The NFL's first Rio game pits the 1-1 Cowboys against the 1-1 Ravens at the Maracanã. Will Dallas win on Sept 27?
54% of users predicted NO — the community got this one right. 11 predictions cast.
The Dallas Cowboys did not win the NFL's first game in Rio de Janeiro. The Baltimore Ravens beat Dallas 34-31 at the Maracanã on September 27, 2026, with kicker Tyler Loop hitting a walk-off 56-yard field goal as time expired.
Dallas had tied the score in the final seconds, but Baltimore answered immediately: quarterback Lamar Jackson connected with Zay Flowers for a 27-yard gain with one second left, setting up Loop's game-winning kick. Both teams entered the matchup at 1-1, and the back-and-forth finish turned what had been a competitive but unremarkable early-season game into one of the more dramatic finishes of the young NFL season.
The community leaned only slightly toward Dallas, with 46% expecting a Cowboys win, reflecting the closeness of the matchup on paper between two similarly positioned teams. The game was part of the NFL's continued international expansion, marking the league's first regular-season contest in Brazil, and it drew additional attention for concerns about the Maracanã's field conditions ahead of kickoff, concerns that ultimately did not affect the outcome of a game decided by a last-second kick.