Capital City Sports Report

The Dallas Cowboys offense is officially struggling. In the last two games the offense has managed to score just 20 points including the 10 points in a 17-10 loss to the Denver Broncos at Invesco Field in front of 76,440 Broncos tickets holders.

Dallas quarterback Tony Romo and the offense didn’t appear to be struggling to start the contest in front of Broncos fans and those sitting in the Cowboys cheap seats. In fact, Dallas scored on two of its first three opportunities with the ball. The first coming at the midway point of the first quarter on a 49-yard Nick Folk field goal, the capper on an eight-play, 38-yard drive.  Read more...

In a battle of former Southwest Conference rivals, Texas A&M jumped out to the early 10-0 lead but it didn’t last long as the Arkansas Razorbacks then scored five consecutive times including four touchdowns en route to a 30-10 halftime lead and eventually a dominating 47-19 victory in front of 71,872 fans at Dallas Cowboys Stadium.

Fans holding Texas A&M tickets were ecstatic with just six minutes remaining in the first quarter as the Aggies defense had shut down the quick-strike Arkansas offense and quarterback Ryan Mallett while the Aggie offense and quarterback Jerrod Johnson scored twice, the second coming on a 60-yard bomb from Johnson to Brandal Jackson who had gotten behind the Arkansas defense.  Read more...

In the Battle of Stars, the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League easily handled and defeated the Texas Stars, Dallas’ Triple-A Affiliate, 5-1, in the first-ever sporting event played at Cedar Park Center.

A crowd of 6,323 turned out on the opening night at the new Cedar Park venue and saw Dallas Stars’ forward James Neal put it in the back of the net twice. Dallas forwards Toby Peterson, Mike Ribeiro and Fabian Brunnstrom each added a tally in the victory.

For the Texas side, it was forward Perttu Lindgren who scored the lone goal.  Read more...

Nate Newton. For Dallas Cowboys fans, the name evokes memories of the mammoth offensive lineman who was a six-time Pro Bowler that played for Dallas during the glorious 1990s. When he wasn’t mauling his opposing defensive lineman, he was smiling and providing comic relief for the cameras. Fast forward to 2009. There’s a new Newton making headlines today and he reminds you nothing of his father.

Tre Newton is a redshirt freshman running back at the University of Texas. In Texas’ 34-24 victory over Texas Tech, it was Newton who had 20 carries for 88 yards and helped keep the high-powered Red Raider offense on the sideline.  Read more...

It was a flashback to the 1980s and once the toughest Houston student ticket to find—Houston hosting Texas Tech. The old Southwest Conference days. This much-anticipated offensive display was everything it was cracked up to be as the Cougars scored with less than a minute to play to defeat the Red Raiders 29-28 in front of the largest crowd ever—32,114—at Robertson Stadium.

The 17th-ranked Cougars, ranked for the first time in 18 years, got on the board first when quarterback Case Keenum connected with James Cleveland for a six-yard touchdown to finish off an eight-play, 34-yard drive.  Read more...