PanthersはRyan Fitzgeraldの31ヤードFGで先制し、CowboysもBrandon Aubreyの23ヤードFGで追いつく。第2QにDak PrescottがHunter LuepkeへTDを通してDallasが10-3とすると、CarolinaはBryce YoungからTetairoa McMillanへの19ヤードTDで同点。CowboysはFergusonへのTDで再びリードし、17-13で前半を終えた。
後半も主導権が何度も入れ替わった。YoungがRico Dowdleへ36ヤードTDを通してCarolinaが20-17と逆転すると、PrescottはGeorge Pickensへの34ヤードTDで取り返す。第4QにYoungがMcMillanへこの日2本目のTDを決め、AubreyのFGで27-27に戻された後、最後はFitzgeraldが残り3秒で33ヤードFGを沈めた。Carolinaは216 rushing yards、Dowdleが30回183ヤード。Prescottは261ヤード3TD (0INT)と粘ったがランが31ヤードと沈黙し、Youngの3TDで上回ったPanthersが30-27で競り勝った。
30回183ヤードに加え、後半開始直後の36ヤードのレシービングTDも記録。Carolinaが216 rushing yardsで接戦を動かす上で、ランゲームの軸として大きな役割を果たした。
(Shotgun) B.Young pass short left intended for T.McMillan INTERCEPTED by D.Wilson at CAR 46. D.Wilson ran ob at CAR 25 for 21 yards (I.Ekwonu). PENALTY on R.Dowdle, Unnecessary Roughness, 13 yards, enforced at CAR 25. Drive-ending interception. Score after play: DAL 3, CAR 3.
(No Huddle, Shotgun) D.Prescott pass short right to G.Pickens for 34 yards, TOUCHDOWN. Touchdown swings the leverage immediately. Score after play: DAL 24, CAR 20.
(Shotgun) B.Young pass deep left to R.Dowdle for 36 yards, TOUCHDOWN. Touchdown swings the leverage immediately. Score after play: DAL 17, CAR 20.
(Shotgun) B.Young pass deep left to T.McMillan for 19 yards, TOUCHDOWN [D.Ezeiruaku]. Touchdown swings the leverage immediately. Score after play: DAL 10, CAR 10.
(Shotgun) D.Prescott pass deep left to J.Ferguson for 19 yards, TOUCHDOWN. Touchdown swings the leverage immediately. Score after play: DAL 17, CAR 10.