Dallas Cowboys at Houston Texans
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Dallas Cowboys | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 34 | |
| Houston Texans | 10 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 30 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 10:01 | Houston Texans touchdown. Nico Collins 7 Yd pass from C.J. Stroud (Ka'imi Fairbairn Kick) |
| 5:10 | Dallas Cowboys field goal. Brandon Aubrey 39 Yd Field Goal |
| 1:49 | Houston Texans field goal. Ka'imi Fairbairn 51 Yd Field Goal |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 12:30 | Dallas Cowboys field goal. Brandon Aubrey 50 Yd Field Goal |
| 2:05 | Houston Texans field goal. Ka'imi Fairbairn 39 Yd Field Goal |
| 0:00 | Houston Texans field goal. Ka'imi Fairbairn 54 Yd Field Goal |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 12:55 | Dallas Cowboys touchdown. Javonte Williams 8 Yd Rush (Brandon Aubrey Kick) |
| 10:50 | Houston Texans touchdown. Nico Collins 22 Yd pass from C.J. Stroud (Ka'imi Fairbairn Kick) |
| 6:49 | Dallas Cowboys touchdown. Javonte Williams 1 Yd Rush (Brandon Aubrey Kick) |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 11:17 | Dallas Cowboys touchdown. Javonte Williams 2 Yd Rush (Brandon Aubrey Kick) |
| 2:23 | Houston Texans touchdown. Woody Marks 6 Yd Rush (Ka'imi Fairbairn Kick) |
| 0:40 | Dallas Cowboys touchdown. CeeDee Lamb 12 Yd pass from Dak Prescott (Brandon Aubrey Kick) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Dallas Cowboys | Houston Texans |
| Total first downs | 28 | 16 |
| First downs from rushing | 7 | 2 |
| First downs from passing | 17 | 14 |
| First downs from penalties | 4 | 0 |
| Third down | Dallas Cowboys | Houston Texans |
| Third downs attempted | 14 | 10 |
| Third downs converted | 5 | 3 |
| Third down percentage | 36 % | 30 % |
| Fourth down | Dallas Cowboys | Houston Texans |
| Fourth downs attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 0 % |
| Offense | Dallas Cowboys | Houston Texans |
| Total yards | 399 | 397 |
| Total rushing yards | 75 | 62 |
| Total passing yards | 324 | 335 |
| Total offensive plays | 73 | 52 |
| Average yards per play | 5.5 | 7.6 |
| Time of possession | 33:27 | 26:33 |
| Rushing | Dallas Cowboys | Houston Texans |
| Total rushing plays | 25 | 19 |
| Total rushing yards | 75 | 62 |
| Average yards per rush | 3.0 | 3.3 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 3 | 1 |
| Passing | Dallas Cowboys | Houston Texans |
| Passes attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Passes completed | 0 | 0 |
| Average yards per completion | 6.8 | 10.2 |
| Passing touchdowns | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties | Dallas Cowboys | Houston Texans |
| Penalties committed | 6 | 13 |
| Penalty yards | 47 | 90 |
| Turnovers | Dallas Cowboys | Houston Texans |
| Passes intercepted | 0 | 0 |
| Interception returns | 0 | 0 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Dallas Cowboys | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Javonte Williams | 19 | 62 | 3.3 | 3 | 13 | ||||
| Tyler Goodson | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Dak Prescott | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| CeeDee Lamb | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | 0 | -6 | ||||
| Houston Texans | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| David Montgomery | 10 | 24 | 2.4 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Woody Marks | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| C.J. Stroud | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Jaylin Noel | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Dallas Cowboys | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Dak Prescott | 45 | 32 | 71 % | 335 | 7.4 | 1 | 0 | 3-11 | 89.0 |
| Houston Texans | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| C.J. Stroud | 31 | 21 | 68 % | 347 | 11.2 | 2 | 0 | 2-12 | 53.3 |
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Dallas Cowboys | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| CeeDee Lamb | 17 | 189 | 11.1 | 1 | 30 | ||||
| George Pickens | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 0 | 53 | ||||
| Ryan Flournoy | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 0 | 19 | ||||
| Javonte Williams | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Jake Ferguson | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Hunter Luepke | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Brevyn Spann-Ford | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jonathan Mingo | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tyler Goodson | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Houston Texans | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Nico Collins | 7 | 118 | 16.9 | 2 | 45 | ||||
| Jaylin Noel | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 0 | 52 | ||||
| Xavier Hutchinson | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | 26 | ||||
| Kayshon Boutte | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| Cade Stover | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 20 | ||||
| David Montgomery | 0 | 19 | 0.0 | 0 | 19 | ||||
| Brevin Jordan | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Dalton Schultz | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Foster Moreau | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Woody Marks | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Dallas Cowboys | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Houston Texans | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Dallas Cowboys | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Houston Texans | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Dallas Cowboys | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Malik Hooker | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Caleb Downs | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dee Winters | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Reddy Steward | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Quinnen Williams | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kenny Clark | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DaRon Bland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ameer Speed | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Donovan Ezeiruaku | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brevyn Spann-Ford | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hunter Luepke | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rashan Gary | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shemar James | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Otito Ogbonnia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alijah Clark | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LT Overton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jaishawn Barham | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Malachi Lawrence | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Elijah Garcia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Markquese Bell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Justin Barron | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Houston Texans | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Jake Hansen | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Reed Blankenship | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jalen Pitre | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kamari Lassiter | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Calen Bullock | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Will Anderson Jr. | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tommy Togiai | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jadeveon Clowney | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kenneth Murray Jr. | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cade Stover | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kamari Ramsey | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sheldon Rankins | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jamal Hill | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danielle Hunter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Logan Hall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Foster Moreau | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dominique Robinson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wade Woodaz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jaden Crumedy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derek Stingley Jr. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Dallas Cowboys | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| KaVontae Turpin | 5 | 147 | 29.4 | 48 | 0 | ||||
| Houston Texans | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Jaylin Noel | 4 | 106 | 26.5 | 53 | 0 | ||||
| Tremon Smith | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 21 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Dallas Cowboys | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| KaVontae Turpin | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| Houston Texans | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Jaylin Noel | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Dallas Cowboys | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Brandon Aubrey | 2/4 | 50 | 4/4 | 10 | |||||
| Houston Texans | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Ka'imi Fairbairn | 3/3 | 54 | 3/3 | 12 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Dallas Cowboys | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Bryan Anger | 2 | 117 | 58.5 | 0 | 2 | 60 | |||
| Houston Texans | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Kai Kroeger | 4 | 208 | 52.0 | 0 | 1 | 56 | |||
Last updated on Sunday, October 4, 2026 5:38 PM.