Dallas ran 87 offensive plays to Washington’s 41, converted all six fourth-down attempts, and left Northwest Stadium on Christmas Day with a 30-23 victory over the Commanders. Dak Prescott threw for 307 yards and two touchdowns, absorbing six sacks without a single interception, while closing the regular season with 30 touchdown passes to match Tony Romo’s franchise record for most 30-TD seasons. Washington, starting 39-year-old Josh Johnson in place of the injured Jayden Daniels, never led and was outgained 480 yards to 328 across 41 fewer offensive plays.
Below is the complete box score, individual player statistics, and team data from the Week 17 NFC East matchup.
Note: Treylon Burks took one snap at QB for Washington (0/0, 0 yards, 1 sack for 0 yards).
Rushing Statistics
Dallas Cowboys
Player
Pos
CAR
YDS
AVG
TD
LNG
YBC/Att
YAC/Att
Broken Tackles
Malik Davis
RB
20
103
5.2
0
21
2.4
2.8
0
Javonte Williams
RB
13
54
4.2
1
9
1.8
2.3
1
Hunter Luepke
FB
7
30
4.3
0
8
1.9
2.4
0
Dak Prescott
QB
4
24
6.0
0
12
2.3
3.8
0
Team
44
211
4.8
1
21
Washington Commanders
Player
Pos
CAR
YDS
AVG
TD
LNG
YBC/Att
YAC/Att
Broken Tackles
Jacory Croskey-Merritt
RB
11
105
9.5
2
72
6.5
3.1
3
Deebo Samuel
WR
2
25
12.5
0
29
8.0
4.5
0
Josh Johnson
QB
2
10
5.0
0
5
5.0
0.0
0
Jeremy McNichols
RB
1
-2
-2.0
0
-2
-2.0
0.0
0
Team
16
138
8.6
2
72
Receiving Statistics
Dallas Cowboys
Player
Pos
TGT
REC
YDS
AVG
TD
LNG
YAC
ADOT
Drop%
RTG
KaVontae Turpin
WR
1
1
86
86.0
1
86
46
40.0
0.0%
158.3
George Pickens
WR
5
4
78
19.5
0
21
50
8.4
0.0%
118.7
CeeDee Lamb
WR
10
5
46
9.2
0
24
14
16.2
10.0%
62.9
Brevyn Spann-Ford
TE
2
1
31
31.0
0
31
12
11.0
0.0%
95.8
Jalen Tolbert
WR
8
4
31
7.8
0
14
11
9.9
0.0%
59.9
Luke Schoonmaker
TE
2
2
15
7.5
0
10
10
2.5
0.0%
97.9
Hunter Luepke
FB
1
1
14
14.0
0
14
8
6.0
0.0%
118.7
Jake Ferguson
TE
2
1
6
6.0
1
6
0
5.5
0.0%
95.8
Malik Davis
RB
2
0
0
—
0
—
—
2.5
0.0%
39.6
Javonte Williams
RB
2
0
0
—
0
—
—
0.5
0.0%
39.6
Jonathan Mingo
WR
1
0
0
—
0
—
—
13.0
0.0%
39.6
Team
36
19
307
16.2
2
86
Washington Commanders
Player
Pos
TGT
REC
YDS
AVG
TD
LNG
YAC
ADOT
Drop%
RTG
Deebo Samuel
WR
4
2
68
34.0
0
41
53
4.8
0.0%
95.8
Terry McLaurin
WR
7
5
63
12.6
0
16
6
11.3
0.0%
99.1
Ben Sinnott
TE
4
3
29
9.7
0
12
12
11.8
0.0%
94.8
Chris Moore
WR
1
1
15
15.0
0
15
7
8.0
0.0%
118.7
Jeremy McNichols
RB
3
3
12
4.0
0
7
14
-0.7
0.0%
83.3
Treylon Burks
WR
2
1
11
11.0
0
11
5
5.5
0.0%
66.7
Team
21
15
198
13.2
0
41
Defensive Statistics
Dallas Cowboys Defense
Player
Pos
TOT
SOLO
AST
SACKS
TFL
PD
QB HTS
Shemar James
LB
6
3
3
0.0
0
0
0
Shavon Revel
CB
6
3
3
0.0
0
1
0
Reddy Steward
DB
5
2
3
0.5
0
1
1
Jadeveon Clowney
DE
4
3
1
1.5
3
0
3
Donovan Wilson
S
4
2
2
0.0
1
0
0
Quinnen Williams
DT
3
2
1
0.0
0
0
1
Malik Hooker
S
3
1
2
0.0
0
0
0
James Houston
DE
3
1
2
0.0
0
0
0
Kenneth Murray
LB
3
0
3
0.0
0
0
0
C.J. Goodwin
CB
2
1
1
0.0
0
0
0
Solomon Thomas
DT
1
1
0
0.0
1
0
0
Osa Odighizuwa
DT
1
1
0
0.0
0
0
1
Trevon Diggs
CB
1
1
0
0.0
0
0
0
Sam Williams
DE
1
1
0
0.0
1
1
0
Kenny Clark
DT
1
0
1
0.0
0
0
0
Donovan Ezeiruaku
DE
1
0
1
0.0
0
0
0
Markquese Bell
S
3
1
2
0.0
0
0
0
Team
52
23
29
2.0
6
3
6
Washington Commanders Defense
Player
Pos
TOT
SOLO
AST
SACKS
TFL
PD
QB HTS
Bobby Wagner
LB
10
5
5
0.5
0
1
2
Will Harris
S
10
5
5
0.0
0
0
0
Jer’Zhan Newton
DT
9
3
6
3.0
2
0
5
Javon Kinlaw
DT
7
5
2
0.0
0
0
0
Frankie Luvu
LB
7
3
4
0.0
0
1
0
Jeremy Reaves
S
6
4
2
0.0
0
1
0
Mike Sainristil
CB
6
4
2
0.0
0
1
0
Noah Igbinoghene
CB
6
3
3
0.0
0
1
0
Ricky Barber
DT
5
2
3
1.0
1
0
1
Jalyn Holmes
DE
5
2
3
0.0
0
0
0
Jordan Magee
LB
5
1
4
0.0
1
1
0
Jacob Martin
DE
4
1
3
0.0
0
0
1
Shy Tuttle
DT
3
1
2
0.0
0
0
0
Von Miller
LB
2
2
0
1.0
0
0
1
Quan Martin
S
2
2
0
0.0
0
0
0
Preston Smith
DE
2
0
2
0.5
0
0
1
Jonathan Jones
CB
1
0
1
0.0
0
2
0
Team
95
45
50
6.0
4
8
11
Kicking Statistics
Player
Team
FGM/FGA
FG%
Long
XPM/XPA
PTS
Brandon Aubrey
Dallas
3/4
75.0%
52
3/3
12
Jake Moody
Washington
3/3
100.0%
51
2/2
11
Brandon Aubrey field goal attempts: 42 (Good), 52 (Good), 58 (No Good), 51 (Good) Jake Moody field goal attempts: 29 (Good), 23 (Good), 51 (Good)
Punting Statistics
Player
Team
NO
YDS
AVG
LNG
In 20
Bryan Anger
Dallas
1
53
53.0
53
0
Tress Way
Washington
3
130
43.3
53
3
Kick Return Statistics
Player
Team
NO
YDS
AVG
LNG
TD
KaVontae Turpin
Dallas
5
115
23.0
26
0
Chase Edmonds
Washington
4
90
22.5
27
0
Chris Moore
Washington
1
33
33.0
33
0
Punt Return Statistics
Player
Team
NO
YDS
AVG
LNG
TD
River Cracraft
Washington
1
0
0.0
0
0
Snap Counts
Dallas Cowboys – Offense (92 total)
Player
Pos
Snaps
Pct
Dak Prescott
QB
92
100%
Cooper Beebe
C
92
100%
Terence Steele
T
92
100%
T.J. Bass
G
92
100%
Tyler Booker
G
92
100%
Tyler Smith
OL
92
100%
CeeDee Lamb
WR
80
87%
George Pickens
WR
80
87%
Jalen Tolbert
WR
57
62%
Brevyn Spann-Ford
TE
48
52%
Malik Davis
RB
46
50%
Luke Schoonmaker
TE
42
46%
Hunter Luepke
FB
31
34%
Jake Ferguson
TE
27
29%
Javonte Williams
RB
25
27%
KaVontae Turpin
WR
16
17%
Jonathan Mingo
WR
8
9%
Dallas Cowboys – Defense (44 total)
Player
Pos
Snaps
Pct
Kenneth Murray
LB
44
100%
Trevon Diggs
CB
44
100%
Shavon Revel
CB
42
95%
Donovan Wilson
S
41
93%
Shemar James
LB
36
82%
Reddy Steward
DB
35
80%
Malik Hooker
S
35
80%
Kenny Clark
DT
32
73%
Quinnen Williams
DT
31
70%
Osa Odighizuwa
DT
26
59%
Donovan Ezeiruaku
DE
26
59%
Jadeveon Clowney
DE
26
59%
Sam Williams
DE
13
30%
James Houston
DE
13
30%
Markquese Bell
S
12
27%
Solomon Thomas
DT
11
25%
Dante Fowler
DE
10
23%
Washington Commanders – Offense (44 total)
Player
Pos
Snaps
Pct
Josh Conerly
T
44
100%
Nick Allegretti
G
44
100%
Chris Paul
G
44
100%
Brandon Coleman
T
43
98%
Josh Johnson
QB
43
98%
Treylon Burks
WR
40
91%
Terry McLaurin
WR
38
86%
Deebo Samuel
WR
36
82%
Andrew Wylie
G
29
66%
Jacory Croskey-Merritt
RB
28
64%
Ben Sinnott
TE
27
61%
John Bates
TE
19
43%
Jeremy McNichols
RB
18
41%
Tyler Biadasz
C
16
36%
Chris Moore
WR
8
18%
Colson Yankoff
TE
4
9%
Washington Commanders – Defense (92 total)
Player
Pos
Snaps
Pct
Bobby Wagner
LB
92
100%
Will Harris
S
92
100%
Frankie Luvu
LB
92
100%
Mike Sainristil
CB
90
98%
Jonathan Jones
CB
81
88%
Jeremy Reaves
S
77
84%
Jacob Martin
DE
64
70%
Javon Kinlaw
DT
59
64%
Jer’Zhan Newton
DT
56
61%
Jordan Magee
LB
48
52%
Jalyn Holmes
DE
47
51%
Noah Igbinoghene
CB
47
51%
Preston Smith
DE
29
32%
Quan Martin
S
28
30%
Drake Jackson
DE
26
28%
Von Miller
LB
24
26%
Sheldon Day
DT
19
21%
Ricky Barber
DT
15
16%
Shy Tuttle
DT
14
15%
Antonio Hamilton
CB
11
12%
PFF Grades (Initial, Subject to Review)
Offense
Player
Team
Pos
Grade
Snaps
Terry McLaurin
Washington
WR
83.4
38
KaVontae Turpin
Dallas
WR
80.7
16
Tyler Booker
Dallas
G
76.8
92
Jake Ferguson
Dallas
TE
76.0
27
Tyler Smith
Dallas
G
75.5
92
Defense
Player
Team
Pos
Grade
Snaps
Quinnen Williams
Dallas
DI
90.6
31
Bobby Wagner
Washington
LB
84.4
92
Solomon Thomas
Dallas
DI
79.4
11
Sam Williams
Dallas
ED
76.6
13
Jadeveon Clowney
Dallas
ED
74.8
26
Drive Charts
Dallas Cowboys
#
Qtr
Starting Position
Plays
Net Yds
Result
1
1st
DAL 22
13
78
Touchdown
2
1st
DAL 35
17
65
Touchdown
3
2nd
DAL 3
5
97
Touchdown
4
2nd
DAL 26
12
51
Field Goal
5
3rd
DAL 7
6
2
Punt
6
3rd
DAL 13
11
53
Field Goal
7
3rd
DAL 24
6
36
Missed Field Goal
8
4th
DAL 15
14
52
Field Goal
9
4th
DAL 27
7
42
End of Game
Averages: 10.2 plays per drive, 48.4 yards per drive, 3.0 points per drive
Washington Commanders
#
Qtr
Starting Position
Plays
Net Yds
Result
1
1st
WAS 24
8
65
Field Goal
2
2nd
WAS 29
5
28
Punt
3
2nd
WAS 40
5
60
Touchdown
4
2nd
WAS 35
1
2
End of Half
5
3rd
WAS 26
4
14
Punt
6
3rd
WAS 28
1
72
Touchdown
7
3rd
WAS 35
10
60
Field Goal
8
4th
WAS 48
3
2
Punt
9
4th
WAS 28
7
39
Field Goal
Averages: 5.5 plays per drive, 34.3 yards per drive, 2.3 points per drive
Injuries
Player
Team
Injury
Status
Javonte Williams
Dallas
Shoulder
Did not return
Jake Ferguson
Dallas
Calf
Did not return (2nd half)
Tyler Biadasz
Washington
Right knee and ankle
Did not return
Jayden Daniels
Washington
Elbow
Did not play (inactive)
Marcus Mariota
Washington
Quad/hand
Did not play (inactive)
Game Officials
Role
Official
Referee
Brad Rogers
Umpire
Bryan Neale
Down Judge
Patrick Turner
Line Judge
Kevin Codey
Side Judge
David Meslow
Back Judge
Greg Yette
Field Judge
Joe Blubaugh
The final numbers told a one-sided story in terms of possession and opportunity. Dallas ran 46 more plays, held the ball for more than 17 minutes longer, and converted 4th-and-short situations that other teams leave on the field. Washington’s offense finished with a respectable yards-per-play average of 8.0, but the Commanders simply ran too few plays to generate enough scoring drives. Croskey-Merritt’s 72-yard touchdown in the third quarter briefly made it a one-score game, and Washington cut the deficit to seven points three separate times, but each answer came too late against a Dallas offense that controlled the clock from the opening drive. The Cowboys finished the 2025 regular season at 7-8-1. Washington closed at 4-12.
Statistics sourced from Pro Football Reference, ESPN, and PFF. PFF grades are initial and subject to upgrade review.
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