PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Dez Bryant added the Cowboys' third touchdown and Chris Polk the Eagles' first as Dallas leads Philadelphia 21-10 at the halftime break Sunday night.
The Eagles responded with two scoring drives after being outgained 127-0 by the Cowboys in the first quarter.
Chris Polk rushed for a 1 yarder to conclude an 84 yard drive that gave the Eagles their first offensive yards in the game, and rookie Cody Parkey kicked from 47 yards.
The Sunday night contest is a rematch of a Thanksgiving Day meeting that gave the Eagles a 33-10 victory and control of the division. The winner will receive the first-place spot in the NFC East and the driver's seat into postseason contention.
Bryant ended the Cowboys' first drive in the second quarter on a 26 yard touchdown catch for the 21-0 lead.
He darted easily past corner Bradley Fletcher down the right sideline, making separation into the end zone to haul in the fade from Tony Romo.
Romo finished 14-of-20 for 151 yards passing and two touchdowns. Eagles linebacker Connor Barwin sacked Romo for his number 14 1/2, moving into the second-best sack mark with Houston's J.J. Watt.
Darren Sproles caught the first first-down for the Eagles at the 11-minute mark in the second, a quick toss to the right on a 3rd-and-5 to extend what became Philadelphia's first scoring charge.
A drive on which Riley Cooper and Josh Huff would both drop wide open plays, though the resulting 3rd-and-7 was converted by veteran end Brent Celek over the middle and into Cowboys territory. His 38 yards came on 3 receptions.
Cowboys cornerback Orlando Scandrick delayed play after that with a dubious injury to slow the Eagles' pace. Philadelphia had until then averaged fifteen seconds per snap.
LeSean McCoy rushed over the middle for a quick 14 yards and again for 7 more to the Cowboys 20. Zach Ertz took the 3rd-and-2 catch 15 more yards to the Cowboys 5 from where Polk carried over the right side to put the Eagles on the board.
Dez Bryant had a touchdown reception in the first quarter to end an 88 yard drive over eight minutes, also past Fletcher.
Murray rushed from 1 yard on the Cowboys' first drive, started after the Eagles muffed the opening kickoff at their own 18-yard line.
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