DOWN X DOWN › week 12 › Eagles at Cowboys
Updated Nov 2, 5:48 PM ET
2026

Week 12 · Thursday 4:30 PM ET · AT&T Stadium

DALvsPHI

Cowboys offensevsEagles defense

Season numbers through Week 8: 8 games for Cowboys, 8 for Eagles. Ranks are out of 32; #1 is the best offense or the stingiest defense.

Keys to the game · where this matchup tilts, from the season numbers4 reads
01
Biggest edge

Clean pockets

Cowboys take a sack on 4% of dropbacks (2nd). Eagles get home on 4% (32nd). League average is 7%.

02
Opportunity

Deep left is open

Eagles are worst against deep left throws, allowing +0.69 EPA per attempt. Cowboys send 7% of their throws there. That is a small part of their offense so far.

03
Watch out

Checkdowns go nowhere

Eagles give up 19 yards a game to running backs (4th), against a league average of 32. Cowboys' running backs produce 17 (30th).

04
Wash

Yards per play

Call this one even. Cowboys gain 5.4 yards per play (20th). Eagles give up 5.6 (22nd), with the league at 5.4.

Players to watch

The series · Eagles and Cowboys 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.

Eagles at home16–12the Eagles' record
In Dallas13–15the Eagles' record
Most pointsEagles 49 · Cowboys 512004 · 2021
Biggest winEagles by 38 · Cowboys by 272008 · 2019
Playoffs0–1the Eagles' 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

2026 records

EaglesCowboys
Overall2–63–5
Division1–22–1
Conference1–52–4
Other conference1–11–1
Home1–31–3
Away1–32–2
Last 5LLLLLWLLWL
StreakLost 6Lost 1
Points a game17.1 – 25.327.4 – 26.6

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 Eagles' side. Records are this regular season.

The lineups · Cowboys offense against the Eagles defenseDepth charts
Eagles defense · 3-4 DCowboys offense · 3WR 1TE60Guyton73Smith56Beebe52Booker78Steele87Ferguson4Prescott33Williams88Lamb19Flournoy3Pickens97Ojomo98Carter3Smith52Greenard11Campbell53Baun27Mitchell2Woolen33DeJean29Epps24Mukuba

Cowboys offense · 3WR 1TE

  • QBDak Prescott#4 · 197/302 · 2046 yds · 14 TD · 5 INT
  • RBJavonte Williams#33 · 134 car · 528 yds · 9 TD · 20 rec
  • WRCeeDee Lamb#88 · 60 rec · 709 yds · 6 TD · 92 tgt
  • WRGeorge Pickens#3 · 39 rec · 533 yds · 2 TD · 62 tgt
  • WRRyan Flournoy#19 · 30 rec · 342 yds · 2 TD · 44 tgt
  • TEJake Ferguson#87 · 17 rec · 115 yds · 3 TD · 25 tgt
  • LTTyler Guyton#60
  • LGTyler Smith#73
  • CCooper Beebe#56
  • RGTyler Booker#52
  • RTTerence Steele#78

Eagles defense · Base 3-4 D

  • RDEMoro Ojomo#97 · 20 tackles
  • LDEJalen Carter#98 · 22 tackles · 4 sacks · 3 PD
  • WLBNolan Smith Jr.#3 · 15 tackles · 4 sacks · 1 PD
  • SLBJonathan Greenard#52 · 2 tackles
  • RILBJihaad Campbell#11 · 49 tackles · 1 sack
  • LILBZack Baun#53 · 55 tackles · 5 PD
  • RCBQuinyon Mitchell#27 · 38 tackles · 1 INT · 8 PD
  • LCBRiq Woolen#2 · 30 tackles · 6 PD
  • NBCooper DeJean#33 · 47 tackles · 1 INT · 5 PD
  • SSMarcus Epps#29 · 14 tackles · 1 PD
  • FSAndrew Mukuba#24 · 46 tackles · 1 INT · 2 PD

Starters from each team's current depth chart (nflverse, from ESPN), drawn in the offense's base three-receiver set against the defense's base front. The nickel back, the extra defensive back most teams use against three receivers, is drawn lighter. Left and right are as the offense sees the field. The toggle at the top flips which offense is drawn.

Head to head · DAL offense against PHI defense
StatDAL DAL offFavors DAL · Favors PHIPHI PHI def allowsNFL avg
Overall
EPA per play
+0.09#7
+0.10#29+0.00
Success rate
47%#9
45%#2344%
Yards per play
5.4#20
5.6#225.4
Explosive play rate
7%#29
10%#219%
Passing
Pass EPA per dropback
+0.15#7
+0.13#26+0.03
Sack rate
4%#2
4%#327%
Running
Run EPA per carry
-0.02#10
+0.04#32-0.08
Yards per carry
3.7#24
4.2#204.1
Money downs
3rd down conversion
50%#3
42%#2041%
Red zone TD rate
68%#10
60%#1561%
Targets by position
WR yards per game
207#2
184#29147
TE yards per game
32#28
42#555
TE targets per game
5.8#26
5.9#17.6
RB receiving yards per game
17#30
19#432
Where the ball goes · EPA per throwDeep is 15+ air yds

Cowboys: EPA per throw

Left
Middle
Right
Deep
+0.297% of throws
+1.213% of throws
+0.457% of throws
Short
+0.2732% of throws
-0.1715% of throws
+0.1835% of throws

Eagles: EPA allowed per throw

Left
Middle
Right
Deep
+0.6913 throws
-0.377 throws
+0.5132 throws
Short
+0.0975 throws
+0.3060 throws
+0.0686 throws

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