In a Week 4 battle between two of the NFL's more notable teams, the Dallas Cowboys defeated the New England Patriots, 38-3. The Cowboys move to a 3-1 record on the season, and the Patriots drop to 1-3.
Offensive spotlight: Cowboys tight end Jake Ferguson led the team with seven catches on seven targets for 77 receiving yards. The seven targets tied a career high, while the seven catches and 77 yards were outright career bests.
Defensive spotlight: Cowboys defensive back DaRon Bland had quite the day, snagging two interceptions — one of which went for a touchdown.
DaRon Bland pick-six! 2nd defensive TD of the half for the @DallasCowboys 🤠
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— NFL (@NFL) October 1, 2023
Bland also forced three incompletions on the day.
Rookie spotlight: Patriots rookie safety Marte Mapu recorded two tackles and one solo stop for a 60.0-plus overall grade after PFF's first review of the game.
Box Score
Passing
New England Patriots |
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| Player | Fantasy | Comp/Att | Yds | YPA | TD | Int | Long | Sacks | Rtg |
| Mac Jones | 3.7 | 12 / 21 | 150 | 7.1 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 1 | 39.9 |
| Bailey Zappe | 2.28 | 4 / 9 | 57 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 65.5 |
Dallas Cowboys |
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| Player | Fantasy | Comp/Att | Yds | YPA | TD | Int | Long | Sacks | Rtg |
| Dak Prescott | 14.34 | 28 / 34 | 261 | 7.7 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 108.5 |
| Cooper Rush | 0.6 | 2 / 2 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 108.3 |
Rushing
New England Patriots |
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| Player | Fantasy | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Long | Fum Lost |
| Rhamondre Stevenson | 6 | 14 | 30 | 2.1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ezekiel Elliott | 4.2 | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Mac Jones | 3.7 | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Dallas Cowboys |
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| Player | Fantasy | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Long | Fum Lost |
| CeeDee Lamb | 14.8 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Dak Prescott | 14.34 | 1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Tony Pollard | 9 | 11 | 47 | 4.3 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Hunter Luepke | 6.4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| KaVontae Turpin | 6.1 | 1 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
| Rico Dowdle | 2.7 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Deuce Vaughn | 2.1 | 8 | 9 | 1.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Cooper Rush | 0.6 | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Receiving
New England Patriots |
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| Player | Fantasy | Tgt | Rec | Yds | YPT | YPR | TD | Long |
| Hunter Henry | 9.1 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 10.2 | 12.8 | 0 | 21 |
| Demario Douglas | 6.5 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 15 | 22.5 | 0 | 42 |
| Rhamondre Stevenson | 6 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| Kendrick Bourne | 5.6 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 20 |
| DeVante Parker | 5.3 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 8.2 | 16.5 | 0 | 22 |
| Ezekiel Elliott | 4.2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| JuJu Smith-Schuster | 2.4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 2.8 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Mike Gesicki | 2.2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
Dallas Cowboys |
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| Player | Fantasy | Tgt | Rec | Yds | YPT | YPR | TD | Long |
| CeeDee Lamb | 14.8 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| Jake Ferguson | 14.7 | 7 | 7 | 77 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 21 |
| Michael Gallup | 11 | 6 | 5 | 60 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 29 |
| Jalen Tolbert | 9.3 | 4 | 4 | 53 | 13.2 | 13.2 | 0 | 18 |
| Tony Pollard | 9 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 0 | 6 |
| Brandin Cooks | 6.7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 0 | 11 |
| KaVontae Turpin | 6.1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Rico Dowdle | 2.7 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Deuce Vaughn | 2.1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Luke Schoonmaker | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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