Cowboy center kicked in face
Cowboys center Andre Gurode needed stitches above his forehead and beneath his eye Sunday after being kicked twice by Titans defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth.
The incident occurred after Dallas had taken a a two-touchdown lead in the third quarter.
Gurode's helmet came off after the scoring play, a 5-yard run by Julius Jones, and Haynesworth, standing over him, used his right foot to kick Gurode in the head.
Gurode said they hadn't been talking or having any exchanges that led to Haynesworth kicking him twice.
"In all my years of football, this has never happened to me," Gurode said. "I've never been kicked in the face like this, and I've never seen anybody kick nobody else in the face."
Haynesworth, who was ejected, expects to be disciplined.
"What I did out there was disgusting," Haynesworth said. "It doesn't matter what the league does to me. The way I feel right now, you just can't describe it."
The Cowboys won 45-14.
At St. Louis, Lions guard Frank Davis was taken off the field on a truck after he injured his neck on the opening kickoff of the second half against the Rams.
Davis was taken to a hospital, and coach Rod Marinelli said the injury did not appear serious.
"It appears everything is going to be fine with Frank," Marinelli said. "All the X-rays and everything were negative right now."
Davis was blocking on the return when he went down at about the Detroit 17.
He was down for several minutes, during which trainers unscrewed the face mask from his helmet. He was placed on a board, then lifted onto the back of a truck. Players from both teams stood on the field silently, some bending to one knee.
Jets running back Cedric Houston was carted from the field after injuring his left knee on a run in the third quarter against the Colts.
