Ja'Marr Chase capped a monster game with a tie-breaking 40-yard touchdown catch with 1:01 remaining that gave the Cincinnati Bengals a 27-20 win over the Dallas Cowboys on Monday.

Cincinnati (5-8) scored the final 10 points to overcome a 20-17 deficit early in the fourth quarter, while getting some help from a late special-teams blunder by the Cowboys that led to Chase's winning score, the star receiver's 14th catch and second touchdown of the night.

Dallas was set to get the ball back with under two minutes left when Nick Vigil blocked a punt by the Bengals' Ryan Rehkow. The ball then fell forward and was touched by a Cowboys' player before being recovered by Cincinnati's Maema Njongmeta near midfield.

Three plays later, Chase caught a pass from Joe Burrow near the Dallas 30-yard line before eluding a defender and sprinting down the sideline and into the end zone to break the 20-20 deadlock.

Dallas (5-8) failed to convert on fourth down on the following possession to have its two-game winning streak snapped - and its play-off hopes dimmed. The Cowboys are now three games out of a wild card spot in the NFC.

Chase also had a touchdown catch in the first quarter and finished with 177 receiving yards. Burrow threw for three touchdowns while putting up 369 yards with one interception on a 33-of-44 passing line.

Cooper Rush threw two touchdown passes for Dallas, including a 3-yard strike to Brandin Cooks early in the second half that tied the game at 17-17. The Cowboys later went ahead on Brandon Aubrey's fourth-quarter field goal before Cincinnati pulled even on Cade York's 29-yard field goal with 10:24 left. 

CeeDee Lamb also had a touchdown catch for the Cowboys and ended with 93 yards on six receptions. Dallas also got a career-high 131 rushing yards from Rico Dowdle but fell to 1-6 at home this season.