Cowboys, Packers tie 40-40; first in NFL since 2022

Micah Parsons finally got a sack for the Green Bay Packers against his former mentor in overtime, but nobody won in the star rusher’s return to Dallas on Sunday night.

The Cowboys (1-2-1) had to settle for a short Brandon Aubrey field goal on the opening possession in overtime. After that, the Packers (2-1-1) got a field goal from Brandon McManus at the end of the extra 10-minute period for a 40-40 tie, the NFL’s first deadlock since 2022.

Dak Prescott and Jordan Love had three touchdown passes apiece in regulation, which included seven consecutive lead-changing TDs before McManus’ tying 53-yard field goal as time expired.

McManus kicked a 34-yarder as the clock hit 0:00 in OT, after Love’s pass into the back of the end zone fell incomplete with just a second remaining.

Romeo Doubs caught all three of Love’s TD passes and finished with 58 yards on six catches. Josh Jacobs rushed for two touchdowns and finished with 157 total yards. Love threw for 337 yards.

Prescott threw for 319 yards and ran for a score, and George Pickens had eight catches for 134 yards and two touchdowns with No. 1 receiver CeeDee Lamb sidelined by a high ankle sprain.

Parsons’ return came came exactly a month after the Cowboys unloaded him in a blockbuster trade that ended a long and acrimonious stalemate through training camp and the preseason over a contract extension.

The second-highest scoring tie in pro football history, behind the Oakland Raiders’ 43-43 draw with the Boston Patriots in the AFL in 1964, was the first for Dallas since 1969. The Packers last tied in 2018.



(AP Photo Jeffrey McWhorter)