Giants vs. Cowboys live score, updates, highlights from NFL ‘Thursday Night Football’ game

Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy is on the hot seat heading into the team’s Thursday night matchup against the Giants. Working on an expiring contract, McCarthy is looking to beat Dallas’ division rivals at MetLife and reach an even 2-2 on the season — the same way the Cowboys started last year when they ultimately went 12-5 and lost to Green Bay in the wild-card round.

Fortunately for the veteran coach, recent history points in Dallas’ favor. The Cowboys have won all but one of their past 14 meetings with their NFC East counterpart, including the past six. McCarthy’s only loss to New York came in the 2020 finale at the end of his first season in Texas.

After winning their first matchup in Cleveland 33-17, the Cowboys returned home and lost two straight to the Saints and Ravens. Sunday’s matchup against Baltimore came down to the final minutes after Prescott facilitated a trio of fourth quarter scoring drives to narrow a 16-point deficit to just three. However, only scoring two field goals in the first half prevented Dallas from completing the comeback in the end. 

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Quarterback Dak Prescott had an impressive passing performance despite the result, throwing for 379 yards and two touchdowns on 28 completions in the 28-25 loss. On the defensive end, Eric Kendricks starred with 12 total tackles, five more than the Cowboys player with the second-most in the game. 

The Giants enter Thursday’s game with a 1-2 record, as well, but they are coming off their first win in Week 3. After losing at home to Minnesota and the Commanders in Washington, New York also found victory in Cleveland, beating the Browns 21-15.

In his best performance this season by far, quarterback Daniel Jones threw 24 completions for 236 yards and two touchdowns, both of which went to Malik Nabers. The rookie receiver out of LSU has impressed so far on New York’s offense, catching 8-of-12 targets against the Browns for 78 yards following an even stronger performance in Washington where he caught his first score.

Whereas the Cowboys were held without a touchdown in the first three quarters of their most recent game, the Giants scored every point in their win over Cleveland before halftime and failed to punch anything in the rest of the contest. Upon the end of Thursday’s matchup, one of the two teams will find itself at .500 and the other will drop to 1-3. For McCarthy’s sake, Dallas better end up as the former or the coach’s job could be in question.

Here’s everything to know about Giants vs. Cowboys, including live scores, updates and highlights from “Thursday Night Football.”

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Giants vs. Cowboys results, highlights from Thursday night football(All times Eastern)

7:45 p.m. — Among familiar faces at MetLife tonight are Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, 4x Olympic gold medalist and track star, and Post Malone, 10x Grammy nominated music artist. Malone showed up in an Aubrey jersey and even got the kicker to sign the back. Oh, and McLaughlin-Levrone of course came to the stadium dripped out.

Brandon Aubrey signing @PostMalone’s Brandon Aubrey jersey pic.twitter.com/dVXjq1kPRg

— Jori Epstein (@JoriEpstein) September 26, 2024GOLD in the building for TNF 🥇 @GoSydGo pic.twitter.com/pzk5D4qtDO

— NFL (@NFL) September 26, 20247:35 p.m. — The Cowboys have beaten New York 12 of their last 13 matchups, including six consecutive games leading up to tonight. Prescott himself is 12-2 against Dallas, with the team’s most recent loss to the Giants occurring when he was out with an ankle injury the 2021 season. Here’s more on the QB’s record against New York.

7:25 p.m. — Giants rookie WR Nabers spent warmups in a shirt reading “D.A.W.G,” an acronym for discipline, attitude, will and grit. In his first three games, he’s made 23 catches for three touchdowns and 271 yards. 

🔥 https://t.co/hRwUU7lMYo pic.twitter.com/ZX7aOnL9Pg

— NFL (@NFL) September 26, 20247:15 p.m. — Tonight’s forecast in East Rutherford shows about a 30% chance of rain during the game with a 10% chance of thunderstorms. However, it doesn’t seem like the weather should have too much of an effect on play.

6:55 p.m. — Inactives have been announced for Dallas and New York. CB Carson is sidelined tonight for the Cowboys with a shoulder issue, meaning Booth is likely to line up across from Giants rookie WR Nabers. S Bell is also out with an ankle injury, further weakening Dallas’ secondary.

As for the Giants, WR Slayton is active for tonight after dealing with a right thumb issue. He had a wrap on the finger coming into the stadium and warmed up in gloves. CB McCloud is also back after missing the last two games with a knee injury.

WR Darius Slayton is ACTIVE for TNF.

GIANTS INACTIVES:
CB Adoree’ Jackson
CB Dru Phillips
S Anthony Johnson
OLB Benton Whitley
OLB Boogie Basham
G Jake Kubas
QB Tommy DeVito (3rd)

COWBOYS INACTIVES:
S Markquese Bell
CB Caelen Carson
T Matt Waletzko
WR Ryan Flournoy
TE John… pic.twitter.com/ZrhNoIbbde

— Dan Salomone (@Dan_Salomone) September 26, 20246:40 p.m. — With just about 90 minutes to kickoff, both teams have arrived at MetLife ahead of tonight’s matchup. The Cowboys are 5.5-point favorites in New York, per BetMGM.

Giants vs. Cowboys start timeDate: Thursday, Sept. 25Time: 8:15 p.m. ETThursday’s game between the Giants and Cowboys is set to kick off at 8:15 p.m. ET from MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

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What channel is Giants vs. Cowboys on todayTV channel: N/A (U.S.) | TSN4, CTV2 (Canada)Live stream: Amazon Prime Video | NFL+ | DAZN NFL (Canada)The Giants vs. Cowboys Week 4 matchup will not be broadcast on national television in the U.S., with the only viewing options accessible through streaming on Amazon Prime and NFL+.

Canadian viewers can watch live on TSN4 and CTV2 or livestream the game on DAZN NFL.