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The Dallas Cowboys have suffered back-to-back losing seasons for the first time since 2002 after a 34-17 collapse to the New York Giants on Sunday.
Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott was removed from the game at halftime, and defensive end Donovan Ezeiruaku was ejected from the game after removing the helmet of Giants players between downs in the third quarter.
Prescott’s game and season ended after a first half in which he turned the ball over and passed for just 70 yards. He left the game with the league lead in passing yards for the season.
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Kavontae Turpin of the Dallas Cowboys is tackled by Raheem Layne #43 of the New York Giants during the game on January 4, 2026 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
In Prescott’s absence, the Cowboys were outscored 18-7 in the second half and the team got into a costly fight with the Giants’ opponents, resulting in penalties and ejection. Ezeiruaku’s ejection came after the Giants scored a touchdown to go up 22-10, and a fight ensued with shoving, shoving and intentional mask grabbing.
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Dallas defensive tackle Quinnen Williams also received an unnecessary roughness penalty, putting the Giants on the one-yard line for the point after try, as New York went for two, leading 24-10.
Dallas never recovered, as backup quarterback Joe Milton threw a late interception en route to a 17-point loss to end the season.
It was a fitting end to a failed season for the Cowboys, who officially extended their Super Bowl drought to 30 years.
Dallas went all out at this year’s trade deadline in an attempt to bolster its playoff chances, trading a 2027 first-round pick and a 2026 second-round pick to the New York Jets for defensive tackle Quinnen Williams. But it won’t pay off anytime soon for the Cowboys after their failure in 2025. Williams is under contract through 2027.
Questions about whether the Cowboys would be competitive in 2025 arose after the team traded star linebacker Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers before the season. The Cowboys defense ranks 29th in the NFL this year without Parsons.
Dallas gave its fans some hope with a three-game winning streak in November, recovering from 3-5-1 to 6-5-1 and within striking distance of the seventh seed in the NFC. But a 44-30 loss in prime time to the Detroit Lions on December 4th took all the air out of it and reduced Dallas’ chances of making the playoffs to just 8%. They went 1-3 in their last four games after the Lions’ loss to fall to a losing record.
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Dak Prescott #4 of the Dallas Cowboys fumbles during the first quarter against the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium on January 4, 2026 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Ishika Samant/Getty Images)
Meanwhile, the Giants improved to 4-13 on the season for the third straight losing season. The Giants had a chance to secure the second or first pick in the NFL Draft with a loss on Sunday, but could potentially fall as low as the seventh pick with the win.
The Giants also defeated the Cowboys and Eagles in the same season for the first time since 2020.
