Cowboys face runner-up Chiefs on Thanksgiving after beating Super Bowl-winning Eagles

Kansas City (6-5) at Dallas (5-5-1)

Thursday, 4:30 p.m. EST, CBS.

BetMGM line: Chiefs by 3.

Against the spread: Chiefs 5-6; Cowboys 6-5.

Series record: Cowboys lead 7-5.

Last meeting: Chiefs beat Cowboys 19-9 at Kansas City on Nov. 21, 2021.

Last week: Chiefs beat Colts 23-20 in OT; Cowboys beat Eagles 24-21.

Chiefs offense: overall (5), rush (14), pass (2), scoring (9).

Chiefs defense: overall (6), rush (T8), pass (11), scoring (4).

Cowboys offense: overall (1), rush (12), pass (1), scoring (4).

Cowboys defense: overall (29), rush (22), pass (30), scoring (31).

Turnover differential: Chiefs plus-1, Cowboys minus-4.

RB Kareem Hunt carried a career-high 30 times for 104 yards and a touchdown in last week’s against Indianapolis. It was the most that Kansas City has been dedicated to the run all season, and it paid off. Hunt’s ability to provide some long-missing offensive balance opened up the passing game, and Patrick Mahomes threw for a season-high 352 yards. Hunt has scored in four straight games and has seven TD runs this season.

WR George Pickens has tied his career high of nine catches three times in his first season with the Cowboys after the offseason trade that ended his tumultuous time in Pittsburgh. He has averaged 145 yards and 16.1 yards per catch while scoring twice during Dallas' first two-game winning streak of the season. Pickens is second in the NFL with 1,054 yards receiving. However, he appeared shaken up after going down hard on the sideline on an incompletion against the Eagles. He stayed in the game but was limited in one practice during the short week with knee and calf issues. He was a full participant Wednesday and has no injury designation, which means he is likely to play.

Dak Prescott vs. Patrick Mahomes. No, the star QBs won't be on the field at the same time. But they are the focal points of a meeting of the top two passing offenses in the NFL (Dallas is No. 1). Prescott speaks glowingly of his counterpart, and longs for even a smidge of the postseason success Mahomes has enjoyed in two fewer seasons than Prescott as a starter. Prescott fell flat in his only other meeting with the Mahomes-led Chiefs, throwing two interceptions without a touchdown pass in KC's 19-9 victory four years ago.

Chiefs: RB Isiah Pacheco could return after missing the past three games with a knee injury. ... RG Trey Smith (ankle) and TE Noah Gray (concussion) have been ruled out. ... CB Chris Roland-Wallace, who has played all 11 games and started the past two, is out with a back issue.

Cowboys: Recently acquired DT Quinnen Williams kept playing after taking a shot to the ribs against the Eagles but isn't listed on the injury report. ... LT Tyler Guyton is out after spraining an ankle against Philadelphia. Nate Thomas should start in his place. ... CB Caelen Carson, who has started the past two weeks, is questionable after being added to the injury report with a hamstring issue.

Though the Chiefs and Cowboys have played just 12 times in 65 years, they consider themselves rivals. Both franchises were born in Dallas and debuted in 1960. The Chiefs were founded as the Dallas Texans by the late Lamar Hunt, who helped to establish the AFL to rival the NFL when he was unable to secure his own franchise. He moved the team to Kansas City in 1963. The Cowboys, an NFL expansion franchise, were bought by Jerry Jones in 1989. He and Hunt were neighbors in north Dallas and struck up a friendship. In 1998, the owners created the Preston Road Trophy, awarded to the winner of each Chiefs-Cowboys game, preseason or regular season.

The only time the Chiefs and Cowboys played on Thanksgiving is also the most recent season in which Dallas reached the Super Bowl, or even an NFC championship game. It was 30 years ago, with Dallas winning 24-12. The Cowboys went on to beat Pittsburgh for the championship. Dallas has lost in the divisional round of the playoffs seven times since then, most recently during the 2023 season. ... Both teams won on game-ending field goals last week. Harrison Butker kicked a 27-yarder in overtime against the Colts, and Brandon Aubrey was good from 42 as time expired against the Eagles. ... Mahomes is the quickest to 35,000 yards passing, getting to 35,329 in 123 games. Matthew Stafford held the previous record at 126 games. ... Chiefs TE Travis Kelce can tie Hines Ward for the fifth-longest streak with a reception by catching a pass in his 186th consecutive game Thursday. ... Chiefs WR Rashee Rice had a career-best 141 yards on eight catches against the Colts. Three of his catches went for at least 20 yards. ... Butker connected on five field goals last week against Indianapolis, including chip shots for the tie on the final play of regulation and the OT winner. ... Prescott leads the NFL with 276 completions, is tied for second with 23 touchdowns passing and third with 2,941 yards passing. ... CeeDee Lamb needs 29 yards receiving to become the first Dallas receiver to reach 7,000 in his first six seasons. ... Quinnen Williams had a career-high eight QB pressures against Jalen Hurts and the Eagles, according to Next Gen Stats.

Pickens has at least 130 yards and a touchdown in four games. No Dallas receiver has done that five times in a season.

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Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones pauses on the field prior to an NFL football game against the Las Vegas Raiders Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David Becker)

Kansas City Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt (29) celebrates after a touchdown against the Indianapolis Colts during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) throws against the Indianapolis Colts during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Dallas Cowboys wide receiver George Pickens (3) celebrates his touchdown catch with quarterback Dak Prescott (4) during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

LONDON (AP) — Almost three dozen countries will meet Thursday in an effort to exert diplomatic and political pressure to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping route that has been choked off by the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the virtual meeting chaired by Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper “will assess all viable diplomatic and political measures we can take to restore freedom of navigation, guarantee the safety of trapped ships and seafarers and to resume the movement of vital commodities.”

Iranian attacks on commercial ships, and the threat of more, have halted nearly all traffic in the waterway that connects the Persian Gulf to the rest of the globe’s oceans, shutting a critical path for the world’s flow of oil and sending petroleum prices soaring.

The U.S. is not among the countries attending Thursday's meeting. Trump has said securing the waterway is not America’s job, and told U.S. allies to “go get your own oil.”

No country appears willing to try and open the strait by force while fighting rages and Iran can target vessels with anti-ship missiles, drones, attack craft and mines. But Starmer said Wednesday that military planners from an unspecified number of countries will meet soon to work on how to ensure security for shipping “after the fighting has stopped.”

In the meantime, 35 countries including the U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Japan and the United Arab Emirates have signed a statement demanding Iran stop its attempts to block the strait and pledging to “contribute to appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage” through the waterway.

Thursday’s meeting is considered a first step, to be followed by “working-level meetings” of officials to hammer out details.

Starmer said resuming shipping “will not be easy,” and will require “a united front of military strength and diplomatic activity” alongside partnership with the maritime industry.

The international effort idea has echoes of the international “coalition of the willing” that has been assembled, led by the U.K. and France, to underpin Ukraine’s security after a future ceasefire in that war. The coalition is, in part, an attempt to demonstrate to the Trump administration that Europe is stepping up to do more for its own security.

The urgency of stronger continental defenses has been reinforced by Trump’s renewed suggestion that the U.S. could pull out of NATO.

Britain's Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, second right, attends a virtual summit at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in London, on Thursday April 2, 2026, with around 35 countries to discuss ways of reopening the Strait of Hormuz. (Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP)

Britain's Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper speaks during a virtual summit at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in London, on Thursday April 2, 2026, with around 35 countries to discuss ways of reopening the Strait of Hormuz. (Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP)

Britain's Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, center, speaks during a virtual summit at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in London, on Thursday April 2, 2026, with around 35 countries to discuss ways of reopening the Strait of Hormuz. (Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP)

Britain's Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, right, attends a virtual summit at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in London, on Thursday April 2, 2026, with around 35 countries to discuss ways of reopening the Strait of Hormuz. (Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP)

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a press conference at Downing Street in London, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool)

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a press conference at Downing Street in London, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool)