Week 11 of the NFL season concluded with an intrastate showdown, as the Dallas Cowboys hosted the Houston Texans from the other end of Texas.Once considered one of the top teams in the NFC, the Cowboys have been the subject of one of the most heavily ridiculed collapses so far, going from perennial contenders to losing multiple games in embarrassingly lopsided fashion.Compounding their situation is that star quarterback Dak Prescott is out with a season-ending ankle injury just two and a half months after becoming the league's highest-paid player.The Texans, meanwhile, are having a renaissance under C.J. Stroud. With him under center, they won their first AFC South title since the Deshaun Watson era in 2023 and so far have been looking like that division's overlords again in 2024 despite a current two-game slump.Dallas Cowboys vs. Houston Texans box scoreTeams1Q2Q3Q4QTotalDallas Cowboys010--10Houston Texans14331434Dallas Cowboys player statsPassingPlayerCompletions/AttemptsYardsTouchdownsInterceptionsRatingCooper Rush32/553541175.9Bryan Anger1/140083.3Rushing and receivingPlayerCarriesYardsTouchdownsReceptionsYardsTouchdownsRico Dowdle10280260CeeDee Lamb11308930Deuce Vaughn4130140Ezekiel Elliott1803160Cooper Rush220000KaVontae Turpin0003861Luke Schoonmaker0006560Brevyn Spann-Ford0004420Jalen Tolbert0002210Ryan Flournoy0002190Jake Ferguson0001110Juanyeh Thomas000140DefensePlayerTotal tacklesSolo tacklesSacksTackles for LossInterceptionsEric Kendricks95000Malik Hooker83011Trevon Diggs66000Josh Butler55000DeMarvion Overshown54000Donovan Wilson52000Israel Mukuamu42000Mazi Smith42000Chauncey Golston31000Marist Liufau31000Osa Odighizuwa22110Juanyeh Thomas21000Carlos Watkins20000Jake Ferguson11000Kemon Hall11000Nick Vigil10000Buddy Johnson10000Micah Parsons10000KickingPlayerField GoalsExtra pointsBrandon Aubrey1/21/1PuntingPlayerPuntsYardsInside 20LongestBryan Anger282142Houston Texans player statsPassingPlayerCompletions/AttemptsYardsTouchdownsInterceptionsRatingCJ Stroud23/342570177.7Rushing and receivingPlayerCarriesYardsTouchdownsReceptionsYardsTouchdownsJoe Mixon2010932440Tank Dell1404540C.J. Stroud3260000Dameon Pierce120000Nico Collins0004540Dalton Schultz0005330John Metchie III0003330Cade Stover0002150Robert Woods0002130Dare Ogunbowale0001110DefensePlayerTotal tacklesSolo tacklesSacksTackles for LossInterceptionsTouchdownsJalen Pitre940000Ka'dar Hollman760000Henry To'oTo'o760100Azeez Al-Shaair740000Denico Autry431100Devin White430000Danielle Hunter332300Jake Hansen320000Dylan Horton300000Tim Settle Jr.221100Neville Hewitt220000Jeff Okudah220000Derek Stingley Jr.220010Calen Bullock220000Jimmie Ward210000Mario Edwards Jr.210000Derek Barnett111001Juice Scruggs110000John Metchie Iii110000Jerry Hughes100000Del'Shawn Phillips100000Kurt Hinish100000Eric Murray000000Tommy Togiai000000KickingPlayerField GoalsExtra pointsKa'imi Fairbairn2/24/4PuntingPlayerPuntsYardsInside 20LongestTommy Townsend4210359Dallas Cowboys vs. Houston Texans game summaryThe Texans began the scoring with a Joe Mixon rushing touchdown. After that, the Cowboys lost possession on a failed fake punt. Both teams then traded interceptions on the next two drives before Mixon embarrassed the defense yet again with another touchdown.To begin the second quarter, Cooper Rush found KaVontae Turpin for a 64-yard touchdown:Both teams then exchanged field goals on the next two drives. After that, the Cowboys managed to force a punt but failed to capitalize when Bradon Aubrey missed a field goal attempt – his first ever in a home game.They got another chance after forcing another punt, but nothing came of the drive to end the first half with the Texans leading 14-10.The second half began with the Cowboys being forced to punt on their first drive, with the Texans capitalized on, scoring a field goal.Aubrey then appeared to have made a 64-yarder, but it was canceled by a Derek Barnett head-slap penalty that instead gave the Cowboys 15 more yards and a new set of downs. However, they failed to capitalize, committing a turnover on downs.The Texans were then forced to punt on their next drive, but they redeemed themselves vis Derek Barnett stripping Rush of the ball, then recovering it after Jalen Pitre had knocked it out of Tyler Guyton and scoring a touchdown:After that, both teams exchanged punts. Then the Cowboys committed a third turnover on downs when Cooper Rush was sacked consecutive times on a drive. They paid dearly for it when Mixon rushed for six for the third time.The Cowboys managed to go as far as the Texans’ 19 on the last drive, but it proved to be for nothing to end the game.