ARLINGTON, Texas—Malik Hooker returned a fumble 38 yards for a touchdown against his former team during a 33-point fourth quarter for Dallas, propelling the Cowboys to a 54–19 rout of the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday night, Dec. 4.
Dallas led 21–19 entering the fourth when Dak Prescott threw the last of his three touchdown passes. Hooker’s scoop-and-score was the first of four fourth-quarter takeaways by Dallas, all of which led to touchdowns.
The highest-scoring quarter for the Cowboys (9–3) since at least 1991 was just the third time in NFL history a team scored as many as 33 points in the fourth.
Matt Ryan threw his second and third interceptions and lost a fumble during the nightmare finish for the Colts (4–8–1), who fell to 1–3 under interim coach Jeff Saturday and lost for the sixth time in seven games overall….