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Week 1 · Thursday 8:20 PM ET · Lincoln Financial Field

DALvsPHI

Cowboys offensevsEagles defense

Season numbers through Week 22: 17 games for Cowboys, 18 for Eagles. Ranks are out of 32; #1 is the best offense or the stingiest defense.

How it played out · win probability, snap by snapFinal · DAL 20 · PHI 24

The Eagles won 24–20 and were favored the whole way, never below 60%. The biggest single swing came at Q3 4:52, 15 points for the Eagles.

At kickoffPHI 77%PHI by 8.5 on the line
PHI low point60%Q2 14:56 · down 14⁠–⁠7
Swings past 50%0times the favorite changed
Biggest swing15 ptsPHI · Q3 4:52
PHI wins50%DAL wins
Q1Q2Q3Q4

The plays that swung it

  1. 1Q3 4:52PHIM.Sanders left guard to PHI 10 for 1 yard (J.Campbell; B.Young). FUMBLES (J.Campbell), RECOVERED by PHI-Q.Mitchell at PHI 10. Q.Mitchell to PHI 16…67% → 83%+15
  2. 2Q2 1:53PHIJ.Hurts pass deep middle to J.Dotson to DAL 26 for 51 yards (K.Elam).61% → 76%+14
  3. 3Q3 6:21DALM.Sanders left end to PHI 11 for 49 yards (Z.Baun).23% → 35%+11
  4. 4Q1 12:22DALD.Prescott pass deep right to C.Lamb to PHI 1 for 32 yards (A.Jackson).25% → 35%+10
  5. 5Q4 2:00PHID.Prescott pass incomplete deep left to C.Lamb.85% → 95%+10

Win probability is nflverse's model, which starts from the betting line and updates before every snap with the score, the clock, down, distance, field position and timeouts. A swing is the change in one team's chance across a play, in percentage points. The turning point is the play after which the winner never fell to 50% again.

Box score · every offensive player who touched the ballWeek 1

C.Lamb led the Cowboys at +2.5 EPA (7 catches for 110). J.Hurts led the Eagles at +7.1 EPA (19 of 23 for 152).

DAL Cowboys

PassingC/AYdsTDINTSkEPA
D.Prescott100%21/34188+1.7
RushingCarShareYdsTDEPA
J.Williams77%1568%542+2.9
M.Sanders18%418%53-2.3
K.Turpin46%29%9+0.4
D.Prescott100%15%3-0.3
ReceivingTgtShareRecYdsTDEPA
C.Lamb92%1339%7110+2.5
J.Ferguson77%618%523+0.4
G.Pickens92%412%330+1.6
J.Williams77%39%210-1.9
J.Tolbert44%26%10-0.8
K.Turpin46%26%218+1.1
M.Sanders18%13%1-3-0.7
L.Schoonmaker25%13%00-0.5
B.Spann-Ford16%13%00-0.5

Defense M.Kneeland 1 sack · Kicking B.Aubrey 2/2 FG (long 53)

PHI Eagles

PassingC/AYdsTDINTSkEPA
J.Hurts100%19/231521+1.6
RushingCarShareYdsTDEPA
S.Barkley79%1847%601-1.2
J.Hurts100%1437%622+5.5
A.Dillon13%38%10+0.1
W.Shipley8%38%26+1.7
ReceivingTgtShareRecYdsTDEPA
D.Goedert83%735%744+2.1
S.Barkley79%525%424+1.7
D.Smith89%315%316+0.7
J.Dotson46%315%359+1.7
A.Brown87%15%18+0.1
K.Granson27%15%11-0.4

Defense no sacks or interceptions · Kicking J.Elliott 1/1 FG (long 58)

Each player's line for this game from nflverse's weekly stats; the percentage beside his name is his share of the offense's snaps. Share is his part of the team's carries or targets in this game. Defense lists sacks and interceptions; kicking lists field goals.

Keys to the game · from the season numbers, not this game alone4 reads
01
Biggest edge

Wideouts feast

Eagles give up 138 yards a game to wide receivers (17th), against a league average of 140. Cowboys' wide receivers produce 212 (1st).

02
Opportunity

Deep middle is open

Eagles are worst against deep middle throws, allowing +0.93 EPA per attempt. Cowboys send 4% of their throws there. That is a small part of their offense so far.

03
Watch out

Tight ends go quiet

Eagles give up 29 yards a game to tight ends (2nd), against a league average of 53. Cowboys' tight ends produce 48 (20th).

04
Wash

Explosive play rate

Call this one even. Cowboys create explosive plays on 9% of snaps (17th). Eagles give them up at 9% (18th).

The series · Cowboys and Eagles since 1999, and this season's records56 meetings

The Eagles lead the series 29–27 since 1999. The Cowboys have won the last 2. Oct 26, 2026, at Lincoln Financial Field: the Cowboys won 38–21. Jalen Hurts started at quarterback for the Eagles and Dak Prescott for the Cowboys; Nick Sirianni and Brian Schottenheimer coached.

Cowboys at home15–13the Cowboys' record
In Philadelphia12–16the Cowboys' record
Most pointsCowboys 51 · Eagles 492021 · 2004
Biggest winCowboys by 27 · Eagles by 382019 · 2008
Playoffs1–0the Cowboys' record

The last 5

2026 · Wk 7DAL 38 at PHI 21
2025 · Wk 12PHI 21 at DAL 24
2025 · Wk 1DAL 20 at PHI 24
2024 · Wk 17DAL 7 at PHI 41
2024 · Wk 10PHI 34 at DAL 6

2025 records

CowboysEagles
Overall7–9–111–6
Division4–23–3
Conference4–7–18–4
Other conference3–23–2
Home4–3–15–3
Away3–66–3
Last 5LLLWLLWWWL
StreakLost 1Lost 1
Points a game27.7 – 30.122.3 – 19.1

Every meeting since 1999, regular season and playoffs, from nflverse's game list, which starts in 1999; the all-time series goes back further. Franchises that moved count as one team (the Raiders, Chargers and Rams). Home and away are from the Cowboys' side. Records are this regular season.

Head to head · DAL offense against PHI defense
StatDAL DAL offFavors DAL · Favors PHIPHI PHI def allowsNFL avg
Overall
EPA per play
+0.10#4
-0.07#9+0.01
Success rate
47%#5
42%#1044%
Yards per play
6.1#2
5.1#105.4
Explosive play rate
9%#17
9%#1810%
Passing
Pass EPA per dropback
+0.16#6
-0.11#8+0.01
Sack rate
5%#6
7%#147%
Running
Run EPA per carry
0.00#8
-0.10#6-0.05
Yards per carry
4.6#6
4.1#124.3
Money downs
3rd down conversion
43%#8
43%#2340%
Red zone TD rate
58%#18
55%#959%
Targets by position
WR yards per game
212#1
138#17140
TE yards per game
48#20
29#253
TE targets per game
8.1#10
6.2#67.3
RB receiving yards per game
18#32
41#2832
Where the ball goes · EPA per throwDeep is 15+ air yds

Cowboys: EPA per throw

Left
Middle
Right
Deep
+0.577% of throws
+0.774% of throws
+0.827% of throws
Short
+0.1734% of throws
+0.4315% of throws
-0.0432% of throws

Eagles: EPA allowed per throw

Left
Middle
Right
Deep
+0.3242 throws
+0.9322 throws
+0.1146 throws
Short
+0.04167 throws
-0.31101 throws
-0.05192 throws

Green gains more than expected, red loses value. Cells with fewer than 5 throws are grayed out.