The Cowboys and Eagles are playing an entertaining game in the NFL’s season opener, but the end will have to wait.
Just before 10:30 p.m. ET, the league office called for the game to be suspended with 4:44 remaining in the third quarter after the National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning. The Eagles lead 24-20.
Lightning, strong winds and rain is expected at Lincoln Financial Field.
The delay is estimated to be just under an hour.
The Eagles opened the second half with a 10-play, 32-yard drive that ended with a 58-yard Jake Elliott field goal. It was the eighth consecutive drive in the game with a score.
The Cowboys, though, didn’t score on their fifth possession despite going 61 yards to the Philadelphia 11. Miles Sanders, who had a 49-yard run before Zack Baun saved the touchdown, fumbled. Jihaad Campbell forced the fumble, and Quinyon Mitchell picked it up and would have been off to the races with a 90-yard touchdown if not for Dak Prescott’s tackle.
That was the final play before the weather delay.
The Eagles will have the ball on their own 16 when play resumes.
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