Commanders vs. Cowboys: TV Channel, Start Time and How to Watch

The Washington Commanders visit the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, September 20 at 4:25 p.m. ET at AT&T Stadium. FOX has it as America’s Game of the Week with Kevin Burkhardt and Tom Brady in the booth, which means the widest national distribution of any afternoon game.

Odds and Spread

Commanders +16.5 | total 57.5

SportsbookCommanders spreadCowboys spreadTotalCommanders MLCowboys ML
DraftKings+16.5 (+620)-16.5 (-970)57.5 (+493)+6900-10000
Caesars+16.5 (+205)-16.5 (-290)56.5 (-150)+1200-10000
Polymarket-9.5 (+22122)+9.5 (-22122)51.5 (-199900)+199900-199900
Kalshi+27.5 (-1567)-27.5 (+1567)65.5 (+1329)+9900-19900
FanDuel+16.5 (+300)-16.5 (-450)57.5 (+280)+10000-100000
BetRivers+16.5 (+440)-16.5 (-715)56.5 (-190)+575-1000
BetMGM+16.5 (+900)-16.5 (-2000)57.5 (+360)+2200-10000
Fanatics+16.5 (+475)-16.5 (-950)58.5 (+285)+3500-15000

Lines from BALLDONTLIE and refreshed automatically. Numbers move, so confirm at your sportsbook before betting.

This is an NFC East game between two teams that both lost close in Week 1, so the line is tight. Dallas has home field; Washington has the marginally better loss. Lines move through the week on injury news.

Start Time, TV Channel and How to Watch

SUNDAY, SEPT. 20 · 4:25 P.M. ET · FOX
Commanders at Cowboys
AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas · America’s Game of the Week
Date Sunday, September 20, 2026
Kickoff 4:25 p.m. ET / 3:25 p.m. CT
TV FOX, as America’s Game of the Week. Kevin Burkhardt and Tom Brady on the call. Carried in most of the country, though FOX coverage varies by market
Streaming Fox One and the FOX Sports app with a TV provider login, or Fubo, YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, DirecTV Stream and Sling Blue. Also on NFL+ for mobile
Week NFL Week 2, NFC East
Stadium AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas

How Both Teams Got Here

Both lost in Week 1 and both lost by one score. Washington fell 24-22 at Philadelphia, a two point road loss to the reigning division favorite. Dallas lost 28-20 at the Giants on Sunday night.

That puts both at 0-1 in a division where Philadelphia and the Giants already have wins, which raises the stakes on a Week 2 game considerably. The loser is 0-2 with two division losses on the board.

What to Watch

Division math this early is usually overstated, but not here. Washington losing to Philadelphia and Dallas losing to the Giants means both teams are already chasing, and a second conference loss in September is genuinely expensive in a tiebreaker sense.

The broadcast slot matters too. America’s Game of the Week means the largest audience of the afternoon, and both of these teams play differently when the whole country is watching.

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The Bottom Line

Commanders at Cowboys kicks off Sunday, September 20 at 4:25 p.m. ET on FOX from AT&T Stadium. Both teams are 0-1 after one score losses, both losses came inside the NFC East, and the loser goes to 0-2. The odds table above updates automatically.