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Found October 27, 2009 on Dallas Cowboys And The NFL:
PLAYERS: Miles Austin,  Roy Williams
TEAMS: Dallas Cowboys

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IRVING - Having proved he's no one-hit wonder, Cowboys WR receiver Miles Austin can expect teams to start game planning for him. Austin's 421 receiving yards over the last two games is a club record and the fourth most in the NFL since 1970. The record for receving yards over two games is 450 by the Cincinnati's Chad Johnson (now Chad Ochocinco) in November 2006. The record for most receiving yards over three-straight games is 612 by Charley Hennigan of the AFL's Houston Oilers in 1961. Cowboys coach Wade Phillips suggested Monday he was surprised Atlanta didn't focus more on stopping Austin after he had a club-record 250 yards and two TDs against Kansas City in the game before the bye week. "That's what we said last week, but I think so now," Phillips said. "I think you have to say after two games like that. That's what we did with (Atlanta TE Tony) Gonzalez and that's what we did with (Atlanta RB) Michael Turner. We said, 'He...
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