The NFL’s Week 4 assignment slate has Ron Torbert as the referee for Sunday Night Football at AT&T Stadium, where the Dallas Cowboys host the Green Bay Packers at 8:20 p.m. ET (NBC/Peacock). The assignment draws on recent history, as Torbert’s crew officiated Green Bay’s 48-32 wild-card win over Dallas on Jan. 14, 2024.
Who Is the Referee for Week 4 Sunday Night Football?
Ron Torbert is the lead referee for Sunday’s Packers vs. Cowboys SNF showdown. Torbert’s standard crew for 2025 includes Barry Anderson (umpire), Frank LeBlanc (down judge), Brian Bolinger (line judge), Ryan Dickson (field judge), Keith Washington (side judge), and Tony Josselyn (back judge). It is worth noting that weekly substitutions can occur relative to the regular-season crew personnel, but Torbert is the assigned referee for this game.
Dallas outlets note that Torbert officiated the January 2024 playoff at AT&T Stadium, where the Cowboys have struggled in Dak Prescott–started games under his crew. A publicly available game logs review suggests that Dallas has a 1-5 record in such contests.
However, exact records may depend on how logs count specific appearances and substitutions. Regardless, this officiating crew is familiar with this matchup, and this is not in dispute.
How Many Flags Did the Packers and Cowboys Have?
Penalties often shape game flow under the SNF microscope, and analytics outlets publish crew tendencies based on play-by-play penalty logs. For context, Sharp Football Analysis notes Torbert’s crew has called an above-league-average share of false starts and offensive holding in the early going of 2025 and ranks near the top for special-teams penalties per game.
Their defensive pass interference and defensive holding penalties currently sit around the league average. These are estimative analytics derived from penalty logs; enforcement still varies week to week, and weekly crew substitutions can affect patterns.
Meanwhile, the Cowboys’ record in Torbert-officiated Prescott starts has increased local scrutiny on pre-snap discipline and offensive holding rates. Green Bay’s recent form has included narrow situational margins, where penalties can swing field position and momentum.
Both offenses will aim to avoid drive-killing false starts and holds, and both defenses must manage illegal contact and DPI risk in high-leverage moments.
Sunday Night Football kicks at 8:20 p.m. ET on the primary network feed with companion streaming available. In prime time, officiating typically enters the frame only when flags intersect with pivotal moments, such as third-down plays that extend or stall drives, red-zone snaps where five yards can swing the play selection, and special teams sequences that alter field position.
That’s where enforcement (and non-enforcement) most often reshapes possession, tempo, and scoreboard pressure.
