Behind a 320-yard passing day from Dak Prescott, the Cowboys outlasted the defending AFC champions in a 31-28 win at AT&T Stadium on Thursday. It was their third straight victory, and it moves them to 6-5-1 to keep their NFC playoffs hopes alive.

Nov 28, 2025

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The 2025 season has been a year of one step forward, one step back for the Kansas City Chiefs. It was the latter against the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving.

Behind a 320-yard passing day from Dak Prescott, the Cowboys outlasted the defending AFC champions in a 31-28 win at AT&T Stadium on Thursday. It was their third straight victory, and it moves them to 6-5-1 to keep their NFC playoffs hopes alive. The 6-6 Chiefs, meanwhile, are again .500 and need to win out to reach 11-6 and have any realistic shot at the playoffs, given the tiebreakers they don’t have with teams ahead of them.

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This was pretty much a must-win game for both teams, and the Dallas offense was the difference.

Prescott went 27 of 39 for 329 yards, 2 touchdowns and an interception, with his wide receiver tandem of CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens overwhelming a short-handed Chiefs secondary. Lamb had 112 yards and a touchdown, while Pickens had 88 yards.

They made it a particularly rough day at the office for Chiefs All-Pro cornerback Trent McDuffie, who allowed his most yardage to a single receiver all season when Lamb hit 44 yards… in the first quarter.

The Chiefs started out looking like the better team, carrying over the momentum from their comeback win over the Indianapolis Colts last week, with 14 quick points. Prescott, meanwhile, started slow with an interception under pressure.

Kansas City’s offense disappeared for nearly two full quarters after that, however, as the Cowboys’ revamped defense prevented any big plays. Like last time, the Chiefs woke up again in the fourth quarter, but it wasn’t enough this week.

Trailing 21-20 to start the fourth quarter, Prescott led the Cowboys on an 11-play, 68-yard touchdown drive with Pickens gaining 39 yards on a catch-and-run that included an impressive hurdle over McDuffie:

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Prescott threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to running back Javonte Williams, extending the play with his legs and keeping his eyes past the line of scrimmage. Pickens then converted the 2-point conversion.

After the Dallas defense forced a punt, Prescott found Lamb for a 51-yard gain to set up a field goal, putting the Cowboys up by two scores with a little more than five minutes left.

It was still a four-touchdown day for Patrick Mahomes, with Rashee Rice catching two of them while posting 92 receiving yards. It’s just hard to pull out the win an offense like Dallas gets as many chances to put the game away as it did.