Baltimore Ravens vs. Dallas Cowboys: Baltimore beats Dallas 34–31 on late field goal

Dallas starts fast; Baltimore leads at halftime

Dallas scored first on a 28-yard field goal in the opening quarter. J. Williams then ran two yards for a touchdown, and the extra point put Dallas ahead 10–0. Baltimore answered before the quarter ended: D. Henry scored on a four-yard run, and the extra point cut the Dallas lead to 10–7.

Henry scored again on a three-yard run early in the second quarter. The extra point gave Baltimore its first lead, 14–10. A 27-yard field goal extended that margin to seven points. Dallas made a 38-yard field goal late in the half, leaving Baltimore ahead 17–13 at halftime. Henry’s two touchdown runs scored 12 points for Baltimore, with two successful extra points adding the other two.

Third-quarter scores bring Dallas within three

Early in the third quarter, D. Prescott passed to J. Ferguson on a play that lost two yards. Dallas lost a fumble, which T. Simpson recovered for Baltimore. The score remained 17–13. Later in the quarter, L. Jackson threw a four-yard touchdown pass to C. Moore. Baltimore made the extra point and led 24–13.

Dallas closed the gap with a 19-yard touchdown pass from Prescott to Ferguson. That play made the score 24–19. Dallas then went for two, and Prescott completed a pass to C. Lamb for the conversion. Baltimore’s lead was down to 24–21, and that remained the score at the end of the third quarter. Dallas had scored eight points on the touchdown and conversion, putting the teams three points apart entering the fourth.

The lead changes twice in the fourth

K. Turpin put Dallas back in front with a nine-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter. The touchdown changed the score to 27–24; the extra point made it 28–24. It was Dallas’s first lead since Henry’s second touchdown had put Baltimore ahead in the second quarter. Baltimore later regained the lead when Jackson threw a two-yard touchdown pass to M. Hibner. After the extra point, Baltimore led 31–28 with 1:30 remaining.

Two field goals settle the finish

Dallas tied the game 31–31 with a 23-yard field goal with 10 seconds left in the fourth quarter. Baltimore then made a 56-yard field goal with one second remaining to go ahead 34–31. The game ended at that score, with no overtime. The final quarter had seen Dallas take the lead, Baltimore reclaim it, Dallas draw level and Baltimore score the deciding points.