Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott threw for 320 yards and two touchdowns in a 31-28 win over the visiting Chiefs Saturday in Arlington, Texas.
Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott threw for 320 yards and two touchdowns in a 31-28 win over the visiting Chiefs Saturday in Arlington, Texas.Tony Gutierrez/Associated Press
ARLINGTON, Texas — Dak Prescott threw for two touchdowns, Malik Davis sprinted 43 yards for a score and the Cowboys overcame two fourth- down TD throws from Patrick Mahomes in a 31-28 Thanksgiving victory over the Chiefs on Thursday.
CeeDee Lamb scored the first Dallas touchdown and finished with 112 yards on seven catches four days after drops plagued the star receiver in a victory over the defending Super Bowl champion Eagles.
The Cowboys (6-5-1) finished a sweep of last season’s Super Bowl teams in the past two games with their third consecutive win while sending the defending AFC champion Chiefs (6-6) back to .500 in a matchup of playoff-chasing teams.
Mahomes had four touchdown passes in his first professional game at the home of the Cowboys, where he played three times for Texas Tech not far from his East Texas roots.
Travis Kelce caught Mahomes’ first fourth down TD toss on a 2-yarder, and Rashee Rice’s second scoring catch came on fourth and 3 early in the fourth quarter.
The Chiefs were down 10 when Mahomes was almost tripped in the backfield by Quinnen Williams but kept his feet and found Xavier Worthy wide open down the field for 42 yards, setting up a 10-yard scoring toss to Hollywood Brown with 3:27 remaining.
Prescott and company didn’t give Mahomes another chance.
After two pass interference penalties gave the Cowboys first downs, Prescott hit George Pickens for 13 yards and a clinching first down at the two-minute warning. Prescott kneeled three times after that.
Rice had eight catches for 92 yards, his first score coming on a 27-yard catch-and-run on the sideline two plays after Prescott was intercepted by Jaylen Watson on the Cowboys’ first possession.
Davis had just three carries, but his long run gave the Cowboys their first lead at 17-14 late in the second quarter.