Giants lose to the Cowboys 20-8.
Eli Manning was 18-of-35 for 191 yards with 2 INTs.
Derrick Ward rushed for 64 yards on 14 carries, and caught 1 pass for 2 yards.
Ahmad Bradshaw rushed for 8 yards on 3 carries, and caught 1 pass for 16 yards.
Domenik Hixon caught 6 passes for 60 yards.
Steve Smith caught 5 passes for 59 yards.
Amani Toomer caught 3 passes for 32 yards.
Kevin Boss caught 1 pass for 23 yards.
Mathias Kiwanuka had 1 forced fumble and 1.5 sacks.
Jay Alford and Renaldo Wynn each had 1 sack.
Justin Tuck had .5 sacks.
David Diehl recovered 1 fumble.
John Carney had a 34 and a 47 yard field goal.

Game Notes:
"Things couldn't have started off much better. On the Cowboys first possession, the Giants stopped Marion Barber for no gain. Tony Romo threw incomplete to Jason Witten and then to satisfy Terrell Owens cravings, he threw to him next and T.O. botched the catch letting it pop out of his hands. Yes, it started off just fine with the Cowboys going three and out, but then there was the rest of the game.
Manning was sacked on his first shot. He fumbled it, and luckily Rich Seubert got it back minus 9 yards. Ward gained only 2 yards on the 2nd and 19 and a Manning pass to Amhad Bradshaw was incomplete. The rest of the night didn't go much better. You don't usually win a football game by scoring only 8 points, and two field goals and a safety by the defense were all the Giants could come up with.
Their defense held the Giants rushing game to just 72 yards and Eli Manning was sacked a total of 8 times (that's not a misprint) in this game. It was amazing that he completed 18 of his 35 passes while trying to get rid of the ball to receivers who couldn't put much distance between themselves and the coverage.
Eli really had his hands full after right tackle Kareem McKenzie left the game with a back injury and then left guard Rich Seubert left the game later on with what they described as an 'illness'. Eli was also intercepted twice, one of them coming on a last chance shot downfield right at the end of the game to save face, trying not to lose without scoring at least one touchdown in this game.
The Giants defense was equally brutal on the Cowboys for most of this game and especially so on Tony Romo. That could hurt their chances of going on to win their next game against the Ravens, but that won't help the Giants win-loss record. Of course the Cowboys have two tough games up next and if they win them, they will get into the playoffs.

Game Notes:
"One thing is for sure after watching this game - the Giants desperately need to have Brandon Jacobs on the field. Without him cracking things open for the offense, it's near impossible for the Giants to have an effective passing game. The old one-two punch that made the Giants offense dominant for most of the whole season was being able to combine a power runner and a deep passing threat and both were missing for this game. Last time the Giants played the Cowboys, Brandon Jacobs gained 117 yards on just 17 carries in their 35-14 win over them.
The Giants defense was impressive and they kept them in the game, holding the Cowboys to just 7 points going into the fourth quarter. The unit even scored 2 points of their own when they nailed Tony Romo for a Safety on one of their four sack efforts. They really targeted Romo and Marion Barber, holding the running back to just 2 yards on 8 carries. To be fair, Barber was probably trying to play through his recent toe injury after sitting out last week and he didn't want to be called a girlie-man by anyone for maybe the second week in a row. Instead friskier running back rookie Tashard Choice did the most damage to the Giants. He broke free a few times and had 91 yards on his 9 carries, and 1 touchdown. Choice is a dual-threat and he also caught 4 passes for 52 yards.
Hopefully Jacobs knee injury that he aggravated during last week's loss to Philadelphia, will be healed enough for him to play in their next game against Carolina. Both teams are tied and going for the No. 1 playoff seed, and it looks like Jacobs presence is mandatory if they want to win it."

Notes:
Giants scored their lowest points of the season and it was their first regular-season game without a touchdown since November 2004.

Giants hadn't lost consecutive games since the first two games of the 2007 season.

Giants played for the last time at Texas Stadium - Cowboys wouldn't be hosting a playoff game against them and their new stadium is scheduled to open sometime before the 2009 season.

Cowboys LB DeMarcus Ware had 3 sacks, giving him 19 for the season.
Ware is closing in on Michael Strahan's single-season NFL record of 22 1/2 sacks.

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