IRVING, Texas — Lawrence Tynes sent home the largest crowd in NFL regular season history muttering about what might’ve been.
Tynes kicked a 37-yard field goal as time expired, giving the New York Giants a 33-31 victory over the turnover-prone Dallas Cowboys on Sunday night and ruining the debut of their rival’s $1.15 billion stadium.
The Cowboys (1-1) went ahead 31-30 on a touchdown run by Felix Jones with 3:40 left. It was the seventh lead change of a game in which neither team led by more than six points and it didn’t last.
Eli Manning drove New York 56 yards in seven plays. He got out of a first-and-20 on his 15 to start it and converted two third downs, including one on a tipped pass caught by Mario Manningham.
Tynes actually made the winning kick twice; Dallas called time just before the first one was snapped, so he had to do it again.
“Well we just knew we had to go and get in field goal range,” Manning said. “We had enough time, we had timeouts.”
