Home / Grade 4 / NFL / Reading a Box Score Football reading a box score: Cowboys vs. Colts A free 4th grade reading a box score worksheet with 8 problems, made from the real Dallas Cowboys at Indianapolis Colts game on November 8, 2026. Page two is the answer key, with the work shown.
Grade 4 NFL Reading a Box Score Common Core 4.NBT.B.4, 4.OA.A.3
NFL
Dallas Cowboys at Indianapolis Colts
November 8, 2026
Read the box score carefully. Every answer is somewhere in the tables or comes from them.
Score by quarter Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Dallas Cowboys 3 14 3 7 27 Indianapolis Colts 7 0 10 6 23
Team box score Stat Cowboys Colts First downs 22 15 Passing yards 329 166 Rushing yards 179 105 Total yards 508 271 Penalties 14 9 Penalty yards 153 67 Offensive plays 71 59 Sacks allowed 3 2
Dallas Cowboys players Player Yards Catches CeeDee Lamb 195 10 Ryan Flournoy 53 2 Javonte Williams 23 4 Jonathan Mingo 23 1 Jake Ferguson 21 2 Brevyn Spann-Ford 20 2
Look at the box score. Which team had more first downs ?
Look at the box score. Which team had more passing yards ?
Look at the box score. Which team had more rushing yards ?
Look at the box score. Which team had more total yards ?
How many first downs did the Colts have?
How many passing yards did both teams have in all?
In the player table, who had the most receiving yards ?
How many players in the table had more receiving yards than Brevyn Spann-Ford , who had 20 ?
Dallas Cowboys at Indianapolis Colts, November 8, 2026
Look at the box score. Which team had more first downs ?
Cowboys
Compare Cowboys 22, Colts 15 → Cowboys
Look at the box score. Which team had more passing yards ?
Cowboys
Compare Cowboys 329, Colts 166 → Cowboys
Look at the box score. Which team had more rushing yards ?
Cowboys
Compare Cowboys 179, Colts 105 → Cowboys
Look at the box score. Which team had more total yards ?
Cowboys
Compare Cowboys 508, Colts 271 → Cowboys
How many first downs did the Colts have?
15 first downs
How many passing yards did both teams have in all?
495 passing yards
329 + 166 = 495
In the player table, who had the most receiving yards ?
CeeDee Lamb
Compare CeeDee Lamb 195, Ryan Flournoy 53, Javonte Williams 23, Jonathan Mingo 23, Jake Ferguson 21, Brevyn Spann-Ford 20 → CeeDee Lamb
How many players in the table had more receiving yards than Brevyn Spann-Ford , who had 20 ?
5 players
Values above 20: 195, 53, 23, 23, 21 → 5