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2021 · Week 16

Washington Commanders at Dallas Cowboys

Dec 26, 2021 · Cowboys Stadium · closed · matrixturf

WASWAS

14

Final
DALDAL

56

Pregame win probability

WAS 25%proj. DAL by 7.575% DAL

Recap

Dallas Cowboys blew out Washington Commanders 56–14. The result matched ScoutIndex's lean toward Cowboys (75%). Cowboys improve to 11-4; Commanders fall to 6-9. Dak Prescott paced the offense with 330 passing yards and 4 TDs; 21 rushing yards. Cowboys out-gained the opponent 508–273 in total yards. Commanders turned it over 2 times to Cowboys's 0.

Team stats

WASDAL
13First downs27
273Total yards508
188Passing yards400
85Rushing yards108
15/32Comp / Att30/42
2Turnovers0
5Sacks taken3

Scoring & key plays

  1. Q1(7:47) (Shotgun) 4-D.Prescott pass short right to 21-E.Elliott for 5 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
  2. Q12-G.Zuerlein extra point is GOOD, Center-44-J.McQuaide, Holder-5-B.Anger.
  3. Q1(3:14) 4-D.Prescott pass short right to 86-D.Schultz for 9 yards, TOUCHDOWN. Penalty on WAS-34-D.Roberts, Defensive Holding, declined.
  4. Q12-G.Zuerlein extra point is GOOD, Center-44-J.McQuaide, Holder-5-B.Anger.
  5. Q1(2:27) (Shotgun) 4-T.Heinicke pass short middle intended for 35-J.Williams INTERCEPTED by 90-D.Lawrence at WAS 40. 90-D.Lawrence for 40 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
  6. Q12-G.Zuerlein extra point is GOOD, Center-44-J.McQuaide, Holder-5-B.Anger.
  7. Q2(14:53) (Shotgun) 4-T.Heinicke pass short left to 24-A.Gibson for 8 yards, TOUCHDOWN. Pass caught left flat
  8. Q23-J.Slye extra point is GOOD, Center-54-C.Cheeseman, Holder-5-T.Way.
  9. Q2(10:40) (Shotgun) 21-E.Elliott left end for 11 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
  10. Q22-G.Zuerlein extra point is GOOD, Center-44-J.McQuaide, Holder-5-B.Anger.
  11. Q2(2:35) 78-T.Steele reported in as eligible. 4-D.Prescott pass short right to 78-T.Steele for 1 yard, TOUCHDOWN.
  12. Q22-G.Zuerlein extra point is GOOD, Center-44-J.McQuaide, Holder-5-B.Anger.
  13. Q2(:10) (Shotgun) 4-D.Prescott pass short left to 19-A.Cooper for 13 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
  14. Q22-G.Zuerlein extra point is GOOD, Center-44-J.McQuaide, Holder-5-B.Anger.
  15. Q3(6:12) 5-T.Way punt is BLOCKED by 32-C.Clement, Center-54-C.Cheeseman, RECOVERED by DAL-59-C.Golston at WAS -1. TOUCHDOWN.
  16. Q32-G.Zuerlein extra point is GOOD, Center-44-J.McQuaide, Holder-5-B.Anger.
  17. Q4(14:24) 10-C.Rush pass short right to 17-M.Turner for 9 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
  18. Q42-G.Zuerlein extra point is GOOD, Center-44-J.McQuaide, Holder-5-B.Anger.
  19. Q4(2:51) (No Huddle, Shotgun) 8-K.Allen pass short right to 87-J.Bates to DAL 1 for 12 yards (18-D.Kazee). FUMBLES (18-D.Kazee), and recovers at DAL 0. TOUCHDOWN.
  20. Q43-J.Slye extra point is GOOD, Center-54-C.Cheeseman, Holder-5-T.Way.

Box score

WAS

Passing

PlayerC/AYdsTDINT
Taylor Heinicke7/2212112
Kyle Allen8/106710

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsTD
Taylor Heinicke1-10
Jaret Patterson9330
Antonio Gibson6290
DeAndre Carter1150
Jonathan Williams390

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Dyami Brown22530
John Bates23451
Terry McLaurin36400
Antonio Gibson24291
DeAndre Carter1250
Dax Milne11140
Jonathan Williams1220
Adam Humphries2640
Ricky Seals-Jones11-40
Cam Sims0300

DAL

Passing

PlayerC/AYdsTDINT
Dak Prescott28/3933040
Cooper Rush2/37010

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsTD
Dak Prescott4210
Cooper Rush200
CeeDee Lamb1-20
Ezekiel Elliott9371
Tony Pollard8340
Corey Clement4180

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Amari Cooper711851
Malik Turner33821
Dalton Schultz89821
CeeDee Lamb45660
Michael Gallup25530
Ezekiel Elliott1151
Tony Pollard23160
Cedrick Wilson Jr.23100
Terence Steele1111

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