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Detroit Lions at Dallas Cowboys

Week 17Sat, Dec 30 · 8:15 PM ET· AT&T Stadium· indoors

Lions

Detroit Lions

Cowboys

Dallas Cowboys

No games in the next ten days of the imported schedule. Open scores and the full schedule.

Team comparison

Regular-season results before Sat, Dec 30. Historical results, not a forecast.

2023 team records and averages
2023 seasonDET15 gamesDAL15 games
Record11–410–5
Points / game27.530.1
Allowed / game23.719.1
Margin / game3.811.0
Home record5–27–0
Away record6–23–5
Last 5 record3–23–2

Opponent defense

2023 · yards allowed / game

Read each column as that team’s defense. Recorded player production allowed; position rows total opposing players at that position in each observed game.

Opponent production allowed and defensive ranks
Production allowedDETDAL
Passing yards allowed254.7#24 / 32 teams · 15g201.5#5 / 32 teams · 15g
Rushing yards allowed90.6#4 / 32 teams · 15g115.7#19 / 32 teams · 15g
QB passing yards254.7#24 / 32 teams · 15g199.6#5 / 32 teams · 15g
RB rushing yards58.9#1 / 32 teams · 15g87.8#16 / 32 teams · 15g
WR receiving yards168.3#25 / 32 teams · 15g133.5#7 / 32 teams · 15g
TE receiving yards53.7#22 / 32 teams · 15g40.9#5 / 32 teams · 15g

Rank 1 allows the fewest recorded yards; ties share a rank. Ranks describe teams with imported values, not official league defensive rankings. Each sample is shown. Passing is gross yardage (before sacks), not net team passing. Missing player rows can understate totals; no missing games are treated as zero. Source: imported nflverse player game statistics, completed regular-season games before this matchup.

Game-by-game trends

Lions · Points scored

10 recorded games
Average / game26.4
Median28
Above 285 / 10

50% above your comparison (sample median)

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Above Below Equal
Comparison 28

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10 of 10

2023-12-24 · at Minnesota Vikings · 30–2430 points

2 points above the comparison line

Last 5 average: 28Previous 5: 24.8 · +3.2 points/game

Last 2 recorded results above 28.

Filtered historical results, not a prediction. Missing values are excluded.

View exact game results
GamepointsDifference
2023-12-24 · at Minnesota Vikings · 30–2430+2
2023-12-16 · vs Denver Broncos · 42–1742+14
2023-12-10 · at Chicago Bears · 13–2813-15
2023-12-03 · at New Orleans Saints · 33–2833+5
2023-11-23 · vs Green Bay Packers · 22–2922-6
2023-11-19 · vs Chicago Bears · 31–2631+3
2023-11-12 · at Los Angeles Chargers · 41–3841+13
2023-10-30 · vs Las Vegas Raiders · 26–1426-2
2023-10-22 · at Baltimore Ravens · 6–386-22
2023-10-15 · at Tampa Bay Buccaneers · 20–620-8

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Head-to-head

1 meetings on record

Before this matchup · includes playoffs · most recent first.

Source: imported NFL game results via nflverse. These charts update when completed results are imported; live scores appear separately.