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Updated Nov 2, 5:48 PM ET
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Week 15 · Sunday 4:25 PM ET · SoFi Stadium

DALvsLA

Cowboys offensevsRams defense

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

DAL offenseLA offense
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). Rams get home on 4% (27th). League average is 7%.

02
Opportunity

Short middle is open

Rams are worst against short middle throws, allowing +0.24 EPA per attempt. Cowboys send 15% of their throws there.

03
Watch out

Tight ends go quiet

Rams give up 46 yards a game to tight ends (9th), against a league average of 55. Cowboys' tight ends produce 32 (28th).

04
Wash

EPA per play

Call this one even. Cowboys average +0.09 EPA per play (7th). Rams allow -0.11 (4th). League average is +0.00.

Players to watch

DAL Cowboys

4Dak PrescottQB · 197/302 · 2046 yds · 14 TD · 5 INTEPA per dropback +0.17 · 11th33Javonte WilliamsRB · 134 car · 528 yds · 9 TD · 20 recEPA per touch +0.01 · 16th88CeeDee LambWR · 60 rec · 709 yds · 6 TD · 92 tgtEPA per target +0.353George PickensWR · 39 rec · 533 yds · 2 TD · 62 tgtEPA per target +0.4192Quinnen WilliamsLeft Defensive End · 28 tackles · 5 sacks · 1 PD5 sacks · T-12th in the NFL26DaRon BlandRight Cornerback · 31 tackles · 6 PD6 passes defended · T-27th in the NFL

LA Rams

9Matthew StaffordQB · 204/303 · 2146 yds · 15 TD · 8 INTEPA per dropback +0.09 · 16th23Kyren WilliamsRB · 112 car · 548 yds · 7 TD · 33 recEPA per touch -0.01 · 21st12Puka NacuaWR · 56 rec · 565 yds · 3 TD · 74 tgtEPA per target +0.1917Davante AdamsWR · 30 rec · 480 yds · 4 TD · 49 tgtEPA per target +0.45 · 27th37Quentin LakeNickel Back · 56 tackles · 3 INT · 11 PD3 INT · T-2nd in the NFL22Trent McDuffieRight Cornerback · 25 tackles · 2 INT · 8 PD2 INT · T-11th in the NFL
The series · Cowboys and Rams since 1999, and this season's records13 meetings

The Cowboys lead the series 8–5 since 1999 (they first met in 2002). They have won the last 2. Oct 29, 2023, at AT&T Stadium: the Cowboys won 43–20. Dak Prescott started at quarterback for the Cowboys and Matthew Stafford for the Rams; Mike McCarthy and Sean McVay coached.

Cowboys at home5–2the Cowboys' record
In Los Angeles3–3the Cowboys' record
Most pointsCowboys 44 · Rams 352019 · 2017
Biggest winCowboys by 28 · Rams by 202007 · 2008
Playoffs0–1the Cowboys' record

The last 5

2023 · Wk 8LA 20 at DAL 43
2022 · Wk 5DAL 22 at LA 10
2020 · Wk 1DAL 17 at LA 20
2019 · Wk 15LA 21 at DAL 44
2018 · Wk 19 · playoffsDAL 22 at LA 30

2026 records

CowboysRams
Overall3–54–4
Division2–10–2
Conference2–42–2
Other conference1–12–2
Home1–32–3
Away2–22–1
Last 5WLLWLWLLWW
StreakLost 1Won 2
Points a game27.4 – 26.624.3 – 21.0

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.

The lineups · Cowboys offense against the Rams defenseDepth charts
Rams defense · 3-4 DCowboys offense · 3WR 1TE60Guyton73Smith56Beebe52Booker78Steele87Ferguson4Prescott33Williams88Lamb19Flournoy3Pickens99Donald57Hamilton55Fiske0Young94Johnson48Speights53Landman22McDuffie35Watson37Lake3Curl5Kinchens

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

Rams defense · Base 3-4 D

  • RDEAaron Donald#99 · 12 tackles
  • NTTy Hamilton#57 · 7 tackles
  • LDEBraden Fiske#55 · 15 tackles · 1 sack
  • WLBByron Young#0 · 32 tackles · 4.5 sacks
  • SLBDesjuan Johnson#94 · 9 tackles
  • RILBOmar Speights#48 · 37 tackles · 2 sacks · 2 PD
  • LILBNate Landman#53 · 58 tackles · 1 PD
  • RCBTrent McDuffie#22 · 25 tackles · 2 INT · 8 PD
  • LCBJaylen Watson#35 · 24 tackles · 1 INT · 9 PD
  • NBQuentin Lake#37 · 56 tackles · 3 INT · 11 PD
  • SSKam Curl#3 · 37 tackles · 2 PD
  • FSKamren Kinchens#5 · 38 tackles · 0.5 sacks · 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 LA defense
StatDAL DAL offFavors DAL · Favors LALA LA def allowsNFL avg
Overall
EPA per play
+0.09#7
-0.11#4+0.00
Success rate
47%#9
40%#544%
Yards per play
5.4#20
5.0#55.4
Explosive play rate
7%#29
8%#79%
Passing
Pass EPA per dropback
+0.15#7
-0.12#4+0.03
Sack rate
4%#2
4%#277%
Running
Run EPA per carry
-0.02#10
-0.16#4-0.08
Yards per carry
3.7#24
3.5#64.1
Money downs
3rd down conversion
50%#3
33%#641%
Red zone TD rate
68%#10
44%#561%
Targets by position
WR yards per game
207#2
112#2147
TE yards per game
32#28
46#955
TE targets per game
5.8#26
8.4#257.6
RB receiving yards per game
17#30
43#2832
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

Rams: EPA allowed per throw

Left
Middle
Right
Deep
+0.269 throws
+0.0210 throws
-0.7616 throws
Short
-0.1190 throws
+0.2445 throws
-0.1187 throws

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