Jason Garrett gets the glory after showing the guts

By Stefan Stevenson

December 17, 2017 10:30 PM

Dallas Cowboys punter Chris Jones fakes a punt and runs for a 24-yard gain late in the third quarter Sunday night against the Oakland Raides at Oakland Alameda County Coliseum. Rodger Mallison rmallison@star-telegram.com

OAKLAND, Calif.

With the fate of the Dallas Cowboys’ 2017 season seemingly in the balance, the often conservative head coach Jason Garrett went rogue.

The Cowboys were facing 4th and 11 at their own 24 in a 10-10 game against the Oakland Raiders late in the third quarter when punter Chris Jones took off around the right end for a 24-yard gain on a fake punt. It kept the drive alive, which eventually was capped off by a 15-yard scoring run by Dak Prescott that gave the Cowboys a brief 17-10 lead.

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#Cowboys go 75 yards on 11 plays with this fake punt helping them along the way to take 17-10 lead over #Raiders late in 3rd. pic.twitter.com/DCR01nu0RH
— 95.7 The Game (@957thegame) December 18, 2017

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Stefan Stevenson: 817-390-7760, @StevensonFWST

This story was originally published December 17, 2017 at 10:30 PM with the headline "Jason Garrett gets the glory after showing the guts."

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