The Cowboys win was big on Sunday, but it was notable in that it came with them as a serious underdog.
The Dallas Cowboys won on Sunday. You obviously, I would assume, know that.
I’d also assume that you yourself assumed that the Cowboys had no chance at winning on the road against the Washington Commanders. Why would you have thought that they would, though? Even the most optimistic Cowboys fan has been down on the team this year.
Removing fandom though, oddsmakers thought that Dallas had no chance in this game. Obviously things depend a bit on which sportsbook you look or looked at, but for the most part the Cowboys were regarded as double-digit point underdogs.
ESPN’s Todd Archer pointed out after the game that Dallas closed as a 10.5-point underdog over at ESPN BET. Given that Dallas wound up winning, this was their first victory as an underdog of at least that variety since Week 10 of the 2010 season when they also won on the road against a division rival. That day it was the New York Giants.
The Cowboys closed as 10.5-point underdogs today according to ESPN BET. This is their largest upset win since 2010 Week 10 when they defeated the Giants as a 13-point underdog.
— Todd Archer (@toddarcher) November 24, 2024
You will recall that the game in question served as the “you have to hire Jason Garrett as the full-time head coach” for many. Obviously that was a long time ago.
For what it is worth, it is not necessarily often and certainly not a good thing for any team to be considered a double-digit point underdog so it’s not like Dallas was 0-100 in such games or anything.
Still though, it is cool to know that the Cowboys took care of business when no one thought that they could and that they seriously upset a division rival in the process.
