11/27/2008 - Irving, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tony Romo threw three touchdowns as the Dallas Cowboys destroyed the Seattle Seahawks, 34-9.
Romo went 22-for-34 with 331 yards and an interception and his favorite target was Jason Witten, who caught nine passes for 115 yards and a score for the Cowboys (8-4), who have won three straight.
Marion Barber had 10 carries for 32 yards and a touchdown, but left in the third quarter with an undisclosed injury. DeMarcus Ware had three sacks and now has 15 on the season to lead the NFL, but he sprained his left knee late in the third quarter and did not return.
The win moves Dallas ahead of Washington and Atlanta for the final wild card spot in the NFC. The Redskins host the Giants on Sunday while Atlanta plays in San Diego on Sunday.
Matt Hasselbeck went 22-for-38 with 287 yards and an interception while John Carlson had five catches for 105 yards for the Seahawks (2-10), who have lost their past five games.
Trailing by 18 points, Seattle started the second half with the ball and put together an impressive drive and had a 1st-and-goal, but were unable to punch the ball in and had to settle for a 25-yard field goal from Olindo Mare to make it a 24-9 game with 9:37 left in the third.
Romo was picked off in the Seattle end zone on Dallas' next touch, but the Seahawks were unable to take advantage of the opportunity.
Later in the third, Dallas increased its lead with a four-play drive as Romo found Terrell Owens in the end zone from 19 yards out for a 31-9 advantage with 2:19 to play in the third. On the play before the score, Romo and Owens connected for 33 yards.
A 42-yard field goal from Nick Folk a bit over six minutes into the fourth quarter gave the Cowboys a 34-9 lead to account for the final score.
The Cowboys started the game with the ball and wasted no time taking the lead as Romo found Martellus Bennett in the end zone from 16 yards out for a 7-0 lead just 2:24 into the game. The big play of the drive occurred right before the touchdown as Romo hooked up with Witten for 36 yards.
Seattle was driving on its ensuing possession, but Julius Jones fumbled at the Dallas 28 and the Cowboys recovered.
Dallas methodically went down the field and from two yards out Barber punched the ball into the end zone to cap the nine-play drive for a 14-0 lead with 4:50 left in the first.
The Seahawks put points on the board on their next touch as Mare put the ball through the uprights from 44 yards out to cap an eight-play, 43-yard drive with under a minute to play in the first quarter.
However, the Cowboys continued to move the ball with impunity as the Seattle defense got no pressure on Romo. An eight-play, 80-yard drive that took a bit less than four minutes was capped when Romo found Witten in the end zone from seven yards out for a 21-3 lead.
The Cowboys got a 41-yard field goal from Folk with 7:34 left in the second, but the Seahawks got the points back on their next drive thanks to a 38-yard field goal from Mare with 1:31 remaining in the first half.
Game Notes
Witten caught the 400th pass of his career in the first quarter. He is the 21st tight end in NFL history to accomplish that feat...Dallas is now 26-14-1 on Thanksgiving...Seattle hosts New England next Sunday...The Cowboys play at Pittsburgh next Sunday...It was the 16th time Romo has thrown for at least 300 yards, which is a Dallas record...Owens had five catches for 98 yards along with the score.
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NEW YORK (AP) -By staying away from the cupcakes, Southern California earned itself a slim new ranking.
No. 1 always seems to fit USC.
Southern California jumped two spots to No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 on Tuesday, rewarded by voters for opening the season with a dominant performance on the road against a BCS conference opponent.
Georgia and Ohio State, the preseason Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, started their seasons with glorified scrimmages at home against FCS (formerly I-AA) teams. USC, however, traveled across country to face Virginia and could not have been more impressive in a 52-7 victory.
Georgia fell to No. 2 and Ohio State to No 3.
"We realize that rankings so early in a season are certainly fluid. But rankings do help establish a pecking order for things later in the season," USC coach Pete Carroll said in a statement. "As for moving into the No. 1 spot, it's nice to know that people think highly of our team."
Since reaching No. 1 on Dec. 7, 2003, the final-regular season AP poll of that season, USC has been No. 1 in 39 polls, by far the most of any team during that time.
"Some have said the voters are taking our schedule into consideration," Carroll said. "Our philosophy has always been to schedule outstanding opponents. We need to play challenging games like we just did, traveling across the country to open the season at Virginia. Games like that bring out our best and make us stronger as a team."
The latest voting was close. USC received 21 first-place votes and 1,539 points from the 65-member media panel. Georgia had 20 first-place votes and 1,506 points. Ohio State got 15 first-place votes and 1,497 points.
"I'd say we've evolved as pollsters," said Stewart Mandel of SI.com, who moved USC up to No. 1. "In the past, voters just kind of automatically moved teams up and kept teams where they were if they won."
Georgia beat Georgia Southern 45-21 on Saturday and Ohio State opened with a 43-0 win over Youngstown State.
"There's a bit of a growing backlash for the amount of teams that open with I-AA cupcakes," said Mandel, whose book "Bowls, Polls and Tattered Souls" chronicles college football's controversies. "To see a team [USC] go on the road and play a New Year's Day bowl team from last season, and not only play them but destroy them, how could you not reward that team?"
USC also jumped past Georgia to No. 1 in the USA Today coaches' poll, which has the same top five as the AP poll.
"It's definitely a privilege to be No. 1. But it's not heartbreaking to me if we drop," Georgia offensive lineman Josh Davis said. "It doesn't matter right now what we're ranked. What matters is our next game and right now, that's Central Michigan. The only time the polls matter is in December. That's when the polls matter."
While the Bulldogs opened easy, their schedule ultimately should be as difficult as any team's. Georgia's big nonconference test is at No. 15 Arizona State on Sept. 20. The Bulldogs also face six Southeastern Conference rivals that've been ranked in the first two polls.
As for Ohio State, the Buckeyes play at USC on Sept. 13 before getting into the Big Ten schedule.
But of the teams in this week's top 10, USC and Texas are the only ones that don't play an FCS opponent, and the Trojans are the only team that doesn't play a team from a non-BCS conference.
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The last team to drop from No. 1 after a victory was USC last season. LSU jumped from No. 2 to No. 1 when it beat Tulane 34-9, the same week the Trojans edged Washington 27-24 on the road.
The last preseason No. 1 team to lose the top spot after winning its opening game was Florida in 2001. The Gators beat Marshall 49-14, but preseason No. 2 Miami opened with a 33-7 victory over Penn State and the Hurricanes jumped to No. 1 with Florida slipping to second.
The next four teams in the new Top 25 stayed the same: No. 4 Oklahoma (two first-place votes), No. 5 Florida (five first-place votes), No. 6 Missouri (one first-place vote), No. 7 LSU (one first-place vote) and No. 8 West Virginia.
No. 9 Auburn and No. 10 Texas each moved up a spot, taking advantage of Clemson's big drop. Clemson, ninth in the preseason, fell out after losing 34-10 to Alabama on Saturday.
Also falling out after losses were Virginia Tech, Pittsburgh and Tennessee.
Moving into the rankings were No. 21 Fresno State, No. 22 Utah, No. 23 UCLA and No. 24 South Carolina.
Alabama moved up 11 spots after its big victory over Clemson.
The second 10 started with No. 11 Wisconsin, followed by Texas Tech, Alabama and Kansas. BYU and Arizona State were tied for 15th. Rivals BYU and Utah are both ranked for the first time since 1996.
South Florida was No. 17, ahead of Oregon, Penn State and Wake Forest at No. 20.
The final five were all the teams to move into the ranking, except for Illinois, which dropped four spots and tied South Carolina for No. 24.
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