ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Tony Romo was sick, and it wasn’t because he had just watched the Oakland Raiders return a fumble for a touchdown on the opening kickoff.

After the Dallas quarterback caught a virus the night before Thanksgiving, his top two running backs were there to help out.

DeMarco Murray ran for three touchdowns, backup Lance Dunbar led Dallas with a career-high 82 yards rushing and the Cowboys overcame the shock of Oakland’s early score to beat the Raiders 31-24 Thursday.

Romo still did his part. He was behind 7-0 before taking his first snap, and his offense didn’t have a yard in the second quarter when he took the field down 21-7 with less than 2 minutes remaining before halftime.

Five completions from Romo later, Murray scored on a 4-yard run 10 seconds before halftime and set the stage for a second-half rally that put the Cowboys (7-5) two games above .500 for the first time since late last season.

Dallas is at least temporarily ahead of Philadelphia (6-5) atop the NFC East.

Rashad Jennings rushed for 35 yards on 17 carries — a 2.1-yard average — and had both of Oakland’s offensive touchdowns. Darren McFadden carried just five times for 13 yards in his return after missing three games with a hamstring injury.

Lions 40, Packers 10

DETROIT (AP) — Matthew Stafford and Reggie Bush did their part to keep the Aaron Rodgers-less Green Bay Packers in the game.

Stafford turned the ball over a few times and Bush did once.

Instead of crumbling and losing confidence, both players bounced back and helped the Detroit Lions put together a dominant performance after an awful start.

Stafford threw three touchdown passes, including one to Calvin Johnson, Bush had 182 yards of offense and scored, and Detroit scored 37 straight points to rout Green Bay 40-10 on Thursday.

Early on, it looked as if the Lions were going to find another way to waste chances to win a game and take control of the NFC North.

The Lions (7-5) had lost their last two games, five consecutive against Green Bay and a franchise-record nine straight in their annual showcase on Thanksgiving.

Matt Flynn became the fourth starting quarterback for Green Bay this year and was sacked seven times, once by Ndamukong Suh for a safety.

Cowboys, 31-24

First Quarter
Oak—G.Jenkins 23 fumble return
(Janikowski kick), 14:48.
Dal—Murray 2 run (Bailey kick), :43.
Second Quarter
Oak—Jennings 1 run (Janikowski
kick), 10:13.
Oak—Jennings 1 run (Janikowski
kick), 1:56.
Dal—Murray 4 run (Bailey kick), :10.
Third Quarter
Dal—Bryant 4 pass from Romo (Bailey kick), 5:26.
Fourth Quarter
Dal—Murray 7 run (Bailey kick),
14:20.
Dal—FG Bailey 19, 1:56.
Oak—FG Janikowski 45, :35.
A—87,572.

——— INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Oakland, Jennings 17- 35, McFadden 5-13, Ford 1-3, McGloin 2-(minus 1). Dallas, Dunbar 12-82, Murray 17-63, Romo 1- (minus 1). PASSING—Oakland, McGloin 18-30- 1-255. Dallas, Romo 23-32-0-225. RECEIVING—Oakland, Holmes 7- 136, Streater 3-57, Ford 3-19, Rivera 2-30, Reece 2-5, Jennings 1-8. Dallas, Bryant 7-61, Murray 5-39, Witten 3-53, Williams 3-23, Beasley 3-19, Austin 1-18, Dunbar 1-12. MISSED FIELD GOALS—None.

Lions, 40-10

Second Quarter
Det—FG Akers 27, 14:51.
GB—FG Crosby 54, 12:41.
GB—Burnett 1 fumble return (Crosby
kick), 12:33.
Det—Ross 5 pass from Stafford
(Akers kick), 4:33.
Det—Bush 1 run (Akers kick), 1:22.
Third Quarter
Det—Johnson 20 pass from Stafford
(Akers kick), 9:08.
Det—Suh safety, :53.
Fourth Quarter
Det—Bell 1 run (Akers kick), 13:06.
Det—Ogletree 20 pass from Stafford
(Akers kick), 4:17.
A—64,934.
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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Green Bay, Lacy 10-16, Flynn 2-4, Starks 2-2, Kuhn 1-2. Detroit, Bush 20-117, Bell 19-94, Ross 1-24, Stafford 1-8, Hill 2- (minus 2). PASSING—Green Bay, Flynn 10-20- 1-139. Detroit, Stafford 22-35-2-330. RECEIVING—Green Bay, J.Jones 3- 79, Lacy 2-23, Nelson 2-14, Kuhn 1- 8, R.Taylor 1-8, Quarless 1-7. Detroit, Johnson 6-101, Bush 5-65, Durham 3-68, Bell 3-34, Dickerson 1-26, Ogletree 1-20, Pettigrew 1-6, Riddick 1-5, Ross 1-5. MISSED FIELD GOALS—Detroit, Akers 31 (WR).