Dak Prescott, CeeDee Lamb lead Cowboys past Chiefs in Thanksgiving thriller

The Dallas Cowboys won a Thanksgiving Day thriller implicit the Kansas City Chiefs, 31-28, to genuinely vault themselves into the NFC playoff picture. 

Dallas needed a triumph heading into the abbreviated week, arsenic they are present 6-5-1 connected the season. They person present beaten the reigning league champions, arsenic they took down the Philadelphia Eagles this past Sunday. 

Meanwhile, aft a monolithic location triumph for the Chiefs past week against the Indianapolis Colts, they are backmost to .500 astatine 6-6. 

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Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb of the Dallas Cowboys observe aft their touchdown transportation against the Kansas City Chiefs during the archetypal 4th successful the crippled astatine AT&T Stadium connected Nov. 27, 2025 successful Arlington, Texas. (Stacy Revere/Getty Images)

It was an inauspicious commencement by Dak Prescott and the Cowboys’ discourtesy arsenic the seasoned awesome caller threw an interception connected the 3rd play of the game. Jaylen Watson jumped the way of George Pickens, arsenic Prescott’s propulsion was altered from a cleanable blitz by Kansas City.

Just 2 plays later, Rashee Rice, who has acceptable good into the Chiefs’ discourtesy since returning to the discourtesy pursuing an early-season suspension, had a convoy of blockers erstwhile helium got a Mahomes surface and took it 27 yards into the extremity portion for an aboriginal 7-0 lead.

The Cowboys, though, were speedy to respond with Prescott bouncing backmost connected the ensuing drive. He went 12 plays and 75 yards, uncovering his trusty receiver CeeDee Lamb for a 15-yard onslaught successful the backmost close of the extremity portion to necktie the crippled astatine 7 apiece.

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But, arsenic CBS broadcaster and erstwhile Cowboys backmost Tony Romo called, this was going to beryllium a shootout betwixt 2 of the apical offenses successful the league.

Patrick Mahomes and institution responded with a 12-play touchdown thrust for the Chiefs, and it was a important play connected fourth-and-goal from the two-yard enactment aft Kareem Hunt was stuffed connected third-and-goal. Travis Kelce made an acrobatic drawback with large sum from the Cowboys connected him, but the 36-year-old choky extremity gave his squad the pb back.

After a Brandon Aubrey tract extremity chopped into the Chiefs’ lead, the Cowboys got their archetypal pb of the crippled acknowledgment to moving backmost Malik Davis uncovering a seam and making it wounded Kansas City. He burst done the defence for a 43-yard touchdown tally to marque it a 17-14 game.

The violative fireworks subsided successful the 3rd quarter, but the Chiefs saw yet different cardinal fourth-and-goal play that resulted successful 7 points. It was Rice getting successful for his 2nd touchdown of the game, arsenic Mahomes spot his receiver to spell up and triumph astatine the ball’s highest constituent successful the extremity zone.

Rashee Rice of the Kansas City Chiefs scores a receiving touchdown successful beforehand of Malik Hooker #28 of the Dallas Cowboys during the archetypal 4th successful the crippled astatine AT&T Stadium connected Nov. 27, 2025 successful Arlington, Texas. (Stacy Revere/Getty Images)

It was a 21-20 crippled successful favour of the Chiefs erstwhile Prescott and the Cowboys took over, and though helium was quiescent astir of the game, George Pickens started to navigator astatine the cleanable time.

Pickens provided 50 yards connected the 68-yard touchdown thrust for Dallas, with Prescott scrambling and uncovering moving backmost Javonte Williams for the three-yard touchdown pass. Pickens, though, would person a two-point effort to marque it a 28-21 game.

The Cowboys were capable to unit a three-and-out connected the Chiefs, and aft a immense play to Lamb, Dallas recovered themselves adjacent to the extremity enactment again. But a monolithic play occurred erstwhile Pickens caught a abbreviated walk connected third-and-8 from the Kansas City 12-yard line, arsenic helium fumbled, and it appeared the Chiefs were going to get the shot back. But KaVontae Turpin came flying successful and recovered the ball, which allowed different Aubrey tract extremity alternatively of a pivotal turnover.

Turpin’s heroic betterment was adjacent much important aft Mahomes went 7 plays and 67 yards to find Hollywood Brown for a touchdown to marque it a 31-28 game.

The Cowboys held their ain destiny connected ensuing drive, knowing they request a mates archetypal downs to fto the timepiece tally to zero.

Prescott delivered connected third-and-2 conscionable earlier the two-minute warning, arsenic helium fired a walk to Pickens for 13 yards, and helium picked up the archetypal down needed to caput into triumph formation.

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Looking astatine the container score, Prescott was 27-for-39 for 320 yards with 2 touchdown passes, portion Lamb finished with a game-high 112 yards connected 7 receptions. Pickens had six catches for 88 yards, portion Williams added 59 yards connected 17 carries arsenic good arsenic 21 yards connected 3 catches.

For the Chiefs, Mahomes was 23-for-34 for 261 yards with 4 touchdown passes, portion Rice finished with 92 yards connected 8 catches.

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