2020 · Week 8 · Division

Final

Cowboys

Dallas

QB Ben DiNucci

9·23

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Carson Wentz

Lincoln Financial Field · outdoors · grass · 49°F · wind 17mph

Closing spread

PHI -10

Total

43

Model margin

+1.9est.

PHI perspective

Push chance

2.9%est.

the line sits on a key number

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
  • -0.029EPA / play-0.055
  • 46.1%Success rate41.8%
  • -0.004EPA / dropback-0.043
  • -0.073EPA / rush-0.081
  • 7.8%Explosive rate7.8%
  • -1.42CPOE-4.93
  • 41.5%Third-down rate36.0%
  • 52.0%Red-zone TD rate67.6%
  • 1.87Points / drive1.61
  • 2.3%Turnover rate2.6%

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
Ben DiNucci21/4018000

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ezekiel Elliott19633.30
Tony Pollard7405.70
Ben DiNucci5224.40
CeeDee Lamb11919.00
Cedrick Wilson Jr.2-11-5.50

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Carson Wentz15/2712322
Jalen Hurts1/1900

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Boston Scott15704.70
Corey Clement5244.80
Carson Wentz4174.30
Jalen Reagor166.00
Greg Ward122.00

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 +107.1%7.5%3.1%4.7%2.9%

Positive margins favour Eagles; negative favour Cowboys.

Half-point at risk

2.94%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

54.1%

Expected total

40.4est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.32
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment+1.26
  • Rest differential+0.24
  • Expected margin+1.89