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.
Prescott hit on 23 of 36 passes for 354 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. His 8-yard scramble, complete with a somersault into the end zone, tied the game at 21 with 11:40 left.
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, Hurts cashed in 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.
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
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