants fell to 0-2 on Sunday with a 40-37 overtime loss to the Dallas Cowboys at At AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The Giants have now lost 16 of 17 games to the Cowboys.
After a long Russell Wilson pass was intercepted by Donovan Wilson of the Cowboys with 2:00 left in overtime, Brandon Aubrey hit a 46-yard field goal on the game’s final play to give Dallas the victory.
Dallas had the ball three times and the Giants twice in overtime.
A wild fourth quarter
There were 41 points scored in the fourth quarter,
21 by the Giants and 20 by Dallas, capped by Brandon Aubrey’s 64-yard game-tying field goal with :05 to go to force overtime. The lead changed hands four times before Aubrey tied it on the final play of regulation.
Russell Wilson threw a 33-yard touchdown pass to Wan’Dale Robinson on a fourth-and-4 and a 48-yard moon ball touchdown to Malik Nabers with :25 to play. Cam Skattebo also ran for a 1-yard fourth-quarter TD.
Dallas got 44 and 64-yard field goals from Aubrey, a 4-yard run from Miles Sanders and a 6-yard touchdown pass from Dak Prescott to George Pickens in the fourth quarter.
Game stats
- Wilson went 30 of 41 for 450 yards, 3 touchdowns and interception.
- Robinson had 8 catches for a career-best 142 yards. It was only the second 100-yard receiving game of Robinson’s four-year career.
- Malik Nabers had 9 catches for 170 yards and a 48-yard fourth-quarter score.
Halftime score
The Giants led at the half 13-10, thanks to two Graham Gano field goals and a 29-yard touchdown pass from Wilson to Nabers.
See it
James Hudson’s meltdown:
Russ to Malik!
Injury news
- Linebacker Darius Muasau left the game in the third quarter after a helmet-to-helmet hit. Muasau was ruled out with a concussion.
Giants inactives
- QB Jameis Winston (Emergency 3rd QB)
- OT Andrew Thomas (foot)
- DT Rakeem Nunez-Roches (foot)
- LB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowler (calf)
- OL Evan Neal
- WR/KR Xavier Gipson
- TE Thomas Fidone
What’s next?
The Giants play their first home game on Sunday, Sept. 21 when they host the AFC Champion Kansas City Chiefs. This one is a nationally televised Sunday Night Football affair with kickoff at 8:20 p.m. ET.
