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Cowboys getting a rare Week 14 home game today

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In a reversal of the Week 13 scheduling trend, the Cowboys usually end up on the road in the 14th week of the season.

Today’s home game against the Eagles is the rare exception.

It will be only the 24th time in 62 games that Dallas plays at home in Week 14. The Cowboys had a bye week in 1990.

The inaugural 1960 season was only 12 games in duration.

By comparison, the Cowboys have played 40 of their 63 Week 13 games at home.

Dallas’ record in Week 14 coming into today’s game is 33-28 overall. They are 14-9 at home but just 2-3 at AT&T Stadium in Week 14.

They were 3-1 in Week 14 games played at the Cotton Bowl and 9-5 at Texas Stadium.

Dallas has won its last three Week 14 games overall and the last two in a row at home.

Streak Kings

The Cowboys enjoyed a pair of four-game win streaks early on.

They won four in a row from 1963-67 and again from 1968 -71.

Jim Cooper
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach (12) runs run in a game against the St. Louis Cardinals. (AP Photo)

Dallas enjoyed an eight-game win streak from 1977-84 then promptly lost the next five from 1985-1989. They would match that five-game losing streak from 2000-04.

The longest Week 14 streak ever for Dallas was a decade-long streak from 1980-89.

They would play all 10 of their Week 14 games in the 1980s on the road. Dallas won the first five, then lost the last five games.

The streak was interrupted by the 1990 bye week then halted with a home win over the Steelers in 1991.

The Cowboys’ longest streak of Week 14 games played at home was four from 2004-07. They alternated wins and losses.

A loss to the Saints, was followed by a win over the Chiefs, another loss to New Orleans and finally a win over the Lions.

Against The Eagles

Dallas is 5-3 against the Eagles in Week 14 matchups – 3-1 when those games are played in Texas.

The last time the teams met in a Week 14 battle in 2018 and that game went into overtime following a wild fourth quarter.

Brett Maher booted three field goals while Carson Wentz answered with a touchdown pass. A Jake Elliott field goal tied the game with 12 minutes remaining.

Dak Prescott then threw two touchdown passes to Amari Cooper.

Dak Prescott and Amari Cooper to destroy Eagles
Cowboys WR Amari Cooper catches a touchdown vs the Eagles in a game played on 12/9/2018.

Wentz answered with two touchdown passes of his own to tie the game at 23.

In overtime, Prescott connected with Cooper for a third time and a 29-23 victory.

The Cowboys are 73-56 all-time against Philadelphia, including the 28-23 loss earlier this year. Dallas is 42-24 at home against the Eagles.

The Cowboys have won the last five meetings at AT&T Stadium and hold a 9-6 mark at their newest home.

They were 26-14 in games played at Texas Stadium and 7-4 at the Cotton Bowl.  

Against The Rest Of The League

Against the other two NFC East teams, Dallas is 5-4 against the Giants and only 3-4 against Washington.

The only other franchise the Cowboys have beaten more than twice in Week 14 is the Cardinals.

Dallas is 3-0 against that team. All three wins came while that franchise was located in St. Louis with the last meeting in 1973.

The Cowboys are 19-22 against NFC teams in Week 14 meetings and are 0-for-3 against the Saints in such matchups.

Dallas is 14-6 overall against AFC teams, beating both the Jets and Broncos both times they have faced each team in Week 14.

The Chargers (0-1) and Browns (0-1) are the only AFC teams the Cowboys have played in Week 14 without scoring a win.

ALL-TIME RECORD

  • NFC EAST                                                                                                                
  • GIANTS   (5-4)
  • EAGLES   (5-3)
  • COMMANDERS   (3-4)
  • NFC WEST                                                                                                                
  • CARDINALS   (3-0)
  • RAMS   (0-1)
  • 49ERS   (0-2)
  • SEAHAWKS   (1-1)
  • NFC SOUTH                                                                                                             
  • FALCONS   (0-0)
  • PANTHERS   (0-0)
  • SAINTS   (0-3)
  • BUCCANEERS   (0-1)
  • NFC NORTH                                                                                                            
  • BEARS   (1-2)
  • LIONS   (1-0)
  • PACKERS   (0-1)
  • VIKINGS   (0-0)
  • AFC EAST                                                                                                                
  • BILLS   (0-0)
  • DOLPHINS   (0-0)
  • PATRIOTS   (0-0)
  • JETS   (2-0)
  • AFC SOUTH                                                                                                             
  • TEXANS   (1-0)
  • COLTS   (1-0)
  • JAGUARS   (0-0)
  • TITANS   (2-1)
  • AFC NORTH                                                                                                            
  • RAVENS   (0-0)
  • BENGALS   (2-1)
  • BROWNS   (0-1)
  • STEELERS   (2-1)
  • AFC WEST                                                                                                                
  • BRONCOS   (2-0)
  • CHIEFS   (1-0)
  • RAIDERS   (1-1)
  • CHARGERS   (0-1)
Richard Paolinelli

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Richard Paolinelli is a sports journalist and author. In addition to his work at InsideTheStar.com, he has a Substack -- Dispatches From A SciFi Scribe – where he discusses numerous topics, including sports in general. He started his newspaper career in 1991 with the Gallup (NM) Independent before going to the Modesto (CA) Bee, Gustine (CA) Press-Standard, and Turlock (CA) Journal -- where he won the 2001 Best Sports Story, in the annual California Newspaper Publishers Association’s Better Newspapers Contest. He then moved to the Merced (CA) Sun-Star, Tracy (CA) Press, Patch and finished his career in 2011 with the San Francisco (CA) Examiner. He has written two Non-Fiction sports books, 11 novels, and has over 30 published short stories.

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