Were Las Vegas oddsmakers picking Jerry Jones and his Cowboys to win their home opener?”
but, so much for that Giants beat Cowboys as time expires, 33-31, on field goal by Lawrence Tynes The sound of silence was music to the Giants’ ears Sunday night. And it took them less than four minutes to turn the volume all the way down on what had been a screaming crowd of 105,121. And to have it happen to the Dallas Cowboys and their showboating owner Jerry Jones during the opening of his $1.2 billion stadium-cum-palace? “Probably the nicest thing I’ve ever been a part of,” Giants running back Brandon Jacobs said. That was the consensus feeling inside the Giants’ locker room after they quieted the largest crowd to ever watch a regular-season NFL game with yet another vintage fourth-quarter comeback by Eli Manning. The QB led the Giants on an 11-play, 56-yard drive in the final 3:34 to set up Lawrence Tynes’ game-winning 37-yard field goal as time expired. The kick gave Manning his 14th career fourth-quarter comeback, and it gave the Giants (2-0) a dramatic 33-31 win.
The Dallas Cowboys were -3 point favorites to win in their new stadium. Antonio Pierce laughed off all the hype for this September Super Bowl, or whatever the Dallas Cowboys considered the opener of their $1.15 billion stadium. To the New York Giants, this was just another division game, one they had to win. And they did – dramatically. Lawrence Tynes kicked a 37-yard field goal as time expired, giving the Giants a 33-31 victory over turnover-prone Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday night, sending home the largest regular-season crowd in NFL history muttering about what might’ve been.
