HERO: Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo completed 23-of-38 for 250 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. Romo, who gets a lot of criticism for making big mistakes late in games, led the Cowboys on a 14-play, 64-yard drive after the Giants tied it at 21-21 to set up the winning field goal.
UNSUNG HEROES: Giants running backs Andre Brown and Brandon Jacobs combined for 202 rushing yards — 127 yards on 21 carries for Brown and 75 on nine carries for Jacobs. Brown scored on the successful two-point conversion to tie the game at 21-21 in the fourth quarter.
ZERO: Giants offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride’s play calling was suspect — both in the red zone, where the Giants failed to score TDs twice in the first half, and on some second-half sequences. Gilbride, on the first offensive possession of the third quarter, had Eli Manning pass twice when he should have had either Brown or Jacobs run the ball in a four-down territory situation on third-and-6 from the Dallas 35.
KEY STAT: 11 Penalties committed by both teams — the Giants for 81 yards and the Cowboys for 85 yards.
QUOTE OF THE NIGHT: “They have a great coach [Tom Coughlin]; I have no earthly idea why he let them talk like that this week. They talked and they talked and they talked. I’ve never heard a team that was 4-6 talk like that.’’ — Cowboys cornerback Orlando Scandrick