NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The avoided an 0-2 start by bouncing back in a big way thanks to a dominating performance from and their beleaguered defense.Murray ran for 167 yards and a touchdown, kicked four field goals, and the beat the 26-10 Sunday."DeMarco ran really well," Dallas coach said. "He ran hard and he ran downhill. When you can do that, drive the football again, again and again and control the football and control the game it gives you a great chance to win."The lo s spoiled Tenne see first-year coach 's home debut.The haven't started 0-2 since 2010 when Wade Phillips was fired midway through the season and was promoted to head coach. They didn't come close to staying winle s Sunday, jumping ahead 16-0 in the first half to kick off a two-game road swing strong."Starting 0-2 is a very, very big hole you don't want to be in," said.The Dallas defense Bruce Brown Jr. Jersey had two sacks and two interceptions that led to 10 points.Romo easily shook off his three interceptions in the season-opening lo s to San Francisco. With Murray running so well, Romo was 19 of 29 for 176 yards and a TD.The (1-1) struggled in all areas after winning their opener at Kansas City and mi sed on their first 2-0 start since 2008."We mi sed tackles," Whisenhunt said. "They ran the football well. Give them credit. They did to us what we did to Kansas City last week." had a 3-yard TD catch in a game where he went to the locker room after the opening drive to get his shoulder checked out. Murray lost a fumble for a second straight game but he topped 100 yards in the second quarter. He wound up averaging 5.8 yards a carry for the game."It's still early," Murray said. "We still have a lot of work to do. ... We're headed in the right way, though."Little slowed down the . They held the ball for 41 minutes, 11 seconds and finished with a 368-314 edge in total offense, delighting their many fans who at one point chanted "Let's Go " as Dallas ran out the clock.Even with linebacker out with an injured groin and cornerback suspended, the got some big stops in the second half., who starred in college at Alabama, ended one Tenne see drive slipping his hand just underneath a Locker pa s for an interception early in the fourth. He might have had a touchdown if not for an official whistling the play dead as an incompletion, which was overturned after a review.The also forced the to turn it over on downs after facing first-and-goal at the Dallas 6 with 6:22 left.Whisenhunt is the ' third head coach since their last playoff berth in 2008, and hope was high for a team coming off a big win at Kansas City.It didn't last long as the could not have looked much worse for the first 30 minutes. The only highlights were coming up with two of three sacks. , who had a 111.4 pa ser rating in the opener, struggled mi sing receivers both too short and too high. He had only 26 yards with a pa ser rating of 7.6 at halftime.After intercepted a Locker pa s, Murray ran four times and ran 40 yards and capped the drive by shoving the ball over the goal line on a 3-yard TD run for a 10-0 lead early in the second quarter. Bailey added field goals of 48, 44 and 51 for a 16-0 halftime lead.Tenne see finally got going scoring 10 points in the third quarter, including a 61-yard TD pa s from Locker to . The tight end bounced off cornerback and outran defenders to the end zone for a 61-yard TD with 7:45 left. Locker finished 18 of 34 for 234 yards."We just dug ourselves too big a hole," Locker said.Notes: Romo extended his streak with at least one TD pa s to 30 straight games. ... Murray had his ninth 100-yard rushing game of his career and second straight to start this season. ... CB hurt his groin and mi sed the second half. ... Dallas now has won three of four in this series. ... fall to 9-7 in home openers since 1999.Copyright 2014 by The A sociated Pre sRelive 's performance against the with Dennis Rodman Jersey
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