Alvin Kamara scored four touchdowns, including one of Derek Carr’s two scoring passes, and the visiting New Orleans Saints defeated the Dallas Cowboys 44-19 on Sunday afternoon in Arlington, Texas.
Carr completed 11 of 16 passes for 243 yards and connected with Rashid Shaheed on a 70-yard score, and Kamara had 115 rushing yards and 65 receiving yards as the Saints (2-0) kept rolling after a 47-10 victory against Carolina in their season opener.
Dak Prescott passed for 293 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions to lead the Cowboys (1-1), who were limited to field goals on four of their scoring drives and couldn’t keep up with New Orleans’ scoring pace.
On the first possession of the third quarter, Dallas drove to Brandon Aubrey’s 40-yard field to trim the Saints’ lead to 35-19.
Kamara’s 7-yard touchdown run produced New Orleans’ sixth touchdown in as many possessions, and after the PAT was blocked, the Saints led 41-19 at the end of the third quarter.
Carr’s fourth-quarter interception ended a streak of 16 consecutive scoring possessions for the team’s starting offense, but Blake Grupe added a 26-yard field goal later in the quarter.
The Saints received the opening kickoff and drove 80 yards, the last 5 of which came on Kamara’s touchdown run.
The Cowboys’ first possession ended with Aubrey kicking a 52-yard field goal, but on the next play from scrimmage, Carr and Shaheed — who teamed for a 59-yard touchdown in the opener — connected for a 14-3 lead that held up through the end of the first quarter.
Aubrey added a 38-yard field goal early in the second quarter, but four plays later Kamara caught a short pass from Carr and turned it into a 57-yard touchdown for a 21-6 lead.
Dallas answered with its only touchdown on a 65-yard pass from Prescott to CeeDee Lamb.
Kamara’s 12-yard touchdown run increased the lead to 28-13. Paulson Adebo intercepted Prescott and returned it 47 yards, setting up Carr’s 1-yard touchdown run.
Aubrey kicked a 48-yard field goal as time expired, leaving New Orleans with a 35-16 halftime lead.
–Field Level Media