# Game in brief Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro after a seven-second drive ended with a 56-yard field goal by Tyler Loop as time expired. The Cowboys had thought they'd forced overtime after their late field goal tied the game. Instead Baltimore executed one short play, used a timeout with one second left, and won at the buzzer.
# Final sequence, second-by-second With 7 seconds left and the Ravens starting at their own 35 on 1st-and-10, Lamar Jackson threw a hard pass to Zay Flowers up the middle. Flowers gained 27 yards and put Baltimore in position. Jackson then got the timeout off with one second on the clock. That allowed kicker Tyler Loop to come on and convert a 56-yard field goal as the game ended, giving the Ravens a 34-31 victory.
# What Dallas did earlier that mattered Late in the fourth quarter the Cowboys drove into Baltimore territory and reached the Ravens' 5-yard line. On 3rd-and-goal Dak Prescott's pass to George Pickens fell incomplete. Dallas settled for a field goal that tied the game and appeared to send the contest into overtime — but the Cowboys' defense could not stop the one-play sequence that followed.
# Key player stats and contributions
- Lamar Jackson: 15 completions on 20 attempts for 186 yards, two touchdowns, no interceptions. His passing and situational awareness directly enabled the final kick.
- Tyler Loop: Converted a 56-yard field goal as time expired to win the game.
- Derrick Henry: Scored two rushing touchdowns for Baltimore.
- Dak Prescott: 25-for-40 passing for 276 yards, one touchdown, no interceptions.
- Javonte Williams: Rushed 19 times for 98 yards and a touchdown for Dallas.
# Immediate team impact Baltimore improved to 2-1 after losing at home to the New Orleans Saints the previous week. Dallas dropped to 1-2. The result flips momentum for the Ravens after a recent disappointing loss and leaves the Cowboys searching for answers after failing to finish a drive inside the red zone.
# Why this finish stands out The drive that produced the winning points officially covered seven seconds and one completed pass. It was short in time but decisive because of two exact actions: a 27-yard completion that reached field-goal range, and an immediate timeout that preserved a single second for the kicking unit. The Cowboys had to live with the contrast between converting a late red-zone trip into only three points and surrendering a single-play march that ended the game.
# Bottom line