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2025 · Week 1 · Division

Final

Cowboys

Dallas

QB Dak Prescott

20·24

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Jalen Hurts

Lincoln Financial Field · outdoors · grass · 75°F · wind 11mph

Closing spread

PHI -8.5

Total

47.5

Model margin

+3.9est.

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
  • +0.109EPA / play+0.034
  • 47.2%Success rate43.3%
  • +0.177EPA / dropback+0.092
  • -0.007EPA / rush-0.047
  • 8.3%Explosive rate9.0%
  • +1.89CPOE+3.26
  • 41.3%Third-down rate37.5%
  • 61.6%Red-zone TD rate72.0%
  • 2.53Points / drive2.11
  • 1.8%Turnover rate1.2%

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
2024 · W17DAL @ PHI741PHI
2024 · W10PHI @ DAL346PHI
2023 · W14PHI @ DAL1333DAL
2023 · W9DAL @ PHI2328PHI
2022 · W16PHI @ DAL3440DAL
2022 · W6DAL @ PHI1726PHI
2021 · W18DAL @ PHI5126DAL

Box score

Individual performances

Cowboys

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Dak Prescott21/3418800

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Javonte Williams15543.62
Miles Sanders45313.30
KaVontae Turpin294.50
Dak Prescott133.00

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jalen Hurts19/2315200

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Jalen Hurts14624.42
Saquon Barkley18603.31
Will Shipley3268.70
AJ Dillon3103.30

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Jahan Dotson33590
Dallas Goedert77440
Saquon Barkley45240
DeVonta Smith33160
A.J. Brown1180
Kylen Granson1110

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 +8.56.7%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%2.9%

Positive margins favour Eagles; negative favour Cowboys.

Half-point at risk

1.25%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

59.5%

Expected total

45.8est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+2.21
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+3.91