2017 Week 17 · Sun, Dec 31, 2017 · Lincoln Financial Field

Dallas CowboysWinner

Philadelphia Eagles

DAL -3.5 ✓U 41 ✓19°F · 17 mphCowboys closed -3.5 and covered, winning by 6.

Dallas Cowboys 6–0. Played in 17 mph wind — weigh that when reading the passing lines.

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

Who moved the needle

Top performers

Passing · DAL

Dak PrescottQB

17/30, 179 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT

0.9 expected points added · -4.0% completion over expected

Passing · PHI

Nate SudfeldQB

19/23, 134 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT

-11.2 expected points added · +14.7% completion over expected

Rushing · DAL

Ezekiel ElliottRB

27 att, 103 yds, 0 TD

-7.6 expected points added on the ground

Rushing · PHI

LeGarrette BlountRB

9 att, 37 yds, 0 TD

-1.0 expected points added on the ground

Receiving · DAL

Ezekiel ElliottRB

3/5 for 38 yds, 0 TD

17% of team targets · 0.5 expected points added

Receiving · DAL

Ryan SwitzerWR

4/5 for 32 yds, 0 TD

17% of team targets · 1.8 expected points added

Full stat lines

Box score

Dallas Cowboys

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Dak Prescott	17/30	179	1	0	1	0.9

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	EPA
Ezekiel Elliott	27	103	3.8	-7.6
Dak Prescott	2	16	8.0	0.4
Terrance Williams	1	9	9.0	0.7
Alfred Morris	2	1	0.5	-0.9

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Brice Butler	2	2	50	1	7%	6.7
Ezekiel Elliott	3	5	38	0	17%	0.5
Ryan Switzer	4	5	32	0	17%	1.8
Dez Bryant	3	8	24	0	27%	-2.7
Jason Witten	2	3	17	0	10%	-1.2
James Hanna	1	2	13	0	7%	1.3
Terrance Williams	2	4	5	0	13%	-3.4
Noah Brown	0	1	0	0	3%	-0.8

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	PD
Sean Lee	7	1	0.0	0
Anthony Brown	5	1	1.0	1
Byron Jones	5	0	0.0	0
Jaylon Smith	3	0	0.0	0
Daniel Ross	3	0	1.0	0
Datone Jones	2	1	1.0	1
Bene' Benwikere	2	0	0.0	1
Anthony Hitchens	2	0	0.0	0
Kavon Frazier	2	0	0.0	0
Taco Charlton	1	1	0.0	0

Philadelphia Eagles

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Nate Sudfeld	19/23	134	0	0	3	-11.2
Nick Foles	4/11	39	0	1	0	-7.9

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	EPA
LeGarrette Blount	9	37	4.1	-1.0
Nate Sudfeld	1	22	22.0	2.5
Nelson Agholor	1	7	7.0	0.4
Wendell Smallwood	4	6	1.5	-0.9
Nick Foles	1	0	0.0	-1.2
Corey Clement	1	0	0.0	-0.8
Kenjon Barner	1	-2	-2.0	-1.0

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	Tgt share	EPA
Mack Hollins	3	5	25	15%	-0.1
Wendell Smallwood	3	3	24	9%	0.2
Zach Ertz	2	2	24	6%	2.0
Marcus Johnson	3	3	23	9%	0.5
Kenjon Barner	1	1	14	3%	0.2
Brent Celek	3	4	13	12%	-1.3
LeGarrette Blount	1	1	11	3%	-0.0
Nelson Agholor	3	3	11	9%	-0.8
Shelton Gibson	2	3	11	9%	-3.9
Trey Burton	1	2	9	6%	-1.5
Alshon Jeffery	1	2	8	6%	-2.0
Torrey Smith	0	3	0	9%	-4.8
Corey Clement	0	1	0	3%	-0.4

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks
Jaylen Watkins	7	0	0.0
Chris Long	4	2	0.0
Corey Graham	5	0	0.0
Najee Goode	5	0	0.0
Kamu Grugier-Hill	3	1	0.0
Rasul Douglas	3	1	0.0
Dannell Ellerbe	4	0	0.0
Steven Means	3	0	1.0
Elijah Qualls	3	0	0.0
Beau Allen	1	1	0.0

Closing number vs result

Betting context

Closing spread: DAL -3.5
Closing total: 41
DAL moneyline: -200
PHI moneyline: +176

Cowboys closed -3.5 and covered, winning by 6.

Total closed 41; the game landed 6 — under by 35.0.

Conditions and crew

Game environment

Venue: Lincoln Financial Field
Roof / surface: outdoors · grass
Kickoff weather: 19°F, wind 17 mph
Referee: John Parry
Rest: DAL 7 days · PHI 6 days
Coaches: Jason Garrett vs Doug Pederson

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

Wind at 17 mph is the kind that drags passing depth and kicking range — weigh it when reading the splits.