ARLINGTON, Texas — Dak Prescott became the Dallas Cowboys’ all-time leader in touchdown passes during a 37–20 Week 2 victory over the Washington Commanders on September 20.
Prescott’s fourth touchdown pass, a 24-yard completion to CeeDee Lamb in the fourth quarter, was the 249th of his Dallas career—one more than Tony Romo’s previous franchise record, which had stood for more than a decade.
Prescott finished 26 of 31 for 279 yards and four touchdowns. Lamb caught eight passes for 153 yards and two scores.
Washington quarterback Jayden Daniels left the game with a dislocated left elbow. Dallas improved to 1–1.
Prescott finished 26 of 31 for 279 yards and four touchdowns, a performance rendered more notable by what was happening on the other side of the field. Washington starter Jayden Daniels dislocated his left elbow on the final play of the second quarter and never returned. The Cowboys’ offensive efficiency across four quarters — Dallas scored on seven of eight possessions — told a story that required no help from a shorthanded opponent.
The record itself carries weight that a final score cannot contain. Tony Romo threw 248 touchdown passes as a Cowboy across 11 seasons, building a career that shaped the franchise’s identity through two decades of near-misses and unfulfilled expectations. According to Yahoo Sports, the milestone was met with a standing ovation from the home crowd — a crowd that has absorbed enough Dallas Cowboys football to understand that franchise records in this market carry a particular weight.
CeeDee Lamb was the architect of the afternoon as much as Prescott was. Eight catches, 153 yards, two touchdowns — the second being the record-breaker — represented Lamb’s ninth career multi-score game. His route running in the fourth quarter was surgical: a double-move on the 24-yard score left his defender flat-footed at the line, and the throw Prescott placed into the corner of the end zone required no adjustment from his receiver. When the two are in rhythm, the Dallas offense is not correctable by a single coverage scheme.
Jake Ferguson caught two touchdown passes in the first half, accounting for the other bookends of a Dallas scoring day. He caught a six-yard score in the first quarter and a seven-yard score in the second — both on short-area routes that exploited Washington’s linebacker coverage — before Lamb took over as the primary target after the break.
Dallas had already led by seven at the break. What followed was a 17-point third-and-fourth-quarter surge that answered any remaining questions. Prescott did not press the issue; he continued completing passes, managing protection assignments with the composed decision-making that has defined his recent seasons, and finding the matchups Washington’s backup defense could not protect. The offense’s rhythm was its own argument.
In other Sunday sports action, the Chicago White Sox eliminated the Detroit Tigers from baseball playoff contention — part of a Sunday on which multiple franchises discovered their autumn fates.
Dallas stands at 1-1 through two weeks, having absorbed a Week 1 loss that now looks like an outlier. The offensive line held. The run game supplemented without being leaned on. The defense held Washington to a single scoring drive after halftime. The NFC East answers will arrive in the weeks ahead, against opponents who have had time to study the film.
For now, Prescott holds the franchise record alone. It is a number — 249 — that will climb before November.
