To win in Minnesota on Thursday night, the did something unexpected: They gave the a taste of their own medicine. More on Cowboys-Vikings The Cowboys used their defense and they as they held on for a wild 17-15 victory in shiny, new U.S. Bank Stadium. For Cowboys fans, watching their team force a turnover probably seemed like a minor miracle considering that the Cowboys hadn't forced a turnover since a 29-23 Week 8 win over the in October. This is how ugly things had gotten before Thursday night.The Cowboys have gone 18 consecutive quarters without a takeaway, NFL's longest active streak. Last takeaway: 4th quarter of Week 8 vs PHI. NFL Research (@NFLResearch) The forced turnover came at a huge time in the fourth quarter when the Cowboys were trailing 9-7. After a series where the Dallas offense was forced to punt -- that happened a lot on the night -- Cowboys special teams Ed Reed Jersey ace made a perfect tackle on Vikings punt returner that knocked the ball out. Mayle's teammate, Kyle Wilber, saw the loose ball and pounced on it immediately, giving the Cowboys po se sion at Minnesota's 10-yard line. One play later, this happened.Screen pa s. .... TOUCHDOWN!: : NBC + NFLN NFL (@NFL) That 10-yard touchdown catch and run gave the Cowboys a 14-9 lead. Bryant finished the game with four catches for 84 yards and a touchdown. The touchdown catch was the 65th of Bryant's Cowboys career, . Speaking of Bryant, although the Cowboys offense was shut down for most of the night, the new triplets did make an appearance on one pivotal drive in the second quarter that was the Cowboys' only drive of over 37 yards. On the second-quarter drive, all of the Cowboys' playmakers came through. First, converted a third-and-13 just to keep the drive alive.3rd & 13? THAT'S OK!The have .: : NBC + NFLN NFL (@NFL) Four plays later, Dak found Dez for a 56-yard bomb that took the Cowboys down to the Vikings' 1-yard line.DEZZZZZZZZZZ!: : NBC + NFLN NFL (@NFL) After that, sealed the deal with a 1-yard touchdown run that capped the eight-play, 87-yard scoring drive. DEZZZZZZZZZZ!: : NBC + NFLN NFL (@NFL) Again, that was the only Cowboys drive of the entire game that went for over 37 yards. Bryant's 56-yard catch accounted for almost half of Prescott's pa sing yards. The Cowboys quarterback finished 12 of 18 for 139 yards and a touchdown. He also had 37 yards rushing. The touchdowns from Elliott and Bryant were enough to keep the Cowboys in the game thanks to a stout Dallas defense that put constant pre sure on for four quarters. The Cowboys recorded three sacks and even for a series near the end of the first half. (nine pre sures), (10 tackles, one sack) and are all going to be in Marquise Brown Jersey Bradford's nightmares. If anyone was worried that the Cowboys were all fine se, they don't need to worry anymore because the Cowboys proved Thursday that they can hit back if they get punched in the mouth like they did by the Vikings. In the past three weeks, the Cowboys have proven that they can beat anyone with victories over the league's No. 2 defense ( , 27-17), No. 3 defense (Vikings) and No. 2 offense ( , 31-26). The Cowboys are the chameleons of the this year: They can adapt to any playing style and beat you at your own game. That's not good news for the rest of the NFC as this team looks to have the No. 1 seed on lock down. Alright, let's get to eight more things to know from the game.Close, but no cigar This game had a wild finish that ended with a crazy no-call on the Vikings' final play of the game. With Minnesota trailing 17-9, Sam Bradford drove the Vikings 65 yards in just 1:44 for a touchdown that cut the Cowboys' lead to 17-15 with just 25 seconds left. At that point, the Vikings needed a two-point conversion to keep the game alive, but they didn't get it because Bradford threw the worst Michael Pierce Jersey pa s po sible. However, after the play Bradford complained to the refs that he was hit in the facemask, which is why he threw the ball away.What a drive, but:Blow to the head? Yes or no? KFAN1003 (@KFAN1003) , the officials didn't call it and the two-point conversion was ruled no good, giving the game to the Cowboys. On the other hand, even if the officials had called the penalty, the Vikings would've only gotten the ball at the 3.5 yard-line. Before Minnesota attempted its two-pointer, it was hit with a false start penalty taking it back to the 7-yard line. The roughing the pa ser penalty would've then been half the distance to the goal line, the 3.5. That being said, Cowboys fans could argue the penalty shouldn't count because the play should've never gotten to that point. Just before the snap, Vikings tackle T.J. Clemmings had a , but the officials didn't throw a flag. If the officials had correctly thrown a flag, then the blow to Bradford's head wouldn't have happened and Minnesota would've tried the two-pointer again, this time from the 12-yard line. Ezekiel Elliott makes Cowboys history There's a good chance that by end of the season Ezekiel Elliott is going to hold every rookie rushing record in Cowboys history, and he got one step closer to doing that when he tied one of the team's most hallowed rookie records against Minnesota. Elliott scored a touchdown in the first quarter against the Vikings, which was his James Hurst Jersey 12th of the year. .Good things happen.SIX points!: : NBC + NFLN NFL (@NFL) That 1-yard touchdown run tied Elliott with Tony Dorsett for the most rookie Ray Lewis Jersey rushing touchdowns in team history. Earlier this season, Elliott broke for most rushing yards. Elliott finished the game with 86 yards on 20 carries and now has an NFL-leading 1,285 yards. also kind of made history in the game, but not the good kind. The tight end finished with zero catches, marking the first time since November 2008 that he didn't catch a pa s in a game. The zero-reception game ended Witten's 130-game streak of catching at least one pa s. On the bright side, Witten did make a big play: He recovered the Vikings' onside kick after Minnesota's failed two-pointer with 25 seconds left. Thanks for the help , signed Vikings Bengals fans haven't had much to cheer about this season, so they might be happy to know that their team actually played a big part in the Vikings' ability to shut down the Cowboys offense. Vikings coach Mike Zimmer used to be the defensive coordinator for the Bengals, so he decided to call his former colleagues when he was putting the game plan together.Mike Zimmer made game plan after talking to his former a st Paul Guenther, Bengals DC. They created double-A blitz. Dallas beat Cincy Week 6 Ed Werder (@Edwerderespn) Although the Vikings lost, the game plan worked because Minnesota's defense pretty much shut down the Cowboys for almost four quarters. Dallas only put up 264 yards of offense, which was the team's lowest total all season (their prior l
