2024 Dallas Cowboys season

2024 Dallas Cowboys season
Owner	Jerry Jones
General manager	Jerry Jones
Head coach	Mike McCarthy
Offensive coordinator	Brian Schottenheimer
Defensive coordinator	Mike Zimmer
Home field	AT&T Stadium
Results
Record	3–7
Division place	3rd NFC East
Uniform

The 2024 season is the Dallas Cowboys' 65th season in the National Football League (NFL) and their fifth under head coach Mike McCarthy. This is their first season since 2020 without Dan Quinn as defensive coordinator, as the Washington Commanders hired him to be their head coach. He was replaced in that role by former Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer, who returned to the Cowboys after eighteen years. The Cowboys failed to improve upon their 12–5 record from the past three seasons following a loss to the Atlanta Falcons in Week 9, and after suffering their sixth loss to the Philadelphia Eagles the following week, they are guaranteed to have their worst record since 2020.

For the first time since 2010, offensive tackle Tyron Smith will not be on the roster, as he signed with the New York Jets during free agency. On April 29, running back Ezekiel Elliott returned to the team after a year away.

Offseason

Signings

Position	Player	Age	2023 team	Contract
RB	Ezekiel Elliott	29	New England Patriots	1 year, $3 million
RB	Royce Freeman	28	Los Angeles Rams	1 year, $1.25 million
LB	Eric Kendricks	32	Los Angeles Chargers	1 year, $3 million

Re-signings

Position	Player	Age	Contract
RB	Rico Dowdle	25	1 year, $1.25 million
G	Chuma Edoga	27	1 year, $1.3 million
CB	C. J. Goodwin	34	1 year, $3.7 million
CB	Jourdan Lewis	29	1 year, $2.8 million
LS	Trent Sieg	29	1 year, $1.3 million

Trade acquisitions

Position	Player	Age	2023 team	Contract	Traded away
CB	Andrew Booth Jr.	24	Minnesota Vikings	2 years, $3.3 million	CB Nahshon Wright

Departures

Position	Player	Age	2024 team
RB	Tony Pollard	27	Tennessee Titans
WR	Michael Gallup	28	Retired
TE	Sean McKeon	27	Detroit Lions
OT	Tyron Smith	34	New York Jets
C	Tyler Biadasz	27	Washington Commanders
DE	Dorance Armstrong	27	Washington Commanders
DE	Dante Fowler	30	Washington Commanders
DT	Neville Gallimore	27	Miami Dolphins
DT	Johnathan Hankins	32	Seattle Seahawks
LB	Leighton Vander Esch	28	Retired
CB	Stephon Gilmore	34	Minnesota Vikings
CB	Noah Igbinoghene	25	Washington Commanders
CB	Nahshon Wright	26	Minnesota Vikings
SS	Jayron Kearse	30	TBD

Draft

Main article: 2024 NFL draft

2024 Dallas Cowboys Draft

Round	Selection	Player	Position	College
1	29	Tyler Guyton	OT	Oklahoma
2	56	Marshawn Kneeland	DE	Western Michigan
3	73	Cooper Beebe	G	Kansas State
	87	Marist Liufau	LB	Notre Dame
4	124	Traded to the San Francisco 49ers
5	159	Traded to the Kansas City Chiefs
	174	Caelen Carson	CB	Wake Forest
6	216	Ryan Flournoy	WR	Southeast Missouri State
7	233	Nathan Thomas	OT	Louisiana
	244	Justin Rogers	DT	Auburn

Notes

2024 Dallas Cowboys undrafted free agents

Name	Position	College	Ref.
Corey Crooms	WR	Minnesota
Denzel Daxon	DT	Illinois
Josh DeBerry	CB	Texas A&M
Alec Holler	TE	UCF
Cam Johnson	WR	Northwestern
Emany Johnson	S	Nevada
Jason Johnson	LB	UCF
Brock Mogensen	LB	South Dakota
Nathaniel Peat	RB	Missouri
Brevyn Spann-Ford	TE	Minnesota
Byron Vaughns	DE	Baylor
Julius Wood	S	East Carolina

Staff

Dallas Cowboys staff

	Front office Owner/president/general manager – Jerry Jones COO/executive vice president/director of player personnel – Stephen Jones Senior director of football operations/football administration – Todd Williams Executive vice president/chief brand officer – Charlotte Jones Anderson Executive vice president/chief of sales – Jerry Jones Jr. Director of salary cap & player contracts – Adam Prasifka Vice president player personnel – Will McClay Director of football administration and technology – Jason McKay Scouting department Director of college scouting – Mitch LaPointe Director of pro scouting – Alex Loomis Advance scouting coordinator – Keith O'Quinn Assistant director of college scouting – Chris Vaughn College scouting coordinator – Chris Hall Scouting video coordinator – Rich Behm Head coaches Head coach – Mike McCarthy Assistant head coach/defensive backs – Al Harris Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator – Brian Schottenheimer Quarterbacks – Scott Tolzien Assistant quarterbacks/game management – Ryan Feder Run game coordinator/running backs – Jeff Blasko Pass game coordinator/wide receivers – Robert Prince Tight ends – Lunda Wells Offensive line – Mike Solari Assistant offensive line/quality control – Ramon Chinyoung Offensive assistant/minority fellowship – Evan Harrington Pass game specialist – Chase Haslett Offensive assistant/quality control – Steve Shimko			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Mike Zimmer Defensive line – Jeff Zgonina Assistant defensive line/quality control – Greg Ellis Linebackers – Scott McCurley Quality control/assistant linebackers – Darian Thompson Safeties – Cannon Matthews Assistant defensive backs/quality control – Cristian Garcia Defensive run game coordinator – Paul Guenther Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – John Fassel Assistant special teams – Rayna Stewart Coaching operations manager/football analytics – Justin Rudd Quality control/head coach assistant – Eric Simonelli Strength and conditioning Strength and conditioning – Harold Nash Assistant strength and conditioning – Cedric Smith Assistant strength and conditioning – Kendall Smith → Coaching staff → Front office → More NFL staffs

Current roster

Dallas Cowboys roster

Quarterbacks (QB) 19 Trey Lance 10 Cooper Rush Running backs (RB) 23 Rico Dowdle 15 Ezekiel Elliott 40 Hunter Luepke FB 42 Deuce Vaughn Wide receivers (WR) 83 Jalen Brooks 80 Ryan Flournoy 88 CeeDee Lamb 81 Jonathan Mingo  1 Jalen Tolbert  9 KaVontae Turpin Tight ends (TE) 87 Jake Ferguson 86 Luke Schoonmaker 89 Brevyn Spann-Ford

Offensive linemen (OL) 66 T. J. Bass G 56 Cooper Beebe C 60 Tyler Guyton LT 67 Brock Hoffman C 70 Zack Martin RG 76 Asim Richards LT 73 Tyler Smith LG 78 Terence Steele RT 79 Matt Waletzko RT Defensive linemen (DL) 99 Chauncey Golston DE 52 KJ Henry DE 93 Linval Joseph DT 55 Carl Lawson DE 97 Osa Odighizuwa DT 58 Mazi Smith DT 92 Carlos Watkins DE 91 Tyrus Wheat DE

Linebackers (LB) 18 Damone Clark OLB 57 Buddy Johnson MLB 50 Eric Kendricks MLB 35 Marist Liufau OLB 13 DeMarvion Overshown OLB 11 Micah Parsons OLB 41 Nick Vigil MLB Defensive backs (DB) 14 Markquese Bell SS 26 DaRon Bland CB 31 Josh Butler CB 21 Caelen Carson CB  7 Trevon Diggs CB 29 C. J. Goodwin CB 28 Malik Hooker FS  2 Jourdan Lewis CB 24 Israel Mukuamu S 30 Juanyeh Thomas FS  6 Donovan Wilson SS Special teams  5 Bryan Anger P 17 Brandon Aubrey K 44 Trent Sieg LS

Practice squad 75 Josh Ball LT 25 Andrew Booth Jr. CB 20 Dalvin Cook RB 16 Jalen Cropper WR 72 Jalen Dalton DT 34 Malik Davis RB 95 Denzel Daxon DT (IPP) 85 Princeton Fant TE -- Will Grier QB 43 Kemon Hall CB 84 Kelvin Harmon WR 47 Darius Harris OLB 59 Brock Mogensen MLB 65 Dakoda Shepley RT 53 Luiji Vilain OLB 13 Seth Williams WR Reserve 64 Earl Bostick Jr. RT (IR)  3 Brandin Cooks WR (IR) 71 Chuma Edoga LT (IR) 94 Marshawn Kneeland DE (IR) 90 DeMarcus Lawrence DE (IR) 27 Amani Oruwariye CB (IR)  4 Dak Prescott QB (IR) 81 John Stephens Jr. TE (IR) 62 Nathan Thomas LT (IR) 54 Sam Williams DE (IR) As of November 21, 2024. Rookies in italics. 53 active, 9 reserve, 15 practice squad (+1 exempt) Roster Depth chart Transactions

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
1	August 11	at Los Angeles Rams	L 12–13	0–1	SoFi Stadium	Recap
2	August 17	at Las Vegas Raiders	W 27–12	1–1	Allegiant Stadium	Recap
3	August 24	Los Angeles Chargers	L 19–26	1–2	AT&T Stadium	Recap

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	TV	Recap
1	September 8	3:25 p.m.	at Cleveland Browns	W 33–17	1–0	Huntington Bank Field	Fox	Recap
2	September 15	12:00 p.m.	New Orleans Saints	L 19–44	1–1	AT&T Stadium	Fox	Recap
3	September 22	3:25 p.m	Baltimore Ravens	L 25–28	1–2	AT&T Stadium	Fox	Recap
4	September 26	7:15 p.m.	at New York Giants	W 20–15	2–2	MetLife Stadium	Prime Video	Recap
5	October 6	8:45 p.m.	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 20–17	3–2	Acrisure Stadium	NBC	Recap
6	October 13	3:25 p.m.	Detroit Lions	L 9–47	3–3	AT&T Stadium	Fox	Recap
7	Bye
8	October 27	7:20 p.m.	at San Francisco 49ers	L 24–30	3–4	Levi's Stadium	NBC	Recap
9	November 3	12:00 p.m.	at Atlanta Falcons	L 21–27	3–5	Mercedes-Benz Stadium	Fox	Recap
10	November 10	3:25 p.m.	Philadelphia Eagles	L 6–34	3–6	AT&T Stadium	CBS	Recap
11	November 18	7:15 p.m.	Houston Texans	L 10–34	3–7	AT&T Stadium	ESPN/ABC	Recap
12	November 24	12:00 p.m.	at Washington Commanders			Northwest Stadium	Fox
13	November 28	3:30 p.m.	New York Giants			AT&T Stadium	Fox
14	December 9	7:15 p.m.	Cincinnati Bengals			AT&T Stadium	ESPN/ABC
15	December 15	12:00 p.m.	at Carolina Panthers			Bank of America Stadium	Fox
16	December 22	7:20 p.m.	Tampa Bay Buccaneers			AT&T Stadium	NBC
17	December 29	3:25 p.m.	at Philadelphia Eagles			Lincoln Financial Field	Fox
18	January 4/5	TBD	Washington Commanders			AT&T Stadium	TBD

Notes

• Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
• Networks and times from Weeks 14–17 are subject to change as a result of flexible scheduling.
• The date, time and network for Week 18 will be finalized at the end of Week 17.

Game summaries

Week 1: at Cleveland Browns

Week 1: Dallas Cowboys at Cleveland Browns – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	7	13	10	3	33
Browns	3	0	7	7	17

at Huntington Bank Field, Cleveland, Ohio

• Date: September 8
• Game time: 4:25 p.m. EDT/3:25 p.m. CDT
• Game weather: Sunny, 68 °F (20 °C)
• Game attendance: 67,431
• Referee: Clete Blakeman
• TV announcers (Fox): Kevin Burkhardt, Tom Brady, Erin Andrews and Tom Rinaldi
• Recap, Game Book

Game information

First quarter CLE – Dustin Hopkins 51-yard field goal, 9:23. Browns 3–0. Drive: 6 plays, 13 yards, 3:16. DAL – Brandin Cooks 21-yard pass from Dak Prescott, 6:55. Cowboys 7–3. Drive: 6 plays, 70 yards, 2:28. Second quarter DAL – Ezekiel Elliott 3-yard run (Brandon Aubrey kick), 5:15. Cowboys 14–3. Drive: 11 plays, 78 yards, 5:56. DAL – Brandon Aubrey 57-yard field goal, 2:06. Cowboys 17–3. Drive: 5 plays, 17 yards, 2:28. DAL – Brandon Aubrey 40-yard field goal, 0:51. Cowboys 20–3. Drive: 4 plays, 1 yard, 0:55. Third quarter DAL – KaVontae Turpin 60-yard punt return (Brandon Aubrey kick), 12:59. Cowboys 27–3. Drive: 3 plays, -14 yards, 2:01. CLE – Jerry Jeudy 6-yard pass from Deshaun Watson (Dustin Hopkins kick), 8:42. Cowboys 27–10. Drive: 12 plays, 75 yards, 4:17. DAL – Brandon Aubrey 50-yard field goal, 1:27. Cowboys 30–10. Drive: 6 plays, 14 yards, 2:28. Fourth quarter DAL – Brandon Aubrey 46-yard field goal, 11:51. Cowboys 37–10. Drive: 6 plays, 10 yards, 2:16. CLE – Jerome Ford 2-yard run (Dustin Hopkins kick), 0:29. Cowboys 37–17. Drive: 15 plays, 64 yards, 6:53. Top passers DAL – Dak Prescott – 19/32, 179 yards, TD CLE – Deshaun Watson – 24/45, 169 yard, TD, 2 INT Top rushers DAL – Ezekiel Elliott – 10 rushes, 40 yards, TD CLE – Jerome Ford – 12 rushes, 44 yards, TD Top receivers DAL – CeeDee Lamb – 5 receptions, 61 yards CLE – David Njoku – 4 receptions, 44 yards

Week 2: vs. New Orleans Saints

Week 2: New Orleans Saints at Dallas Cowboys – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Saints	14	21	6	3	44
Cowboys	3	13	3	0	19

at AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas

• Date: September 15
• Game time: 12:00 p.m. CDT
• Game weather: None (retractable roof closed)
• Game attendance: 93,691
• Referee: Shawn Smith
• TV announcers (Fox): Kevin Burkhardt, Tom Brady, Erin Andrews and Tom Rinaldi
• Recap, Game Book

Game information

First quarter NO – Alvin Kamara 5-yard run (Blake Grupe kick), 10:50. Saints 7–0. Drive: 7 plays, 80 yards, 4:10. DAL – Brandon Aubrey 52-yard field goal, 4:14. Saints 7–3. Drive: 13 plays, 45 yards, 6:36. NO – Rashid Shaheed 70-yard pass from Derek Carr (Blake Grupe kick), 4:05. Saints 14–3. Drive: 1 play, 70 yards, 0:09. Second quarter DAL – Brandon Aubrey 38-yard field goal, 11:39. Saints 14–6. Drive: 14 plays, 41 yards, 7:26. NO – Alvin Kamara 57-yard pass from Derek Carr (Blake Grupe kick), 9:30. Saints 21–6. Drive: 4 plays, 70 yards, 2:09. DAL – CeeDee Lamb 65-yard pass from Dak Prescott (Brandon Aubrey kick), 7:43. Saints 21–13. Drive: 4 plays, 78 yards, 1:47. NO – Alvin Kamara 12-yard run (Blake Grupe kick), 2:48. Saints 28–13. Drive: 11 plays, 70 yards, 4:55. NO – Derek Carr 1-yard run (Blake Grupe kick), 0:39. Saints 35–13. Drive: 3 plays, 20 yards, 0:23. DAL – Brandon Aubrey 48-yard field goal, 0:00. Saints 35–16. Drive: 7 plays, 40 yards, 0:39. Third quarter DAL – Brandon Aubrey 40-yard field goal, 9:05. Saints 35–19. Drive: 10 plays, 51 yards, 5:55. NO – Alvin Kamara 7-yard run (kick blocked), 1:09. Saints 41–19. Drive: 13 plays, 70 yards, 7:56. Fourth quarter NO – Blake Grupe 26-yard field goal, 5:11. Saints 44–19. Drive: 4 plays, 5 yards, 2:38. Top passers NO – Derek Carr – 11/16, 243 yards, 2 TD, INT DAL – Dak Prescott – 27/39, 293 yards, TD, 2 INT Top rushers NO – Alvin Kamara – 20 rushes, 115 yards, 3 TD DAL – Rico Dowdle – 7 rushes, 30 yards Top receivers NO – Rashid Shaheed – 4 receptions, 96 yards, TD DAL – CeeDee Lamb – 4 receptions, 90 yards, TD

Week 3: vs. Baltimore Ravens

Week 3: Baltimore Ravens at Dallas Cowboys – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Ravens	14	7	7	0	28
Cowboys	3	3	0	19	25

at AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas

• Date: September 22
• Game time: 3:25 p.m. CDT
• Game weather: None (retractable roof closed)
• Game attendance: 93,566
• Referee: Ronald Torbert
• TV announcers (Fox): Kevin Burkhardt, Tom Brady, Erin Andrews and Tom Rinaldi
• Recap, Game Book

Game information

First quarter BAL – Lamar Jackson 9-yard run (Justin Tucker kick), 9:36. Ravens 7–0. Drive: 5 plays, 71 yards, 2:27. DAL – Brandon Aubrey 65-yard field goal, 6:33. Ravens 7–3. Drive: 7 plays, 24 yards, 3:03. BAL – Derrick Henry 1-yard run (Justin Tucker kick), 2:41. Ravens 14–3. Drive: 7 plays, 70 yards, 3:52. Second quarter BAL – Rashod Bateman 13-yard pass from Lamar Jackson (Justin Tucker kick), 0:25. Ravens 21–3. Drive: 8 plays, 88 yards, 2:42. DAL – Brandon Aubrey 51-yard field goal, 0:02. Ravens 21–6. Drive: 3 plays, 37 yards, 0:23. Third quarter BAL – Derrick Henry 26-yard run (Justin Tucker kick), 11:58. Ravens 28–6. Drive: 5 plays, 70 yards, 3:02. Fourth quarter DAL – Dak Prescott 1-yard run (pass failed), 8:53. Ravens 28–12. Drive: 6 plays, 64 yards, 1:48. DAL – Jalen Tolbert 15-yard pass from Dak Prescott (pass failed), 7:07. Ravens 28–18. Drive: 7 plays, 56 yards, 1:46. DAL – KaVontae Turpin 16-yard pass from Dak Prescott (Brandon Aubrey kick), 2:53. Ravens 28–25. Drive: 11 plays, 91 yards, 2:33. Top passers BAL – Lamar Jackson – 12/15, 182 yards, TD DAL – Dak Prescott – 28/51, 379 yards, 2 TD Top rushers BAL – Derrick Henry – 25 rushes, 151 yards, 2 TD DAL – Rico Dowdle – 8 rushes, 32 yards Top receivers BAL – Nelson Agholor – 1 reception, 56 yards DAL – Jake Ferguson – 6 receptions, 95 yards

Despite the Cowboys falling behind 28–6 after three quarters, which included a franchise-record 65-yard field goal by Brandon Aubrey in the first quarter, the Cowboys nearly mounted a comeback. Following a Ravens missed field goal, the Cowboys were able to score a touchdown to cut the score to 28–12. The Cowboys then proceeded to recover an onside kick and score another touchdown to cut down the lead to 28–18. Despite the subsequent onside kick attempt being unsuccessful, the Cowboys defense forced a stop and got the ball back with over five and a half minutes remaining, and the Cowboys were able to score another touchdown to cut the lead down to 28–25. However, the Cowboys were unable to get a defensive stop and proceeded to lose by that score. This was the first time since 2010 the Cowboys started 0–2 at home.

Week 4: at New York Giants

Week 4: Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	7	7	3	3	20
Giants	3	6	3	3	15

at MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

• Date: September 26
• Game time: 8:15 p.m. EDT/7:15 p.m. CDT
• Game weather: Overcast, 74 °F (23 °C)
• Game attendance: 80,425
• Referee: Clay Martin
• TV announcers (KDFW, WNYW): Al Michaels, Kirk Herbstreit and Kaylee Hartung
  Game available out of market on Prime Video.
• Recap, Game Book

Game information

First quarter NYG – Greg Joseph 52-yard field goal, 9:03. Giants 3–0. Drive: 8 plays, 51 yards, 4:43.' DAL – Rico Dowdle 15-yard pass from Dak Prescott (Brandon Aubrey kick), 2:06. Cowboys 7–3. Drive: 12 plays, 75 yards, 6:57.' Second quarter NYG – Greg Joseph 41-yard field goal, 11:11. Cowboys 7–6. Drive: 11 plays, 55 yards, 5:55.' DAL – CeeDee Lamb 55-yard pass from Dak Prescott (Brandon Aubrey kick), 9:16. Cowboys 14–6. Drive: 5 plays, 70 yards, 1:55.' NYG – Greg Joseph 38-yard field goal, 1:06. Cowboys 14–9. Drive: 15 plays, 52 yards, 8:10.' Third quarter NYG – Greg Joseph 22-yard field goal, 8:42. Cowboys 14–12. Drive: 11 plays, 77 yards, 6:18.' DAL – Brandon Aubrey 60-yard field goal, 5:06. Cowboys 17–12. Drive: 8 plays, 28 yards, 3:36.' Fourth quarter NYG – Greg Joseph 42-yard field goal, 11:11. Cowboys 17–15. Drive: 10 plays, 28 yards, 4:20.' DAL – Brandon Aubrey 40-yard field goal, 6:54. Cowboys 20–15. Drive: 10 plays, 48 yards, 4:17.' Top passers DAL – Dak Prescott – 22/27, 221 yards, 2 TD NYG – Daniel Jones – 29/40, 281 yards, INT Top rushers DAL – Rico Dowdle – 11 rushes, 46 yards NYG – Devin Singletary – 14 rushes, 24 yards Top receivers DAL – CeeDee Lamb – 7 receptions, 98 yards, TD NYG – Malik Nabers – 12 receptions, 115 yards

Week 5: at Pittsburgh Steelers

Week 5: Dallas Cowboys at Pittsburgh Steelers – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	3	3	0	14	20
Steelers	3	0	7	7	17

at Acrisure Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Date: October 6
• Game time: 9:45 p.m. EDT/8:45 p.m. CDT
• Game weather: Cloudy, 67 °F (19 °C)
• Game attendance: 67,380
• Referee: Shawn Hochuli
• TV announcers (NBC): Mike Tirico, Cris Collinsworth and Melissa Stark
• Recap, Game Book

Game information

First quarter DAL – Brandon Aubrey 55-yard field goal, 12:35. Cowboys 3–0. Drive: 6 plays, 21 yards, 2:25. PIT – Chris Boswell 41-yard field goal, 7:33. Tied 3–3. Drive: 11 plays, 52 yards, 5:02. Second quarter DAL – Brandon Aubrey 33-yard field goal, 8:51. Cowboys 6–3. Drive: 8 plays, 51 yards, 3:29. Third quarter PIT – Connor Heyward 16-yard pass from Justin Fields (Chris Boswell kick), 11:50. Steelers 10–6. Drive: 6 plays, 72 yards, 3:10. Fourth quarter DAL – Rico Dowdle 22-yard pass from Dak Prescott (Brandon Aubrey kick), 13:51. Cowboys 13–10. Drive: 16 plays, 90 yards, 8:32. PIT – Pat Freiermuth 6-yard pass from Justin Fields (Chris Boswell kick), 4:56. Steelers 17–13. Drive: 12 plays, 63 yards, 5:32. DAL – Jalen Tolbert 4-yard pass from Dak Prescott (Brandon Aubrey kick), 0:20. Cowboys 20–17. Drive: 15 plays, 70 yards, 4:36. Top passers DAL – Dak Prescott – 29/42, 352 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT PIT – Justin Fields – 14/26, 138 yards, 2 TD Top rushers DAL – Rico Dowdle – 20 rushes, 87 yards PIT – Najee Harris – 14 rushes, 42 yards Top receivers DAL – Jalen Tolbert – 7 receptions, 87 yards, TD PIT – Najee Harris – 2 receptions, 35 yards

A thunderstorm delayed the game, pushing the original start time from 8:20 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. EDT. The game ended with a Dallas victory at 12:59 a.m. EDT, marking the longest day in NFL history since the 1970 AFL–NFL merger at 15 hours and 37 minutes (the game between the New York Jets and Minnesota Vikings had kicked off in London at 9:30 a.m. EDT).

Week 6: vs. Detroit Lions

Week 6: Detroit Lions at Dallas Cowboys – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	7	20	10	10	47
Cowboys	3	3	3	0	9

at AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas

• Date: October 13
• Game time: 3:25 p.m. CDT
• Game weather: None (retractable roof closed)
• Game attendance: 93,644
• Referee: John Hussey
• TV announcers (Fox): Kevin Burkhardt, Tom Brady, Erin Andrews and Tom Rinaldi
• Recap, Game Book

Game information

First quarter DAL – Brandon Aubrey 34-yard field goal, 11:21. Cowboys 3–0. Drive: 9 plays, 54 yards, 3:39. DET – David Montgomery 16-yard run (Jake Bates kick), 9:06. Lions 7–3. Drive: 5 plays, 70 yards, 2:15. Second quarter DET – Jake Bates 40-yard field goal, 13:28. Lions 10–3. Drive: 12 plays, 58 yards, 6:06. DET – Sam LaPorta 52-yard pass from Jared Goff (Jake Bates kick), 11:39. Lions 17–3. Drive: 3 plays, 63 yards, 0:51. DET – Jake Bates 48-yard field goal, 3:57. Lions 20–3. Drive: 11 plays, 39 yards, 6:20. DET – David Montgomery 1-yard run (Jake Bates kick), 0:36. Lions 27–3. Drive: 6 plays, 38 yards, 2:03. DAL – Brandon Aubrey 47-yard field goal, 0:08. Lions 27–6. Drive: 4 plays, 1 yard, 0:28. Third quarter DET – Jameson Williams 37-yard pass from Jared Goff (Jake Bates kick), 12:35. Lions 34–6. Drive: 5 plays, 70 yards, 2:25. DAL – Brandon Aubrey 50-yard field goal, 8:48. Lions 34–9. Drive: 10 plays, 39 yards, 3:47. DET – Jake Bates 33-yard field goal, 5:26. Lions 37–9. Drive: 6 plays, 44 yards, 3:22. Fourth quarter DET – Jake Bates 33-yard field goal, 14:12. Lions 40–9. Drive: 9 plays, 57 yards, 5:12. DET – Amon-Ra St. Brown 4-yard pass from Jared Goff (Jake Bates kick), 13:18. Lions 47–9. Drive: 1 play, 4 yards, 0:04. Top passers DET – Jared Goff – 18/25, 315 yards, 3 TD DAL – Dak Prescott – 17/33, 178 yards, 2 INT Top rushers DET – David Montgomery – 12 rushes, 80 yards, 2 TD DAL – Rico Dowdle – 5 rushes, 25 yards Top receivers DET – Jameson Williams – 3 receptions, 76 yards, TD DAL – Ceedee Lamb – 7 receptions, 89 yards

Week 8: at San Francisco 49ers

Week 8: Dallas Cowboys at San Francisco 49ers – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	0	10	0	14	24
49ers	3	3	21	3	30

at Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California

• Date: October 27
• Game time: 7:20 p.m. CDT/5:20 p.m. PDT
• Game weather: Cloudy, 69 °F (21 °C)
• Game attendance: 71,521
• Referee: Bill Vinovich
• TV announcers (NBC): Mike Tirico, Cris Collinsworth and Melissa Stark
• Recap, Game Book

Game information

First quarter SF – Anders Carlson 50-yard field goal, 7:14. 49ers 3–0. Drive: 7 plays, 55 yards, 4:30. Second quarter DAL – Ezekiel Elliott 1-yard run (Brandon Aubrey kick), 10:58. Cowboys 7–3. Drive: 11 plays, 65 yards, 6:35. DAL – Brandon Aubrey 29-yard field goal, 2:56. Cowboys 10–3. Drive: 8 plays, 46 yards, 3:36. SF – Anders Carlson 44-yard field goal, 1:30. Cowboys 10–6. Drive: 6 plays, 39 yards, 1:26. Third quarter SF – Isaac Guerendo 4-yard run (Anders Carlson kick), 12:57. 49ers 13–10. Drive: 5 plays, 60 yards, 2:03. SF – George Kittle 2-yard pass from Brock Purdy (Anders Carlson kick), 7:34. 49ers 20–10. Drive: 7 plays, 32 yards, 4:16. SF – Brock Purdy 2-yard run (Anders Carlson kick), 0:36. 49ers 27–10. Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 5:33. Fourth quarter DAL – CeeDee Lamb 7-yard pass from Dak Prescott (Brandon Aubrey kick), 7:58. 49ers 27–17. Drive: 10 plays, 70 yards, 3:59. SF – Anders Carlson 41-yard field goal, 4:30. 49ers 30–17. Drive: 6 plays, 47 yards, 3:33. DAL – CeeDee Lamb 20-yard pass from Dak Prescott (Brandon Aubrey kick), 3:32. 49ers 30–24. Drive: 4 plays, 70 yards, 0:53. Top passers DAL – Dak Prescott – 25/38, 243 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT SF – Brock Purdy – 18/26, 260 yards, TD Top rushers DAL – Ezekiel Elliott – 10 rushes, 34 yards, TD SF – Isaac Guerendo – 14 rushes, 85 yards, TD Top receivers DAL – CeeDee Lamb – 13 receptions, 146 yards, 2 TD SF – George Kittle – 6 receptions, 128 yards, TD

Week 9: at Atlanta Falcons

Week 9: Dallas Cowboys at Atlanta Falcons – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	3	7	3	8	21
Falcons	7	7	7	6	27

at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia

• Date: November 3
• Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST/12:00 p.m. CST
• Game weather: None (retractable roof closed)
• Game attendance: 72,665
• Referee: Scott Novak
• TV announcers (Fox): Adam Amin, Greg Olsen and Pam Oliver
• Recap, Game Book

Game information

First quarter DAL – Brandon Aubrey 34-yard field goal, 9:32. Cowboys 3–0. Drive: 7 plays, 59 yards, 3:32. ATL – Drake London 9-yard pass from Kirk Cousins (Younghoe Koo kick), 5:23. Falcons 7–3. Drive: 7 plays, 78 yards, 4:09. Second quarter ATL – Darnell Mooney 36-yard pass from Kirk Cousins (Younghoe Koo kick), 8:28. Falcons 14–3. Drive: 5 plays, 53 yards, 2:50. DAL – Rico Dowdle 3-yard pass from Dak Prescott (Brandon Aubrey kick), 4:01. Falcons 14–10. Drive: 9 plays, 70 yards, 4:27. Third quarter ATL – Ray-Ray McCloud 11-yard pass from Kirk Cousins (Younghoe Koo kick), 10:23. Falcons 21–10. Drive: 5 plays, 38 yards, 2:47. DAL – Brandon Aubrey 57-yard field goal, 0:00. Falcons 21–13. Drive: 9 plays, 22 yards, 4:11. Fourth quarter ATL – Tyler Allgeier 6-yard run (2-pt Conversion Failed), 11:08. Falcons 27–13. Drive: 7 plays, 66 yards, 3:52. DAL – Jalen Tolbert 4-yard pass from Cooper Rush (2-pt Conversion Good by CeeDee Lamb), 1:08. Falcons 27–21. Drive: 14 plays, 86 yards, 3:28. Top passers DAL – Dak Prescott – 18/24, 133 yards, TD ATL – Kirk Cousins – 19/24, 222 yards, 3 TD Top rushers DAL – Rico Dowdle – 12 rushes, 75 yards ATL – Bijan Robinson – 19 rushes, 86 yards Top receivers DAL – Jake Ferguson – 7 receptions, 71 yards ATL – Darnell Mooney – 5 receptions, 88 yards, TD

Week 10: vs. Philadelphia Eagles

Week 10: Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	7	7	14	6	34
Cowboys	3	3	0	0	6

at AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas

• Date: November 10
• Game time: 3:25 p.m. CST
• Game weather: None (retractable roof closed)
• Game attendance: 93,644
• Referee: Alex Kemp
• TV announcers (CBS): Jim Nantz, Tony Romo and Tracy Wolfson
• Recap, Game Book

Game information

First quarter PHI – Jalen Hurts 1-yard run (Jake Elliott kick), 7:05. Eagles 7–0. Drive: 4 plays, 17 yards, 1:47. DAL – Brandon Aubrey 46-yard field goal, 3:10. Eagles 7–3. Drive: 9 plays, 32 yards, 3:55. Second quarter DAL – Brandon Aubrey 23-yard field goal, 1:48. Eagles 7–6. Drive: 4 plays, 1 yard, 0:20. PHI – Dallas Goedert 14-yard pass from Jalen Hurts (Jake Elliott kick), 0:23. Eagles 14–6. Drive: 7 plays, 84 yards, 1:25. Third quarter PHI – Johnny Wilson 5-yard pass from Jalen Hurts (Jake Elliott kick), 8:52. Eagles 21–6. Drive: 7 plays, 37 yards, 2:50. PHI – Jalen Hurts 8-yard run (Jake Elliott kick), 2:56. Eagles 28–6. Drive: 7 plays, 83 yards, 4:17. Fourth quarter PHI – Jake Elliott 39-yard field goal, 14:50. Eagles 31–6. Drive: 4 plays, 0 yards, 1:13. PHI – Jake Elliott 38-yard field goal, 10:32. Eagles 34–6. Drive: 4 plays, 9 yards, 2:10. Top passers PHI – Jalen Hurts – 14/20, 202 yards, 2 TD, INT DAL – Cooper Rush – 13/23, 45 yards Top rushers PHI – Saquon Barkley – 14 rushes, 66 yards DAL – Rico Dowdle – 12 rushes, 53 yards Top receivers PHI – A. J. Brown – 5 receptions, 109 yards DAL – Jake Ferguson – 4 receptions, 24 yards

This was the Cowboys' first home loss to the Eagles since 2017, and also dropped them to 0–4 at home for the season.

Week 11: vs. Houston Texans

Week 11: Houston Texans at Dallas Cowboys – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Texans	14	3	3	14	34
Cowboys	0	10	0	0	10

at AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas

• Date: November 18
• Game time: 7:15 p.m. CST
• Game weather: None (retractable roof closed)
• Game attendance: 92,969
• Referee: Craig Wrolstad
• TV announcers (ESPN/ABC): Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters and Laura Rutledge
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Game information

First quarter HOU – Joe Mixon 45-yard run (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick), 12:42. Texans 7–0. Drive: 6 plays, 77 yards, 2:18. HOU – Joe Mixon 1-yard run (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick), 0:49. Texans 14–0. Drive: 10 plays, 63 yards, 5:00. Second quarter DAL – KaVontae Turpin 64-yard pass from Cooper Rush (Brandon Aubrey kick), 14:51. Texans 14–7. Drive: 3 plays, 64 yards, 0:58. HOU – Ka'imi Fairbairn 33-yard field goal, 9:10. Texans 17–7. Drive: 9 plays, 77 yards, 5:41. DAL – Brandon Aubrey 53-yard field goal, 5:55. Texans 17–10. Drive: 8 plays, 35 yards, 3:15. Third quarter HOU – Ka'imi Fairbairn 29-yard field goal, 7:05. Texans 20–10. Drive: 10 plays, 65 yards, 5:47. Fourth quarter HOU – Derek Barnett 28-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick), 12:31. Texans 27–10. HOU – Joe Mixon 1-yard run (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick), 3:16. Texans 34–10. Drive: 6 plays, 35 yards, 2:50. Top passers HOU – C. J. Stroud – 23/34, 257 yards, INT DAL – Cooper Rush – 32/55, 354 yards, TD, INT Top rushers HOU – Joe Mixon – 20 rushes, 109 yards, 3 TD DAL – Rico Dowdle – 10 rushes, 28 yards Top receivers HOU – Nico Collins – 4 receptions, 54 yards DAL – CeeDee Lamb – 8 receptions, 93 yards

Week 12: at Washington Commanders

Week 12: Dallas Cowboys at Washington Commanders – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	0	0	0	0	0
Commanders	0	0	0	0	0

at Northwest Stadium, Landover, Maryland

• Date: November 24
• Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST/12:00 p.m. CST
• Referee: Tra Blake
• TV announcers (Fox): Joe Davis, Greg Olsen and Pam Oliver
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Standings

Division

NFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Philadelphia Eagles	8	2	0	.800	3–0	5–2	259	179	W6
Washington Commanders	7	4	0	.636	2–1	5–2	308	243	L2
Dallas Cowboys	3	7	0	.300	1–1	1–5	187	293	L5
New York Giants	2	8	0	.200	0–4	1–6	156	222	L5

Conference

NFC
Seed	Team	Division	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	SOS	SOV	STK
Division leaders
1	Detroit Lions	North	9	1	0	.900	2–0	6–1	.480	.489	W8
2	Philadelphia Eagles	East	8	2	0	.800	3–0	5–2	.390	.369	W6
3	Arizona Cardinals	West	6	4	0	.600	2–0	3–3	.583	.459	W4
4	Atlanta Falcons	South	6	5	0	.545	4–1	6–2	.509	.426	L2
Wild cards
5	Minnesota Vikings	North	8	2	0	.800	1–1	3–2	.452	.393	W3
6	Green Bay Packers	North	7	3	0	.700	1–2	3–3	.544	.425	W1
7	Washington Commanders	East	7	4	0	.636	2–1	5–2	.447	.333	L2
In the hunt
8	Los Angeles Rams	West	5	5	0	.500	2–1	3–4	.525	.451	W1
9	Seattle Seahawks	West	5	5	0	.500	1–2	2–4	.519	.453	W1
10	San Francisco 49ers	West	5	5	0	.500	1–3	3–4	.500	.346	L1
11	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	South	4	6	0	.400	1–2	4–3	.632	.667	L4
12	Chicago Bears	North	4	6	0	.400	0–1	2–3	.448	.293	L4
13	New Orleans Saints	South	4	7	0	.364	2–3	3–4	.509	.357	W2
14	Carolina Panthers	South	3	7	0	.300	1–2	2–4	.434	.258	W2
15	Dallas Cowboys	East	3	7	0	.300	1–1	1–5	.557	.406	L5
16	New York Giants	East	2	8	0	.200	0–4	1–6	.533	.381	L5
Tiebreakers

External links

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