Score and lessons from the Eagles vs. Cowboys game: Philadelphia holds away Dallas to build a big lead in the NFC East.
The Philadelphia Eagles (8-1) upset the Dallas Cowboys (5-3) 28–23 at Lincoln Financial Field in an exciting game that came down to the last play. The Eagles now lead the NFC East.
As time ran out, Dak Prescott’s pass for CeeDee Lamb proved just a few yards short in the end zone. Darius Slay got the stop to seal the win. The hit was also given to Sydney Brown.
In the eleventh second, the Cowboys reached the Eagles’ 29-yard line. But, James Bradberry picked off a Prescott pass meant for Jalen Tolbert, which led to a loss on downs.
For the Cowboys, that was the second chance they missed in Eagles territory throughout the second half.
Early in the fourth quarter, Prescott threw a pass to Luke Schoonmaker on fourth-and-goal at his 1-yard line that was first called a score.
A video review showed that the runners knee was on the white line, so the ball did not cross the path.
The Eagles got the ball back because the play was called a loss on downs. In the loss, Prescott threw for 374 yards as well as three scores.
The Cowboys did come back from being down 28–17 to win the game. Tolbert scored from seven yards out when Prescott connected with him. With 6:23 left, the Cowboys were only ahead 28–23.
It wasn’t a three-point game because Prescott failed to sneak inside for two points. The Eagles lost the ball three times in a row, which gave Dallas a chance to score a touchdown to regain the lead in 4:43 left.
In the second half, Jalen Hurts tossed two touchdown passes. One was a 29-yard pass to DeVonta Smith that put the Eagles ahead 21–17.
Just as Hurts was leaving the field for the locker room after two plays, Prescott took a knee to end the half. Hurts saw every play.
It took A.J. Brown just nine games to become the fastest Eagles player to ever get 1,000 receiving yards in a season. Hurts then found Brown for a four-yard touchdown that made the score 28-17 with 1:13 left to the third quarter.
After getting sacked by Micah Parsons late to the second quarter, Hurts fought through his knee problems even though they kept happening.
Hurts, the Eagles’ quarterback, got up slowly and walked to the bench after Parsons sacked him.
It’s all about inches in football. The Cowboys were that close to beating the Eagles or at least having a chance to send the game into overtime with a field goal attempted by a kicker who has never missed in his career.
Replays showed that the Cowboys’ score and two-point conversion were not valid. It would have been easy for rookie tight ends Luke Schoonmaker to score a touchdown on fourth down, and it would have been easy for Cowboys Dak Prescott, the quarterback, to convert a two-point play later in the same drive.
This NFC East matchup lived up to the hype. The Eagles won 4–0 on a Dak Prescott pass to CeeDee Lamb from 23 yards out.
Sydney Brown as well as Reed Blankenship swarmed Lamb and caused him to fumble. Blankenship picked it up at the 6th-yard line as time ran out.
The Eagles beat the Dallas Cowboys 28–23 thanks to three important defensive plays in the fourth quarter. They are now 8–1 going into their bye week.
With the win, the Eagles still have the strongest record in the NFL. They also now have two more losses than the 5-3 Cowboys.
Hurts was hit in the knee late within the second quarter and had to limp off the field. He came back for the last play of the half and kept up his sharp play in the second half.
Hurts made 17 of 23 passes over 207 yards with the important NFC East win. The Birds improved to 8-1 and will now have a week off before playing the Kansas City Chiefs again in Week 11 in the Super Bowl.
DeVonta Smith and A.J. Brown both caught touchdowns from Hurts. After having a rough game last week against the Washington Commanders, Kenneth Gainwell got a touchdown on the ground in the first quarter.