9/18/2023 0 Comments Cowboys 49ers score today![]() ![]() It was a smart play followed up by a totally needless mistake.Īfter that win over Washington, it seemed inconceivable Dallas would be done before wild-card weekend was over. The Cowboys tried rushing their offense on the field, but the 49ers were allowed to substitute too and Dallas took a delay of game. Then they made the confusing decision to leave the punt team on the field, presumably in an effort to confuse the 49ers. They ran a nice fake punt in the fourth quarter. One sequence summed up the Cowboys' effort. The Cowboys were sloppy and were outplayed by the 49ers, who looked like the better team all afternoon. There were way too many penalties, including an illegal hands to the face with less than five minutes left on a third-and-12 that allowed the 49ers to keep a crucial drive alive. Cornerback Trevon Diggs, who led the NFL in interceptions but gave up a lot of yards as well, didn't have a great day. Dallas thrives off big plays on defense and the Cowboys' playmaking stars didn't generate many. Ezekiel Elliott looks like he won't rebound to the running back he once was. Head coach Mike McCarthy didn't have a lot of answers. ![]() Dallas had one more opportunity but its desperation drive came up short.Īll the potential issues for the Cowboys bit them Sunday. But a well-timed 49ers blitz on fourth down on the ensuing drive led to Prescott throwing incomplete, ending that chance. On the next play Deebo Samuel ran 26 yards for a touchdown and the Cowboys were in a big hole.ĭallas had a shot late in the fourth quarter after Garoppolo threw the interception, the Cowboys cashed in and then got the ball back after a great tackle by linebacker Leighton Vander Esch on a third-down Samuel catch. They trailed 16-7 in the third quarter when Prescott threw an interception to K'Wuan Williams. They had a brutal roughing the punter penalty to start the second half. There were moments when the 49ers seemed willing to let Dallas back into the game. The Cowboys lost 13 yards on their first drive and the 49ers responded with a field goal. The 49ers had a dominant drive to start the game and Eli Mitchell scored for a 7-0 lead. The energy on Sunday for the Cowboys was bad from the start. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade) Cowboys suffer devastating loss We thought the same about the Cowboys just a few weeks ago.ĭallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott (4) looks on after throwing an incomplete pass, turning the ball over on downs to the San Francisco 49ers during a wild card NFL football game, Sunday, Jan. The 49ers have been on a roll and could end up making a Super Bowl run. Time ran out and the Cowboys' season was over. It was a poor decision to run Prescott that late in the game with with no timeouts left. An official bumped Prescott trying to get the ball set, which threw Prescott off as he rushed to spike it. Dallas had a small chance to drive 75 yards in the final 32 seconds, but the Cowboys couldn't stop the clock after a Prescott run to the middle of the field. ![]() The 49ers couldn't run out the clock after that and had to punt. Dak Prescott had a chance to drive his team for the win in the final three minutes, but on fourth-and-11 the 49ers blitzed and got pressure, and Prescott's desperation pass to Cedrick Wilson fell incomplete. The Cowboys' season is over after the 23-17 wild-card round loss.ĭallas made a run, sparked by Jimmy Garoppolo's awful fourth-quarter interception that helped pull the Cowboys to within six points. It's a team that had the offensive and defensive stars to make a deep run, but they were outplayed on their home field by a San Francisco 49ers team that barely made the playoffs. This failure will linger for a long time. They haven't played in a conference championship game since the end of the 1995 season. ![]()
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