‘Thursday Night Football,’ schedule and results: Cowboys down Bears, 41-28

Murray has 1,606 rushing yards and only needs 500 more to break the single-season record set by Hall of Famer Eric Dickerson back in 1984. Murray also can tie a mark set by Barry Sanders if he rushes for at least 100 yards in each of the final three games, giving him 14 such contests in one season. To date, Murray has 373 touches this season.

The Cowboys led 35-7 entering the fourth quarter, but the Bears offense suddenly came alive, scoring touchdowns on three consecutive drives to pull within 10. Alshon Jeffery’s long touchdown grab to open the quarter kicked off a furious rally that was fueled in part by an onside kick recovery. After Dallas broke the momentum with a field goal to make it a 13-point difference, the Bears looked to be driving down for a fourth-consecutive score. But Jay Cutler threw an interception in the end zone with 1:35 remaining, fizzling out any hopes of a dramatic comeback.

The Cowboys pick up their ninth win of the season, a major mile marker for a team that has gone 8-8 in three consecutive seasons and hasn’t finished over .500 since 2009.

They have dropped three of their last five games after a promising 6-1 start, and would miss the playoffs if the season ended today. The current playoff projections at Football Outsiders also have the Cowboys on the outside looking in, with the seventh-best chance in the NFC to make the postseason (49.9%). Is this setting up for another late-season collapse in Big D?

If the Bears are going to have any chance of beating the Cowboys, they need to find more balance in their offense. They are coming off a game in which they had 51 dropbacks and a franchise-low eight rush attempts, continuing a trend that has defined the Bears’ season so far. Chicago has the second-lowest rush percentage in the league (33.2%) and has called more run plays than pass plays just once this season -- despite an offense that features one of the league’s best rushers in Forte.