Cooper Rush, who started as a Dallas Cowboys quarterback instead of injured Duck Prescott, made 24 of 40 shots for 325 yards, two touchdowns and one interception; Prescott checked his stretched right calf before the game but was found to be unsuitable for the game.
Cooper Rush passed a last-minute pass to Amari Cooper to lead the Dallas Cowboys to an unsuccessful 20-16 win over the Minnesota Vikings in their first start in the NFL on Sunday night.
Before starting Sunday night, 27-year-old Rush scored just three full passes in his NFL career, all in 2017, but his successful starter performance led Dallas (6-1) to a sixth straight win. …
After Greg Joseph shot a 24-yard game – his third in a night – to see Minnesota take the lead again with two minutes and 51 seconds remaining, Rush then drove the Cowboys 75 yards down the field in eight rallies. … with the winning touchdown to Cooper.
Kirk Cousins made 23 of 35 assists for 184 yards and one touchdown for the Vikings (3-4), who were down 419 yards offensively against 278 to Dallas.
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Cousins and the Vikings hit first in the scrum when their quarterback threw a 20-yard pass to Adam Thielen early in the game.
Rush immediately looked confident, leading the Cowboys 50 yards down the field in his first series, but Greg Zuerlein missed with a 43-meter field goal. Then Rush will be knocked back on their next possession.
Dallas finally got on the board with his kicker boot as Zuerlein had a 38-yard success in the middle of the second quarter, but Joseph then regained Minnesota’s seven-point lead with a 45-yard half lead of his own.
