Austin Seibert missed his second extra point of the game with 21 seconds left after Washington’s Jayden Daniels and Terry McLaurin connected on an 86-yard touchdown as the Dallas Cowboys held on for a dramatic 34-26 victory.
Dallas’ Juanyeh Thomas iced the game when he returned the ensuing onside kick attempt for a touchdown, with Daniels’ subsequent Hail Mary attempt coming up short.
Seibert was wide left on the point-after attempt following a low snap.
Thomas then took the kick back 43 yards as the Cowboys (4-7) ended their losing streak at five in improbable fashion.
Part of that was the play of back-up Cooper Rush, who threw for 247 yards and two touchdowns in his third start in place of starter Dak Prescott.
Part was also the defense forcing two turnovers, as Chauncey Golston ripped the ball out of Brian Robinson Jr’s hands for what was called an interception of Daniels in the second quarter, and Donovan Wilson stripped John Bates midway through the fourth.
KaVonte Turpin provided the fireworks with a spinning, 99-yard kick-off return touchdown seconds after Daniels found Zach Ertz in the end zone and scored on a two-point conversion to cut the deficit to three with 3:02 left.
In the final three minutes alone, the Commanders (7-5) scored 10 points and allowed Thomas’ touchdown.
The score had been 10-9 through three quarters before madness ensued.
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