The Cowboys and Pats ended the first quarter with four combined turnovers and a field goal apiece.
Dallas responded to the Patriots’ field goal from a Tony Romo interception with their own three points from a turnover. Tom Brady was picked off by the Cowboys’ Terrance Newman to set up a 48-yard field goal after Dallas couldn’t advance the ball following the INT.
Both teams then traded turnovers: New England fumbling the kickoff return following the Dallas field goal, and then the Cowboys’ Tashard Choice fumbling on the New England 21-yard-line.