This year will mark the third that the Cowboys play in the NFL’s opening kickoff game.
It was announced on Monday morning that the Dallas Cowboys will be visiting the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFL’s season-opening game on Thursday, September 4th. Watching the Eagles raise a Super Bowl banner, another one at that, will not be fun.
Obviously our collective hope is that the Cowboys ruin the party and start the season off 1-0. Spoiling the night would be quite fun. And for what it’s worth, thankfully the Cowboys don’t have to visit Philadelphia later in the year.
The Cowboys are familiar with this spot as they have played in it a couple of times before. You will recall that recently in 2021 the Cowboys went down to visit the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and almost stole a win before falling just short in the end. That was a little bit tough to sit on for a week and a half.
But the feeling we hope to have in four months time did circle us all back in the fall of 2012. You will recall that when the New York Giants were defending Super Bowl Champions for the second time in modern history, like the Eagles are now, that Dallas was ordered to head to their house and sit on a silver platter. Tony Romo and Kevin Ogletree refused as Dallas ruined the evening for Giants fans.
While the Cowboys have played in the kickoff slot on two occasions, the Eagles have only done so once, when they were defending champs back in 2018. They won that game and beat the Atlanta Falcons who they took down in the Divisional Round on their way to the Super Bowl.
Maybe the Cowboys can stretch their record to 2-0 in the opening kickoff slot against division rivals and that they never get an opportunity for a third game.