IRVING, Texas—Three drives, three scores. The way the Dallas Cowboys were treating the winless Cincinnati Bengals, it looked as if they’d have all afternoon to work out their kinks, especially whatever’s going on between Tony Romo and Terrell Owens.

But these Cowboys don’t do things the easy way.

They let a 17-point lead shrivel to one, then had to break up a 2-point conversion that could’ve tied it midway through the fourth quarter. Then, in the final minutes, they caught a break when a pass went through Miles Austin’s hands at the 1 and right into Patrick Crayton’s ha...

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