Washington Commanders vs. Dallas Cowboys: Prescott throws four touchdowns as Dallas beats Washington 37–20

Dallas builds a 10-point first-quarter lead

Dak Prescott opened the scoring with a 3-yard touchdown pass to C. Lamb in the first quarter. The touchdown put Dallas ahead 6–0, and the extra point made it 7–0. Later in the quarter, Dallas made a 25-yard field goal to extend the lead to 10–0. Washington had not scored by the end of the opening quarter.

Washington answers, but Dallas leads at halftime

Washington got on the board early in the second quarter with a 27-yard field goal, cutting the score to 10–3. Prescott then connected with J. Ferguson for a 10-yard touchdown pass. Dallas made the extra point and led 17–3. It was Prescott’s second touchdown pass of the half, to a different receiver from his first.

Jayden Daniels followed with a 4-yard touchdown pass to S. Diggs. The play brought Washington within 17–9, and the extra point narrowed the gap to 17–10. Neither team added another score before halftime. Dallas had scored on two touchdown passes and a field goal; Washington had answered with one touchdown pass and a field goal.

A four-point margin becomes a two-touchdown lead

Washington made a 47-yard field goal in the third quarter to pull within 17–13, its closest margin since the first Dallas touchdown. Dallas responded with a 44-yard field goal, moving the score to 20–13. Washington had reduced the lead to four points before Dallas restored it to seven.

On a subsequent Washington pass play, M. Mariota was credited with a lost fumble. Prescott then threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to J. Ferguson, and Dallas made the extra point to lead 27–13. Ferguson had caught two of Prescott’s three touchdown passes, and Dallas carried the 14-point lead into the fourth quarter.

Diggs scores again before Lamb closes it out

Dallas added a 60-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter, pushing its lead to 30–13. Washington answered when M. Mariota threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to S. Diggs. After the extra point, Washington trailed 30–20. It was Diggs’s second touchdown reception of the game, following the 4-yard pass from Daniels in the first half.

Prescott completed the scoring with a 24-yard touchdown pass to C. Lamb. The play made it 36–20, and Dallas’s extra point set the final score at 37–20. Lamb, Ferguson and Diggs each caught two touchdown passes. Dallas’s lead never changed hands after its opening touchdown, and the game ended in regulation.