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Jacksonville Jaguars at Dallas Cowboys

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 16 · AT&T Stadium · Sunday Night

Latest game updateUpdated
Jacksonville Jaguars—Away
Dallas Cowboys—Home

Game details

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

Matchup preview

Jacksonville Jaguars 2–1 · Road 0–1 · Streak W1 · Power Index No. 7 · 7 days of rest
Dallas Cowboys 1–3 · Home 1–2 · Streak L2 · Power Index No. 25 · 7 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · JAX 3 games, DAL 4 games
MetricJAXDAL
Points per game27.39th26.012th
Points allowed per game12.01st26.524th
Total yards per game314.318th339.312th
Passing yards per game205.324th261.511th
Rushing yards per game119.311th83.330th
Turnovers per game0.75th1.315th
Sacks allowed per game1.35th0.82nd
Penalty yards per game40.33rd66.822nd

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.

Jacksonville Jaguars: recent results

  1. W 35–6 vs NE Week 3
  2. L 13–20 @ DEN Week 2
  3. W 34–10 vs CLE Week 1

Dallas Cowboys: recent results

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

Jacksonville Jaguars: season leaders

Passing
Trevor Lawrence 616 yds · 3 g
Rushing
Bhayshul Tuten 204 yds · 3 g
Receiving
Parker Washington 221 yds · 3 g
Sacks
Josh Hines-Allen 1.5 · 3 g

Dallas Cowboys: season leaders

Passing
Dak Prescott 1,046 yds · 4 g
Rushing
Javonte Williams 214 yds · 4 g
Receiving
CeeDee Lamb 318 yds · 4 g
Sacks
Caleb Downs 1.0 · 4 g

Jacksonville Jaguars: injury report

  • Doubtful Eric Murray SS
  • Questionable Devon Marshall

8 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 9. 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

JAX 4 · DAL 3 in 7 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2022 · Week 15 DAL 34, JAX 40 (OT)
  2. 2018 · Week 6 JAX 7, DAL 40
  3. 2014 · Week 10 DAL 31, JAX 17
  4. 2010 · Week 8 JAX 35, DAL 17
  5. 2006 · Week 1 DAL 17, JAX 24

Full series history

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

Game notes

Win probability

JAX 49.5% · DAL 50.1%

Matchup quality 89.2 / 100

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

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