Dak Prescott absorbed six sacks, completed 19 of 37 passes for 307 yards and two touchdowns, and converted six consecutive fourth-down attempts as the Dallas Cowboys beat the Washington Commanders 30-23 at Northwest Stadium on Christmas Day 2025. Dallas outgained Washington 480 yards to 328, ran 87 offensive plays to the Commanders’ 41, and held a 38:44-to-21:16 time of possession advantage to control the game from the opening drive.
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Game Information
Date
Thursday, December 25, 2025
Kickoff
1:00 PM ET
Venue
Northwest Stadium, Landover, MD
Attendance
64,407
Broadcast
Netflix
Duration
3:05
Dallas Cowboys Record
7-8-1 (3-5 Away)
Washington Commanders Record
4-12 (2-6 Home)
Score by Quarter
Team
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Final
Dallas Cowboys
7
17
3
3
30
Washington Commanders
3
7
10
3
23
Scoring Plays
Qtr
Time
Play
DAL
WSH
1st
9:42
Jake Ferguson 6-yd pass from Dak Prescott (Aubrey kick) — 13 plays, 78 yds, 5:18
Washington started Josh Johnson at quarterback with Jayden Daniels (elbow) and Marcus Mariota (quad, hand) both unavailable. It was Johnson’s 10th career start and his first since the 2021 season.
Rushing Stats
Dallas Cowboys
Player
CAR
YDS
AVG
TD
LG
Malik Davis
20
103
5.2
0
21
Javonte Williams
13
54
4.2
1
9
Hunter Luepke
7
30
4.3
0
8
Dak Prescott
4
24
6.0
0
12
Team
44
211
4.8
1
21
Washington Commanders
Player
CAR
YDS
AVG
TD
LG
Jacory Croskey-Merritt
11
105
9.5
2
72
Deebo Samuel
2
25
12.5
0
29
Josh Johnson
2
10
5.0
0
5
Jeremy McNichols
1
–2
–2.0
0
–2
Team
16
138
8.6
2
72
Receiving Stats
Dallas Cowboys
Player
REC
YDS
AVG
TD
LG
TGT
KaVontae Turpin
1
86
86.0
1
86
1
George Pickens
4
78
19.5
0
21
5
CeeDee Lamb
5
46
9.2
0
24
10
Brevyn Spann-Ford
1
31
31.0
0
31
2
Jalen Tolbert
4
31
7.8
0
14
8
Luke Schoonmaker
2
15
7.5
0
10
2
Hunter Luepke
1
14
14.0
0
14
1
Jake Ferguson
1
6
6.0
1
6
2
Malik Davis
0
0
—
0
—
2
Javonte Williams
0
0
—
0
—
2
Jonathan Mingo
0
0
—
0
—
1
Team
19
307
16.2
2
86
36
Washington Commanders
Player
REC
YDS
AVG
TD
LG
TGT
Deebo Samuel
2
68
34.0
0
41
4
Terry McLaurin
5
63
12.6
0
16
7
Ben Sinnott
3
29
9.7
0
12
4
Chris Moore
1
15
15.0
0
15
1
Jeremy McNichols
3
12
4.0
0
7
3
Treylon Burks
1
11
11.0
0
11
2
Team
15
198
13.2
0
41
21
Defensive Stats
Dallas Cowboys
Player
TOT
SOLO
SACKS
TFL
PD
QB HTS
Shavon Revel Jr.
6
3
0
0
1
0
Shemar James
6
3
0
0
0
0
Reddy Steward
5
2
0.5
0
1
1
Jadeveon Clowney
4
3
1.5
3
0
3
Donovan Wilson
4
2
0
1
0
0
Quinnen Williams
3
2
0
0
0
1
Malik Hooker
3
1
0
0
0
0
James Houston
3
1
0
0
0
0
Markquese Bell
3
1
0
0
0
0
Kenneth Murray Jr.
3
0
0
0
0
0
C.J. Goodwin
2
1
0
0
0
0
Sam Williams
1
1
0
1
1
0
Solomon Thomas
1
1
0
1
0
0
Osa Odighizuwa
1
1
0
0
0
1
Trevon Diggs
1
1
0
0
0
0
Kenny Clark
1
0
0
0
0
0
Brevyn Spann-Ford
1
0
0
0
0
0
Corey Ballentine
1
0
0
0
0
0
Marist Liufau
1
0
0
0
0
0
Alijah Clark
1
0
0
0
0
0
Donovan Ezeiruaku
1
0
0
0
0
0
Team
52
23
2.0
6
3
6
Washington Commanders
Player
TOT
SOLO
SACKS
TFL
PD
QB HTS
Bobby Wagner
10
5
0.5
0
1
2
Will Harris
10
5
0
0
0
0
Jer’Zhan Newton
9
3
3.0
2
0
5
Javon Kinlaw
7
5
0
0
0
0
Frankie Luvu
7
3
0
0
1
0
Jeremy Reaves
6
4
0
0
1
0
Mike Sainristil
6
4
0
0
1
0
Noah Igbinoghene
6
3
0
0
1
0
Ricky Barber
5
2
1.0
1
0
1
Jalyn Holmes
5
2
0
0
0
0
Jordan Magee
5
1
0
1
1
0
Jacob Martin
4
1
0
0
0
1
Shy Tuttle
3
1
0
0
0
0
Von Miller
2
2
1.0
0
0
1
Quan Martin
2
2
0
0
0
0
Preston Smith
2
0
0.5
0
0
1
Chris Moore
1
1
0
0
0
0
Tyler Owens
1
1
0
0
0
0
Jonathan Jones
1
0
0
0
2
0
Sheldon Day
1
0
0
0
0
0
Percy Butler
1
0
0
0
0
0
Drake Jackson
1
0
0
0
0
0
Team
95
45
6.0
4
8
11
Special Teams Stats
Kicking
Player
Team
FG
PCT
LONG
XP
PTS
Brandon Aubrey
Dallas
3/4
75.0%
52
3/3
12
Jake Moody
Washington
3/3
100.0%
51
2/2
11
Aubrey made field goals of 42, 52, and 51 yards. Moody made field goals of 29, 23, and 51 yards.
Punting
Player
Team
NO
YDS
AVG
TB
In 20
LONG
Bryan Anger
Dallas
1
53
53.0
0
0
53
Tress Way
Washington
3
130
43.3
0
3
53
Kick Returns
Player
Team
NO
YDS
AVG
LG
TD
KaVontae Turpin
Dallas
5
115
23.0
26
0
Chase Edmonds
Washington
4
90
22.5
27
0
Chris Moore
Washington
1
33
33.0
33
0
Punt Returns
Player
Team
NO
YDS
AVG
LG
TD
River Cracraft
Washington
1
0
0.0
0
0
Dallas had no punt returns.
Injuries
Player
Team
Injury
Status
Jake Ferguson
Dallas
Calf
Missed second half
Javonte Williams
Dallas
Shoulder
Left game
Tyler Biadasz
Washington
Right knee and ankle
Left game
Statistical Milestones
Dak Prescott reached 30 touchdown passes for the 2025 regular season, tying Tony Romo’s franchise record of four seasons with at least 30 TD throws. He also surpassed Troy Aikman for first place on the Cowboys’ all-time passing attempts list at 4,716.
Jer’Zhan Newton recorded a career-high three sacks; his previous single-game best was one.
Von Miller’s sack brought his career total to 137.5, tying John Randle for 10th on the NFL’s all-time sacks list.
Josh Johnson’s 41-yard completion to Deebo Samuel was his longest pass since 2018.
Dallas held the ball for the final two minutes on a 14-play, 52-yard drive that ended with Prescott converting a fourth down to run out the clock. The Cowboys finished 7-8-1 heading into a Week 18 trip to the New York Giants; Washington dropped to 4-12, with its 10th loss in 11 games, closing the season at Philadelphia.
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