CHICAGO, Ill. - Tony Romo added his third touchdown and Cole Beasley his second as the Dallas Cowboys enjoy a 35-7 lead over the Chicago Bears after three quarters Thursday night.
Gavin Escobar added a 6 yard score to end a 4 play drive over two minutes for Dallas (8-4).
Joseph Randle made an appearance in the Cowboys backfield, dancing for a 17 yard score and a four-touchdown advantage for the visitors.
Tony Romo is 21-of-25 for 205 yards passing and three touchdowns.
Dez Bryant has 82 yards on 6 receptions and back DeMarco Murray added 49 yards on 9 catches.
Things went badly straight away for the Bears (5-7) out of the halftime intermission.
Trailing 14-7 into the third session, Matt Forte fumbled a 21 yard screen catch-and-run when Anthony Spencer stripped the Bears back of possession in the resulting tackle attempt.
The ball bounced from the grasp of safety Barry Church into the hands of Sterling Moore Dallas at the Bears 48 and returned the other way 17 yards to the Bears 31.
And for the second time on the night, the undrafted Cole Beasley was found in the end zone.
Two of his three receptions were touchdowns on 42 total yards.
On the Cowboys' succeeding possession, Romo repsonded on 3rd-and-3, chased out of the pocket right, and floating a 24 yard wobbler to Cole Beasley in traffic inside the Bears 5, and leaping forward for the pylon.
DeMarco Murray has rushed 24 times for 116 yards, as the Cowboys outrushed the Bears 133-20. Matt Forte rushed for 21 yards for Chicago, after gaining 6 yards on 5 attempts last week in Detroit.
Murray has gained 100 yards rushing for the 11th time in 13 appearances for Dallas this season.
Forte's long on the night went for 7 yards.
Cutler converted a 3rd-and-5 to Martellus Bennett on their second drive, though a holding call against Michael Ola took the first-down off the board.
The resultant 3rd-and-15 play found Cutler's pass in the flat deflected by Henry Melton when the tackle broke free through the formation at the Bears 5.
Dwayne Harris returned the succeeding punt for what was believed a 45 yard touchdown before Micah Pellerin was found guilty of an illegal block to the back.
Tony Romo responded immediately, finding Dez Bryant for a 44 yard reception after the receiver split in-between Kyle Fuller and Chris Conte to the Bears 13.
Murray rushed the following snap around left end to the Bears 6, and on 2nd-and-2 was stuffed after dancing east-to-west into a tackle out of bounds for a 1 yard loss.
The extra yard would not matter as Romo found Gavin Escobar trailing in the back of the end zone for the three-score lead. That, after ample time in the pocket from a Bears defensive front that was losing their will.
The score was Escobar's 3rd of the season.
With three minutes left in the quarter, it was DeMarco Murray time for Dallas.
Murray powered through the Bears line for a 27 yard carry, going left then cutting right when a lane open through the middle. He scurried down the far sideline to the Bears 24.
He barrelled for another 6 yards through the middle on the next play before Joseph Randle finished the job, cutting twice inside the formation, shooting through a gap 17 yards for the 35-7 Cowboys lead.
Jay Cutler finished three quarters on 158 yards passing, completing 16-of-24 pass attempts.
The two sides entered the halftime break with a 14-7 lead to the Cowboys, off DeMarco Murray rushing and Cole Beasley catching for touchdowns.
Martellus Bennet capped off an 80 yard Bears drive in the second quarter with a 12 yard touchdown reception. Brandon Marshall was injured on the drive, sustaining an injury to his ribs on a 4th-and-7 conversion.
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