{"id":2109,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/2109","headline":"Cowboys survive late collapse, beat Colts 27-23","dek":"Dallas blew a 17-7 halftime lead but scored a go-ahead touchdown in the final 1:37 to escape with the win.","body":"The Cowboys nearly handed this one away. Dallas built a 17-7 halftime lead over Indianapolis, then spent the second half unraveling before finding a way to survive 27-23.\n\nThe Colts clawed back and took a 23-20 lead in the final two minutes, putting the Cowboys in a familiar spot of watching another winnable game slip through their fingers. Instead, Dak Prescott bailed them out. On the first play after Indianapolis took the lead on a field goal, Prescott hit Ryan Flournoy on a 46-yard throw that flipped the field and put Dallas deep in Colts territory.\n\nThat play set up Javonte Williams for a one-yard touchdown run with 1:08 left, giving the Cowboys the lead for good. Prescott had his own rough patches earlier, including a lost fumble that briefly let Indianapolis grab a 7-3 edge, before he answered with a fourth-down touchdown pass that put Dallas back in front.\n\nThe win keeps the Cowboys from another frustrating defeat, even if it came with plenty of self-inflicted stress along the way.","published_at":"2026-11-08T23:51:48.639845+00:00","source_count":3,"written_from":[{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Cowboys fend off Colts with late TD after squandering 10-point lead","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7764130/2026/11/08/cowboys-colts-nfl-week-9-score-result-takeaways/"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Cowboys rally late to avoid disaster vs. Colts after blowing lead, multiple second-half miscues","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/breaking-news/live/cowboys-colts-score-live-updates-inactives-highlights-stats-where-to-watch-154318801.html"},{"outlet":"Pro Football Talk","publisher":"NBC Sports","title":"Dak Prescott's fourth-down TD throw gives Cowboys 10-7 lead","url":"https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/dak-prescotts-fourth-down-td-gives-cowboys-10-7-lead"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Dak Prescott's fourth-down TD throw gives Cowboys 10-7 lead","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/dak-prescotts-fourth-down-td-185141818.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Cowboys at Colts: 5 winners and 3 losers from the game","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/cowboys-colts-5-winners-3-220642490.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Javonte Williams' late TD run helps Cowboys avoid another 4th-quarter collapse and beat Colts 27-23","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/javonte-williams-td-run-helps-222040762.html"}],"image":{"url":"https://static01.nyt.com/athletic/uploads/wp/2026/11/08164909/cowboys-colts-scaled.jpg","credit":"The Athletic","width":2560},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}