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Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys

Final / OT · Kickoff

2016 Regular season · Week 8 · AT&T Stadium · Sunday Night

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Historical final score from the WHYNFL results archive. WHYNFL preserves the team labels of the time and converts supplied Eastern kickoff times. Team links open today's franchise hubs. Historical box scores and play-by-play are not supplied.

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DALDallas Cowboys29Home
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Cowboys beat Eagles 29–23 in 2016 Week 8

The Dallas Cowboys beat the Philadelphia Eagles 29–23 at home at AT&T Stadium in overtime in Week 8 of the 2016 regular season on October 30, 2016. It was a one-score game at the finish, decided by 6 points.

It was one of three games of Week 8 to need overtime.

The result moved the Cowboys to 6–1 and dropped the Eagles to 4–3. It was the Cowboys’ sixth straight win. The Eagles finished 2016 at 7–9 and missed the playoffs. The Cowboys finished 2016 at 13–3 and lost in the Divisional round.

In their previous meeting, the Philadelphia Eagles won 33–27 on November 8, 2015. When they met again, the Philadelphia Eagles won 27–13 on January 1, 2017.

Written by WHYNFL from the final scores in its results archive, which begins with the 1999 season. Records, streaks and season results count regular-season and playoff finals.

Series Eagles lead the series 20–16 after meeting No. 36 since 1999 Full series history

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