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By the Numbers: Washington Football Team’s win vs. Dallas Cowboys

By Hirdesh Matta

ARLINGTON, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 26: Antonio Gibson #24 of the Washington Football Team rushes for a touchdown during the fourth quarter of a game against the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium on November 26, 2020 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 26: Antonio Gibson #24 of the Washington Football Team rushes for a touchdown during the fourth quarter of a game against the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium on November 26, 2020 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) /
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Nov 26, 2020; Arlington, Texas, USA; The Washington Football Team defense celebrate a touchdown scored by defensive end Montez Sweat (90) against the Dallas Cowboys during the second half at AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 26, 2020; Arlington, Texas, USA; The Washington Football Team defense celebrate a touchdown scored by defensive end Montez Sweat (90) against the Dallas Cowboys during the second half at AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports /

Key numbers from the Washington Football Team’s win over the Cowboys.

Two years after spending Thanksgiving in the hospital, here was Alex Smith, back on the field, helping lead the Washington Football Team to a dominating 41-16 win over the Cowboys, to climb to the top of the NFC East. With the win, Washington climbed to 4-7, in a dominating performance by the offense, defense, and special teams.

Let’s take a look at some of the key numbers from the game:

360: The number of days it has been since Washington had back-to-back wins in a season. The last time was last season after the team defeated the Lions in Week 12 and the Panthers in Week 13, which ultimately led to the Panthers firing Ron Rivera. Fast forward almost a year, and the story comes full circle with Ron Rivera leading Washington to back-to-back wins to take the division lead.

21-0:  Washington scored 21 unanswered points in the 4th quarter to blow the game open. After Dallas cut the lead to 20-16, Washington scored on Antonio Gibson’s 23-yard run after Dallas turned it over on downs, a 37-yard run from Gibson, and a pick-six for Montez Sweat.

25 percent: Washington held Dallas to 1-for-4 on 4th down, which is more than 25 percent lower than their previous season average.

The first fourth-down stop came when Ronald Darby, who had one of his worst outings of the season, stopped a short pass to CeeDee Lamb, which combined with an unnecessary roughness penalty on Dallas, gave Washington the ball at the Dallas 19.

Five plays later, Alex Smith connected with Logan Thomas for a 5-yard touchdown pass and a 17-10 lead.

The second came on a horrible fake punt attempt by Dallas that was doomed from the start, which gave the ball back to Washington at the Dallas 23.

One play later, Antonio Gibson ran past the entire Cowboys defense for a 23-yard touchdown to put Washington up 27-16.

The last one wasn’t as important in the grand scheme of things, but Troy Apke tackled CeeDee Lamb one yard short on a fourth-and-4, which gave Washington the ball back for good to run out the clock.

2012: The last time Washington swept the Cowboys in a season was in 2012, which still stands as the team’s best season of the 2000s. That was the year RGIII and Alfred Morris were setting the league on fire.

That momentum quickly faded when RGIII tore his ACL, LCL, and meniscus in the playoff game against the Seahawks and never looked the same.

On the bright side, the last time Washington swept the Cowboys, they won the division and hosted a home playoff game, so that might be something to look forward to for the 2020 Football Team.

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