Can Cowboys Finally Get 'Morale Boost' Signature Win Over 49ers?

The next chapter in the storied rivalry between the Dallas Cowboys and the San Francisco 49ers will be written in Week 10.

With the 49ers a juggernaut (no surprise there) at 7-1, and the Cowboys barely keeping their heads above water at 4-5, many see this as a game where Dallas gets its doors blown off.

At AT&T Stadium, after a win over the lowly Indianapolis Colts on the road, the Cowboys will be trying to get what would be just the second winning streak (in this case, winning back-to-back games) of the Brian Schottenheimer era.

The last one came back in November of last season, when they won three in a row. Since then, Dallas hasn't won back-to-back games.

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But how can this Cowboys team, which has struggled mightily for consistency, stay on the winner's list?

Defensive tackle Quinnen Williams knows how.

"Just really focusing on doing the right things, execution, and just building off the things we did good and fixing the things we did bad from last week," Williams said.

Since Schottenheimer took over from Mike McCarthy, he hasn't really had a "signature" win.

The wins over Philadelphia and Kansas City in back-to-back weeks last season were good, but they don't qualify as a signature win. (In fairness, maybe we say that in retrospect because in the end, they still added up to just a 7-9-1 final record.)

But beating the 7-1 49ers - a powerhouse with a 4-0 record against Dallas in the last four years - would in theory register as that.

So, what would it mean for Dallas to get that season-defining win?

"Any win is going to be big right now," Williams added. "If you a competitor, if you a player in this league, you want to win every single game. So that's the main thing we focus on, not beating ourselves and executing and trying to pull out a win."

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But there is no doubt that if the Cowboys, who have been up and down all season, manage to put it together on Sunday and beat San Francisco, it would be a huge morale boost for the roster, right?

"I think it's a morale boost to win all games," Williams added. "So for me personally, I want to win, no matter what team we play, no matter when we play, I want to do everything in my power to be able to win."

And Quinnen has been doing his part over the last four games, with 4.0 sacks, 10 TFLs, and six quarterback hits.

He's rediscovered his form and is becoming the dominant interior lineman we saw in New York. But he needs others to come with him.

And if they do on Sunday, then maybe, just maybe, Schottenheimer might finally have his first signature win as Cowboys head coach.