Following the Eagles' first score of the game, KaVontae Turpin returned the ensuing kickoff to the Cowboys' 40-yard line; the offense responded with a nine-play, 32-yard drive capped off by a 46-yard Brandon Aubrey field goal to tighten the lead to 7-3 with 3:10 in the first quarter.

The Eagles defended their end zone twice. Earlier in the second quarter, on first-and-goal at the 6, Zack Baun and C.J. Gardner-Johnson struck Ezekiel Elliott at the line, jarring the football loose, where it was recovered for a touchback by Cooper DeJean. Baun later forced another fumble in a fourth quarter rendered needless.