Houston Texans pull away to hand Dallas Cowboys fifth straight loss

Joe Mixon scored three touchdowns, rushing for 109 yards, as the Houston Texans pulled away in the fourth quarter, ending their two-game losing streak with a 34-10 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Monday night in Arlington, Texas.

Joe Mixon scored three touchdowns, rushing for 109 yards, while Derek Barnett scored on a fumble return as the Houston Texans ended their two-game losing streak with a 34-10 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Monday night in Arlington, Texas. With the victory, the Texans improve to 7-4 on the season, remaining in first place in the AFC South, and bounce back after losing to the Detroit Lions in a game where they squandered a 16-point second-half lead, and intercepted quarterback Jared Goff five times. “We just played four quarters, we didn’t really change nothing, didn’t change our philosophy,” Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud said on if the team changed anything coming into tonight’s game. “We looked back at some other games, if we did that we would’ve came up on top. Now we got to learn from those things, that’s a good lesson to learn being where we’re at. Our future is in front of us, and we want to put ourselves in the right position, playing good ball in December going to January and into the playoffs.” Following a two-touchdown opening quarter, Houston’s offense stalled out, until Mixon ran for his third of the night in the fourth. However, the Texans’ defense, led by Jalen Pitre, who finished with a team-leading nine tackles, and Derek Stingley Jr., who had an interception and dropped a couple more, gave the Cowboys issues all game.