In Irving, Texas, Roy Williams returned an interception 5 yards for a touchdown and Joey Galloway strutted into the end zone with a go-ahead 41-yard touchdown catch to send Dallas past Washington with a score of 27-20.
Dallas (5-7) has beaten Washington 10 consecutive times.
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It looked good for Washington when Danny Wuerffel threw his third touchdown pass for a 20-10 lead early in the third quarter. Then the Redskins (5-7) missed an extra point, and little went right for them again.
Chad Hutchinson became the sixth Dallas quarterback to rack up a victory during the streak -- the longest for either team in the series' 85-game history -- by going 12-of-25 for 145 yards and two touchdowns.
He wasn't intercepted and didn't fumble for the first time in his five starts.
He also guided the league's lowest-scoring team to its most points this season, and its first division win. The Cowboys have their first two-game winning streak since last December. That one included a win over Washington, as did Dallas' two-game streak before that.
Emmitt Smith also had a big role, running 23 times for 144 yards. It was his largest total since Dec. 10, 2000, when had 150 against -- of course -- the Redskins. He had seven runs of at least 11 yards and passed the 17,000-yard mark for his career.
Superbowl champion Patriots beat Lions
Antowain Smith ran for 80 yards and scored the only touchdown Thursday to lead the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots past the Detroit Lions 20-12.
The Patriots (7-5) have won four of their past five games -- after losing four straight -- to pull within half a game of the leader of the American Football Conference East, Miami.
The Lions (3-9) have dropped four consecutive games and lost successive Thanksgiving Day games for the first time since 1992-93.
After Jason Hanson's fourth field goal cut Detroit's deficit to 20-12 with under 10 minutes left, the Patriots ran out the clock by driving from their 19 to Detroit's 2. Brady then kneeled to end the game.
New England needed fewer than six minutes to grab a 10-0 lead at the start of the game and never let the Lions get closer than 7.
New England's Troy Brown caught 10 passes for 111 yards.
The QBs combined for four interceptions.
Tom Brady, the Super Bowl Most valuable Player in just his second season, was only 18-of-30 for 210 yards with an interception and no touchdowns. Joey Harrington, a rookie, threw three first-half interceptions and finished 22-of-44 for 210 yards with no TD passes.
A national-television audience witnessed what those following the Lions have seen for weeks -- Harrington is struggling. He has thrown nine interceptions and five TDS in his past five games.
"Jo-ey! Jo-ey!" chants at Ford Field have given way to boos for Harrington. There were even sarcastic cheers late in the first half when he threw a ball away instead of forcing a pass or taking a sack.
He often sat, stood or kneeled alone quietly when Detroit's defense was on the field.
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