Dallas Cowboys against the spread

The Cowboys have covered the spread 95 times and missed 96 times since 2015, with 5 pushes (49.7%), about what a coin flip would produce over that many games.

Informational only. These are past results against public closing lines; they are not betting advice, and no wagering is offered or arranged here.

ATS since 2015: 95–96–5; 49.7% covered
This season ATS: 3–4–1; 42.9% covered
Over/under since 2015: 104–91–1; 53.3% overs
Straight up since 2015: 105–90–1; wins–losses–ties
Power rank: 20 of 32; Elo 1451

This week

Week 9: Dallas Cowboys at Indianapolis Colts · Sun, Nov 8 · 1:00 PM ET

Spread Dial · DAL −4.5

Lean: Colts

Edge +3.2 pts at the fitted weights

Totals Dial · O/U 51.5

Coin flip

Edge −0.5 pts at the fitted weights

Open either dial to see how each lean was built, or re-weight the factors yourself.

2026 game by game

Week	Opponent	Score	Line	Spread	Total
1	at Giants	L 20–28	−3.0	Missed by 11	Over 47.5
2	vs Commanders	W 37–20	−3.5	Covered by 13.5	Over 51.5
3	vs Ravens	L 31–34	+3.0	Push	Over 53.5
4	at Texans	W 34–30	+3.0	Covered by 7	Over 48.5
5	vs Buccaneers	L 16–24	−9.5	Missed by 17.5	Under 49.5
6	at Packers	L 13–23	−1.5	Missed by 11.5	Under 53.5
7	at Eagles	W 38–21	−4.5	Covered by 12.5	Over 43.5
8	vs Cardinals	L 30–33	−7.0	Missed by 10	Over 54.5

Splits since 2015

Situation	ATS (W–L–P)	Cover %
At home	47–48–3	49.5%
On the road	48–48–2	50.0%
As the favorite	57–59–3	49.1%
As the underdog	38–37–2	50.7%
Off a bye	7–5–0	58.3%
Playoffs	1–6–0	14.3%

Small splits swing hard: a situation with 20 games can land at 35% or 65% on luck alone.

Season by season

Season	Straight up	ATS	Cover %	O/U	Avg margin	Avg vs line
2026	3–5–0	3–4–1	42.9%	6–2–0	+0.8	−2.1
2025	7–9–1	7–10–0	41.2%	13–4–0	−2.4	−2.7
2024	7–10–0	7–10–0	41.2%	11–6–0	−6.9	−3.8
2023	12–6–0	10–8–0	55.6%	10–7–1	+9.9	+3.9
2022	13–6–0	10–8–1	55.6%	9–10–0	+7.1	+3.4
2021	12–6–0	13–5–0	72.2%	8–10–0	+9.2	+5.1
2020	6–10–0	5–11–0	31.3%	9–7–0	−4.9	−3.0
2019	8–8–0	9–7–0	56.3%	10–6–0	+7.1	+1.7
2018	11–7–0	9–8–1	52.9%	9–9–0	+0.5	+1.3
2017	9–7–0	8–7–1	53.3%	6–10–0	+1.4	−0.7
2016	13–4–0	10–7–0	58.8%	7–10–0	+6.6	+4.4
2015	4–12–0	4–11–1	26.7%	6–10–0	−6.2	−4.2

Avg vs line: how many points per game the team finished above (+) or below (−) the closing spread.

What this record means

Every game since 2015 with a posted closing line in nflverse's schedule file counts: the team covers when its final margin beats the line, misses when it falls short, and pushes when it lands on it. Across all 32 teams, records like this one vary about as much as they would if every game were a coin flip, and a team's cover rate one season has had essentially no relationship with the next. So this page describes what happened; it does not predict what comes next. The full method and the chance numbers are on the ATS Records page.

Source: nflverse schedules and results (games.csv), CC-BY 4.0.

Last reviewed: September 2026. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the NFL or the Dallas Cowboys.

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