Some Thanksgiving Day Facts For You

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Thanksgiving Day Games 26-14-1

11/24/66...Won vs. Cleveland Browns, 26-14
11/23/67...Won vs. St. Louis Cardinals, 46-21
11/28/68...Won vs. Washington Commanders, 29-20
11/27/69...Tie vs. San Francisco 49ers, 24-24
11/26/70...Won vs. Green Bay Packers, 16-3
11/25/71...Won vs. Los Angeles Rams, 28-21
11/23/72...Lost vs. San Francisco 49ers, 10-31
11/22/73...Lost vs. Miami Dolphins, 7-14
11/28/74...Won vs. Washington Commanders, 24-23 "The Mad Bomber"
1975...Cowboys did not play on Thanksgiving
11/25/76...Won vs. St. Louis Cardinals, 19-14
1977...Cowboys did not play on Thanksgiving
11/23/78...Won vs. Washington Commanders, 37-10
11/22/79...Lost vs. Houston Oilers, 24-30
11/27/80...Won vs. Seattle Seahawks, 51-7
11/26/81...Won vs. Chicago Bears, 10-9
11/25/82...Won vs. Cleveland Browns, 31-14
11/24/83...Won vs. St. Louis Cardinals, 35-17
11/22/84...Won vs. New England Patriots, 20-17
11/28/85...Won vs. St. Louis Cardinals, 35-17
11/27/86...Lost vs. Seattle Seahawks, 14-31
11/26/87...Lost vs. Minnesota Vikings, 38-44 (OT)
11/24/88...Lost vs. Houston Oilers, 17-25
11/23/89...Lost vs. Philadelphia Eagles, 0-27
11/22/90...Won vs. Washington Commanders, 27-17
11/28/91...Won vs. Pittsburgh Steelers, 20-10
11/26/92...Won vs. New York Giants, 30-3
11/25/93...Lost vs. Miami Dolphins, 14-19 "No Leon"
11/24/94...Won vs. Green Bay Packers, 42-31
11/23/95...Won vs. Kansas City Chiefs, 24-12
11/28/96...Won vs. Washington Commanders, 21-10
11/27/97...Lost vs. Tennessee Oilers, 14-27
11/26/98...Lost vs. Minnesota Vikings, 36-46
11/25/99...Won vs. Miami Dolphins, 20-0
11/23/00...Lost vs. Minnesota Vikings, 15-27
11/22/01...Lost vs. Denver Broncos, 24-26
11/28/02...Won vs. Washington Commanders, 27-20
11/27/03...Lost vs. Miami Dolphins, 21-40
11/25/04...Won vs. Chicago Bears, 21-7
11/24/05...Lost vs. Denver Broncos, 21-24 (OT)
11/23/06...Won vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 38-10
11/22/07...Won vs. New York Jets, 34-3
11/27/08...Won vs. Seattle Seahawks, 34-9


Record against Opponents

The Cowboys have faced 19 different teams on Thanksgiving Day.

They have faced 11 of the 14 other NFC Teams they could face. They cannot face Detroit whose own Thanksgiving tradition dates back to 1934. They have also not faced the Falcons, Saints, or Panthers.

The Seahawks started in the NFC West in 1976, but moved to the AFC in 1977 and stayed there until 2001. In 2002 they moved back to the NFC West. They are 1-1 against them in the AFC, 1-0 against them in the NFC.

They have faced 8 of the 16 AFC Teams. They have not faced the Bills, Ravens, Bengals, Colts, Jaguars, Texans, Raiders or Chargers.

One of those will be added to the list next year. See below.

The Cowboys are 0-2 in OT on Thanksgiving.


Washington Commanders...6-0
Arizona Cardinals...4-0 (includes St. Louis)
Chicago Bears...2-0
Cleveland Browns...2-0
Green Bay Packers...2-0
Los Angeles Rams...1-0
Kansas City Chiefs...1-0
New England Patriots...1-0
New York Giants...1-0
New York Jets...1-0
Pittsburgh Steelers...1-0
Tampa Bay Buccaneers...1-0

Seattle Seahawks...2-1
Miami Dolphins...1-3

San Francisco 49ers...0-1-1

Philadelphia Eagles...0-1
Denver Broncos...0-2
Minnesota Vikings...0-3
Tennessee Titans...0-3 (as Oilers)


2009 the opponent will either be the San Diego Chargers or the Oakland Raiders.
 

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Earl was dishing out the pain in '79.

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I still remember the OT loss to Denver 3 years ago. If Cundiff had made that kick in the 4th, all the talk the following days would have been how our DL dominated the Broncs' stout OL. Instead, all we had to hear was how some former 1st round reject in Ron Dayne ran all over us(most of those yards being in that OT session). Overall, a number of missed opportunities(i.e. Newman dropping an INT 6, and that 3rd and 1 hitch play in the 4th to T. Glenn, which wasn't one of his strengths).

That Miami blowout loss in '03 was very dissapointing too-we came off a huge win against an NFC powerhouse in Carolina to improve to 8-3, and after that game, it was reported that Parcells immediately got this team focused for the Fins game. Frankly-I was in the movie theater watching "Elf" through much of the game, so at least I was able to avoid the misery.
 
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Boysboy;2452026 said:
I still remember the OT loss to Denver 3 years ago. If Cundiff had made that kick in the 4th, all the talk the following days would have been how our DL dominated the Broncs' stout OL. Instead, all we had to hear was how some former 1st round reject in Ron Dayne ran all over us(most of those yards being in that OT session). Overall, a number of missed opportunities(i.e. Newman dropping an INT 6, and that 3rd and 1 hitch play in the 4th to T. Glenn, which wasn't one of his strengths).

That Miami blowout loss in '03 was very dissapointing too-we came off a huge win against an NFC powerhouse in Carolina to improve to 8-3, and after that game, it was reported that Parcells immediately got this team focused for the Fins game. Frankly-I was in the movie theater watching "Elf" through much of the game, so at least I was able to avoid the misery.
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I remember that Denver game very well. We had absolutely no excuse for losing that game. I remember thinking we had it in the bag basically the entire game, we end up not winning the game in regulation, and then I remember Keith Davis taking a bad angle on a run by Dayne and that was that. I was so pissed off.

That Dolphins game was pretty bad too. I remember Roy Williams getting trucked by Ricky Williams. I was pretty disappointed that we got lit up by Jay Fiedler too.
 
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I'll always remember Jay Novacheck hurdling that Kansas City defender on his way to a touchdown and Michael Irvin's juggling catch in the back corner of the endzone in 1995.

Also remember "Leave it alone, Leon", but mostly because I was an 8 year old who was stunned that it could snow that much in November in Texas :laugh2:
 
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11/26/98...Lost vs. Minnesota Vikings, 36-46
11/25/99...Won vs. Miami Dolphins, 20-0
11/23/00...Lost vs. Minnesota Vikings, 15-27
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Two of our 3 losses to the Vikings came at the hands of Randy Moss. GRRRR!!!

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