Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr (4) throws a pass in the first half of a preseason NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Ron Jenkins)

By Jeremy Kahn

Yes, it is the preseason, but one can imagine that the Oakland Raiders are not very happy when they see their record through the first three games.

Derek Carr went 13-for-17 for 144 yards passing before he was replaced by E.J. Manuel in the second quarter, as the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Raiders 24-20 at AT&T Stadium.

Donald Penn, who returned to the Raiders this week as he ended his camp-long hold-out played 17 snaps over to series.

The first Raiders series where they scored lasted 10 plays for 81 yards that ended with a Carr 17-yard touchdown pass to Cordarrelle Patterson. Carr also threw a 48-yard touchdown pass to Amari Cooper that gave the Raiders a 13-10 halftime lead.

Ezekiel Elliott, who is suspended for the first six regular season games played sparingly for the Cowboys, as he had eight touches in 10 plays in his only series of the game.

Elliott finished the game with six carries for 18 yards, as he scheduled to an appeal hearing in New York and he will not play in the preseason finale against the Houston Texans. If the suspension is upheld, Elliott will return to the field on October 29 against the Washington Redskins.

The sixth and final game of the scheduled suspension for Elliott is on October 22 against the San Francisco 49ers at Levi’s Stadium.

LaTroy Lewis extended the Raiders lead up to 20-10 in the third quarter, as he returned a Cowboys fumble 65 yards for a touchdown; however, it was not enough to put the Cowboys away.

Cowboys backup quarterback Cooper Rush threw two touchdowns in the fourth quarter, as the Cowboys came from a 10-point deficit.

Rush cut the Raiders lead down to three points, as he found Ronnie Hillman for a seven-yard touchdown pass. On their next series, Rush found Lance Lenoir for the game-winning 44-yard touchdown pass to give the Cowboys the lead.

Connor Cook led the Raiders on the final drive of the game and he got them all the way down to the Cowboys nine-yard line, but his third-and-goal toss on the final play of the game to Keon Hatcher fell incomplete and the Cowboys held onto win.

NOTES: These two teams will face each other on December 17, as the Cowboys head to the Coliseum in the home regular season finale for the Raiders.

The Raiders close out the preseason on Thursday night, as the Seattle Seahawks venture into the Coliseum.