The Dallas Cowboys beat the Los Angeles Chargers 20-17 on Sep 19, 2021 at SoFi Stadium.
Final · SoFi Stadium
Top performers
- Dak Prescott threw for 237 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception for the Cowboys.
- Tony Pollard ran for 109 yards on 13 carries.
- Justin Herbert threw for 338 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions for the Chargers.
- Austin Ekeler ran for 54 yards on 9 carries.
Dallas Cowboys box score
Rushing
| CAR: Times the player ran with the ball. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Pollard | 13 | 109 | 1 | 28 |
| Ezekiel Elliott | 16 | 71 | 1 | 19 |
| CeeDee Lamb | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Team | 30 | 193 | 2 | 28 |
Receiving
| REC: Passes caught. | TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CeeDee Lamb | 8 | 9 | 81 | 0 | 34 |
| Tony Pollard | 3 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 13 |
| Ezekiel Elliott | 2 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 14 |
| Amari Cooper | 3 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 12 |
| Dalton Schultz | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 11 |
| Team | 18 | 21 | 180 | 0 | 34 |
Defense
| TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaylon Smith | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leighton Vander Esch | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevon Diggs | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Anthony Brown | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Malik Hooker | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keanu Neal | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jourdan Lewis | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Damontae Kazee | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Osa Odighizuwa | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Micah Parsons | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dorance Armstrong | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 42 | 34 | 2.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Los Angeles Chargers box score
Rushing
| CAR: Times the player ran with the ball. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Ekeler | 9 | 54 | 0 | 20 |
| Justin Jackson | 4 | 21 | 0 | 7 |
| Justin Herbert | 4 | 12 | 0 | 5 |
| Team | 17 | 87 | 0 | 20 |
Receiving
| REC: Passes caught. | TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keenan Allen | 4 | 8 | 108 | 0 | 42 |
| Mike Williams | 7 | 10 | 91 | 1 | 27 |
| Austin Ekeler | 9 | 9 | 61 | 0 | 20 |
| Jared Cook | 3 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 12 |
| Joshua Palmer | 2 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 16 |
| Justin Jackson | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Team | 26 | 35 | 317 | 1 | 42 |
Defense
| TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derwin James Jr. | 7 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Tillery | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Davis | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alohi Gilman | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyzir White | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Asante Samuel Jr. | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Joey Bosa | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Linval Joseph | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drue Tranquill | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Uchenna Nwosu | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyler Fackrell | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Niemann | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 48 | 30 | 2.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Before and after
- Cowboys · 2021 season · Previous Sep 9, 2021: DAL 29, TB 31 · Next Sep 27, 2021: PHI 21, DAL 41
- Chargers · 2021 season · Previous Sep 12, 2021: LAC 20, WSH 16 · Next Sep 26, 2021: LAC 30, KC 24