A stunning comeback victory for Cowboys

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Tony Romo is nothing if not resilient. And because he didn’t let four interceptions in the first half, two returned for touchdowns, destroy his night, the Dallas Cowboys pulled off a thrilling come-from-behind victory.

The Cowboys (5-0) scored nine points in the final 20 seconds Monday night, with Nick Folk’s 53-yard field goal as time expired giving them an improbable 25-24 win over the Buffalo Bills.

“Oh, it’s great,” Folk said. “It shows you how good we can be and what we can do if we don’t make mistakes. And even if we do make mistakes and we stick together as a team, we still stay in the game.”

Romo, after being intercepted five times and also losing a fumble, drove Dallas 80 yards and connected with Patrick Crayton for a four-yard touchdown pass with 20 seconds remaining. The two-point conversion try failed when Jabari Greer stripped Terrell Owens of the ball in the end zone.

But Tony Curtis recovered the onside kick and after two completions, Folk nailed his fourth field goal, shocking the sellout crowd that came to celebrate the first Monday night home game for Buffalo (1-4) in 13 years.

“I think our team, outside of me, played an outstanding football game,” Romo said. “They dug me out of it. It was tough to grow through that, especially on Monday night.”

And his recollection of all the interceptions?

“Too many to remember,” he said with a smile.

“It was embarrassing, embarrassing,” Bills receiver Lee Evans, on the verge of tears, kept repeating afterward. “We had opportunities to put the game away, put some points on the board, give us a little more cushion. Couldn’t do it. It’s embarrassing.”

The win kept the Cowboys as the NFC’s only unbeaten team heading into a matchup with 5-0 New England on Sunday at Texas Stadium.

This latest victory was one of the most incredible in the Cowboys’ illustrious history. Buffalo made nearly all the big plays, including interceptions for touchdowns by George Wilson and Chris Kelsay and a 103-yard kickoff runback by Terence McGee.

Yet the Cowboys didn’t go away. And after their long drive to Crayton’s touchdown, Sam Hurd deflected the onside kick to Curtis.

On the next play, Romo connected with Owens, but he couldn’t hold onto a 20-yard pass to the Buffalo 25; officials needed a replay review to overturn the original call.

Romo completed two more passes and Folk, after having his first try from 53 yards negated by a Bills timeout, won it. Folk also made field goals of 47, 29 and 37 yards.