ARLINGTON, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys clinched the NFC East before kickoff Sunday.
After their 56-14 demolition of the Washington Football Team, they may have put themselves deep into the conversation regarding the top Super Bowl contenders in the NFC.
“We wanted to play a complete game, and I think we accomplished that tonight,” coach Mike McCarthy said.
If seeing the Las Vegas Raiders beat the Denver Broncos before kickoff to allow them to clinch the division title was not good enough, the Cowboys had a day for the ages against Washington.
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The 56 points tied for the third most in a game in franchise history and the most in a regular-season game since 1980. The last time they scored more than 50 points in any game was in Super Bowl XXVII in 1992 against the Buffalo Bills.
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Dak Prescott had four first-half touchdown passes, throwing for an NFL-high 322 yards in the first two quarters. He was able to watch the final 17-plus minutes from the sidelines. So is the slump over?
“You tell me,” Prescott said. “I never said we were in a slump. Those were your words. So I think it would be hard for you to say that now, but, yeah, tonight was a great performance.” -
Prescott became the first quarterback in NFL history to throw a touchdown pass to a running back (Ezekiel Elliott), tight end (Dalton Schultz), wide receiver (Amari Cooper) and offensive lineman (Terence Steele) in the same regular-season game.
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Cornerback Trevon Diggs intercepted his 11th pass of the season, tying a team record set by Everson Walls in 1981, on Washington’s first snap.
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Defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence recorded the first touchdown of his career with a 40-yard interception return of a Tyler Heinicke pass to give the Cowboys a 21-0 first-quarter lead. Lawrence became the 17th different Cowboy to score a touchdown this season, the most to score in one season in team history.
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In the second quarter, Steele became the 18th different player to score a touchdown, catching Prescott’s fourth scoring strike of…
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