Cowboys hold off Eagles - page 2

16-09-2008 12:44

Philadelphia, coming off an impressive romp in its opener, went from trailing 14-6 to leading 30-21 just before halftime. The Eagles were still up 37-31 after Westbrook’s third score, early in the fourth quarter, but his fumble on the next series led to the seventh and final lead change.

"These were two great teams going at it," Donovan McNabb said. "There are a lot of positives we can take from this game. But that’s not important right now. What we need to do is focus on the working on the negatives. That’s going to make us a better team."

Owens had 89 yards on three catches, including a 72-yard touchdown on Dallas’ first series that he punctuated with the kind of arm-flapping celebration he used to do for Philadelphia, and a 4-yard touchdown. His first TD moved him into second place on the NFL’s career receiving touchdown list; he finished at 132, well behind Jerry Rice’s record of 197.