Cowboys Beat Colts 27-23 as Williams Scores the Late Winner at Lucas Oil Stadium

The Dallas Cowboys beat the Indianapolis Colts 27-23 at Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday, Nov 8, in Week 9, taking the lead in the final two minutes and sealing the win with a late interception. Dallas improved to 4-5 with the road win. Indianapolis fell to 2-7.

Decided in the final two minutes

Indianapolis moved in front late in the fourth quarter. Shrader kicked a 50-yard field goal with 1:41 left, and the Colts led 23-20 with the home crowd sensing a win. Dallas answered at once. The Cowboys drove back down the field, and Javonte Williams scored on a 1-yard touchdown run with 1:10 left to put Dallas ahead 27-23. Indianapolis got one last chance with the ball, but Caleb Downs intercepted Daniel Jones with 41 seconds left, and the Cowboys held on from there. The interception was the only one Jones threw in the game, and it ended the Colts' last drive.

Prescott and Lamb lead a 508-yard day

Prescott completed 21 of 34 passes for 335 yards and two touchdowns. He found Ferguson for a 10-yard touchdown on fourth-and-2, a call that kept faith with the offense deep in Colts territory, and he hit Lamb for a 44-yard touchdown. Lamb finished with 10 catches for 195 yards and the one score, the largest receiving total in the game. Williams carried the ball 20 times for 101 yards, capped by the winning touchdown in the final minutes. Dallas outgained Indianapolis 508 yards to 271 and held the ball for 35 minutes and 43 seconds, numbers that show how much of the afternoon the Cowboys spent on offense.

Colts stay close but run out of time

Jones completed 20 of 34 passes for 180 yards with one touchdown and one interception. His touchdown went to Ashton Dulin for 55 yards, the longest scoring play of the game for Indianapolis. Seth McGowan scored on a 2-yard run, the first touchdown of his career, following a strip-sack by Latu. The Dallas defense made its own plays at the other end. Quinnen Williams forced a fumble by Taylor, and Shemar James recovered it for the Cowboys. Dallas also played without George Pickens, who was inactive with a hamstring injury, and still found enough offense to win on the road in a loud road stadium.

The win sends Dallas into the second half of its schedule at 4-5, built on a late drive and a late stop. Indianapolis, at 2-7, will look back at a 23-20 lead with 1:41 left that did not hold.

The yardage gap ran through the whole afternoon. Prescott threw for 335 of the Cowboys' 508 yards, and Williams ran for 101 more, so the two Dallas leaders accounted for 436 yards between them. Lamb caught 10 of Prescott's 21 completions, close to half of the Dallas completions on the day. Indianapolis leaned on Jones, who threw for 180 of the Colts' 271 yards, and on the 55-yard touchdown to Dulin. The Colts held the ball for 24 minutes and 17 seconds against 35 minutes and 43 seconds for Dallas.