Cowboys @ Giants: Result, Lines & ATS Trends (Week 1, 2026)

Sun, Sep 13, 2026, 8:20 PM EDTWeek 1 · at New York Giants · Division game

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Dallas Cowboys

0-0 · Power #20

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Final

New York Giants

0-0 · Power #22

▲ winner

Closing spread

DAL -3

✓ NYG W

Total

47.5

▲ Over · 48 pts

Model before kickoff

DAL 26–24 NYG

✗ DAL (60%) lost

Closing line · DraftKings

SourceDraftKings closing line

OpenDAL -2.5

CloseDAL -3

Total48.5 → 47.5

Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.

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Market

Open → close

Spread

OpenDAL -2.5

0.5 → DAL

CloseDAL -3

0.5 pts toward Dallas Cowboys

Total

Open48.5

▼ 1

Close47.5

Down 1 since the open

Line movement

Opening and closing line · tap a dot

Opened DAL -2.5 · closed DAL -3 · moved 0.5 toward DALmodel Pick’em

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Line context

Road favorites of 2–4 since 2023: won 66%, covered 56% (134 games)ⓘ

Moved onto 3Too few earlier games to rateⓘ

Closing line · DraftKings

SourceDraftKings closing line

OpenDAL -2.5

CloseDAL -3

Total48.5 → 47.5

Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.

Similar games

The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out

In the 10 games most like DAL as a 3-point road favorite at NYG, the favorite won 6, covered 4, and 4 went over the total.

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This game: NYG won 28–20 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 48 points went over 47.5, as in 4 of 10.

Favorite won

6 of 1060%

Normal range · usually 62%

Favorite covered

4 of 1040%

Normal range · usually 51%

Went over

4 of 1040%

Normal range · usually 48%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: underdog by 1.5 against an average line of 2.5; 44.1 points a game (usually 44.6). Of the 4 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games

Match	Game	Line	Final	Covered	O/U
Very close	HOU @ IND 2024 · Week 1 · very close · similar situation & team ratings	-3.5	29–27	L	O48.5
Very close	HOU @ MIN 2024 · Week 3 · very close · similar total & team ratings	-2	7–34	L	U46.5
Very close	LAR @ NYJ 2024 · Week 16 · very close · similar total & spread	-2.5	19–9	W	U46.5
Very close	MIN @ LAR 2024 · Postseason · very close · similar spread & total	-2.5	9–27	L	U47.5
Very close	MIN @ LAR 2024 · Week 8 · very close · similar spread & total	-2.5	20–30	L	O46.5
Very close	SF @ ARI 2025 · Week 11 · very close · similar spread & team ratings	-3.5	41–22	W	O48.5
Very close	PIT @ NE 2025 · Week 3 · very close · similar situation & team ratings	-1.5	21–14	W	U44.5
Very close	CIN @ PIT 2024 · Week 18 · very close · similar spread & team ratings	-2.5	19–17	L	U48.5
Very close	TB @ CAR 2025 · Week 16 · very close · similar spread	-3	20–23	L	U44.5
Very close	BAL @ DAL 2024 · Week 3 · very close · similar total & situation	-1.5	28–25	W	O47.5

History, not a prediction. Every NFL game from 2023 on is compared with this one as it looked before kickoff (team strength, the betting line, season form, situation, venue and rest), and only close matches are kept. How matches are found

ATS

Records before kickoff

	Season	Cover	Venue	Role
DAL	0-0	—	—	—
NYG	0-0	—	—	—

Venue/role: DAL away, as favorite; NYG home, as underdog. Squares: last 5 games ATS (W covered, L didn’t), oldest first.

Totals

Over/under before kickoff

	O-U	Over %	SU
DAL	0-0	—	0-0
NYG	0-0	—	0-0

Went over in Q4. Of 194 earlier overs in games with totals 44.5–50.5, 22% had cashed by the end of Q3.

When games like this go over ›

Squares: last 5 games (O over, U under), oldest first. Hover for the score and line.

Last 10 games

Before kickoff, this and last season

	Straight up	Spread	Over / under
DAL	4-6 40%	2-7 22%	8-2 80%
NYG	2-8 20%	5-5 50%	8-2 80%

Wins-losses (pushes and ties last). Spread and over / under skip games without a line.

Recent meetings

Last 5 since 2023

DAL 32–24 NYG DAL leads · 56 games since 1999 · NYG has won the last 2 meetings

All-time series from nflverse.

Date	Result	Line	ATS
Jan 4 2025	Dallas Cowboys 17 @ New York Giants 34	DAL -3	NYG W
Sep 14 2025	New York Giants 37 @ Dallas Cowboys 40	DAL -4.5	NYG W
Nov 28 2024	New York Giants 20 @ Dallas Cowboys 27	DAL -4.5	DAL W
Sep 26 2024	Dallas Cowboys 20 @ New York Giants 15	DAL -5.5	NYG W
Nov 12 2023	New York Giants 17 @ Dallas Cowboys 49	DAL -17.5	DAL W