David Treadwell kicked a 37-yard field goal with 2 seconds to play Monday night to help the New York Giants (4-7) snap a seven-game losing streak with a 13-10 victory over the Oilers (1-10), who lost for the seventh straight time.
Houston's loss -- its third in a row and sixth of the season by three points -- ruined the coaching debut of Jeff Fisher, who replaced Jack Pardee last Monday and ditched Houston's run-and-shoot offense.
The result was a plodding running attack and a less-than-explosive game between two teams having all sorts of problems this season.
"It's not the way I wanted to start off," Fisher said.
Kent Graham, who replaced Dave Brown in the first half after the Giants' starter sustained a concussion, threw a 40-yard touchdown pass to Mike Sherrard and set up Treadwell's first field goal, a 26-yarder, with a 55-yard pass to Sherrard.
New York led 10-7 with 8:19 to play, but Houston tied it with 4:08 left on Al Del Greco's 42-yard field goal.
Lorenzo White finished with a career-high 156 yards on 27 carries for Houston. Rodney Hampton had 122 yards on 34 carries for New York.
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Jason Garrett will start at quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys against the Green Bay Packers on Thanksgiving Day while Troy Aikman and Rodney Peete recover from injuries doctors have decided weren't as serious as first feared.
"It could be two weeks or it could be five weeks from now," Aikman, walking with a limp, said Monday.
Coach Barry Switzer said Garrett would start and added, "I believe in fairy tales. I believe in Disneyland and Tinker Bell and Captain Hook."
Garrett has been on the active roster for two years and has completed 10 of 23 passes for 65 yards.
For insurance, the Cowboys signed former Indianapolis quarterback Mike Pagel to a contract for the rest of the year.
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