The Dallas Cowboys scored the final 18 points of the game to beat the Philadelphia Eagles 38-21 on Monday Night Football at Lincoln Financial Field, handing the defending NFC East champions their fifth consecutive loss.
Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott threw three touchdown passes, and running back Javonte Williams ran for a career-high 155 yards and a touchdown as the Cowboys pulled away late in a game Philadelphia led early.
Dallas takes over late
The Eagles led 21-20 after three quarters, but the Cowboys owned the fourth. Dallas scored 18 unanswered points to turn a close divisional battle into a comfortable road win, silencing a Philadelphia crowd that had watched its team lose five in a row for the first time since 2016.
Dak Prescott finished 15 of 27 for 212 yards and three touchdowns, two to star receiver CeeDee Lamb and one to George Pickens. The Cowboys' offense found its rhythm in the second half, leaning on a ground game that Philadelphia could not stop.
Javonte Williams, the star of the night
Javonte Williams carried the ball 25 times for 155 yards — a personal best — and scored a touchdown, wearing down the Eagles' defensive front as the game went on. His physical running set up the play-action passing game and kept Philadelphia's offense on the sideline during the decisive stretch.
Philadelphia without Jalen Hurts
The Eagles played without quarterback Jalen Hurts, who is out for the season with blood clots, and the absence showed. Backup Tanner McKee completed 23 of 35 passes for 211 yards with one touchdown and one interception, but Philadelphia's offense stalled when it mattered most.
Star running back Saquon Barkley managed 62 yards and a touchdown on just seven carries before leaving the game with a back injury, another blow for an Eagles team already short-handed.
What it means
With the win, Dallas keeps pace in the NFC East race and builds momentum heading into the second half of the season. Philadelphia, meanwhile, falls to 2-5, a stunning collapse for a team that entered the year with championship expectations. Five straight losses — the first such streak for the franchise since 2016 — have turned a promising season into a crisis, and with Jalen Hurts out for the year, there is no quick fix in sight.