Cowboys vs. Giants preview: History favors Dallas in season openers
The Dallas Cowboys will host the New York Giants in the season opener for both teams at AT&T Stadium on Sunday.
It’s the ninth time that the Cowboys have opened the season against the Giants and the fourth time in the past five seasons.
The Cowboys are 8-0 in those games.
Here are some other notables about the NFL opener for both teams:
▪ Dallas has the NFL’s all-time leading best opening-day record win percentage at .673. They are 37-18-1.
▪ Dallas coach Jason Garrett is 3-2 in openers.
▪ Dallas is 4-3 in home openers at AT&T Stadium.
▪ Dallas is scheduled to start rookie Dak Prescott at quarterback. He will be the fourth rookie quarterback in franchise history to start an opener. The Cowboys are 1-2 in those games.
▪ Giants coach Ben McAdoo will be making his NFL debut. He’s the 17th head coach in franchise history. Giants coaches are 8-7-1 in debut games.
▪ The Giants have the fourth-best opening-day record win percentage at .570. They are 49-37-5.
▪ Eli Manning has a 12-12 career record against Dallas, including the playoffs. He is 4-7 in season openers. He didn’t start the opener as a rookie in 2004.
Dallas Cowboys regular-season schedule | |||
Sept. 11 | vs. NY Giants | 3:25 p.m. | KDFW/4 |
Sept. 18 | at Washington | Noon | KDFW/4 |
Sept. 25 | vs. Chicago | 7:30 p.m. | KXAS/5 |
Oct. 2 | at San Francisco | 3:25 p.m. | KDFW/4 |
Oct. 9 | vs. Cincinnati | 3:25 p.m. | KTVT/11 |
Oct. 16 | at Green Bay | 3:25 p.m. | KDFW/4 |
Oct. 23 | Bye | ||
Oct. 30 | vs. Philadelphia | 7:30 p.m. | KXAS/5 |
Nov. 6 | at Cleveland | Noon | KDFW/4 |
Nov. 13 | at Pittsburgh | 3:25 p.m. | KDFW/4 |
Nov. 20 | vs. Baltimore | Noon | KTVT/11 |
Nov. 24 | vs. Washington | 3:30 p.m. | KDFW/4 |
Dec. 1 | at Minnesota | 7:25 p.m. | KXAS/5, NFL Net. and Twitter |
Dec. 11 | at NY Giants | 7:30 p.m. | KXAS/5 |
Dec. 18 | vs. Tampa Bay | Noon | KDFW/4 |
Dec. 26 | vs. Detroit | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN |
Jan. 1 | at Philadelphia | Noon | KDFW/4 |
All games broadcast on KRLD/105.3 FM and KMVK/107.5 (Spanish)
*Time and television broadcast subject to change.
This story was originally published September 9, 2016 at 11:01 AM.