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Dallas Cowboys at Washington Commanders

Scheduled · Kickoff to be confirmed

2026 Regular season · Week 18 · Northwest Stadium

Latest game updateUpdated
Dallas Cowboys—Away
Washington Commanders—Home

Game details

Location
Landover

Matchup preview

Dallas Cowboys 2–3 · Road 1–1 · Streak L1 · Power Index No. 22
Washington Commanders 1–3 · Home 1–1 · Streak L1 · Power Index No. 29
2026 regular season, per game
MetricDALWAS
Points per game (DAL 5 games, WAS 4 games)27.69th22.016th
Points allowed per game (DAL 5 games, WAS 4 games)27.226th30.530th
Total yards per game (DAL 4 games, WAS 4 games)347.512th314.819th
Passing yards per game (DAL 4 games, WAS 4 games)266.37th196.524th
Rushing yards per game (DAL 4 games, WAS 4 games)89.525th124.08th
Turnovers per game (DAL 4 games, WAS 4 games)0.53rd0.53rd
Sacks allowed per game (DAL 4 games, WAS 4 games)1.55th1.32nd
Penalty yards per game (DAL 4 games, WAS 4 games)64.319th56.013th

Highlighted values are the better side of each line; small figures are the league rank among clubs with games (1st = best). Points come from final scores; yardage, turnovers, sacks and penalties from team statistics.

Dallas Cowboys: recent results

  1. L 16–24 vs TB Week 5
  2. W 34–30 @ HOU Week 4
  3. L 31–34 vs BAL Week 3
  4. W 37–20 vs WAS Week 2
  5. L 20–28 @ NYG Week 1

Washington Commanders: recent results

  1. L 13–30 vs IND Week 4
  2. W 33–31 vs SEA Week 3
  3. L 20–37 @ DAL Week 2
  4. L 22–24 @ PHI Week 1

Dallas Cowboys: season leaders

Passing
Dak Prescott 1,381 yds
Rushing
Javonte Williams 276 yds
Receiving
CeeDee Lamb 507 yds
Sacks
Rashan Gary 1.0

Washington Commanders: season leaders

Passing
Marcus Mariota 340 yds
Rushing
Jacory Croskey-Merritt 157 yds
Receiving
Stefon Diggs 170 yds
Sacks
Odafe Oweh 2.0

Dallas Cowboys: injury report

  • Out Ajani Cornelius RG
  • Out Camden Brown WR
  • Out Cobie Durant LCB
  • Out DeMarvion Overshown LILB
  • Out Drew Shelton LT
  • Out James Houston WLB
  • Out Joey Porter Jr. LCB
  • Questionable Alijah Clark SS

2 more listed.

10 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 9. Full report

Washington Commanders: injury report

  • Out Charles Omenihu RDE
  • Out Marcus Mariota QB
  • Out Nick Cross SS
  • Out Percy Butler FS
  • Out Stefon Diggs WR
  • Out Tyler Owens SS
  • Questionable Terry McLaurin WR

7 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. Full report

Head-to-head since 1999

DAL 39 · WAS 16 in 55 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2026 · Week 2 WAS 20, DAL 37
  2. 2025 · Week 17 DAL 30, WAS 23
  3. 2025 · Week 7 WAS 22, DAL 44
  4. 2024 · Week 18 WAS 23, DAL 19
  5. 2024 · Week 12 DAL 34, WAS 26

Full series history

From WHYNFL's results archive, which begins in 1999.

Game notes

Win probability

DAL 59.5% · WAS 40.1%

Matchup quality 62.2 / 100

Model estimate, updated Sep 28, 2026. Not a WHYNFL prediction.

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