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.
Sunday, November 23, 2025 — 4:25 p.m. ET
AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas
Final Score: Dallas Cowboys 24, Philadelphia Eagles 21
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 and dove into the end zone to make it 21-21. After looking dead in the first half, Dallas had pulled even with the defending champs.
The closing minutes had all the rivalry chaos you could ask for. Sam Williams forced a Saquon Barkley fumble that Kenneth Murray recovered, and later, after the Cowboys failed on fourth-and-goal from the one, Dallas special teams created another massive swing. Rookie gunner Alijah Clark helped knock the ball loose from Eagles returner Xavier Gipson, and long snapper Trent Sieg recovered it at the Philadelphia eight. Dallas could not cash that one in for a touchdown, but the defense forced one final punt, giving Prescott the ball with 1:35 left.
That was enough. Prescott hit Ferguson for 19 yards, then found Pickens over the middle for 24 more, moving Dallas to the Philadelphia 23-yard line. Aubrey came on with three seconds left and drilled the 42-yarder to complete one of the most dramatic Cowboys comebacks in recent memory.
This game belongs on the countdown because it did something that ordinary wins do not always do, it changed the feeling around a season. The Cowboys were flawed, uneven, and running out of room in the playoff race, but coming back from 21-0 against Philadelphia gave fans a reason to believe the team still had a pulse. Against the Eagles, on a national stage, with the season wobbling, Dallas found resilience.
Interesting Facts About the Game
Prescott broke Tony Romo’s franchise record for career passing yards during the game, finishing the day with 34,378 career passing yards.
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