Joe Mixon tallies 3 touchdowns as Texans demolish struggling Cowboys

The Houston Texans person won the conflict of Texas, arsenic they dominated the struggling Dallas Cowboys, 34-10, connected "Monday Night Football."

Houston came into this crippled losing back-to-back games, and determination were immoderate murmurs from the instrumentality basal astir what needs to beryllium done connected discourtesy with C.J. Stroud struggling to get going of late. 

But, with his trusty receiver Nico Collins backmost from a hamstring injury, Stroud looked much poised, and it opened up a batch for violative coordinator Bobby Slowik to enactment with. 

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

Houston Texans moving backmost Joe Mixon (28) celebrates with Houston Texans wide receiver Nico Collins (12) aft scoring a touchdown  during the archetypal 4th against the Dallas Cowboys  at AT&T Stadium. (Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images)

Collins’ instrumentality to the shot tract led to 54 yards connected 4 receptions. 

His archetypal drawback of the crippled was a surface that went each the mode for a touchdown, which would’ve been the eventual invited back. However, it was called backmost owed to an amerciable antheral downfield. 

But a fewer plays later, it was Joe Mixon, the Texans’ workhorse moving back, scoring his archetypal of 3 touchdowns connected the nighttime – a 45-yard sprint that got past each Cowboys defender connected his mode to the extremity zone. 

LARGE METAL PIECE FALLS ON AT&T STADIUM FIELD BEFORE COWBOYS-TEXANS GAME

Mixon’s 2nd came connected the Texans’ 3rd thrust of the game, arsenic helium bounced retired to the close and showboated his mode into the colored overgarment to springiness the Texans a definitive 14-0 lead. He finished the crippled with 109 yards connected the crushed connected 20 carries. 

But Cooper Rush and the Cowboys’ discourtesy didn’t conscionable rotation implicit similar past week against the Philadelphia Eagles. 

Rush needed to get thing going for Dallas aft an opening-drive fake punt was thwarted by Houston, and the awesome caller threw an interception connected the team’s 2nd drive. 

He did conscionable that with KaVontae Turpin’s speed, arsenic helium caught a slant and deed the jets for a 64-yard touchdown. It was precisely what the Cowboys, and Rush successful particular, needed to consciousness assured with the shot successful their hands aft scoring conscionable six points a week ago. 

Dallas Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb (88) runs with the shot arsenic Houston Texans information Jalen Pitre (5) defends during the archetypal fractional astatine AT&T Stadium.  (Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images)

While nary different play recovered the extremity portion aft Turpin, determination was a back-and-forth of tract goals betwixt Ka’imi Fairbairn and Brandon Aubrey, the second of who knocked done an unthinkable 64-yard tract goal. 

In the 2nd half, with Houston owning a 20-10 lead, the Cowboys were knocking connected the doorstep, looking astatine fourth-and-2 from the Texans’ 8-yard line. Head manager Mike McCarthy opted to spell for it, but a walk that went incomplete turned the shot implicit connected downs for the 2nd clip this game. 

The Cowboys were capable to unit the Texans to punt, but a costly mistake came erstwhile Rush was portion sacked and contempt 1 of his violative lineman scooping up the fumble, it was knocked retired of his hands and Derek Barnett took it into the extremity portion to marque it 27-10 aboriginal successful the 4th quarter.

Mixon would aboriginal unreserved for his 3rd touchdown of the night, which was the termination changeable for the Cowboys, who person present mislaid 5 consecutive games and moved to 3-7. 

Stroud was businesslike with his passes successful this one, going 23-of-34 for 257 yards, though helium didn’t propulsion a touchdown. He deed 8 antithetic receivers, including Tank Dell who matched Collins’ output of 54 yards connected 4 catches. 

Houston Texans moving backmost Joe Mixon (28) runs for a touchdown  past Dallas Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs (7) during the archetypal 4th astatine AT&T Stadium. (Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images)

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

For the Cowboys, Rush had to propulsion 55 times, completing 32 of them for 354 yards with 1 touchdown and 1 interception. CeeDee Lamb hauled successful a game-high 8 catches for 93 yards, though his look said it each connected the sidelines aft yet different crushing loss. 

Finally, the Cowboys person present trailed by astatine slightest 20 points successful six consecutive location games, which continues to beryllium an NFL grounds arsenic they can’t fig things retired successful their ain barn. 

Follow Fox News Digital’s sports sum connected X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.