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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 1–3 · Road 0–1 · Streak L2 · Power Index No. 25
Washington Commanders 1–2 · Home 1–0 · Streak W1 · Power Index No. 26
2026 regular season, per game · DAL 4 games, WAS 3 games
MetricDALWAS
Points per game26.012th25.013th
Points allowed per game26.524th30.731st
Total yards per game339.312th314.020th
Passing yards per game261.511th184.728th
Rushing yards per game83.330th132.08th
Turnovers per game1.315th0.31st
Sacks allowed per game0.82nd1.03rd
Penalty yards per game66.822nd46.78th

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

Washington Commanders: recent results

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

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

Washington Commanders: season leaders

Passing
Marcus Mariota 294 yds · 2 g
Rushing
Jacory Croskey-Merritt 142 yds · 3 g
Receiving
Terry McLaurin 141 yds · 3 g
Sacks
Sonny Styles 1.0 · 3 g

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 9. 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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