Washington Football Team gets routed at Dallas, 56-14

Dallas QB Dak Prescott throws for 321 yards and 4 touchdowns in 1st half alone

Dallas Cowboys' Trevon Diggs (7) celebrates intercepting a pass thrown by Washington Football Team's Taylor Heinicke in the first half of an NFL football game in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth) (Michael Ainsworth, Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

It couldn’t have been an uglier result for the Washington Football Team at Dallas on Sunday.

The Cowboys jumped out to a 21-0 lead and never looked back from there, crushing the Washington Football Team, 56-14, to sweep the season series.

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The Cowboys collected 388 yards of total offense in the first half.

Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott threw for 321 yards and four touchdowns in the first half alone.

Dallas opened the scoring with 7:42 left in the first quarter on a 5-yard touchdown pass from Prescott to Ezekiel Elliott.

The Cowboys took a 14-0 lead on a 9-yard touchdown pass from Prescott to Dalton Schultz with 3:08 left in the first, then took a 21-0 lead with 2:27 remaining in the first on a 40-yard interception return for a touchdown by DeMarcus Lawrence.

Washington answered to start the second quarter, cutting the Dallas lead to 21-7 on an 8-yard touchdown pass from Taylor Heinicke to Antonio Gibson with 14:53 left until halftime.

But Dallas regained a 21-point lead at 28-7 on an 11-yard touchdown run by Elliott with 10:34 left in the second quarter.

The Cowboys then took a 35-7 lead with 2:31 remaining until halftime on a 1-yard touchdown pass from Prescott to Terence Steele.

With five seconds left in the half, Dallas took a 42-7 lead on a 13-yard touchdown pass from Prescott to Amari Cooper.

Dallas then added two more touchdowns in the second half to complete the rout.