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September 14, 2010, Tuesday
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THE Washington Redskins opened the highly anticipated Mike Shanahan era in style on Sunday night by slipping past the Dallas Cowboys 13-7 in the season-opener for both teams.
With new coach Shanahan barking orders from the sidelines, the Redskins snapped a three-game losing streak against their bitter rivals in the NFC East largely courtesy of a controversial late holding call.
"You've got to find a way to win in this business," said Shanahan, a two-time Super Bowl champion with the Denver Broncos.
"A lot of teams are very close. You've got to find a way to get it done. And that's what our football team did today."
The Redskins looked like losers when Dallas quarterback Tony Romo found Roy Williams in the corner of the end zone for an apparent 13-yard scoring strike as time expired.
Cowboys right tackle Alex Barron was cited for holding Redskins linebacker Brian Orakpo, however, and that nullified the potentially game-winning touchdown and ended the game.
"I've never seen that happen," said Cowboys coach Wade Phillips.
"We score a touchdown and then get a penalty and the game is over. I thought they grabbed our guys several times trying to get to our quarterback but I guess they didn't."
Romo, who completed 31 of 47 passes for 282 yards and one touchdown, said the finish was hard to take.
"I thought we won and then 10 or 15 yards after running away I noticed people weren't coming out on to the field," he said. "It's hard to swallow."
Washington's touchdown came gift-wrapped on the final play of the first half when Romo hit Tashard Choice on a short pass but the running back was stripped of the ball by DeAngelo Hall.
The cornerback rambled 32 yards for the score to give the Redskins a 10-0 lead, somersaulting in celebration to the roars of nearly 91,000 fans at FedEx Field.
Quarterback Donovan McNabb, a six-time Pro Bowler playing his first game with the Redskins after 11 seasons in Philadelphia, hit 15 of 32 passes for 171 yards.
With new coach Shanahan barking orders from the sidelines, the Redskins snapped a three-game losing streak against their bitter rivals in the NFC East largely courtesy of a controversial late holding call.
"You've got to find a way to win in this business," said Shanahan, a two-time Super Bowl champion with the Denver Broncos.
"A lot of teams are very close. You've got to find a way to get it done. And that's what our football team did today."
The Redskins looked like losers when Dallas quarterback Tony Romo found Roy Williams in the corner of the end zone for an apparent 13-yard scoring strike as time expired.
Cowboys right tackle Alex Barron was cited for holding Redskins linebacker Brian Orakpo, however, and that nullified the potentially game-winning touchdown and ended the game.
"I've never seen that happen," said Cowboys coach Wade Phillips.
"We score a touchdown and then get a penalty and the game is over. I thought they grabbed our guys several times trying to get to our quarterback but I guess they didn't."
Romo, who completed 31 of 47 passes for 282 yards and one touchdown, said the finish was hard to take.
"I thought we won and then 10 or 15 yards after running away I noticed people weren't coming out on to the field," he said. "It's hard to swallow."
Washington's touchdown came gift-wrapped on the final play of the first half when Romo hit Tashard Choice on a short pass but the running back was stripped of the ball by DeAngelo Hall.
The cornerback rambled 32 yards for the score to give the Redskins a 10-0 lead, somersaulting in celebration to the roars of nearly 91,000 fans at FedEx Field.
Quarterback Donovan McNabb, a six-time Pro Bowler playing his first game with the Redskins after 11 seasons in Philadelphia, hit 15 of 32 passes for 171 yards.
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