Dallas Cowboys vs. Philadelphia Eagles: Box score, player stats, and summary feat. CeeDee Lamb, Saquon Barkley

The NFL made its grand return on Thursday, as the Philadelphia Eagles began their Super Bowl defense at home against their eternal foes, the Dallas Cowboys.

With Nick Sirianni and Howie Roseman parading a largely unchanged roster led by Jalen Hurts and Saquon Barkley, the Eagles looked to prove that they were as good as, if not better than, they were last season.

Meanwhile, the Cowboys, still reeling from trading away star edge rusher Micah Parsons last week on top of the losses of Zack Martin (retired) and DeMarcus Lawrence (joined the Seattle Seahawks in free agency), were eager to begin with a win.

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Dallas Cowboys vs. Philadelphia Eagles Kickoff Game box score

	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
Cowboys	7	13	0	0	20
Eagles	7	14	3	0	24

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Dallas Cowboys player stats

Passing

Player	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	RTG
Dak Prescott	21/34	188	0	0	76.6

Rushing and receiving

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	REC	YDS	TD
Javonte Williams	15	54	2	2	10	0
KaVontae Turpin	2	9	0	2	18	0
Dak Prescott	1	3	0	0	0	0
Miles Sanders	4	53	0	1	-3	0
CeeDee Lamb	0	0	0	7	110	0
George Pickens	0	0	0	3	30	0
Jalen Tolbert	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jake Ferguson	0	0	0	5	23	0

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
Malik Hooker	9	4	0	0	0	0	0
Kenneth Murray Jr.	9	4	0	0	0	0	0
Kaiir Elam	6	4	0	0	0	0	0
Damone Clark	6	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Sanborn	6	2	0	1	0	0	0
Solomon Thomas	5	3	0	1	0	0	0
Sam Williams	5	3	0	1	0	1	0
Kenny Clark	5	2	0	0	0	0	0
Marist Liufau	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
Marshawn Kneeland	3	2	1	1	0	1	0
DaRon Bland	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
Osa Odighizuwa	3	1	0	0	0	1	0
James Houston	2	2	0	1	0	0	0
Dak Prescott	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Trevon Diggs	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Donovan Ezeiruaku	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
Donovan Wilson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jay Toia	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dante Fowler Jr.	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Kicking

Player	FG	XP
Brandon Aubrey	2/2	2/2

Punting

Player	PUNTS	YDS
Bryan Anger	2	87

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Philadelphia Eagles player stats

Passing

Player	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	RTG
Jalen Hurts	19/23	152	0	0	94.2

Rushing and receiving

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	REC	YDS	TD
Jalen Hurts	14	62	2	0	0	0
Saquon Barkley	18	60	1	4	24	0
Will Shipley	3	26	0	0	0	0
AJ Dillon	3	10	0	0	0	0
Jahan Dotson	0	0	0	3	59	0
Dallas Goedert	0	0	0	7	44	0
DeVonta Smith	0	0	0	3	16	0
Kylen Granson	0	0	0	1	1	0
AJ Brown	0	0	0	1	8	0

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
Zack Baun	9	6	0	1	1	0	0
Adoree' Jackson	7	5	0	0	1	0	0
Jordan Davis	6	3	0	1	1	0	0
Cooper DeJean	5	3	0	0	1	0	0
Andrew Mukuba	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
Quinyon Mitchell	4	3	0	0	1	0	0
Nolan Smith Jr.	4	1	0	0	0	0	0
Reed Blankenship	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jakorian Bennett	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jalyx Hunt	3	1	0	1	0	0	0
Jihaad Campbell	3	0	0	0	1	0	0
Sydney Brown	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kylen Granson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
John Metchie III	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joshua Uche	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moro Ojomo	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Byron Young	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	XP
Jake Elliott	1/1	3/3

Punting

Player	PUNTS	YDS
Braden Mann	3	146

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Dallas Cowboys vs. Philadelphia Eagles game summary

The NFL season began with controversy, as the Eagles were docked 15 yards on the opening kickoff after Jalen Carter spat on Dak Prescott, netting him an ejection. Javonte Williams put the Cowboys on board with a rushing touchdown, which Jalen Hurts answered with a rushing touchdown of his own.

Both men exchanged rushing touchdowns in the second quarter as well. The touchdown streak ended when Brandon Aubrey made a field goal from 41 yards with just over two and a half minutes left. In the final minute of the quarter, Saquon Barkley rushed for six to give the hosts their first lead of the night.

Aubrey hit a field goal to end a perfect scoring half for both teams.

The second half began with the first major defensive play of the night, as Marshawn Kneeland sacked Jalen Hurts for an eight-yard loss. That cascaded into the Eagles being forced to send in Jake Elliott for his first field goal attempt, which he made.

On the next drive, Miles Sanders burst to the Eagles’ 11. However, a penalty on George Pickens, then two incompletions, stalled the drive. Rookie Jihaad Campbell forced the ball loose during another rushing attempt, which Quinyon Mitchell recovered for the first turnover of the night.

After that, lightning strikes caused a weather delay that lasted 65 minutes. Play resumed with the Cowboys and Eagles trading punts on the next two drives. This stretch then continued over the next three drives and ended when CeeDee Lamb failed to catch a deep ball from Dak Prescott at the two-minute warning.

Hurts then converted a 3rd-and-3 to end the game.