Some things you need to know about Texans and Texas teams involved in sports: • • • • • • • 1. Cowboys overpower Super Bowl champion Seahawks< After falling behind 10-0, the Dallas Cowboys dominated defending Super Bowl champion Seattle, taking a 30-23 victory over the Seahawks. ... DeMarco Murray ran for 115 yards and scored on a 15-yard run with 3:16 left to give Dallas a four-point lead. Dan Bailey kicked a 31-yard field goal with 1:09 left. Rolando McClain intercepted Wilsons pass with less than a minute remaining to clinch the win. ... A miserable day by Seattles offense only got worse when the Dallas defense held twice in the final three minutes. Guys arent going to back down, Dallas coach Jason Garrett said. We have the right kind of guys on this team. ... I think that showed the maturity of this team. We expected to win, Dallas tight end Jason Witten said after the Cowboys outhit, out-ran and bullied the Seahawks. We knew this was going to be a challenge and we stayed the course. ... The Cowboys are 5-1 for the first time since 2007. They share the lead in the NFC East with the Philadelphia Eagles who took a 27-0 win over the New York Giants in the Sunday night game. ... I think our team now understands that we do a lot of things pretty well and I think we have the ability to kind of impose yourself on other teams, quarterback Tony Romo said. ... Romo was 21 of 32 for 250 yards and two touchdowns without an interception. The second TD throw went to Witten, who became the second tight end in NFL history with 900 receptions. ... Murray joined Jim Brown (1958) as the only running backs in NFL history to start a season with six straight 100-yard rushing games. Murray did it against the leagues best run defense. The Seahawks had not allowed a running back more than 38 yards in a game this season. Murray also led Dallas with six receptions, although they netted on 21 yards. ... Gavin Escobar caught Romos other TD pass. The play went two yards and was Escobars only catch of day. Terrance Williams (Dallas White HS and Baylor) caught two for 70 yards, Dez Bryant (Lufkin HS an Oklahoma State) took in for 63 yards and Lance Dunbar (Haltom HS and North Texas State) had four receptions for 48 yards. ... This win is a coaching win. Its a Jason Garrett win, Dallas owner Jerry Jones said during a 45-minute postgame media session. This called on everything you could ever ask a coach to come together with a team. He answered the bell today. ... • • • • • • • 2. Carpenter starts home run parade for Cardinals< • Matt Carpenter (Missouri City Elkins HS and TCU) hit his fourth home run of the postseason to give the Cardinals an early 1-0 lead in Game 2 of the NL Championship Series. ... Kolten Wong ended the seesaw battle with a walk-off home run that gave St. Louis a 5-4 win over the San Francisco Giants 5-4, tying the best-of-seven series at one game apiece. ... For the Giants, Brandon Belt (Lufkin Hudson HS and UT) singled and scored in the fifth inning and Hunter Pence (Arlington HS and UT-Arlington) singled in a run in the sixth. ... The series resumes Tuesday night in San Francisco with John Lackey (Abilene HS and UT-Arlington) going for St. Louis and Tim Hudson starting for the Giants. Lackey has a win in each of his last three postseason series and is the active leader with 111 postseason innings. ... St. Louis, last in the NL with 105 home runs during the regular season, has hit 11 homers in six playoff games -- seven in the seventh inning or later. It kind of got overshadowed there at the end, but man that was an exciting game, Carpenter said of his early blast. That was a must-win for us, to do that in that fashion especially after giving up the lead in the ninth. ... • • • • • • • 3. NFL Briefs: Foles shines as Eagles blank Giants< Nick Foles (Austin Westlake HS and Arizona) completed 21 of 34 passes for 248 yards and two TDs as the Eagles beat the Giants 27-0 for their first shutout in 18 years. ... James Casey (Azle HS and Rice) caught a 26-yard TD pass for Philadelphia. ... Andy Dalton (Katy HS and TCU) was 33 for 4 for 323 yards and two TDs as the Bengals tied the Panthers 37-37 for the NFLs first tie this season. ... Fozzy Whittaker (Pearland HS and UT) carried nine times for 25 yards and a TD for Carolina. He also caught two passes for 27 yards. ... Mike Evans (Galveston Ball HS and Texas A&M) caught four passes for 55 yards and a TD for Tampa Bay in 48-17 loss to Baltimore. ... • • • • • • • 4. Sports Notes: Oklahoma Citys Durant out with foot injury< Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant could miss up to eight weeks with a right foot fracture that typically requires surgery. Durant told the team after practice on Saturday that he had discomfort in his right foot, the Thunder said in a statement. ... Following imaging studies, the Thunder determined the NBAs reigning Most Valuable Player had a Jones fracture, which is a fairly common fracture of the fifth metatarsal in the foot. Based on the timeframe, if Durant has surgery he could return to action some time between mid-November and early December. ... • Baylor moved into fourth place, TCU dropped to 12th and Texas A&M landed at 21st in The Associated Press college football poll. Mississippi State is the new No. 1, replacing Florida State. Ole Miss is third after beating Texas A&M 35-20 in College Station. ... • On Oct. 13, 1961, Houston made its debut on a playing field as a major league franchise. A team called the Colt .22s played in the Arizona instructional league team. The Colt .22s were a take off on the Colt .45s, the major league team which became the Houston Astros when the Astrodome opened. ... • Astros manager A.J. Hinch was among eight inducted into the Stanford University Athletics Hall of Fame on Saturday. ... • • • • • • • 5. FYI: This blog features Texas teams and athletes with Texas connections. It is compiled by retired newspaper journalist Bob Sonderegger (anglebob61@yahoo) who covered most of the teams mentioned. Your comments or additions are welcome.
Posted on: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 16:23:01 +0000
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