The 2026 NFL schedule is slowly trickling out, and the Dallas Cowboys have now learned their opponent for the annual Thanksgiving game.
On the Nov. 26 holiday, the Cowboys will welcome in the Philadelphia Eagles — making the tradition the fourth in the past five years that has featured an NFC East rival. It’s the first time the Eagles have played Dallas on Thanksgiving since 2014 when Philadelphia won 33-10. It’s just the third time in the 60-year tradition that the Eagles will travel to Dallas on Thanksgiving.
The game will kick off at 3:30 p.m. and will be televised on Fox.
A win on Thanksgiving in 2026 would give the Cowboys their fifth consecutive win on the holiday, which would be the second-longest Turkey Day winning streak in franchise history. Dallas won seven straight from 1980 to 1986. The team’s all-time record on Thanksgiving is 35-22-1.
After winning the Super Bowl in the 2024 season, the Eagles repeated as NFC East division champions in 2025 but lost in the NFC wild-card playoffs to the San Francisco 49ers. Last season Dallas split its two matchups with the Eagles, losing the season opener in Philadelphia 24-20 and winning the home matchup 24-21 in Week 12.
The announcement serves as the third known game for the Cowboys in 2026. The full schedule will be announced at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Here is what is known at this point:
Week 1: Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants (MetLife Stadium) - Sept. 13 at 7:20 p.m. on NBC/Peacock
Week 3: Baltimore Ravens vs. Dallas Cowboys (Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) - Sept. 27 at 3:25 p.m. on CBS
Week 12: Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys (AT&T Stadium) - Nov. 26 at 3:30 p.m. on Fox
Game schedule dates, times, locations
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Rangers ▶
May 8 Chicago Cubs 7, Rangers 1
May 9 Rangers 6, Chicago Cubs 0
May 10 Rangers 3, Chicago Cubs 0
May 11 Arizona 1, Rangers 0
May 12 Rangers 7, Arizona 4
May 13 vs. Arizona, 7:05 p.m., RSN
May 15 at Houston, 7:10 p.m., CW
May 16 at Houston, 6:10 p.m., RSN
May 17 at Houston, 1:10 p.m., RSN
May 18 at Colorado, 7:40 p.m., RSN
May 19 at Colorado, 7:40 p.m., RSN
May 20 at Colorado, 2:10 p.m., RSN
TCU Baseball ▶
May 1 Oklahoma State 7, TCU 6
May 2 Oklahoma State 9, TCU 2
May 3 Oklahoma State 11, TCU 10
May 8 TCU 3, Utah 0
May 9 TCU 3, Utah 1
May 10 TCU 4, Utah 3
May 14 at West Virginia, 5:30 p.m., ESPN+
May 15 at West Virginia, 5:30 p.m., ESPN+
May 16 at West Virginia, noon, ESPN+
May 19-23 Big 12 tournament (at Surprise, Ariz.)
Wings▶
May 9 Wings 107, Indiana 104
May 12 Atlanta 77, Wings 72
May 14 vs. Minnesota, 7 p.m., Amazon Prime Video
May 18 vs. Washington, 7 p.m., KFAA, Peacock
May 20 at Chicago, 8 p.m., KFAA, USA
May 22 at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m., Ion
May 24 at New York, 2:30 p.m., NBC, Peacock
TCU Football ▶
2026 season
Aug. 29 vs. North Carolina (at Dublin), 11 a.m., ESPN
Sept. 12 vs. Grambling State, TBA
Sept. 19 vs. Arkansas State, TBA
Sept. 26 at Central Florida, TBA
Oct. 3 vs. BYU, TBA
Oct. 17 at Baylor, TBA
Oct. 24 vs. West Virginia, TBA
Oct. 31 vs. Kansas, TBA
Nov. 6 at Arizona, TBA
Nov. 14 vs. Kansas State, TBA
Nov. 21 vs. Utah, TBA
Nov. 26 at Texas Tech, 7 p.m., ESPN
Cowboys ▶
2026 season
Sept. 13 at N.Y. Giants, 7:20 p.m., NBC
Sept. 27 vs. Baltimore (at Rio de Janeiro), 3:25 p.m., CBS
Nov. 26 vs. Philadelphia, 3:30 p.m., Fox
Other 2026 opponents (dates and times TBA)
vs. N.Y Giants
vs. Washington
vs. Arizona
vs. San Francisco
vs. Tampa Bay
vs. Jacksonville
vs. Tennessee
at Philadelphia
at Washington
at L.A. Rams
at Seattle
at Green Bay
at Houston
at Indianapolis
FC Dallas ▶
April 18 FC Dallas 2, LA Galaxy 2
April 22 Minnesota 1, FC Dallas 0
April 25 Seattle 2, FC Dallas 1
May 2 FC Dallas 2, NY Red Bulls 0
May 9 FC Dallas 3, Salt Lake 1
May 13 vs. Vancouver, 7:30 p.m., Apple TV
May 16 at San Jose, 9:30 p.m., Apple TV
May 23 at Colorado, 8:30 p.m., Apple TV
World Cup break
Texas Motor Speedway ▶
May 15-16 LS Fest
May 23 Bandas y Trocas
May 30 Urban Racing
This story was originally published May 11, 2026 at 4:13 PM.
Nick Harris is the Dallas Cowboys beat reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He has experience working on the beat for DallasCowboys.com and previous work experience at Yahoo Sports/Rivals and 247Sports.
