Week 8 · Recap
Cowboys 30, Cardinals 33: Week 8 recap
What happened
The Cowboys fell to the Cardinals 33-30 at home at AT&T Stadium in Week 8, moving to 3-5.
The Cowboys were outgained 467-261, won the turnover battle 2-0, and went 6-16 on third down.
Dak Prescott went 19 of 29 for 195 yards and 1 TD. Javonte Williams had 24 carries for 56 yards on the ground. CeeDee Lamb led the receivers with 7 catches for 58 yards.
On defense, Quinnen Williams led with 2 sacks and Shemar James had 9 tackles.
Team stats
- 261Total yards467
- 168Passing yards265
- 93Rushing yards202
- 19First downs24
- 6-16Third down8-18
- 3-5Red zone (TD-att)3-5
- 0Turnovers2
- 4-27Sacked-yards5-42
- 7-45Penalties-yards9-77
- 33:42Possession33:25
Box score from ESPN.
Scoring plays
Score: ARI-DAL- 1st quarter
- DALJames Mitchell 0 Yd Fumble Recovery (Brandon Aubrey Kick)2:330-7
- 2nd quarter
- DALRyan Flournoy 9 Yd pass from Dak Prescott (Brandon Aubrey Kick)5:160-14
- ARIChad Ryland 37 Yd Field Goal1:133-14
- 3rd quarter
- DALBrandon Aubrey 31 Yd Field Goal6:373-17
- ARITyler Allgeier 63 Yd Rush (Chad Ryland Kick)0:5710-17
- 4th quarter
- DALDak Prescott 5 Yd Rush (Brandon Aubrey Kick)14:2010-24
- ARITyler Allgeier 5 Yd pass from Gardner Minshew II (Chad Ryland Kick)10:4717-24
- DALBrandon Aubrey 35 Yd Field Goal3:5417-27
- ARITrey McBride 14 Yd pass from Gardner Minshew II (Chad Ryland Kick)2:1124-27
- DALBrandon Aubrey 41 Yd Field Goal1:0924-30
- ARIMichael Wilson 13 Yd pass from Gardner Minshew II (Chad Ryland PAT Failed)0:0630-30
- Overtime
- ARIChad Ryland 42 Yd Field Goal 2:5333-30
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