Dallas Cowboys vs. Washington Commanders: game summary
Final · December 12, 2021 at 1:00 p.m.
Northwest Stadium
Summary
| Team |
|---|
Team stats
DALWAS 
- 323Total yards224
- 201Passing yards124
- 22/39Completions/attempts15/34
- 4.7Yards per pass3.2
- 122Rushing yards100
- 35Rushing attempts23
- 3.5Yards per rush4.3
- 19First downs14
- 7-183rd down efficiency3-14
- 0-04th down efficiency1-2
- 1-6Red zone (made-att)1-1
- 78Total plays62
- 4.1Yards per play3.6
- 2Turnovers4
- 0Fumbles lost3
- 2Interceptions thrown1
- 4-10Sacks (yards lost)5-51
- 7-60Penalties (yards)7-65
- 34:29Time of possession25:31
Game leaders
Passing
Dak PrescottDAL · QB · 22/39, 211 YDS, 1 TD, 2 INT
Taylor HeinickeWAS · QB · 11/25, 122 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing
Ezekiel ElliottDAL · RB · 12 CAR, 45 YDS
Antonio GibsonWAS · RB · 10 CAR, 36 YDS
Receiving
CeeDee LambDAL · WR · 7 REC, 61 YDS
Cam SimsWAS · WR · 3 REC, 69 YDS, 1 TD
Scoring summary
1st quarter
- Field goal9:37Greg Zuerlein 35 Yd Field Goal 3-0
- Touchdown3:42Amari Cooper 7 Yd pass from Dak Prescott (Ezekiel Elliott Run for Two-Point Conversion)11-0
- Touchdown0:29Dorance Armstrong 37 Yd Fumble Return (Greg Zuerlein Kick)18-0
2nd quarter
- Field goal4:58Greg Zuerlein 38 Yd Field Goal 21-0
- Field goal0:15Greg Zuerlein 37 Yd Field Goal 24-0
3rd quarter
- Touchdown6:57Cam Sims 43 Yd pass from Taylor Heinicke (Taylor Heinicke Run for Two-Point Conversion)24-8
- Field goal1:35Greg Zuerlein 29 Yd Field Goal 27-8
4th quarter
- Touchdown5:09Jonathan Williams 1 Yd Run (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)27-14
- Touchdown4:13Cole Holcomb 31 Yd Interception Return (Brian Johnson PAT blocked)27-20
Player stats
Dallas Cowboys
| Passing | C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dak Prescott | 22/39 | 211 | 5.4 | 1 | 2 | 4-10 | 58.8 |
| Rushing | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ezekiel Elliott | 12 | 45 | 3.8 | 0 | 7 |
| Corey Clement | 13 | 44 | 3.4 | 0 | 10 |
| CeeDee Lamb | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 10 |
| Dak Prescott | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 0 | 11 |
| JaQuan Hardy | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Receiving | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | TGTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CeeDee Lamb | 7 | 61 | 8.7 | 0 | 18 | 10 |
| Michael Gallup | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 0 | 24 | 9 |
| Amari Cooper | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 1 | 20 | 7 |
| Cedrick Wilson Jr. | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
| Ezekiel Elliott | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 | 6 |
| Dalton Schultz | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Corey Clement | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Defense | TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jourdan Lewis | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dorance Armstrong | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Leighton Vander Esch | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Micah Parsons | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Damontae Kazee | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jayron Kearse | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DeMarcus Lawrence | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Anthony Brown | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tarell Basham | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Neville Gallimore | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Carlos Watkins | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keanu Neal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Malik Hooker | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osa Odighizuwa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chauncey Golston | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevon Diggs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Gregory | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Darian Thompson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Gifford | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trysten Hill | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CeeDee Lamb | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Washington Commanders
| Passing | C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Heinicke | 11/25 | 122 | 4.9 | 1 | 1 | 4-46 | 55.8 |
| Kyle Allen | 4/9 | 53 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 1-5 | 63.7 |
| Rushing | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonio Gibson | 10 | 36 | 3.6 | 0 | 13 |
| Jaret Patterson | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 0 | 12 |
| Jonathan Williams | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 1 | 7 |
| Kyle Allen | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 11 |
| Taylor Heinicke | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 6 |
| Receiving | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | TGTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Sims | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 1 | 43 | 4 |
| Adam Humphries | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | 14 | 7 |
| Jonathan Williams | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| John Bates | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
| DeAndre Carter | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| Jaret Patterson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| Ricky Seals-Jones | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | 4 |
| Antonio Gibson | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Terry McLaurin | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Curtis Samuel | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dyami Brown | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Defense | TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Holcomb | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kam Curl | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Jackson III | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Allen | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Daniel Wise | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kendall Fuller | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Daron Payne | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Landon Collins | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jamin Davis | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaka Toney | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tim Settle | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Mayo | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby McCain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deshazor Everett | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Ioannidis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Humphries | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeAndre Carter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bunmi Rotimi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Sims | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Reaves | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Johnson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrick Forrest | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Ismael | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Game info
- Stadium
- Northwest Stadium · Landover, MD
- Surface
- Natural grass
- Attendance
- 61,308
- TV
- Fox
- Officials
- Jeff Bergman (Line judge) · Rich Hall (Umpire) · Scott Helverson (Back judge) · Gary Cavaletto (Side judge) · Alex Kemp (Referee) · John Jenkins (Field judge) · Mike Carr (Down judge)
About this game
Who won Cowboys vs Commanders?
Cowboys won 27-20 over Commanders on Sunday, December 12, 2021.
When was Cowboys vs Commanders played?
On Sunday, December 12, 2021, at 1:00 PM ET at Northwest Stadium.
Where was Cowboys vs Commanders played?
At Northwest Stadium.