most penalties by cowboys in a game

The Dallas Cowboys were charged with their most penalties in a game against the Eagles on September 20, 2015, with 18 penalties.

Interpreted as:
most penalties by cowboys in a regular-season game
TEAM PEN DATE TM OPP RESULT TD 1DWN OFF OPP OFF 3DWN% 4DWN%
1 Cowboys
Cowboys
18
9/20/2015
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
W
20-10
2
21
359
226
33.3
2 Cowboys
Cowboys
17
12/4/1988
DAL DAL
@
CLE CLE
L
21-24
3
22
410
302
3 Cowboys
Cowboys
16
10/23/1988
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
L
23-24
2
25
437
339
4 Cowboys
Cowboys
16
10/4/1987
DAL DAL
@
NYJ NYJ
W
38-24
5
14
246
241
5 Cowboys
Cowboys
15
11/22/1998
DAL DAL
vs
SEA SEA
W
30-22
3
29
465
249
66.7
6 Cowboys
Cowboys
15
11/13/1988
DAL DAL
vs
MIN MIN
L
3-43
0
12
159
325
7 Cowboys
Cowboys
15
11/15/1987
DAL DAL
@
NE NE
W
23-17
3
24
438
265
8 Cowboys
Cowboys
15
10/18/1981
DAL DAL
vs
LA LA
W
29-17
3
24
496
374
9 Cowboys
Cowboys
14
12/15/2024
DAL DAL
@
CAR CAR
W
30-14
3
24
410
235
50.0
10 Cowboys
Cowboys
14
11/25/2021
DAL DAL
vs
LV LV
L
33-36
4
23
437
509
23.1
11 Cowboys
Cowboys
14
9/9/1979
DAL DAL
@
SF SF
W
21-13
2
19
347
294
12 Cowboys
Cowboys
14
11/6/1977
DAL DAL
@
NYG NYG
W
24-10
3
13
254
121
13 Cowboys
Cowboys
13
9/24/2023
DAL DAL
@
ARI ARI
L
16-28
1
26
416
400
56.3
0.0
14 Cowboys
Cowboys
13
11/24/2022
DAL DAL
vs
NYG NYG
W
28-20
4
26
430
300
63.6
0.0
15 Cowboys
Cowboys
13
11/11/2012
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
W
38-23
5
14
294
369
38.5
16 Cowboys
Cowboys
13
10/14/2012
DAL DAL
@
BAL BAL
L
29-31
3
30
481
316
53.3
100.0
17 Cowboys
Cowboys
13
9/23/2012
DAL DAL
vs
TB TB
W
16-10
1
14
297
166
31.3
0.0
18 Cowboys
Cowboys
13
9/5/2012
DAL DAL
@
NYG NYG
W
24-17
3
18
433
269
40.0
0.0
19 Cowboys
Cowboys
13
10/11/2009
DAL DAL
@
KC KC
W
26-20
3
20
498
304
41.7
20 Cowboys
Cowboys
13
11/12/2000
DAL DAL
vs
CIN CIN
W
23-6
2
22
405
195
46.7
100.0
21 Cowboys
Cowboys
13
10/22/1989
DAL DAL
@
KC KC
L
28-36
4
14
282
423
22 Cowboys
Cowboys
13
11/20/1988
DAL DAL
vs
CIN CIN
L
24-38
3
23
355
410
23 Cowboys
Cowboys
13
9/15/1985
DAL DAL
@
DET DET
L
21-26
3
33
554
200
24 Cowboys
Cowboys
13
9/19/1971
DAL DAL
@
BUF BUF
W
49-37
7
19
371
401
25 Cowboys
Cowboys
13
10/13/1968
DAL DAL
vs
PHI PHI
W
34-14
4
27
414
164
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete team, game-level data for penalties going back to the 1950 season.

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31.7

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29.4

30th

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122.1

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274.6

3rd

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TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
5
2
0
.714
Cowboys Cowboys
3
3
1
.500
Commanders Commanders
3
4
0
.429
Giants Giants
2
5
0
.286
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/26
DAL DAL
@
DEN DEN
4:25 PM
Mon
11/3
ARI ARI
@
DAL DAL
8:15 PM
Mon
11/17
DAL DAL
@
LV LV
8:15 PM
Sun
11/23
PHI PHI
@
DAL DAL
4:25 PM
Thu
11/27
KC KC
@
DAL DAL
4:30 PM
Last Game
DAL Cowboys

3 - 3 - 1

44

Final

22

WAS Commanders

3 - 4 - 0

Sun 19 Oct 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC East W L T PCT
Patriots Patriots
5
2
0
.714
Bills Bills
4
2
0
.667
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
4
2
0
.667
Bengals Bengals
3
4
0
.429
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
6
1
0
.857
Jaguars Jaguars
4
3
0
.571
AFC West W L T PCT
Broncos Broncos
5
2
0
.714
Chargers Chargers
4
3
0
.571
NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
5
2
0
.714
Cowboys Cowboys
3
3
1
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
4
1
1
.750
Lions Lions
5
2
0
.714
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
5
2
0
.714
Panthers Panthers
4
3
0
.571
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
5
2
0
.714
Seahawks Seahawks
5
2
0
.714

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
10/23
MIN MIN
@
LAC LAC
8:15 PM
Sun
10/26
NYJ NYJ
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
10/26
BUF BUF
@
CAR CAR
1:00 PM
Sun
10/26
SF SF
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sun
10/26
NYG NYG
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM