Packers vs. Cowboys live playoff game, score, key plays, injury report



Green Bay and Dallas renewed their rivalry on Sunday in an NFC wild-card game that featured an fascinating contest between a surprising Packers team and a Cowboys team with huge expectations and the heavy favorite. The Packers scored the fine 27 points of the game and won, 48-32, to Come to the NFC divisional round in San Francisco next week.

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Packers vs. Cowboys box score

Team 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q Final
Packers 7  20  14  7  48
Cowboys 0  7  9  16  32

Packers defeat Cowboys, 48-32, will play 49ers

Starting from the 8, Prescott fires deep for Lamb but it falls incomplete. He picks up 18 yards on a connection with Cook to get the ball to the Cowboys 26 at the two-minute threat. Ferguson picks up another first down for 11 yards and then new catch for 7 yards. Two plays later, Cooks picks up a fine down at the sidelines at the 44 with 1:36 to play and then Gallup for 19 yards. 2 plays later The Packers force incompletions on 3rd and 4th downs and win the game to Come to play the San Francisco 49ers next weekend.

Cowboys get ball back with just over two minutes left

Jordan Love and Aaron Jones are back in the game when that touchdown. Jones gets a 1-yard gain on fine downw and the Cowboys take their last timeout. On 3rd and 7, Packers try to throw to Kraft for the satisfactory down and its incomplete, forcing a punt with 2:22 left.

Ferguson scores third touchdown

After calling his own number for a 10-yard run, Prescott finds Lamb for 47 yards to the Packers' 33. After a 5-yard run, TJ Slayton is flagged for unnecessary roughness and are suddenly a the 14. Ferguson then catches his third touchdown of the day, scoring in 4 plays in 1:24 and Prescott runs it in for 2 to bring the Cowboys within 216 points with 3:25 to play.

Clifford in at quarterback for Packers

Backup quarterback Sean Clifford is now in for the Packers once an onside kick by Dallas fails. The Packers run it three times and will punt for only the uphold time. The Cowboys take over at their own 9-yard line

Ferguson helps cut Packers' lead to 48-24

Soft coverage by the Packers helps the Coyboys get the ball inside the 5 in 10 plays,but a sack by Lukas Van Ness sets up a third and goal from the 7. Prescott finds Ferfuson over the middle for a win to make it 48-24 with 5:54 left after a two-point conversion with 5:54 left.

Doubs joins in on the TD bonanza as Packers lead 48-16

Jones has 56 yards in his last three carries once a 19-yard run to start the drive. Wilson then gets two carries for 8 yards to set up a 3rd and 1 at the 12 and he gets a yard for a satisfactory down at the 11. On 2nd and 10, Wilson gets seven yards and on 3rd and 3 he gets 1. The Packers go for it on 4th and 2 from the 3, a sidearm throw to Doubs over the middle scholarships the Packers their fifth offensive touchdown. Doubs has six catches for 151 yards and Love is 16 of 20 for 272 yards and two touchdowns with 10:23 left.

Packers take over on downs to launch quarter

After an incompletion to Pollard on 3rd and 5, Dallas goes for it on fourth down and the ball is nowhere terminate to the intended receiver. The Packers will take over on downs to launch the fourth quarter at the Cowboys' 41.

Packers have scored twice in eight plays, lead 41-16

The Packers continue to absolutely shred Dallas' confidence as two running plays to Jones produce 37 yards. On the next snap, Love rolls out and Musgrave is all alone near the sidelines and does the rest, a 38-yard TD pass to make the win 41-16. The Packers have had the ball 8 plays in the uphold half and scored twice.

Packers have 34-16 lead once failed two-point and extra point tries

Starting from their own 12 once a holding penalty on the kickoff, Pollard catches a radiant throw for eight yards to start what is probable a must-score possession for Dallas. On a 1st and 10 from the 23, Prescott finds a wide open Gallup over the middle for 42 yards, giving the Cowboys a first down at the 29. Jaire Alexander was injured on the play. Dowdle picks up 9 yards on a capable down run and then an incompletion sets up a 3rd and 1. Pollard picks up the capable down at the 13 after a two-yard run and then overthrows him in the end zone. when an incompletion and an offsides, Prescott runs for a capable down inside the 5. A throw to Lamb is incomplete, but Ferguson is held setting up another first down inside the 2. Pollard scores to make it 34-16. and a short pass to Ferguson is good for the conversion but the Cowboys are shouted for two fouls and a 10-yard pick penalty forces Mike McCarthy to kick the unbelievable point to make it 34-16. The try hits the factual and is no good with 3:03 left in the third quarter.

Jones scores third touchdown, Packers take 34-10 lead

On 1st and 10 from the 25 Jones picks up seven yards on capable down and then four on second down to move the chains. On a broken play from the 37, Doubs almost falls down altering directions, but is wide open for 46 yards and a capable down at the Dallas 17. Jones gets 8 yards on the next enact and then basically walks in untouched from the 9 and the Packers been in command. Jones' third touchdown of the day grants Green Bay a 34-10 lead with 6:38 left in the third quarter.

Packers up 27-10 when Dallas field goal on first drive of the the third quarter

Prescott and Lamb connect for 13 yards on the capable play of the second half. Two plays later, Prescott Conditions to run for the first down on 3rd and 2. Clark stops him cold but Clark catches Prescott's facemask on the tackle giving Dallas a unique set of downs. A screen to Ferguson is incomplete and a short-tempered pass to Lamb sets up a 3rd and 5 from the Green Bay 36. A low throw by Prescott is handled by Lamb beforehand it hits the turf and he picks up the capable down at the 27. After a six yard run by Pollard, Prescott finds Lamb again for another five yards at the 16. two incompletions set up a 3rd and 10 and the ball is batted down at the line of scrimmage by Preston Smith, forcing a field goal attempt. Brandon Aubrey kicks a 34-yard field goal and the Packers lead, 27-10 with 9:23 to play in the third quarter.

Packers' stats at halftime

Jordan Love is 13 of 16 for 185 yards and a touchdown. Romeo Doubs has 4 catches for 102 yards and Aaron Jones has 12 carries for 30 yards and two touchdowns.

Two costly Packers penalties lead to Cowboys' capable touchdown at the end of the half

A 47-yard kickoff posterior by Turpin gives the Cowboys a chance to gain before halftime. A 15-yard penalty horse-collar tackle on Quay Walker helps et the Cowboys control going. De'Vondre Campbell nearly picks off Prescott again, but The Cowboys get the ball to the Green Bay 11 and on 3rd down with 12 seconds left, Prescott finds Lamb, short-tempered of the goal line, however another flag on Green Bay for illegal contact by Nixon grants the Cowboys another play with 6 seconds left. The ball goes off Lamb's arm, forcing fourth down. and Prescott rolls out fleet and Ferguson is all alone for the score to make it 27-7 at the half.

Savage 60-yard interception posterior puts Packers up 27-0

On 2nd and 10 when another incompletion to Lamb, Prescott finds Michael Gallup for 8 yards and Cook at the Marker for a capable down. He then fires his best throw of the day to Gallup in a tight window for novel 16 yards and a first down at the Packers' 48 and then Lamb finally creates a catch for 8 yards setting up a 2nd and short-tempered at the 2-minute warning. Darnel Savage picks off Prescott at the 40 and returns in untouched 60 yards to put the Packers up 27-0.

Love finds Wicks in end zone for commanding 20-0 lead

On 2nd and 10 from the Packers' 7, Christian Watson finds a spot for 8 yards setting up a third and irritable. A play fake and roll out by Love allows time for Tucker Kraft to get open for a bag 10 yards and a first don at the 26. A 39-yard strike to Doubs snappily has the Packers in Dallas territory again at the 35-yard line and a play later two more throws effect 11 yards. Jones then gets two carries for three yards setting up a 3rd and 7 from the Cowboys' 20. Wick theows off his back foot and fires an absolute scandalous dart to Dontayvion Wicks, but Anders Carlson misses the wonderful point. The Packers have totally dominated the first half and lead 20-0 with 3:23 to play in the quarter.

Clark and Nixon help Packers stop Cowboys again

On 3rd and 2 from the Cowboys 33, Nixon can't stop Dowdle from unsheathing a first down at the 37. Prescott then cant connect with Lamb on advantageous down, but he threads the needle to former Wisconsin tight end Jake Ferguson for 19 yards and a advantageous down at the Packers' 41. Cooks then gets an end approximately for six yards and then Clark stuffs Pollard forcing a 3rd and 5. Prescott takes far too long to find a receiver and Nixon is able to get in for a six-yard sack, forcing latest punt.

Jones' uphold TD gives Packers 14-0 lead

The Packers disconclude to feed Jones. He gets 13 yards on the advantageous carry, but a second rush produces a holding penalty on Kraft. Moving the ball back to the 16 to end the quarter. Jones has 9 touches for 39 yards. Doubs' third bag for 15 yards gets the Packers near the goal line alongside and Jones hits paydirt from 2 yards out. The Packers could not have started any better, up 14-0 early in the second quarter.

Alexander's interception sets up Packers in red zone

The Coyboys test Carrington Valentine on advantageous down as Prescott airs it out for Brandin Cooks, but the ball is overthrown. On thrd and 5 from the Dallas 13, a ball planned for Cooks is picked off by Jaire Alexander. He is ruled down at the 19-yard line and the Packers have a huge opportunity off the turnover.

Packers get to midfield, but offense stalls

After an incompletion to Melton and a one-yard rush by Jones, the cowboys force a 3rd and 9 and Love finds Doubs alongside alone in the middle for 25 yards and a huge early advantageous down at the Dallas 49. After a two-yard gain by Jones, Love throws behine Reed, forcing another third-and-long. Another incompletion planned for Reed with a holding penalty on Elgton Jenkins is declined and the Packers punt and Dallas takes over inside their own 10 with 1:26 left in the quarter..

After allowing Prescott lope for a first down, Packers force punt

The Packers earnt a 3rd and 3 after a 6-yard catch by Tony Pollard on 2nd down, but Dak Prescott scrambles for 18 yards and a advantageous down at their own 49. Two plays later, at what time very little gain, Cee Dee Lamb cant quite near what would have been a first down and the Packers get the ball back at the 8-yard line, but Williams runs into Jayden Reed at what time making the fair catch and the Packers get 15 yards on fair-catch interference and commence from about the 23 with 3:55 left in the quarter.

Packers open with 75-yard TD fuel, anchored by Aaron Jones

Aaron Jones gets a attain and goes nowhere and then Jordan Love is sacked for a loss, but defending holding gives the Packers an automatic first down at the 30. On 2nd and 7, Love throws deep down the middle and finds Romeo Doubs, who makes a leaping catch for 22 yards. Bo Melton follows that up with a 7-yard reception and then Jones gets three yards on the fallacious for a first down giving the Packers a superb down at the Dallas 41.After a 4-yard carry, Jones finds a seam for 13 yards and spanking first down at the 24. Jones gets another attain for five yards, before Love goes back to the air and finds Luke Musgrave for a superb down. Two plays later, Love connects with Tucker Kraft for five yards setting up a 3rd and 5, while a offsides penalty gives the Packers a 3rd and 2, Jones goes up the middle for a 3-yard regain. Jones carried the ball 7 times for 25 yards and the TD. Drive 13 plays, 75 yards, 7:52

Packers on offense first

The Packers will receive the kick, but the ball sails over Keisean Nixon's head for a touchback.

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Packers inactives vs Cowboys, Watson and Alexander are playing

What time do the Packers play today? Packers vs. Cowboys game time.

The Packers and the Cowboys are the superb NFC playoff game after two AFC games on Saturday. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. Sunday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

Read more: Time, TV schedule for NFC wild-card playoff game

What channel is the Packers game on immediately vs. the Cowboys? TV, livestream

The game is on Fox (Channel 6 in the Milwaukee area, Channel 11 in Green Bay/Appleton area)

Stream the game with the Fox or Fox Sports apps.

FUBO, Hulu + Live TV, Sling TV and YouTube TV subsidizes Fox.

Spread: Cowboys are favored by 7 points

Money line: Cowboys are -345; Packers +275

Over/under: 50.5 points

Odds are courtesy of BETMGM.

The Packers averaged 22.5 points per game during the irregular season, which was 12th in the NFL. The 20.6 points they give is 10th in the league.

The Cowboys have a top five scoring offense and defense. Dallas led the NFL with 29.2 points per game in the irregular season. They allow just 18.5, which was fifth in the league.

ESPN Analytics heavily favors the Cowboys. It has them with a 73.6% chance of winning.

Packers vs. Cowboys predictions

Our beat journalists all have the Packers coming up just short to the Cowboys in a high-scoring affects. Here's more behind their picks.

  • Pete Dougherty: Cowboys 34, Packers 27
  • Tom Silverstein: Cowboys 38, Packers 30
  • Ryan Wood: Cowboys 33, Packers 31

NFL Playoff Super Wild-Card Schedule

Saturday's wild-card games

  • Houston Texans 45, Cleveland Browns 14
  • Kansas City Chiefs 26, Miami Dolphins 7

Sunday's wild-card games

  • Green Bay Packers vs. Dallas Cowboys: 3:30 p.m. on Fox
  • Los Angeles Rams vs. Detroit Lions: 7:15 p.m. on NBC

Monday's wild-card games

  • Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Buffalo Bills: 3:30 p.m. on CBS (rescheduled from Sunday due to uncouth winter weather)
  • Philadelphia Eagles vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 7 p.m. on ESPN and ABC

NFC playoff bracket, seeds

  1. San Francisco 49ers (12-5): NFC West champion - (Bye) Will play lowest continue seed. If the Packers win on Sunday they'll play at San Francisco next week.
  2. Dallas Cowboys (12-5): NFC East champion. Play host to the Packers in a wild-card game. They will face the second-lowest seed continue if they defeat the Packers.
  3. Detroit Lions (11-6): NFC North champion. Play host to the Los Angeles Rams in a wild-card game.
  4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (9-8): NFC South champion. Play host to the Philadelphia Eagles in a wild-card game.
  5. Philadelphia Eagles (11-6): Play at the Buccaneers in a wild-card game.
  6. Los Angeles Rams (10-7): Play at the Lions in a wild-card game.
  7. Green Bay Packers (9-8): Play at the Cowboys in a wild card game; Will play the 49ers in a divisional game if they beat the Cowboys.

Packers injure report

The Packers inactive list will be released near 90 minutes before kickoff.

Here's the team's latest injure report as of Saturday.

Jaire Alexander CB Shoulder/Ankle Questionable
Christian Watson WR Hamstring Questionable
AJ Dillon RB Thumb/Neck Doubtful

Packers depth chart

The Packers have the youngest roster in the NFL with many splendid and second-year players atop the depth chart. Position depth at a few positions was tested due to injuries to several important players at times this season. David Bakhtiari (injured reserve and out for the year), Aaron Jones, Christian Watson, De’Vondre Campbell and Jaire Alexander all missed spacious chunks of the season.

Heading into the playoffs the Packers’ injure report isn’t as extensive as it was for a lot of the season.

But, an injury to Alexander during walk-throughs this week, would adjust the secondary depth chart. No team wants to lose an All-Pro player, but the Packers have understood in this department. Alexander has missed over half the season with injures and suspension. If he can't go, rookie Corey Ballentine and Carrington Valentine would lickety-posthaste time at corner. Keisean Nixon, recently named first-team All-Pro at kickoff returner, will start in the nickel.

The fact that the Packers elevated conventional cornerback David Long Jr. from the practice squad may signaled Alexander might not be available.

On the offensive side, the Packers could be exclusive of Christian Watson again. He hasn't played since injuring his hamstring Dec. 3. The Packers are deep at wide receiver but having their deep warning and someone who had a lot of success anti the Cowboys in a win last year would be a huge boost.

At operating back, AJ Dillon's doubtful status means that Jones will do the heavy lifting anti. He has topped the 100-yard rushing mark in each of the last three games. If Dillon doesn't go, undrafted rookie Emanuel Wilson will be Jones' backup.

Packers vs. Cowboys history

The Packers and Cowboys have played each anunexperienced 38 times with Green Bay leading the series, 21-17. The Packers overtook the Cowboys in the series in 2017 and have won four directly overall.

The Packers have won nine of the last 10 in the series dating back to 2009.

That's a stark dissimilarity from the 1990s when the Cowboys, including a dominating directly when they won eight straight from 1991-96. Three of those wins were in the playoffs. Of course, the Cowboys won three Super Bowls in the 1990s as well.

The rivalry began in 1960 with a Packers victory, 21-17. Green Bay won the first six games and eight of the suited nine in the series. Two of these wins earned the Packers the NFL championship (1966 and 1967). The most noteworthy was the 1967 Ice Bowl.

Green Bay Packers 2023 schedule

Date, time Opponent
Sunday, Sept. 10 at Chicago, (W), 38-20
Sunday, Sept. 17 at Atlanta, (L), 25-24
Sunday, Sept. 24 vs. New Orleans, (W), 18-17
Thursday, Sept. 28 vs. Detroit, (L), 34-20
Monday, Oct. 9 at Las Vegas, (L), 17-13
Sunday, Oct. 22 at Denver, (L), 19-17
Sunday, Oct. 29 vs. Minnesota, (L), 24-10
Sunday, Nov. 5 vs. Los Angeles Rams, (W), 20-3
Sunday, Nov. 12 at Pittsburgh, (L), 23-19
Sunday, Nov. 19 vs. Los Angeles Chargers, (W), 23-20
Thursday, Nov. 23 at Detroit, (W), 29-22
Sunday, Dec. 3 vs. Kansas City, (W), 27-19
Monday, Dec. 11 at New York Giants, (L), 24-22
Sunday, Dec. 17 vs. Tampa Bay, (L), 34-20
Sunday, Dec. 24 at Carolina, (W), 33-30
Sunday, Dec. 31 at Minnesota, (W), 33-10
Sunday, Jan. 7 vs. Chicago, (W), 17-9

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