The Washington Redskins lost to the Dallas Cowboys for the fourth straight time and 14th in 15, although it came down to the final play: a 57-yard field goal try by Washington's Jeff Chandler fell short. The Cowboys won 13-10 scoring the winning touchdown in the last 30 seconds of the game on a 39 yard pass from Vinny Testaverde, who had been booed most of the game by the Dallas fans.
Had Testaverde been better earlier, the Cowboys wouldn't have needed his late heroics. But he delivered in the clutch, driving 75 yards for the go-ahead score after taking over with 1:25 left and no timeouts. He added to the drama by starting the series with three straight incompletions, forcing him to keep it alive by converting on fourth-and-10.
Patrick Ramsey drove Washington inside the Dallas 11 on the first two drives, but had only a field goal to show for it. The Redskins didn't cross midfield again until the fourth quarter, when Ramsey capped a nice 7 for 7 passes drive with a 5-yard touchdown to Robert Royal for a 10-6 lead with 6:44 left. But Washington went three-and-out the next two drives and fumbled a punt in between, when it needed a few clock-eating first downs.
``You can look at 50 different plays where we could've won the game,'' Gibbs said. ``There was no one single play that cost us this game.'' Washington lost running back Clinton Portis to a chest bruise. He had just one second-half carry, finishing with 32 yards on 10 tries. Ramsey finished 19-of-29 for 158 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions. The Redskins (5-10) had won two of three and were hoping to finish strong in coach Joe Gibbs' first season back on the sideline. Instead, he's already lost the most games in any season with one left against playoff-seeking Minnesota.
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