Dallas Cowboys vs New York Giants - Game Highlights - NFL 2026 Week 1.

Standing strong at the end of an emotional weekend, it's Sunday night in New York City and across the river, in New Jersey, MetLife Stadium comes to life for the season opener. The Giants set to take the field for their 102nd season with memories of 9-11 throughout the New York area this weekend and some of New York's heroes. The first responders will create a tunnel and a gauntlet and lead the Giants onto the field. Jackson Dart is their second year quarterback, set to take on Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys in the season premiere of NBC's Sunday Night Football. Jackson Dart's second season in the National Football League, his first time as the Week 1 starter, and the Giants are let out by some of the first responders from New York. Strength of the Giants, their rush with four, here they come, out quick Prescott, slant is caught, it's a first down at the 38-yard line. Volume goes up, no snap, five yards. He's going, he's in the lineup as the Giants start for the 17. Running to the 22-yard line, Nabors in motion. 27, Dart looking that way, going that way, first one Nabors. Twisting forward, takes contact for the first time, look at Harbaugh. And in 10, Dart's going to pull it, keep it, Isaiah Lightly was walking forward. Giants fans want the flag and they've got it. 15 onto that. Black 80, black 80. The red zone, Scottie Boo going forward, he's in over the zone. Big collision as Scottie Boo's wrestled down right around the 15-yard line. Scottie Boo. All you've got to do is follow Patrick Ricard, you're going to find the football on the other end of these things. There they go, Lightly's going to go right behind him, and Scottie Boo's just going to stroll in, he had no... Prescott fires, sideline, Pickens got it for the first down. George Pickens out to the 26-yard line. Speed rushers of the Giants. First down pass for Prescott. Spanned forward, tight end, continues to merge with Dallas. Second and ten. And Prescott's throw is complete, spanned forward again. Only back in is the fullback, Hunter Lifke, third and four. Now Prescott about to get hit, fires in the middle, Pickens can't hang on. Now a cowboy. End of the play clock, off in time, in the middle it's Lightly. Difty move, the eyes of space, hit from behind, ball is out. The pile, Giants had a man underneath. Donovan Esoraku had the hit to knock it free. It is the Giants staying on it with Patrick Ricard. Second and nine. Neighbors contact the boats, yard and a half shy of the first down. Second connection. Third and two, everybody all tightly packed there. Scatterbrew trying to fight Kenny Clark. One of those names Chris mentioned, that stout front for Dallas. Comes up with the stop, it'll bring up fourth down. Thank you, Dallas third drive. Starting at their own 15, Prescott gonna take off here. Decker will slide for the first down. Second and seven, Prescott. Escamante turns and a field for the first down. Shotgun here. On third and goal. And Prescott will pull it through for C.D. Lamb. Touchdown, Dallas. With the lean in and separation, you can't extend your hands and get separation. There's a little in between both of those on that one. Drive start for the 15. Dart's got a ton of room. Take it off, Jackson Dart. Doesn't take the extra hit. Third and ten. They're bringing five at Dart. He throws it hard across midfield for the first down. Second and seven. Protected for the moment. Gets rid of it. That's the guy Chris was talking about. And that field's rookie on another name. First down, 28-yard line. That man, when he opens up that stride, he can go. Look out! Right side got hit. Runyon catches it. And Runyon gets tackled. That ball popped out. Dart pops up. As Caleb Downs, the rookie out of Ohio State, with his first headline hit of his NFL career. He's going to remember. And that is purely on Jackson Dart. Nobody's fault but his. As a veteran player, you have to know that that guy is unblocked out there. If he comes and it is on you, you take that hit, that's it. To knock it free by Gwinnett Williams, Dallas takes over in zone 16. Inside run by Javante Williams gets it to the 22. Third and four. Tonight showing pressure with Edmonds. He backs out. C.D. Lamb on the edge. Gets away from the safety. First down. Third and five. Next got four to throw to. Thought about taking off and stepping up. He's in trouble. Retreating. Swinging. Is it intercepted? A knee was down. Did he hold on? They say yes. A pass by Holland. Sliding the knee. Javon Holland, for the moment, ruled an interception inside of two minutes. They'll look at it. Turnover as well. At the sideline, out of bound, the first down. The 38. Here's Dart. His first as a Giant. Some bad defense out of the Cowboys last year. That sequence was as bad as it gets. They're going to leave this corner completely wide open against Isaiah Likely, who has been destroying them the entire half. I don't know who's blowing these coverages out here in the defensive left flank. Chasing the wide receiver that was three yards down the field. Long leg of the league, so they only need about 20 yards to get in this field goal range with 14 to go. Deep drop. It's complete. Ferguson tie not taken by Brian Schottheimer. Eight seconds remaining. Touchdown. His only reception. He'll run it inside with Lifty, and that'll get us to the end of the first half. The Giants get the ball to start the second half and take the lead to the locker room. Officially five for Scadaboo. He's got 22 yards, seven carries tonight. Here's his eighth. Back the other way for the first down. Caleb Downs couldn't get him down. He's doing it much after for everyone's peace of mind. Yeah, that backflip that he did in July caused a lot of eyes to open. He'll swing out to the tight end. Theo Johnson is close to a first down. Way into the drive. To Mooney for the first down. What'd you like about that? Let's take it down. Dart slides it in the middle. His neighbors got inside the five. That was good. A little short motion down. Looks like it's going to be a crack back block right there. Oh, okay. No, I'm just faking. Just throw it to me. Now I'm going to walk in the end zone. This is cool. This is cool stuff. That's sort of like Travis Kelsey stuff right there, right? That looks like... Back protected. Throws it complete at the first down. As CeeDee Lamb will get it to the 39-yard line. Made the transition to an edge rusher at the end of that run in State College. Good impact early on. Slam pick. It's got that one. And the Cowboys number three is right at the first down line. He's got it at the 48-yard line. This outfit's second to the Rams in yards per game last year. Got the explosiveness. Williams was a part of it last year. Dallas drops back to the shotgun. Prescott scans. Throws it. Williams. Nowhere to go. That's Ardell Reese. That fifth overall pick. That rookie. He's made an impact multiple times in this game. Prescott retreats. Throwing. CeeDee Lamb's got it at the two-yard line. The mark. The forward progress. First and goal for Dallas. Final minute. Fast-moving third quarter. Williams. Four yards. Ended in a touchdown. The Cowboys drive was 75 yards. The Williams score tightens this up. 21-14. Against NFCs to start this 2026 season. Dart. Just short of the first down. As Malachi Lawrence, the other first-round rookie for the Cowboys, made the tackle. After a ten-consecutive completion streak came to an end. Dart hands. Scatterbrew. Nice move. Lost the football. Got it. Got a first down. He's communicating. Wearing the green dot for the defense. First and ten for the Giants in the 28. Dart. Single-tarry. And brought down by that man, Barham. It's third and nine here. And through the tackle at Thompson. And the Giants keep the drive going with 9.36 left. The way they're playing it defensively. Third and five. Here's Dart. Swing it out one more time. Single-tarry. So once again, now here comes the motion across. They're going to run in here. Swing it out. And that play. It's been basically the same play at the end of the first half that got them. And now it's sort of the same play here in the second half. They've just been voiding a certain area of the field. And give credit to these New York Giant coaches. Probably four down territory here. Third and five. Scott picks up the first down with Lamb on the sideline. And you may be hindered in your ability to do that. Let's see if Prescott can take advantage. Got some time to throw this one. Sideline. And it is caught in front of one of those backups. Paulson Adebo. Jonathan Mingo gets the catch into Giants territory. Third and ten. Giants going to rush five again. Prescott to the sideline. Caught first down. Flannoy goes out of bounds. 32 at 15 for the lay head. These two teams. 16 combined penalties. From the 17th. Prescott Williams wide open. And a flag on the play. The result of the play is a touchdown. After the play was over. Unsportsmanlike conduct haunting number 33 of the scoring team. The 15 yard penalty will be enforced on the try. This is his first penalty of this type with regard to disqualification. Yeah. Arvell Reese. On this play. Just got completely fooled. And then you'll see the taunt at the end. Clearly. Just. So completely unnecessary. Everybody knows the rules. Giants terrific on third down tonight. Third and long here. Dallas again. Great spot. TJ Locke. In for the interleague hooker. They're on the cover. Second and 16. Scatterbrew run inside. Gets a lot of it back. Scatterbrew. Third and short. Inside of three minutes to go. Third and three. Dart. Underneath. For the first down. And Dallas is going to take a timeout here on this side of the two minute warning. Understanding what he's seeing pre-snap and post-snap for the first time in his career. Two ten left. They're going to have Dart run here. He had a face mask. And that'll give him a first down. And 15 more yards. Personal foul. Face mask. Number six. Defense. 15 yards. We'll be at it to the end of the play. First down. His 18th carry of the night. Stays inbounds. And has the first down. It was a great sports summer in New York. World Cup final in this building. Of course the Knicks winning the championship. U.S. Open. Golf and tennis. The tennis wrapping up today. Maybe it's an autumn. For New York sports fans to enjoy. As well.