Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2023 · Week 9 · Division

Final

Cowboys

Dallas

QB Dak Prescott

23·28

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Jalen Hurts

Lincoln Financial Field · outdoors · grass · 64°F · wind 6mph

Closing spread

PHI -3.5

Total

46.5

Model margin

-2.0est.

PHI perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

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
  • +0.121EPA / play+0.061
  • 48.0%Success rate46.3%
  • +0.229EPA / dropback+0.106
  • -0.061EPA / rush-0.007
  • 8.9%Explosive rate8.5%
  • +3.68CPOE+3.86
  • 49.6%Third-down rate47.5%
  • 59.4%Red-zone TD rate61.4%
  • 2.67Points / drive2.30
  • 1.3%Turnover rate2.4%

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
2022 · W16PHI @ DAL3440DAL
2022 · W6DAL @ PHI1726PHI
2021 · W18DAL @ PHI5126DAL

Box score

Individual performances

Cowboys

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Dak Prescott29/4437430

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Tony Pollard12514.30
Dak Prescott6142.30
Rico Dowdle284.00
KaVontae Turpin100.00

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jalen Hurts17/2320720

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
D'Andre Swift18432.40
Jalen Hurts10363.61
Kenny Gainwell3227.31
Rashaad Penny284.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
A.J. Brown79661
DeVonta Smith33511
Dallas Goedert34500
D'Andre Swift22310
Olamide Zaccheaus1280
Kenny Gainwell1110

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 +3.52.9%4.7%3.1%7.5%7.1%2.7%4.1%

Positive margins favour Eagles; negative favour Cowboys.

Half-point at risk

2.34%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

43.8%

Expected total

47.1est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-3.66
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin-1.96