Cowboys-Commanders ending, explained: Special teams chaos leads to improbable win for the Cowboys [Video]

The Commanders came into a Week 12 divisional game against the Cowboys with a 7-4 record. Dallas was down its starting quarterback and was 3-7, so it seemed like a game in which Washington would take care of business.

It was anything but. 

The game was relatively low-scoring early. Washington had a field goal in the first quarter, Dallas responded with a field goal in the second to force a 3-3 score at halftime. Both teams scored a touchdown in the third quarter, but Washington’s kicker, Austin Seibert, missed the extra point. When the fourth quarter began, the Cowboys were up 10-9. 

When the game ended, Dallas won 34-26. Here’s what happened in a crazy fourth quarter.

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Cowboys-Commanders ending, explained

The fourth quarter continued the back-and-forth gameplay we had seen all day. Dallas finally broke through, and Brandon Aubrey nailed a 48-yard kick with 8:11 left, …