Brandon Aubrey converted a 42-yard field goal as time expired to lift the Dallas Cowboys to a come-from-behind 24-21 win over the visiting Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday.
Aubrey’s kick, the second game-winner of his career, capped a nine-play, 49-yard drive in the final 1:35. The big play was Dak Prescott’s 24-yard completion to George Pickens that got Dallas (5-5-1) to the Philadelphia 22 with 35 seconds left, forcing the Eagles to use their final timeouts and setting up the clutch field goal.
Prescott hit on 23 of 36 passes for 354 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. His 8-yard scramble with 11:40 left, complete with a somersault into the end zone, tied the game at 21. Pickens grabbed nine balls for 146 yards and a touchdown, while CeeDee Lamb caught four for 75.
Jalen Hurts completed 27 of 39 throws for 289 yards and a touchdown while also running for two scores. It wasn’t enough to keep the Eagles from dropping to 8-3.
A.J. Brown hauled in a season-best eight receptions for 110 yards and a touchdown. Saquon Barkley was held to a season-low 22 yards on 10 carries.
Philadelphia dominated most of the first half, roaring out to a 21-0 second-quarter lead behind a textbook display of complementary football and key Dallas mistakes.
After Prescott misfired on a fourth-down pass from midfield on Dallas’ opening drive, Hurts cashed in on the short field by hitting Brown for a 16-yard touchdown at the 8:41 mark.
A roughing the punter call extended the Eagles’ next drive, and they turned that into a 14-0 advantage when Hurts scored on a 7-yard run with 57 seconds left in the quarter.
Philadelphia made it 21-0 with 11:32 remaining in the half on Hurts’ 1-yard tush-push touchdown. That came six plays after Zack Baun recovered KaVontae Turpin’s fumble at the Eagles’ 34 to scuttle a promising drive.
Another turnover also quashed Dallas’ next drive, the Cowboys committed a false start penalty on second-and-goal from the Philadelphia 1 before Reed Blankenship picked off Prescott. However, the Eagles were unable to extend their lead as they went three-and-out.
The Cowboys got on the board with 21 seconds on the clock via Prescott’s 1-yard scoring strike to Pickens, capping a 72-yard drive that enabled them to draw within 21-7 at halftime.
Aubrey missed a 51-yard field-goal attempt wide left in the third quarter, but the Cowboys made up for it on the next drive when Prescott connected with Brevyn Spann-Ford for a 4-yard touchdown, the backup tight end’s first career score.
–Field Level Media
