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05/11 08:10 CDT 2026 NFL schedule: Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants is Week 1
Sunday night game
2026 NFL schedule: Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants is Week 1 Sunday night game
NEW YORK (AP) --- The Dallas Cowboys are set to visit the New York Giants in
the first Sunday night game of the 2026 NFL season on Sept. 13.
The league on Monday announced the Week 1 matchup of NFC East rivals at the
Meadowlands in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The full schedule will be released
Thursday with other games revealed in the coming days.
This is the eighth time in the past 15 years the Cowboys and Giants are opening
the season against each other.
Dallas is always a national television draw as "America's Team," and New York
could get more prime time exposure with Super Bowl winner John Harbaugh
coaching and Jaxson Dart established as the franchise quarterback coming off
his eventful rookie year. It is set to be Harbaugh's Giants debut.
If healthy, it would also be the first meaningful game between Dart and Dak
Prescott. While each started the season finale on Jan. 4, the teams were
eliminated from playoff contention by then.
This also could be the NFL debuts for a pair of former Ohio State teammates:
Giants linebacker Arvell Reese, taken with the fifth pick, and Cowboys safety
Caleb Downs, drafted not long after at No. 11.
Dallas at New York also means neither of those teams will be the visitor at
Seattle on Wednesday night, Sept. 9, when the defending champion Seahawks
unveil their Super Bowl banner and kick off the season. Chicago, Arizona,
Kansas City, the Los Angeles Chargers or a title-game rematch against New
England are the remaining possibilities.
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