Cowboys spring Zeke attack on Eagles
Ezekiel Elliott was all smiles Sunday night after rushing for 151 yards and the go-ahead touchdown in the Cowboys’ 27-20 win over the defending champion Eagles.
PHILADELPHIA — Ezekiel Elliott and Dak Prescott left the defending Super Bowl champions wondering how their season went wrong.
Elliott had 151 yards rushing, and his go-ahead 1-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter helped the Dallas Cowboys beat the Philadelphia Eagles 27-20 on Sunday night.
The Eagles fell to 4-5 with their third straight home loss, while the Cowboys posted their first road win and improved to 4-5. Washington leads the NFC East at 6-3.
“All of us need to look in the mirror,” Philadelphia coach Doug Pederson said. “Are we doing enough? Are we giving enough?”
The Cowboys gave their all to give embattled coach Jason Garrett a week off from questions about his job security.
“I asked him before the game, ‘You feeling any pressure?’ ” Cowboys coach Jerry Jones said. “(Garrett replied) ‘It just makes me want to go out and do more to turn this thing.’ ”
Prescott had 270 yards passing, threw for one touchdown and also ran for a score. Elliott also had a TD reception.
“It was absolutely mandatory that we went and got this win,” Elliott said. “We wanted to keep our hopes up for winning this division and making the playoffs.”
Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz threw a pair of TD passes to Zach Ertz, but his pass to Ertz on fourth down fell a yard short of a first down at the Cowboys 29 with 1:09 left. The Eagles got the ball back at their 32 with 40 seconds left and drove to the Cowboys 32 for the final play. Wentz completed a pass to Ertz inside the Dallas 10. Ertz lateraled to Golden Tate, but he was tackled for no gain to end it.
“We just didn't execute,” said Wentz, who was 32-of-44 for 360 yards with one interception.
It was a defensive battle into the third quarter before the offenses went back-and-forth.
Elliott ran in from the 1 to give Dallas a 27-20 lead after Prescott completed passes of 24 yards to Amari Cooper and 23 yards to Allen Hurns on the drive.
Coming off an open date, the Eagles were listless in the first half and trailed 13-3 before rallying to tie it on Wentz's 15-yard TD pass to Ertz late in the third quarter. Wentz connected with Jordan Matthews for 18 yards on thirdand-11 to extend the drive. He hit him again for 12 yards on the next play and found Ertz a few plays later.
Prescott tossed a 7-yard TD pass to Elliott to give Dallas a 20-13 lead on the ensuing possession. Elliott accounted for 57 of the 75 yards on the drive.
But the Eagles answered. Wentz hit Nelson Agholor, who made an excellent catch for a 51yard gain to the Cowboys 8, then found Ertz in the back of the end zone for a 1-yard touchdown pass to tie it at 20.