The Dallas Cowboys' 2020 schedule is out and it features five prime-time games in Mike McCarthy's first season as head coach, led by the season opener at the Los Angeles Rams in the first regular-season game at the new SOFI Stadium on Sept. 13 on Sunday Night Football on NBC.
The home opener at AT&T Stadium is against the Atlanta Falcons on Sept. 20, which is followed by a trip to Seattle to face the Seahawks on Sept. 27, completing a tough trio of games against potential playoff contenders to open the season.
After kicking off the preseason against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game on Aug. 6, the Cowboys will face the Los Angeles Chargers in the first game at SOFI Stadium in the second week of the preseason. The date and time of the game has yet to be determined.
Opening the new stadium in Los Angeles is special to Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, who was instrumental in Rams owner Stan Kroenke winning the stadium bid at that site.
"We're going to all have a memory; all the players are, coaches; I'm going to have a memory of having played that first regular-season game against a Los Angeles Rams team that's stepped out there in the entertainment capital of the world in that iconic stadium," Jones said on a live on a team website broadcast. "Your Dallas Cowboys are coming out there to show up on center stage. I see it. I feel it. It feels like the Cowboys, really, to get to be out there in that gorgeous new stadium."
One of the other iconic days on the NFL season will be on Thanksgiving when the Cowboys will play host to the Washington Redskins. It will be the 10th time the NFC East foes will square off on the holiday.
"It arguably is one of the key days of sports in the nation because everyone, even the ones who don't normally watch football, are sitting there on turkey day," Jones said.
The Cowboys' other prime-time games are against the Arizona Cardinals on ESPN's Monday Night Football on Oct. 19, at the Philadelphia Eagles on Nov. 1 on NBC's Sunday Night Football, a Thursday night NFL Network matchup at the Baltimore Ravens on Dec. 3. and another NBC Sunday night affair against the San Francisco 49ers on Dec. 20.
The Cowboys close the season with two divisional games that could have playoff implications. Dallas hosts Philadelphia on Dec. 27 and visits New York on Jan. 3.
_ Sept. 13, at Rams,7:20 p.m., NBC
_ Sept. 20, Falcons, Noon, FOX
_ Sept. 27, at Seattle, 3:25 p.m., FOX
_ Oct. 4, Browns Noon, FOX
_ Oct. 11, Giants, 3:25 p.m. CBS
_ Oct. 19, Cardinals, 7:15 p.m., ESPN
_ Oct. 25, at Redskins, Noon, FOX
_ Nov. 1, at Eagles, 7:20 p.m., NBC
_ Nov. 8, Steelers, 3:25 p.m., CBS
_ Nov. 15, BYE
_ Nov. 22, at Vikings, 3:25 p.m.FOX
_ Nov. 26, Redskins, 3:30 p.m., FOX
_ Dec. 3, at Ravens, 7:20 p.m., NFL/FOX
_ Dec. 13at BengalsNoonFOX
_ Dec. 20, 49ers, 7:20 p.m., NBC
_ Dec. 27, Eagles, 3:25 p.m., FOX
_ Jan. 3, at Giants, Noon, FOX
