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<p>PHILADELPHIA &#8212; Ezekiel Elliott had 151 yards rushing and his go-ahead 1-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter helped the Dallas Cowboys beat the Philadelphia Eagles 27-20 on Sunday night.</p><p>The defending Super Bowl champion Eagles fell to 4-5 with their third straight loss at home while the Cowboys improved to 4-5.</p><p>Dak Prescott had 270 yards passing, tossed for one touchdown and also ran for a score. Elliott also had a TD reception.</p><p>Carson Wentz threw a pair of TD passes to Zach Ertz, but his pass to Ertz on fourth down fell a yard short of a first down at the Cowboys 29 with 1:09 left. The Eagles got the ball back at their 32 with 40 seconds left and drove to the Cowboys 32 for the final play. Wentz completed a pass to Ertz inside the Dallas 10. Ertz lateraled to Golden Tate but he was tackled for no gain to end it.</p><p>It was a defensive battle into the third quarter before the offenses went back-and-forth.</p><p>Elliott ran in from the 1 to give Dallas a 27-20 lead after Prescott completed passes of 24 yards to Amari Cooper and 23 yards to Allen Hurns on the drive.</p><p>Coming off a bye, the Eagles were listless in the first half and trailed 13-3 before rallying to tie it on Wentz&#8217;s 15-yard TD pass to Ertz late in the third quarter. Wentz connected with Jordan Matthews for 18 yards on third-and-11 to extend the drive. He hit him again for 12 yards on the next play and found Ertz a few plays later.</p><p>Prescott tossed a 7-yard TD pass to Elliott to give Dallas a 20-13 lead on the ensuing possession. Elliott accounted for 57 of the 75 yards on the drive.</p><p>But the Eagles answered. Wentz hit Nelson Agholor, who made an excellent catch for a 51-yard gain to the Cowboys 8. Wentz found Ertz in the back of the end zone for a 1-yard TD pass to tie it at 20-20.</p><p>Prescott engineered a 75-yard drive in the final 90 seconds of the first half to send the Eagles into the locker room to a chorus of boos from a frustrated crowd.</p><p>Michael Gallup turned a screen pass on third-and-15 at the Cowboys 35 into a 25-yard gain. Prescott connected with Cole Beasley for 21 yards and hit Hurns for 17 yards to the Eagles 1. Prescott then sneaked in for the score.</p><p>After hearing it from their fans, the Eagles came out with a stop on defense and the offense drove to the Cowboys 11 before having to settle for Jake Elliott&#8217;s 26-yard field goal.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott hurdles Eagles defensive back Tre Sullivan en route to 187 total yards and two touchdowns in a win. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/web1_AP18316092193561.jpg</photo0><caption0>Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott hurdles Eagles defensive back Tre Sullivan en route to 187 total yards and two touchdowns in a win. </caption0><photoCredit0>Matt Rourke | AP photo </photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Rob Maaddi</p><p>AP Pro Football Writer</p></bylineMeta></div>

Eagles can’t contain Elliott, fall short against Cowboys in fourth quarter