Cowboys beat Eagles 38-21 as Javonte Williams rushes for career-high 155 yards

A late surge seals the win

Dallas beat the Philadelphia Eagles 38-21 on Monday, 26 October, in a Monday night game played in Philadelphia. The victory lifted the Cowboys to 3-4 and kept them in the race for the NFC East title, where the New York Giants lead at 4-2-1. Prescott had described the game as a must-win before kickoff, and his offense produced the performance Dallas needed. The Eagles, now 2-5, lost their fifth straight game, their longest losing run since 2016.

How the scoring unfolded

Dallas opened with a field goal, but Philadelphia answered right away when Saquon Barkley scored on an eight-yard run to make it 7-3. Barkley was back after missing more than two games with a hamstring problem, and he finished with 62 yards on seven carries. Prescott then found CeeDee Lamb for nine yards and George Pickens for 21 yards, giving Dallas a 20-14 lead at halftime. Philadelphia responded in the third quarter with a 17-play, 84-yard drive that ended with rookie Makai Lemon catching a four-yard touchdown pass from Tanner McKee for a 21-20 lead. Lamb then hauled in a 16-yard floater in the corner of the end zone, and Prescott ran in the two-point conversion for a 28-21 advantage. Brandon Aubrey kicked field goals of 55, 27 and 24 yards, and the last one made it 31-21 before Javonte Williams closed the scoring with a two-yard touchdown run.

Passing and turnovers

Prescott finished with 212 passing yards and three touchdown passes, two to Lamb and one to Pickens, who also caught four passes for 57 yards. McKee completed 23 of 35 attempts for 211 yards with one touchdown and one interception, and that pick came from linebacker DeMarvion Overshown late in the fourth quarter. The Eagles ran almost ten minutes off the clock on their third-quarter scoring march, but they did not score again. Two of their later possessions ended with that interception and a turnover on downs at their own 17, which gave Dallas a short field for Williams's final touchdown.

Dak Prescott212

Tanner McKee211

Dak Prescott

212 yards

Tanner McKee

211 yards

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Running game and the injury report

Williams ran for a career-high 155 yards, and the Cowboys finished with 204 rushing yards as a team. His total was the first 150-yard rushing game by a Dallas player since Ezekiel Elliott in 2018. Barkley's return was closely watched, but he struggled to stay on the field and needed treatment for his back on the sideline. Jalen Hurts is expected to be sidelined for the remainder of the season with blood clots in his lungs, which left McKee to carry the offense. Philadelphia, the 2025 Super Bowl winner, now faces a season that has largely slipped away.

Javonte Williams155

Saquon Barkley62

Javonte Williams

155 yards

Saquon Barkley

62 yards

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What remains

Dallas stays alive in the NFC East race, though the Giants hold the division lead. Philadelphia has to win again quickly to avoid a season that has already produced five straight defeats.