Dak Prescott threw two second-half touchdown passes to Dalton Schultz as the Dallas Cowboys clinched their second straight 12-win season with a 27-13 victory over the injury-ravaged Tennessee Titans on Thursday night in Nashville.Prescott was 29 of 41 passing for 282 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions for Dallas (12-4).Ezekiel Elliott added a rushing score and CeeDee Lamb caught 11 passes for 100 yards for the playoff-bound Cowboys, who are one and a half games behind the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC East.Joshua Dobbs completed 20 of 39 passes for 232 yards, one touchdown and one interception for Tennessee in his first career start.
The sixth-year pro was selected to start over rookie Malik Willis despite just being signed from the Detroit Lions' practice squad on 21 December.The setback was the sixth in a row for the Titans (7-9), a beat-up squad that played without quarterback Ryan Tannehill (ankle), running back Derrick Henry (hip) and defensive end Jeffery Simmons (ankle), among others.
Tennessee meet the Jacksonville Jaguars next weekend in a contest that will determine the AFC South's playoff berth.The Cowboys took a 17-6 lead on their first possession of the second half.
Prescott hit Schultz on a six-yard scoring pass with 8:48 left in the third quarter. The touchdown was set up by a 51-yard pass interference call on Tre Allen one play earlier, on third-and-19.