2016 Week 17 · Sun, Jan 1, 2017 · Lincoln Financial Field

Dallas Cowboys

Philadelphia EaglesWinner

PHI -6.5 ✓U 44 ✓Eagles closed -6.5 and covered, winning by 14.

Philadelphia Eagles 27–13.

Pre-2018 game — box score & context only; play-by-play visuals start in 2018

Who moved the needle

Top performers

Passing · PHI

Carson WentzQB

27/43, 245 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT

1.7 expected points added · +0.7% completion over expected

Passing · DAL

Mark SanchezQB

9/17, 85 yds, 0 TD, 2 INT

-13.7 expected points added · -14.7% completion over expected

Rushing · PHI

Byron MarshallRB

10 att, 42 yds, 0 TD

-2.1 expected points added on the ground

Rushing · PHI

Darren SprolesRB

9 att, 32 yds, 0 TD

-0.7 expected points added on the ground

Receiving · PHI

Zach ErtzTE

13/16 for 139 yds, 2 TD

37% of team targets · 9.4 expected points added

Receiving · DAL

Cole BeasleyWR

3/4 for 49 yds, 0 TD

14% of team targets · 4.7 expected points added

Full stat lines

Box score

Dallas Cowboys

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Mark Sanchez	9/17	85	0	2	3	-13.7
Dak Prescott	4/8	37	0	0	0	-0.5
Tony Romo	3/4	29	1	0	0	3.7

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	EPA
Darren McFadden	7	28	4.0	-2.1
Lance Dunbar	3	20	6.7	-0.5
Alfred Morris	8	12	1.5	-2.1
Dak Prescott	1	9	9.0	0.8
Mark Sanchez	2	0	0.0	-0.6

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Cole Beasley	3	4	49	0	14%	4.7
Terrance Williams	3	5	33	1	18%	3.5
Darren McFadden	2	3	19	0	11%	1.0
Lance Dunbar	3	6	19	0	21%	-1.2
Jason Witten	1	1	10	0	4%	0.8
Lucky Whitehead	1	1	8	0	4%	0.6
Gavin Escobar	1	3	7	0	11%	-5.2
Alfred Morris	1	2	3	0	7%	-6.0
Brice Butler	1	2	3	0	7%	-0.8
Dez Bryant	0	1	0	0	4%	-1.4

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	PD
Damien Wilson	6	2	0.0	0
Randy Gregory	6	1	1.0	0
Byron Jones	6	0	0.0	1
Barry Church	4	1	0.0	0
Andrew Gachkar	4	1	0.0	0
Leon McFadden	2	2	0.0	0
Anthony Hitchens	3	1	0.0	0
Jeff Heath	2	2	0.0	0
J.J. Wilcox	2	1	0.0	0
Mark Nzeocha	3	0	0.0	0

Philadelphia Eagles

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Carson Wentz	27/43	245	2	0	2	1.7

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	EPA
Byron Marshall	10	42	4.2	0	-2.1
Darren Sproles	9	32	3.6	0	-0.7
Terrell Watson	9	28	3.1	1	1.4
Carson Wentz	1	13	13.0	0	1.4
Nelson Agholor	1	-1	-1.0	0	-0.7

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Zach Ertz	13	16	139	2	37%	9.4
Trey Burton	5	6	39	0	14%	-1.2
Paul Turner	2	4	30	0	9%	0.9
Dorial Green-Beckham	1	5	15	0	12%	-1.0
Brent Celek	1	2	9	0	5%	0.3
Terrell Watson	1	1	5	0	2%	-0.2
Byron Marshall	1	2	4	0	5%	-1.0
Darren Sproles	3	5	4	0	12%	-1.9
Bryce Treggs	0	2	0	0	5%	-0.8

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	INT	PD
Jordan Hicks	5	0	0.0	2	2
Rodney McLeod	4	0	0.0	0	1
Fletcher Cox	3	0	0.0	0	0
Jalen Mills	2	1	0.0	0	0
Nolan Carroll	3	0	0.0	0	0
Vinny Curry	2	0	1.0	0	0
Beau Allen	2	0	0.0	0	0
Marcus Smith	2	0	1.0	0	0
Kamu Grugier-Hill	2	0	0.0	0	0
Destiny Vaeao	2	0	0.0	0	0

Closing number vs result

Betting context

Closing spread: PHI -6.5
Closing total: 44
DAL moneyline: +218
PHI moneyline: -245

Eagles closed -6.5 and covered, winning by 14.

Total closed 44; the game landed 40 — under by 4.0.

Conditions and crew

Game environment

Venue: Lincoln Financial Field
Roof / surface: outdoors · grass
Kickoff weather: 50°F, wind 10 mph
Referee: Walt Coleman
Rest: DAL 6 days · PHI 10 days
Coaches: Jason Garrett vs Doug Pederson

Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.