Dallas Cowboys Schedulegami: Every Opponent Never Faced in Primetime

Every opponent, every matchup window

All 31 opponents, most meetings first. Each count is the number of games in that window, 1966 through 2025, and opens the head-to-head page; “never” means the pairing is open there, and “2026 first” means this season’s schedule carries their first.

Venue notes: primetime windows where every Cowboys meeting with that opponent has been in one city. A game in the other city would be a venue first, not a schedulegami.

• The only Cowboys–Giants Thursday night game was in New York, never in Dallas.
• All 4 Cardinals–Cowboys Sunday night games have been in Arizona, never in Dallas.
• The only Falcons–Cowboys Sunday night game was in Atlanta, never in Dallas.
• All 2 Cowboys–49ers Monday night games have been in San Francisco, never in Dallas.
• The only Cowboys–Lions Thursday night game was in Detroit, never in Dallas.
• All 2 Cowboys–Packers Monday night games have been in Dallas, never in Green Bay.
• All 3 Cowboys–Rams Monday night games have been in Los Angeles, never in Dallas.
• All 2 Cowboys–Vikings Monday night games have been in Minnesota, never in Dallas.
• All 2 Bears–Cowboys Thursday night games have been in Chicago, never in Dallas.
• The only Cowboys–Steelers Monday night game was in Dallas, never in Pittsburgh.
• All 2 Cowboys–Seahawks Monday night games have been in Seattle, never in Dallas.
• All 3 Cowboys–Buccaneers Sunday night games have been in Dallas, never in Tampa Bay.
• The only Browns–Cowboys Monday night game was in Cleveland, never in Dallas.
• All 2 Panthers–Cowboys Monday night games have been in Dallas, never in Carolina.
• The only Cowboys–Colts Monday night game was in Dallas, never in Indianapolis.
• The only Cowboys–Titans Thursday night game was in Tennessee, never in Dallas.
• The only Bengals–Cowboys Monday night game was in Dallas, never in Cincinnati.
• The only Cowboys–Dolphins Monday night game was in Miami, never in Dallas.
• The only Cowboys–Patriots Monday night game was in New England, never in Dallas.
• The only Cowboys–Chargers Monday night game was in Los Angeles, never in Dallas.
• The only Cowboys–Raiders Monday night game was in Las Vegas, never in Dallas.
• The only Cowboys–Jets Sunday night game was in New York, never in Dallas.
• The only Cowboys–Chiefs Monday night game was in Dallas, never in Kansas City.
• The only Cowboys–Jaguars Sunday night game was in Dallas, never in Jacksonville.
• The only Cowboys–Texans Monday night game was in Dallas, never in Houston.

Cowboys schedulegamis in 2026

2027 opponents and their open windows

The projected 2027 opponents from the Cowboys team page, with the windows each pairing has never played through the 2026 schedule. 3 opponents depend on Week 18 standings.

Cowboys schedulegami FAQ

How many opponents have the Cowboys never faced in primetime?

3 opponents have never met the Cowboys on Monday night, Sunday night, or Thursday night, 1966 through 2025: Denver Broncos, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Baltimore Ravens. By window, the Cowboys have never faced 5 opponents on Monday night, 11 on Sunday night, and 22 on Thursday night.

Which teams have the Cowboys never played on Monday night?

Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Denver Broncos, New York Jets, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Baltimore Ravens. That is 5 of 31 opponents, 1970 through 2025, counting every Monday game as Primetime & Holiday History counts it.

Which opponents have the Cowboys never met outside a Sunday afternoon?

None. Every opponent has met the Cowboys in at least one standalone window.

How many schedulegamis do the Cowboys have on the 2026 schedule?

3 games: Week 3 vs Ravens International (scheduled); Week 5 vs Buccaneers Thursday night (scheduled); Week 16 vs Jaguars Sunday night (scheduled).

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About the data

A schedulegami is a game placed in a broadcast window where those two teams have never met before. The pair is unordered. Venue does not matter: a pairing that has only ever met on Sunday night in one city has still met on Sunday night, so the same game in the other city is not a schedulegami. Sunday afternoon windows are never a schedulegami. Two levels are tracked: window-level, the first time a pairing meets in one window, and standalone-level, the first time a pairing meets outside a Sunday afternoon window.

Game history is the same file as Primetime & Holiday History, regular season only, with franchises carried forward under their current names. Coverage by window: Monday night: since 1970, every Monday game as Slot History counts it; Sunday night: since 1987; Thursday night: all Thursday games since 1966 as Slot History counts them; the first non-Thanksgiving Thursday game in the data is 1978; the weekly package began in 2006; Thanksgiving: since 1966; Christmas: since 1966; Saturday: since 1966; Kickoff Game: since 2002; International: since 2005; Friday: since 1966; Wednesday: all-time. A Sunday international game with a verified 8 PM ET or later kickoff counts as International and Sunday night; two games qualify, the 2005 49ers at Cardinals game in Mexico City and the 2026 Vikings at 49ers game in Mexico City. Schedulegami is a MockSlate term, first published September 2026.