Detroit Lions 19-20 Dallas Cowboys: Failed two-point conversion in final seconds hands…
Jared Goff threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Amon-Ra St Brown in the dying embers of the game, then adding the two-point conversion with a successful pass to offensive lineman Taylor Decker in the end zone.
But that go-ahead two-point try was ultimately wiped out in dramatic fashion when the officials said Decker didn’t report as an eligible receiver for the play.
Goff then threw an incompletion to confirm a Cowboys win.
Dak Prescott threw for 345 yards and two touchdowns (and one interception for the Cowboys (11-5), who stretched their unbeaten run at home to 16 games!.
Goff finished with 271 passing yards, one TD and two picks.
CeeDee Lamb caught 13 passes for 227 yards, including a 92-yard touchdown in the first quarter that nudged Dallas ahead after the Lions had opened the scoring with a 41-yard Michael Badgley field goal on their first possession.
Detroit then drove down inside the Cowboys’ five-yard line after a successful fake punt play but wound up turning the ball over on downs.
Only with 4:34 remaining in the third quarter did the scoring resume, with the Lions taking the lead on a David Montgomery three-yard touchdown run up the middle, to cap off a 13-play, 74-yard drive.
Brandon Aubrey made a 51-yard field goal with 23 seconds left in the quarter to tie the score 10-10, before Detroit regained the lead off the back of another Badgley kick early in the fourth, this one from 30 yards – set up by a 63-yard completion from Goff to Jameson Williams.
The Cowboys responded with a 75-yard scoring drive, capped by an eight-yard TD toss from Prescott to Brandin Cooks with 7:20 left.
Later in the quarter, Donovan Wilson claimed a crucial interception of Goff at Detroit’s 29-yard line to help set up an Aubrey 43-yard field goal, to stretch the Cowboys’ lead to seven with 1:41 remaining.
The Lions (11-5) would find the end zone again but, rather than attempt to tie the game and force overtime with an extra point, they went for the two-point conversion and the win, only to be ultimately denied by the officials.
