2019 · Week 16 · Division

Final

Cowboys

Dallas

QB Dak Prescott

9·17

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Carson Wentz

Lincoln Financial Field · outdoors · grass · 47°F · wind 7mph

Closing spread

DAL -2

Total

47

Model margin

+1.3est.

PHI perspective

Push chance

2.1%est.

Win probability

  • Eagles
  • Cowboys

How each play moved the game.

Eagles winsCowboys wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Cowboysedge mapEagles
  • +0.111EPA / play+0.004
  • 48.7%Success rate44.9%
  • +0.192EPA / dropback+0.069
  • -0.017EPA / rush-0.105
  • 11.1%Explosive rate8.4%
  • +1.10CPOE-1.01
  • 47.2%Third-down rate45.1%
  • 62.1%Red-zone TD rate64.4%
  • 2.45Points / drive2.01
  • 1.6%Turnover rate1.7%

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. PHI 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

Cowboys

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Dak Prescott25/4426500

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ezekiel Elliott13473.60
Dak Prescott177.00
Tony Pollard200.00

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Carson Wentz31/4031910

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Miles Sanders20794.01
Carson Wentz6223.70
Boston Scott3124.00
Greg Ward155.00

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 -24.2%2.8%7.2%7.5%3.0%4.6%2.9%

Positive margins favour Eagles; negative favour Cowboys.

Half-point at risk

2.08%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

52.7%

Expected total

43.7est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.40
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+1.34