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New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 17 · AT&T Stadium

Latest game updateUpdated
New York Giants—Away
Dallas Cowboys—Home

Game details

Location
Arlington
Venue address
One AT&T Way, Arlington, TX 76011, US
Address checked

Matchup preview

New York Giants 3–1–1 · Road 0–1–1 · Streak T1 · Power Index No. 19 · 6 days of rest
Dallas Cowboys 2–3 · Home 1–2 · Streak L1 · Power Index No. 23 · 7 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · NYG 5 games, DAL 5 games
MetricNYGDAL
Points per game21.820th27.67th
Points allowed per game21.210th27.226th
Total yards per game308.221st351.211th
Passing yards per game211.021st276.26th
Rushing yards per game109.016th81.630th
Turnovers per game1.418th1.09th
Sacks allowed per game2.622nd1.22nd
Penalty yards per game60.216th62.819th

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.

New York Giants: recent results

  1. T 27–27 @ WAS Week 5
  2. W 36–24 vs ARI Week 4
  3. W 12–7 vs TEN Week 3
  4. L 6–28 @ LAR Week 2
  5. W 28–20 vs DAL Week 1

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

New York Giants: season leaders

Passing
Jameis Winston 805 yds · 4 g
Rushing
Cam Skattebo 294 yds · 5 g
Receiving
Malik Nabers 329 yds · 5 g
Sacks
Abdul Carter 2.0 · 4 g

Dallas Cowboys: season leaders

Passing
Dak Prescott 1,381 yds · 5 g
Rushing
Javonte Williams 276 yds · 5 g
Receiving
CeeDee Lamb 507 yds · 5 g
Sacks
Caleb Downs 1.0 · 5 g

New York Giants: injury report

  • Out Bobby Jamison-Travis LDE
  • Out Devin Singletary
  • Out J.C. Davis LT
  • Out Jake Haener QB
  • Out Jason Pinnock FS
  • Out Nikko Reed NB
  • Questionable Colton Hood LCB
  • Questionable DJ James

2 more listed.

12 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 11. Full report

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

Head-to-head since 1999

NYG 24 · DAL 32 in 56 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2026 · Week 1 DAL 20, NYG 28
  2. 2025 · Week 18 DAL 17, NYG 34
  3. 2025 · Week 2 NYG 37, DAL 40 (OT)
  4. 2024 · Week 13 NYG 20, DAL 27
  5. 2024 · Week 4 DAL 20, NYG 15

Full series history

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

Game notes

Win probability

NYG 14.3% · DAL 85.6%

Matchup quality 55.2 / 100

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

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