Blogging The Boys
It is Day 64 of our 100-day countdown to kickoff. We are looking back at the 100 most iconic games in Dallas Cowboys history. The countdown will leads us right up to the opening game of 2026. Our look back doesn’t depend on just one criteria for our rankings. We take into consideration things like how big the game was for the organization, how memorable the game was, games that had unusual events take place, games that are a part of NFL lore, Cowboys firsts, and games where the Cowboys just plain dominated. Variety is the spice of life and we have all different kind of Cowboys games to review. At the bottom, we’ll link each day of the countdown so you can go back and check out any you missed.
It’s Day 64 of our 100-day countdown to kickoff, when we revisit the comeback that made Cowboys fans believe again. Dallas entered this Week 12 rivalry game stuck at 4-5-1, while Philadelphia came in at 8-2 as the defending Super Bowl champion and one of the NFC’s measuring-stick teams. For most of the first half, it looked like the Eagles were going to bury the Cowboys. Instead, Dallas erased a deficit, and what came was pure madness.
The start was brutal. Dallas failed on fourth-and-3 near midfield on its opening drive, and Jalen Hurts immediately punished the short field with a 16-yard touchdown pass to A.J. Brown. Philadelphia then extended the lead when Hurts scored on a seven-yard run late in the first quarter, and the Eagles made it 21-0 early in the second on another Hurts rushing touchdown after a KaVontae Turpin fumble. At that point, AT&T Stadium had every reason to feel deflated.
The Cowboys almost made it worse. Prescott drove Dallas to the Philadelphia one-yard line, only for a false start and then a Reed Blankenship interception to kill the possession. But the defense finally got a stop, and Dallas used its final drive of the half to get back into the game. Turpin made up for his earlier mistake with a 48-yard catch, Jake Ferguson helped move the ball to the goal line, and Prescott hit George Pickens for a one-yard touchdown with 21 seconds left. The Cowboys still trailed 21-7, but the comeback had a pulse.
The second half became a completely different game. Dallas’ defense settled in, the Eagles’ offense stalled, and Prescott started attacking downfield. After a missed 51-yard field goal from Aubrey, Prescott came right back with another drive, highlighted by a 48-yard strike to CeeDee Lamb. He then found Brevyn Spann-Ford in the back of the end zone for a touchdown, cutting Philadelphia’s lead to 21-14.
Early in the fourth quarter, Prescott and Pickens connected again, this time on a 43-yard bomb that set up the tying score. Two plays later, Prescott scrambled from eight yards out...
