2012 · Week 13 · Division

Final

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Nick Foles

33·38

Cowboys

Dallas

QB Tony Romo

Cowboys Stadium · closed · matrixturf

Closing spread

DAL -10.5

Total

44

Model margin

+5.6est.

DAL perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Cowboys
  • Eagles

How each play moved the game.

Cowboys winsEagles wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

Eaglesedge mapCowboys
  • -0.073EPA / play+0.043
  • 42.7%Success rate47.2%
  • -0.006EPA / dropback+0.127
  • -0.208EPA / rush-0.133
  • 8.8%Explosive rate7.3%
  • +0.51CPOE+3.18
  • 37.1%Third-down rate43.3%
  • 49.2%Red-zone TD rate62.6%
  • 1.18Points / drive1.79
  • 3.0%Turnover rate2.5%

Bar length is league percentile, already oriented so longer is better. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge; rows within ~12 points are washed as even.

The rivalry

PHI lead 29–26 since 1999

Meetings average 44.8 points. DAL are 27-27-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W12PHI @ DAL2124DAL
2025 · W1DAL @ PHI2024PHI
2024 · W17DAL @ PHI741PHI
2024 · W10PHI @ DAL346PHI
2023 · W14PHI @ DAL1333DAL
2023 · W9DAL @ PHI2328PHI
2022 · W16PHI @ DAL3440DAL
2022 · W6DAL @ PHI1726PHI

Box score

Individual performances

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Nick Foles22/3425110

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Bryce Brown241697.02
Dion Lewis2147.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Jason Avant45790
Brent Celek78730
Jeremy Maclin35380
Riley Cooper25311
Bryce Brown45140
Damaris Johnson11130
Clay Harbor1230

Cowboys

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Tony Romo22/2730330

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
DeMarco Murray23833.61
Felix Jones7263.70
Tony Romo3144.70

Where this game is likely to land

  • Model
  • Smooth (normal)
  • Betting line

Probability of each final margin. Football scoring clusters — the spikes at 3 and 7 are real, and a smooth model misses them.

line +10.56.3%7.4%3.2%5.0%3.3%3.1%

Positive margins favour Cowboys; negative favour Eagles.

Half-point at risk

1.58%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

63.9%

Expected total

47.6est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.55
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment+1.24
  • Rest differential+0.32
  • Expected margin+5.60