Dallas Cowboys at Houston Texans

DAL 34 · HOU 30 · 2026 Week 4

Lamb’s 12-yard TD with 40 seconds left caps a 796-yard shootout

Houston led 16-6 at halftime and had every reason to feel good about itself. Then Dallas hung 14 points on the third quarter, and the Texans spent the rest of the afternoon discovering that a 10-point halftime lead is more of a suggestion than a plan.

This was a 796-yard shootout with zero turnovers — both offenses operating at peak efficiency, both defenses essentially cosplaying as traffic cones. Javonte Williams ran for three Dallas touchdowns. Woody Marks answered for Houston, his go-ahead score with 2:23 left putting the Texans up 30-27 and feeling, for exactly 103 seconds, like winners.

Then Dak Prescott found CeeDee Lamb for 12 yards and the win with 40 seconds on the clock, and Houston learned the oldest lesson in football: the only lead that matters is the one at 0:00. The rare shootout where both defenses can show their faces in public — because when nobody punts and nobody turns it over, what exactly were they supposed to do?