ARLINGTON, Texas — Dak Prescott threw three touchdown passes and the Dallas Cowboys extended their home winning streak to 14 games, rallying for a 41-35 victory over the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday night.
Prescott's 12-yard pass to Jake Ferguson put Dallas in front with 4 1/2 minutes remaining as the Cowboys (9-3) set up a rematch with NFC East rival Philadelphia by escaping what would have been their first loss since falling to the Eagles 28-23 to start November.
Geno Smith threw three touchdown passes to D.K. Metcalf, including a 73-yarder, as the Seahawks (6-6) got their offense going again. But Seattle couldn't avoid a third consecutive loss to drop to .500 for the first time since splitting its first two games of the season.
Dallas’ Brandon Aubrey kicked four field goals to extend the 28-year-old rookie’s NFL record to 26 consecutive makes to start a career.
Neither team punted, the fifth time in NFL history that's happened. But the Dallas defense, ranked third in the NFL coming in, got fourth-down on the Seahawks' final three possessions as the Cowboys kept alive their best home winning streak since an 18-game run at old Texas Stadium from 1979-81.
The Cowboys trailed 35-30 when Zach Charbonnet was stopped on fourth-and-1 from the Dallas 46. Seven plays later, Ferguson scored, and Prescott hit Brandin Cooks for the 2-point conversion. Cooks also had a TD catch in the second quarter.
CeeDee Lamb had the other touchdown catch while finishing with 12 catches for 116 yards, and his 24-yard run on a jet sweep helped set up Aubrey's final field goal to put Dallas ahead by six. That came after Smith threw incomplete on fourth down near midfield with 3:11 to go.
The Seahawks reached midfield with 1:11 left, but Micah Parsons' pressure on fourth down forced Smith to throw the ball into the ground, sealing the Dallas victory.
Metcalf had a season-high 134 yards on six catches in his second career three-TD game as the Seahawks scored touchdowns on five of their first seven drives after coming in with 20 consecutive possessions without an offensive TD.
Smith also ran for a score while throwing for 334 yards with an interception.
A look at the first half of the game
The Cowboys trailed the Seattle Seahawks 21-20 at halftime.
Dallas got a pair Prescott touchdown passes -- but Seattle's Geno Smith has a pair of his own to lead the Seahawks.
The Cowboys responded to an early 7-3 deficit to author a pair of touchdown drives late in the first and early in the second quarter, to take control of the game -- only to let Seattle answer right back to lead at the break.
Dallas' opening drive spanned 63 yards on 14 plays, but stalled after Dallas set up 1st & Goal at the Seattle two-yard line. A Tony Pollard rush for -1 yards, followed by an incompletion, and then a sack of Prescott led to a 30-yard Brandon Aubrey field goal and a 3-0 Dallas lead.
It then took Seattle just three plays to put Dallas behind -- the first time all season the Cowboys have trailed at home: A Geno mith connection with DK Metcalf went for 73 yards and a Seahawks touchdown, and it was 7-3 Seattle with 7:28 to play in the first quarter.
Dallas would respond in impressive fashion, however, with a five-play, 75-yard touchdown drive that was capped by a 15-yard laser from Prescott to CeeDee Lamb, and Dallas surged back in front, 10-7.
After the Cowboys defense then made a stop of Seattle at the Dallas 24, Seahawks kicker Jason Myers missed his 41-yard field goal attempt wide to the right, keeping the score 10-7.
Dallas capitalized on the opportunity, too, driving 68 yards in 11 plays, capped off by a Prescott-to-Brandin Cooks touchdown pass, as Cooks was wide open in the endzone from seven yards away. At that point, Dallas led 17-7.
But Seattle got back into the game thanks to a 75-yard drive that featured 53 yards worth of Cowboys pass interference penalties. Rashaan Evans was called for a 40-yard pass interference on a blatant penalty up the middle of the field where he failed to play the football. Then Stephon Gilmore was hit with a pass interference penalty while covering Jaxon Smith-Njigba, setting Seattle up with 1st & Goal at the Dallas one. On the next play, Seattle running back Zach Charbonnet ran it in for the touchdown, and it was 17-14.
Dallas drove the length of the field, burning 7:24 off the clock on a 16-play, 62-yard drive. Dallas advanced as deep as the Seattle three-yard line, but a hold on the Cowboys 4th & Goal attempt led to a 31-yard Aubrey field goal, and a 20-14 Cowboys lead.
Then the Seahawks, courtesy of another huge pass interference call, this one against Daron Bland, scored on a 1-yard touchdown pass from Smith to Metcalf, giving them a 21-20 lead at halftime. In that drive, Seattle went 75 yards in 8 plays and 1:26, much thanks to a series of Cowboys penalties.
In all, Dallas was assessed seven penalties in the first half for 107 yards.
Injuries
Seahawks: LB Jordyn Brooks injured an ankle and didn't return. ... RB Kenneth Walker III missed a second consecutive game with an oblique injury.
Up next
Both teams get the mini-break after consecutive Thursday games, and both have rematches Dec. 10 with division-leading rivals. Seattle visits San Francisco in just its second game since the Niners solidified their NFC West lead with a 31-13 victory at the Seahawks. Dallas' rematch with Philadelphia comes a month after the Eagles took control of the NFC East.
