Cowboys' Super Bowl drought reaches 30 years after Eagles become first repeat NFC East winner since 2004

The Dallas Cowboys volition person gone 30 consecutive years without reaching the Super Bowl aft they were eliminated from playoff contention Saturday nighttime erstwhile the Philadelphia Eagles bushed the Washington Commanders 29-18.

The Eagles' triumph implicit Washington clinched Philadelphia's 2nd consecutive NFC East title, becoming the division's archetypal repetition champion since the 2004 Eagles. 

The Cowboys' had an extracurricular accidental to vie for the part rubric entering Saturday night. They would person needed to triumph their last 3 games and the Eagles to suffer their last 3 games. 

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Dallas Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones interacts with fans during warmups earlier the Cowboys instrumentality connected the Detroit Lions astatine AT&T Stadium Oct. 23, 2022, successful Arlington, Texas.  (Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

By virtuousness of the Eagles' win, Dallas volition present instrumentality the tract against the Los Angeles Chargers Sunday with thing to play for.

It besides marks the archetypal clip the Cowboys volition miss the playoffs for 2 consecutive seasons since 2020. 

Dallas went all-in astatine this year's commercialized deadline successful an effort to bolster its playoff chances, trading a 2027 first-round prime and a 2026 second-round prime to the New York Jets for antiaircraft tackle Quinnen Williams. But it won't wage disconnected successful the abbreviated word for the Cowboys aft their 2025 failure. Williams is nether declaration until 2027. 

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Dallas Cowboys caput manager Brian Schottenheimer during the 2nd fractional against the New York Jets Oct. 5, 2025, successful East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Questions astir whether the Cowboys would beryllium competitory successful 2025 were raised aft the squad traded prima linebacker Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers up of the season. The Cowboys' defence is 29th successful the NFL this twelvemonth without Parsons.

Dallas gave its fans immoderate anticipation with a three-game winning streak successful November, rebounding from 3-5-1 to 6-5-1 and wrong striking region of the seventh effect successful the NFC. But a 44-30 primetime nonaccomplishment to the Detroit Lions Dec. 4 took each the aerial retired and dropped Dallas' playoff chances to conscionable 8%. 

They mislaid their adjacent crippled astatine location to J.J. McCarthy's Minnesota Vikings, who besides won't beryllium going to the playoffs.

The Eagles are looking to support their Super Bowl title and close the vessel aft their triumph implicit Washington.

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Dallas Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones astatine grooming campy astatine the River Ridge Fields July 26, 2025 (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)

The Eagles mislaid 3 consecutive games, including a 21-point blown pb to the Cowboys, earlier snapping the losing streak with a lopsided triumph implicit the Raiders past week. 

Philadelphia volition decorativeness its play against the Buffalo Bills adjacent week and a rematch astatine location with Washington successful Week 18. 

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