Cowboys-Redskins rivalry
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{| class="toccolours" style="float: right; clear: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; width: 23em;"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="2" style="text-align: center; background-color: ;" | Dallas Cowboys–Washington Redskins
|-
! colspan="2" style="text-align: center" |
|-
{| style="background: none; width: 20em; margin: 0 auto;"
|-
! style="background: #E0E7EF;" colspan="2" | Regular season history
|-
| First meeting || October 9, 1960
|-
| First result || Washington Redskins 26, Dallas Cowboys 14
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Latest meeting || November 20, 2011
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Latest result || Dallas Cowboys 27, Washington Redskins 24 (OT)
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Next meeting ||
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Rivalry status || 104 meetings
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Largest victory || Dallas Cowboys 38, Washington Redskins 3 (1993
)
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Current streak || Dallas Cowboys with three wins (2010, 2011)
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | All-time series || Dallas Cowboys lead 62-40-2
|-
! style="background: #E0E7EF;" colspan="2" | Post season history
|-
| Last meeting || January 23, 1983
|-
| Last result || Washington Redskins 31, Dallas Cowboys 17
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | All-time postseason series || Washington Redskins lead 2–0
|-
! style="background: #E0E7EF;" colspan="2" | Championship success during tenure of rivalry
|-
| colspan="2"|Super Bowl
titles (8)
NFL Divisional Championships
(27)
Super Bowl appearances (13)
|}
The Cowboys–Redskins rivalry is a sports rivalry between two professional American football
teams in the National Football League
(NFL), the Dallas Cowboys
and the Washington Redskins
. Sports Illustrated
has called it the top NFL rivalry of all time and "one of the greatest in sports." During the tenure of this rivalry, the two franchises have won 27 combined division titles and eight combined Super Bowls.
They are the two wealthiest franchises in the NFL.
The rivalry started in 1960
when the Cowboys joined the league as an expansion team
. During that year they were in separate conferences, but played once during the season. In 1961
, Dallas was placed in the same division as the Redskins, and from that point on, they have played each other twice during every regular season.
oil tycoon Clint Murchison, Jr.
was having a hard time bringing an NFL
team to Dallas, Texas
. He tried buying two teams, but the negotiations fell through. In 1958, Murchison heard that George Preston Marshall
, owner of the Washington Redskins, was eager to sell the team. Just as the sale was about to be finalized, Marshall called for a change in terms. Murchison was outraged and canceled the whole deal.
Around this time, Marshall had a falling out with the Redskin band director, Barnee Breeskin. Breeskin had written the music to the Redskins fight song
, now a staple at the stadium; additionally, Marshall's wife penned the lyrics to the song. Breeskin wanted revenge after the failed negotiations with Marshall. He approached Tom Webb, Murchison’s lawyer, and sold the rights for $2,500.
Murchison then decided to create his own team, with the support of NFL expansion committee chairman, George Halas
. Halas decided to put the proposition of a Dallas franchise before the NFL owners, which needed to have unanimous approval in order to pass. The only owner against the proposal was George Preston Marshall. However, Marshall found out that Murchison owned the rights to Washington's fight song, so a deal was finally struck. If Marshall showed his approval of the Dallas franchise, Murchison would return the song. The Cowboys were then founded and began playing in 1960
.
To build the roster of an expansion team, Dallas was allowed to pick certain players from certain teams per League rules. Murchison selected the Redskins' Pro Bowl
quarterback
, Eddie LeBaron
, who would become the Cowboys' first starting quarterback. Somehow, Marshall had forgotten to move LeBaron to the team's "protected" list.
, the beginning of the rivalry was not all that exciting. The first game took place in Griffith Stadium on October 9, 1960 and was won by the Redskins. It was the only game they would win that year. The Cowboys would go winless that season. The Redskins would win two of the first four and tied the two others.
, armed with bags of chicken feed. When Alaskan snow dogs were to drag Santa Claus
onto the field during the halftime show, the pranksters would unleash dozens of hungry chickens onto the field - 75 white, one black. The significance of the black chicken was to symbolize how Marshall was the only owner in the league who would not recruit an African-American football player; Marshall stating, "We'll start signing Negroes when the Harlem Globetrotters
start signing whites."
The chickens fit into two large crates, which were smuggled into the stadium the morning of the game. The chickens and the smugglers went unspotted until halftime, when a stadium usher noticed a man guarding the crates and heard the chickens. Though the guard tried to bribe the official with $100 dollars, he was quickly reported and arrested, and the chickens confiscated. As it turned out, the "official" was actually Redskins general manager Dick McCann.
The following year and the night before the third Redskins-Cowboys match-up in less than a year, pranksters sneaked into Marshall's hotel suite and dropped off a large turkey in the bathroom. When Marshall went into the bathroom, the turkey puffed up and gobbled at him, causing Marshall to flee his room. "Chickens are nice", Marshall said, "but a man shouldn't fool with a mad turkey."
Just minutes before kickoff, while "Hail to the Redskins
" blared throughout the stadiums, four banners reading "CHICKENS" - one at each 50-yard line and one in each end zone center - were unfurled in the stadium's upper decks. Two acrobats, hired by Cowboys fans and Chicken Club founders Bob Thompson and Irv Davidson (along with the University of Maryland
students with the banners) rushed onto the field dressed in chicken costumes and began to throw colored eggs. One was apprehended by a guard, but the other proved to be too elusive. By this time, the band was playing the National Anthem, therefore unable to move. The lone chicken-acrobat reached into this bag and released a chicken, then returned to his egg-throwing. Running to a sideline, he then attempted to leave the stadium by jumping over a bench, but slipped.
A group of security guards then apprehended him, but he was able to break free. He made it back to the 50-yard line, turned a cartwheel, then ran and flopped onto the 30-yard line. By this time, only aware that the National Anthem was over, the two teams rushed onto the field in the middle of the chaos. In the midst of the ruckus, the man made it off the field and into the stands. Although the real chicken was caught, the acrobat-chicken was never apprehended.
The next day, while reporting the 38-10 Cowboys victory, the Dallas News scoring summary ended with, Attendance-49,888 (and one chicken).
through 1967
, the Redskins and Cowboys, led by Sonny Jurgensen
and Don Meredith
respectively, played four games against each other that produced a combined total of 222 points with only ten points of overall difference between the two teams.
November 28, 1965, DC Stadium: The Cowboys quickly took a 21-0 lead on a pass play, a running play and a 60-yard fumble
recovery. Despite Jurgensen's 26-yard touchdown pass to Charley Taylor
, the fans in the stands called for him to be benched in favor of second string quarterback Dick Shiner
. However, Jurgensen then drove the Redskins down field for a second touchdown to cut the Cowboys lead to 24-13. They then scored a rushing touchdown to make it 24-20. But just when the Redskins were gaining momentum, Meredith tossed a 53-yard scoring touch to Frank Clarke
. Jurgensen was then able to throw another touchdown pass to Bobby Mitchell
to make it 31-27. The Redskins got the ball back on their 20-yard line with less than two minutes to go. After working his way down the field, Jurgensen passed to tight end
Angelo Coia
to give the Redskins their first lead, 34-31, with about one minute to play. But Meredith was not done either. He drove the Cowboys to the Redskins 37-yard line with seven seconds to go. Danny Villanueva
was then brought in and attempted a tying field goal, but it was blocked by Redskins defensive back Lonnie Sanders
. Final: Redskins, 34 – Cowboys, 31
November 13, 1966, DC Stadium: In the second quarter with the score 7-6 Dallas, Meredith threw a 52-yard touchdown to Bob Hayes
, followed in the third quarter with a 95-yard repeat, making the score 21-7. Then Washington scored three consecutive times with Jurgensen's 4-yard pass to Jerry Smith and 78-yard pass to Charley Taylor, followed by a Charlie Gogolak
field goal, giving them the lead, 23-21. Meredith then drove the Cowboys down field to set up a one-yard touchdown run by Dan Reeves
. But the Redskins matched their score on a drive ending with Jurgensen's 18-yard scoring pass to Taylor, making it 30-28. Meredith got the ball back with no timeouts and the Redskins playing deep prevent. Somehow, he was able to drive them to the Redskins 33. The Redskins mounted a strong pass rush to push the Cowboys out of field goal range. But apparently it was too strong. Meredith was hit just as he scrambled out of bounds. The penalty put the Cowboys on the Redskins 12 for an easy Villanueva field goal. Final: Cowboys, 31 – Redskins, 30
December 11, 1966, The Cotton Bowl: The Redskins took a 10-7 lead at the half after linebacker John Reger
recovered a block punt and ran it in for a score. But Danny Villanueva then kicked a tying 26-yard field goal for the Cowboys and Bob Hays caught a 23-yard pass for the 17-10 lead. The Redskins tied it up on Bobby Mitchell's 11-yard reception from Jurgensen. The Cowboys regained the lead when Dan Reeves broke for a 67-yard touchdown run, making it 24-17. But, the Redskins then drove the field and scored on Jurgensen's 11-yard pass to Jerry Smith, only to have the Cowboys regain the lead with a six-yard touchdown run by Don Perkins
, making it 31-24. Jurgensen was then able to hit Charlie Taylor with a 65-yard touchdown pass that Taylor caught between two defenders, tying the game. After good defense, the Redskins got the ball back with two minutes to go. Starting at their 46 yard line, Redskins running back A. D. Whitfield
ran right for a 30 yard gain that set up Charlie Gogolak's winning field goal. Final: Redskins, 34 –Cowboys, 31
October 8, 1967, DC Stadium: The Redskins led 14-10 with 70 seconds to go in the fourth quarter. The Cowboys took possession on their 29-yard line. On fourth down with 23 seconds remaining, Meredith hit an open Dan Reeves who beat out linebacker
Chris Hanburger
to score, making it 17-14. After the kick-off with seven seconds to go, Jurgensen pitched a long pass to Charley Taylor, but he was tackled at the Cowboys 20-yard line as time ran out. Final: Cowboys, 17 – Redskins, 14
Washington would win the rematch in Dallas that season, 27-20, but the Cowboys closed out the decade with four straight wins over the Redskins. In the late 60's the Redskins hired Vince Lombardi
to try to stop ex-Giants
coordinator Tom Landry
. Lombardi's 7-5-2 record with the Redskins was the team's first winning season in 14 years, but he was still swept by the Cowboys. Lombardi's untimely death in 1970 froze Redskins development for two seasons.
, Allen's Redskins met Dallas three times en route to a date with the Miami Dolphins
in Super Bowl VII
. This is how the season progressed.
After a losing season in 1970, the Redskins' hired George Allen from the Los Angeles Rams
. As the 1972 football season approached, preseason predictors were touting the Cowboys, who had defeated the Dolphins, 24-3 in the previous Super Bowl
, to again win the NFC East.
The sixth game of the season brought the Cowboys to Washington D.C. Both teams came into the game with a 4-1-0 record. Sonny Jurgensen
was Washington's starting quarterback, with Billy Kilmer
benched after a previous loss. Craig Morton
was the Cowboys' quarterback while the injured Roger Staubach
watched from the sideline. Despite Washington's home-field advantage, the Cowboys were favored by a touchdown.
A field goal and a Morton touchdown pass gave Dallas a 10-0 lead at the end of the first quarter, which was extended to 13-0 in the second period. Jurgensen led a Washington drive that climaxed with a pass to Larry Brown
for a touchdown, but at the half the Redskins trailed by six points. Another seven points were added to the lead in the third quarter when Walt Garrison
scored a touchdown. But then, Larry Brown broke a run for 34 yards and a touchdown to bring the score to 20-14. Curt Knight
kicked a 42-yard field goal to make it 20-17. Charley Harraway ran for 13 yards to make the score 24-20, Redskins on top. During this offensive scoring period, the Over-the-Hill Gang
defense shut down the Cowboys. At the end, Washington had defeated the Cowboys and was in possession of first place in the NFC East.
Now with two games remaining, Washington was 11-1 and had clinched the NFC East title. An ensuing loss to the Cowboys (34-24) was meaningless. It was the first time since the NFL went to a divisional format in 1967 that the Cowboys had not won their division.
The playoffs in 1972 pitted Washington against the Green Bay Packers
. The final score was Washington 16, Green Bay 3. The victory sent the Redskins to the NFC Championship Game against the Cowboys who entered the playoffs as a wild-card entry. The Cowboys, who had been runner-up to the Redskins in the regular season defeated the NFC West champions, the San Francisco 49ers
, 30-28.
The game was played in Washington. Staubach was back for the Cowboys, and Dallas fans were thrilled to have him. But Billy Kilmer for the Redskins was the better quarterback that day. After a field goal got the scoring started, Kilmer connected with Charley Taylor
on a 15-yard touchdown pass and Washington had a 10-3 lead at halftime. In the fourth quarter, Kilmer again went to Taylor, this time for a 45-yard touchdown. Knight added three more field goals that period and the Over-the-Hill Gang defense allowed only a second-quarter field goal. The final score was Washington 26, Dallas 3.
picked off Morton's errant pass and raced 26 yards to score a touchdown. The Cowboys threatened in the last seconds to tie the game, but Ken Houston
tackled Walt Garrison
on the one-yard line as time ran out, preserving the Redskins win.
out of the game. Rookie Clint Longley
led the Cowboys to a last-minute come-from-behind victory, throwing a 50-yard touchdown pass to Drew Pearson
with 28 seconds left. The final score was Cowboys 24, Redskins 23.
The Redskins were stunned. "I don't have very much to say," coach George Allen said when it was over. "It was probably the toughest loss we ever had."
engineered a miraculous fourth-quarter comeback, giving the Cowboys a 35-34 win. In the week leading up to the game, Cowboys’ defensive end Harvey Martin
received a funeral wreath, allegedly sent by the Redskins. He kept it in his locker all week for motivation and after the win, he raced into Washington's locker room, opened the door and heaved it into the room, breaking up a team prayer.
|-
!
!Cowboys wins
!Ties
!Redskins wins
!Cowboys points
!Redskins points
|-
|Regular season
|62
|2
|38
|2,298
|1,897
|-
|Postseason
|0
|
|2
|20
|57
|-
!Totals
!62
!2
!40
!2,318
!1,954
|-
|}
Updated September 27, 2011.
{| class="wikitable"
|bgcolor="#CCFFFF"|Post season meeting
|bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|Tied game
|bgcolor="#FFE6BD"|Overtime result
|}
|-
!Year
!Date
!Winner
!Result
!Loser
!Location
|-
|1960
|October 9
|Washington Redskins
|align="center"|26-14
|Dallas Cowboys
|Griffith Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1961
|bgcolor="FFCCCC"|November 19
|bgcolor="FFCCCC"|TIE
|align=center bgcolor="FFCCCC"|28-28
|bgcolor="FFCCCC"|TIE
|bgcolor="FFCCCC"|Cotton Bowl
|-
|December 17
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|34-24
|Dallas Cowboys
|D.C. Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1962
|bgcolor="FFCCCC"|September 16
|bgcolor="FFCCCC"|TIE
|align=center bgcolor="FFCCCC"|35-35
|bgcolor="FFCCCC"|TIE
|bgcolor="FFCCCC"|Cotton Bowl
|-
|November 10
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|38-10
|Washington Redskins
|D.C. Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1963
|September 29
|Washington Redskins
|align=center |21-17
|Dallas Cowboys
|D.C. Stadium
|-
|November 3
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|35-20
|Washington Redskins
|Cotton Bowl
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1964
|September 20
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center |24-18
|Washington Redskins
|Cotton Bowl
|-
|November 22
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|28-16
|Dallas Cowboys
|D.C. Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1965
|September 26
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center |27-7
|Washington Redskins
|Cotton Bowl
|-
|November 28
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|34-31
|Dallas Cowboys
|D.C. Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1966
|November 13
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center |31-30
|Washington Redskins
|D.C. Stadium
|-
|December 11
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|34-31
|Dallas Cowboys
|Cotton Bowl
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1967
|October 8
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center |17-14
|Washington Redskins
|D.C. Stadium
|-
|November 19
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|27-20
|Dallas Cowboys
|Cotton Bowl
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1968
|November 17
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center |44-24
|Washington Redskins
|D.C. Stadium
|-
|November 28
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center |29-20
|Washington Redskins
|Cotton Bowl
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1969
|November 16
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center |41-28
|Washington Redskins
|RFK Stadium
|-
|December 21
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|20-10
|Washington Redskins
|Cotton Bowl
|-
|}
|-
!Year
!Date
!Winner
!Result
!Loser
!Location
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1970
|November 22
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|45-20
|Washington Redskins
|RFK Stadium
|-
|December 6
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|34-3
|Washington Redskins
|Cotton Bowl
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1971
|October 3
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|20-16
|Dallas Cowboys
|Cotton Bowl
|-
|November 21
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|13-0
|Washington Redskins
|RFK Stadium
|-
|rowspan="3" | 1972
|October 22
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|24-20
|Dallas Cowboys
|RFK Stadium
|-
|December 9
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|34-24
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-bgcolor="#CCFFFF"
|December 31
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|26-3
|Dallas Cowboys
|RFK Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1973
|October 8
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|14-7
|Dallas Cowboys
|RFK Stadium
|-
|December 9
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|27-7
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1974
|November 17
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|28-21
|Dallas Cowboys
|RFK Stadium
|-
|November 28
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|24-23
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1975
|bgcolor="#FFE6BD"|November 2
|bgcolor="#FFE6BD"|Washington Redskins
|align=center bgcolor="#FFE6BD"|30-24 (OT)
|bgcolor="#FFE6BD"|Dallas Cowboys
|bgcolor="#FFE6BD"|RFK Stadium
|-
|December 13
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|31-10
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1976
|October 31
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|20-7
|Washington Redskins
|RFK Stadium
|-
|December 12
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|27-14
|Dallas Cowboys
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1977
|October 16
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|34-16
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|November 27
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|14-7
|Washington Redskins
|RFK Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1978
|October 2
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|9-5
|Dallas Cowboys
|RFK Stadium
|-
|November 23
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|37-10
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1979
|November 18
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|34-20
|Dallas Cowboys
|RFK Stadium
|-
|December 16
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|35-34
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|}
|-
!Year
!Date
!Winner
!Result
!Loser
!Location
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1980
|September 8
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|17-3
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|November 27
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|14-10
|Washington Redskins
|RFK Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1981
|September 6
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|26-10
|Washington Redskins
|RFK Stadium
|-
|November 22
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|24-10
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|1982
|December 5
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|24-10
|Washington Redskins
|RFK Stadium
|-
|rowspan="3" | 1983
|bgcolor="#CCFFFF"|January 22
|bgcolor="#CCFFFF"|Washington Redskins
|align=center bgcolor="#CCFFFF"|31-17
|bgcolor="#CCFFFF"|Dallas Cowboys
|bgcolor="#CCFFFF"|RFK Stadium
|-
|September 5
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|31-30
|Washington Redskins
|RFK Stadium
|-
|December 11
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|31-10
|Dallas Cowboys
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1984
|October 14
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|34-14
|Dallas Cowboys
|RFK Stadium
|-
|December 9
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|30-28
|Dallas Cowboys
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1985
|September 9
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|44-14
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|November 10
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|13-7
|Washington Redskins
|RFK Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1986
|October 12
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|30-6
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|November 23
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|41-14
|Dallas Cowboys
|RFK Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1987
|October 19
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|13-7
|Dallas Cowboys
|Texas Stadium
|-
|December 13
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|24-20
|Dallas Cowboys
|RFK Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1988
|October 9
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|35-17
|Dallas Cowboys
|Texas Stadium
|-
|December 11
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|24-17
|Washington Redskins
|RFK Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1989
|September 24
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|30-7
|Dallas Cowboys
|Texas Stadium
|-
|November 5
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|13-3
|Washington Redskins
|RFK Stadium
|-
|}
|-
!Year
!Date
!Winner
!Result
!Loser
!Location
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1990
|September 23
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|19-15
|Dallas Cowboys
|RFK Stadium
|-
|November 22
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|27-17
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1991
|September 9
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|33-31
|Dallas Cowboys
|Texas Stadium
|-
|November 24
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|24-21
|Washington Redskins
|RFK Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1992
|September 7
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|23-10
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|December 13
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|20-17
|Dallas Cowboys
|RFK Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1993
|September 6
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|35-16
|Dallas Cowboys
|RFK Stadium
|-
|December 26
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|38-3
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1994
|October 2
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|34-7
|Washington Redskins
|RFK Stadium
|-
|November 20
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|31-7
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1995
|October 1
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|27-23
|Dallas Cowboys
|RFK Stadium
|-
|December 3
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|24-17
|Dallas Cowboys
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1996
|November 28
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|21-10
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|December 22
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|37-10
|Dallas Cowboys
|RFK Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1997
|October 13
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|21-16
|Dallas Cowboys
|Jack Kent Cooke Stadium
|-
|November 16
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|17-14
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1998
|October 4
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|31-10
|Washington Redskins
|Jack Kent Cooke Stadium
|-
|December 27
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|23-7
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1999
|bgcolor="#FFE6BD"|September 12
|bgcolor="#FFE6BD"|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center bgcolor="#FFE6BD"|41-35 (OT)
|bgcolor="#FFE6BD"|Washington Redskins
|bgcolor="#FFE6BD"|Jack Kent Cooke Stadium
|-
|October 24
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|38-20
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|}
|-
!Year
!Date
!Winner
!Result
!Loser
!Location
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2000
|September 18
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|27-21
|Washington Redskins
|FedExField
|-
|December 10
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|32-13
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2001
|October 15
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|9-7
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|December 2
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|20-14
|Washington Redskins
|FedExField
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2002
|November 28
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|27-20
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|December 29
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|20-14
|Dallas Cowboys
|FedExField
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2003
|November 2
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|21-14
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|December 14
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|27-0
|Washington Redskins
|FedExField
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2004
|September 27
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|21-18
|Washington Redskins
|FedExField
|-
|December 26
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|13-10
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2005
|September 19
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|14-13
|Dallas Cowboys
|Texas Stadium
|-
|December 18
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|35-7
|Dallas Cowboys
|FedExField
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2006
|September 17
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|27-10
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|November 5
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|22-19
|Dallas Cowboys
|FedExField
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2007
|November 18
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|28-23
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|December 30
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|27-6
|Dallas Cowboys
|FedExField
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2008
|September 28
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|26-24
|Dallas Cowboys
|Texas Stadium
|-
|November 16
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|14-10
|Washington Redskins
|FedExField
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2009
|November 22
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|7-6
|Washington Redskins
|Cowboys Stadium
|-
|December 27
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|17-0
|Washington Redskins
|FedExField
|}
|-
!Year
!Date
!Winner
!Result
!Loser
!Location
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2010
|September 12
|Washington Redskins
|align=center |13-7
|Dallas Cowboys
|FedEx Field
|-
|December 19
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center |33-30
|Washington Redskins
|Cowboys Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2011
|September 26
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center |18-16
|Washington Redskins
|Cowboys Stadium
|-
|November 20
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center |27-24 (OT)
|Washington Redskins
|FedEx Field
|}
, second only to the Raiders & Broncos (matched up 17 times as of September 27, 2011 season); The teams met last in 2011. The series has been played eight times at Washington's home field (five times at RFK Stadium and three times at FedEx Field) and seven times at Dallas' home field (six at Texas Stadium and one at Cowboys Stadium). The Cowboys hold a 8-7 (no ties) lead in this rivalry on Monday Night Football.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
!Year
!Winner
!Result
!Location
|-align=center style="background: #7D0008; color:#FFBE26"
|1973
|Washington Redskins
|align="center"|14-7
|Washington, D.C.
|-align=center style="background: #7D0008; color:#FFBE26"
|1978
|Washington Redskins
|align="center"|9-5
|align="center"|Washington, D.C.
|-align=center style="background: #001942; color:#c5ced6"
|1980
|Dallas Cowboys
|align="center"|17-3
|align="center"|Washington, D.C.
|-align=center style="background: #001942; color:#c5ced6"
|1983
|Dallas Cowboys
|align="center"|31-30
|align="center"|Washington, D.C.
|-align=center style="background: #001942; color:#c5ced6"
|1985
|Dallas Cowboys
|align="center"|44-14
|Irving, Texas
|-align=center style="background: #7D0008; color:#FFBE26"
|1987
|Washington Redskins
|align="center"|13-7
|align="center"|Irving, Texas
|-align=center style="background: #7D0008; color:#FFBE26"
|1991
|Washington Redskins
|align="center"|33-31
|align="center"|Irving, Texas
|-align=center style="background: #001942; color:#c5ced6"
|1992
|Dallas Cowboys
|align="center"|23-10
|align="center"|Irving, Texas
|-align=center style="background: #7D0008; color:#FFBE26"
|1993
|Washington Redskins
|align="center"|35-16
|align="center"|Washington, D.C.
|-align=center style="background: #7D0008; color:#FFBE26"
|1997
|Washington Redskins
|align="center"|21-16
|Landover, Maryland
|-align=center style="background: #001942; color:#c5ced6"
|2000
|Dallas Cowboys
|align="center"|27-21
|align="center"|Landover, Maryland
|-align=center style="background: #001942; color:#c5ced6"
|2001
|Dallas Cowboys
|align="center"|9-7
|align="center"|Irving, Texas
|-align=center style="background: #001942; color:#c5ced6"
|2004
|Dallas Cowboys
|align="center"|21-18
|align="center"|Landover, Maryland
|-align=center style="background: #7D0008; color:#FFBE26"
|2005
|Washington Redskins
|align="center"|14-13
|align="center"|Irving, Texas
|-align=center style="background: #001942; color:#c5ced6"
|2011
|Dallas Cowboys
|align="center"|18-16
|align="center"|Arlington, Texas
|-
|}
|- style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="2" style="text-align: center; background-color: ;" | Dallas Cowboys–Washington Redskins
|-
! colspan="2" style="text-align: center" |
|-
{| style="background: none; width: 20em; margin: 0 auto;"
|-
! style="background: #E0E7EF;" colspan="2" | Regular season history
|-
| First meeting || October 9, 1960
|-
| First result || Washington Redskins 26, Dallas Cowboys 14
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Latest meeting || November 20, 2011
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Latest result || Dallas Cowboys 27, Washington Redskins 24 (OT)
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Next meeting ||
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Rivalry status || 104 meetings
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Largest victory || Dallas Cowboys 38, Washington Redskins 3 (1993
1993 NFL season
The 1993 NFL season was the 74th regular season of the National Football League. For the first time in league history, all NFL teams played their 16-game schedule over a span of 18 weeks. After the success of expanding the regular season to a period of 17 weeks in 1990, the league hoped this new...
)
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Current streak || Dallas Cowboys with three wins (2010, 2011)
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | All-time series || Dallas Cowboys lead 62-40-2
|-
! style="background: #E0E7EF;" colspan="2" | Post season history
|-
| Last meeting || January 23, 1983
|-
| Last result || Washington Redskins 31, Dallas Cowboys 17
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | All-time postseason series || Washington Redskins lead 2–0
|-
! style="background: #E0E7EF;" colspan="2" | Championship success during tenure of rivalry
|-
| colspan="2"|Super Bowl
Super Bowl
The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League , the highest level of professional American football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather...
titles (8)
- Dallas Cowboys (5) – 1971Super Bowl VISuper Bowl VI was an American football game played on January 16, 1972, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana to decide the National Football League champion following the 1971 regular season...
, 1977Super Bowl XIISuper Bowl XII was an American football game played on January 15, 1978 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana to decide the National Football League champion following the 1977 regular season...
, 1992Super Bowl XXVIISuper Bowl XXVII was a football game played on January 31, 1993 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California to decide the National Football League champion following the 1992 regular season. The National Football Conference champion Dallas Cowboys defeated the American Football Conference champion...
, 1993Super Bowl XXVIIISuper Bowl XXVIII was an American football game played on January 30, 1994, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, to decide the National Football League champion following the 1993 regular season. The National Football Conference champion Dallas Cowboys defeated the American Football...
, 1995Super Bowl XXXSuper Bowl XXX was an American football game played on January 28, 1996 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona to decide the National Football League champion following the 1995 regular season... - '*Washington Redskins (3) – 1982Super Bowl XVIISuper Bowl XVII was an American football game played on January 30, 1983 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California to decide the National Football League champion following the strike-shortened 1982 regular season...
, 1987Super Bowl XXIISuper Bowl XXII was an American football game played on January 31, 1988 at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego, California to decide the National Football League champion following the 1987 regular season...
, 1991Super Bowl XXVISuper Bowl XXVI was an American football game played on January 26, 1992 at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota to decide the National Football League champion following the 1991 regular season...
NFL Divisional Championships
NFC East
The NFC East is a division of the National Football League's National Football Conference. It currently has four members: the Philadelphia Eagles, the New York Giants, the Dallas Cowboys, and Washington Redskins....
(27)
- Dallas Cowboys (20) – 19671967 NFL seasonThe 1967 NFL season was the 48th regular season of the National Football League. The league expanded to 16 teams with the addition of the New Orleans Saints. The league's teams were realigned into four divisions: the Capitol and Century Divisions in the Eastern Conference, and the Central and...
, 19681968 NFL seasonThe 1968 NFL season was the 49th regular season of the National Football League. As per the agreement made during the 1967 realignment, the New Orleans Saints and the New York Giants switched divisions; the Saints joined the Century Division while the Giants became part of the Capitol Division.The...
, 19691969 NFL seasonThe 1969 NFL season was the 50th regular season of the National Football League, and the last one before the AFL-NFL Merger. To honor the NFL's 50th season, a special anniversary logo was designed and each player wore a patch on their jerseys with this logo throughout the season.As per the...
, 19701970 NFL seasonThe 1970 NFL season was the 51st regular season of the National Football League, and the first one after the AFL-NFL Merger.The merger forced a realignment between the combined league's clubs. Because there were 16 NFL teams and 10 AFL teams, three teams needed to transfer to balance the two new...
, 19711971 NFL seasonThe 1971 NFL season was the 52nd regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl VI when the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Miami Dolphins...
, 19731973 NFL seasonThe 1973 NFL season was the 54th regular season of the National Football League. The season featured O.J. Simpson becoming the first man to rush for 2,000 yards in one season...
, 19761976 NFL seasonThe 1976 NFL season was the 57th regular season of the National Football League. The league expanded to 28 teams with the addition of the Seattle Seahawks and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers...
, 19771977 NFL seasonThe 1977 NFL season was the 58th regular season of the National Football League. The Seattle Seahawks were placed in the AFC West while the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were slotted in the NFC Central....
, 19781978 NFL seasonThe 1978 NFL season was the 59th regular season of the National Football League. The league expanded the regular season from a 14-game schedule to 16. Furthermore, the playoff format was expanded from 8 teams to 10 teams by adding another wild card from each conference...
, 19791979 NFL seasonThe 1979 NFL season was the 60th regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XIV when the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Los Angeles Rams...
, 19811981 NFL seasonThe 1981 NFL season was the 62nd regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XVI when the San Francisco 49ers defeated the Cincinnati Bengals.-Major rule changes:...
, 19851985 NFL seasonThe 1985 NFL season was the 66th regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XX when the Chicago Bears defeated the New England Patriots.-Major rule changes:...
, 19921992 NFL seasonThe 1992 NFL season was the 73rd regular season of the National Football League.Due to the damage caused by Hurricane Andrew, the New England Patriots–Miami Dolphins game that was scheduled for September 6 at Joe Robbie Stadium was rescheduled to October 18. Both teams originally had that...
, 19931993 NFL seasonThe 1993 NFL season was the 74th regular season of the National Football League. For the first time in league history, all NFL teams played their 16-game schedule over a span of 18 weeks. After the success of expanding the regular season to a period of 17 weeks in 1990, the league hoped this new...
, 19941994 NFL seasonThe 1994 NFL season was the 75th regular season of the National Football League. To honor the NFL's 75th season, a special anniversary logo was designed and each player wore a patch on their jerseys with this logo throughout the season...
, 19951995 NFL seasonThe 1995 NFL season was the 76th regular season of the National Football League. The league expanded to 30 teams with the addition of the Carolina Panthers and the Jacksonville Jaguars...
, 19961996 NFL seasonThe 1996 NFL season was the 77th regular season of the National Football League and the season was marked by notable controversies from beginning to end...
, 19981998 NFL seasonThe 1998 NFL season was the 79th regular season of the National Football League.The Tennessee Oilers moved their home games from Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis to Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville, still awaiting construction on a new stadium in Nashville.This was the first season that CBS...
, 20072007 NFL seasonThe 2007 NFL season was the 88th regular season of the National Football League.Regular-season play was held from September 6 to December 30....
, 20092009 NFL seasonThe 2009 NFL season was the 90th regular season of the National Football League.The preseason started with the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game on August 9, 2009, and the regular season began September 10. The season ended with Super Bowl XLIV, the league's championship game, on February 7, 2010 at... - Washington Redskins (7) – 19721972 NFL seasonThe 1972 NFL season was the 53rd regular season of the National Football League. The Miami Dolphins became the first NFL team to finish a championship season undefeated and untied when they beat the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl VII.-Major rule changes:...
, 19821982 NFL seasonThe 1982 NFL season was the 63rd regular season of the National Football League. A 57-day long players' strike reduced the 1982 season from a 16-game schedule per team to an abbreviated nine game schedule...
, 19831983 NFL seasonThe 1983 NFL season was the 64th regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XVIII when the Los Angeles Raiders defeated the Washington Redskins.-Major rule changes:...
, 19841984 NFL seasonThe 1984 NFL season was the 65th regular season of the National Football League. The Colts relocated from Baltimore, Maryland to Indianapolis, Indiana....
, 19871987 NFL seasonThe 1987 NFL season was the 68th regular season of the National Football League. A 24-day players' strike reduced the 16-game season to 15. The games that were scheduled for the third week of the season were canceled, but the games for weeks 4–6 were played with replacement players...
, 19911991 NFL seasonThe 1991 NFL season was the 72nd regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XXVI when the Washington Redskins defeated the Buffalo Bills....
, 19991999 NFL seasonThe 1999 NFL season was the 80th regular season of the National Football League. The Cleveland Browns returned to the field for the first time since the 1995 season...
Super Bowl appearances (13)
- Dallas Cowboys (8) – 1970Super Bowl VSuper Bowl V was an American football game played on January 17, 1971, at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, to decide the National Football League champion following the 1970 regular season...
, 1971Super Bowl VISuper Bowl VI was an American football game played on January 16, 1972, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana to decide the National Football League champion following the 1971 regular season...
, 1975Super Bowl XSuper Bowl X was an American football game played on January 18, 1976 at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida to decide the National Football League champion following the 1975 regular season....
, 1977Super Bowl XIISuper Bowl XII was an American football game played on January 15, 1978 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana to decide the National Football League champion following the 1977 regular season...
, 1978Super Bowl XIIISuper Bowl XIII was an American football game played on January 21, 1979 at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida to decide the National Football League champion following the 1978 regular season...
, 1992Super Bowl XXVIISuper Bowl XXVII was a football game played on January 31, 1993 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California to decide the National Football League champion following the 1992 regular season. The National Football Conference champion Dallas Cowboys defeated the American Football Conference champion...
, 1993Super Bowl XXVIIISuper Bowl XXVIII was an American football game played on January 30, 1994, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, to decide the National Football League champion following the 1993 regular season. The National Football Conference champion Dallas Cowboys defeated the American Football...
, 1995Super Bowl XXXSuper Bowl XXX was an American football game played on January 28, 1996 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona to decide the National Football League champion following the 1995 regular season... - Washington Redskins (5) – 1972Super Bowl VIISuper Bowl VII was an American football game played on January 14, 1973, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California, to decide the National Football League champion following the 1972 regular season...
, 1982Super Bowl XVIISuper Bowl XVII was an American football game played on January 30, 1983 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California to decide the National Football League champion following the strike-shortened 1982 regular season...
, 1983Super Bowl XVIIISuper Bowl XVIII was an American football game played on January 22, 1984, at Tampa Stadium in Tampa, Florida, deciding the National Football League champion following the 1983 regular season. The American Football Conference champion Los Angeles Raiders defeated the National Football Conference...
, 1987Super Bowl XXIISuper Bowl XXII was an American football game played on January 31, 1988 at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego, California to decide the National Football League champion following the 1987 regular season...
, 1991Super Bowl XXVISuper Bowl XXVI was an American football game played on January 26, 1992 at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota to decide the National Football League champion following the 1991 regular season...
|}
The Cowboys–Redskins rivalry is a sports rivalry between two professional American football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
teams in the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
(NFL), the Dallas Cowboys
Dallas Cowboys
The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas...
and the Washington Redskins
Washington Redskins
The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,...
. Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated is an American sports media company owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. Its self titled magazine has over 3.5 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men. It was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the...
has called it the top NFL rivalry of all time and "one of the greatest in sports." During the tenure of this rivalry, the two franchises have won 27 combined division titles and eight combined Super Bowls.
They are the two wealthiest franchises in the NFL.
The rivalry started in 1960
1960 NFL season
The 1960 NFL season was the 41st regular season of the National Football League. Before the season, Pete Rozelle was elected NFL commissioner as a compromise choice on the twenty-third ballot. Meanwhile, the league expanded to 13 teams with the addition of the Dallas Cowboys. Also, the Cardinals...
when the Cowboys joined the league as an expansion team
Expansion team
An expansion team is a brand new team in a sports league. The term is most commonly used in reference to the North American major professional sports leagues, but is applied to sports leagues worldwide that use a closed franchise system of league membership. The term comes from the expansion of the...
. During that year they were in separate conferences, but played once during the season. In 1961
1961 NFL season
The 1961 NFL season was the 42nd regular season of the National Football League. The league expanded to 14 teams with the addition of the Minnesota Vikings, after the team's owners declined to be charter members of the new American Football League. The schedule was also expanded from 12 games per...
, Dallas was placed in the same division as the Redskins, and from that point on, they have played each other twice during every regular season.
Beginning
TexasTexas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
oil tycoon Clint Murchison, Jr.
Clint Murchison, Jr.
Clint William Murchison Jr., was a businessman and founder of the Dallas Cowboys football team.A son of Clint Murchison, Sr...
was having a hard time bringing an NFL
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
team to Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
. He tried buying two teams, but the negotiations fell through. In 1958, Murchison heard that George Preston Marshall
George Preston Marshall
George Preston Marshall was the owner and president of the Washington Redskins of the National Football League from 1932 until his death in 1969.-Contributions:...
, owner of the Washington Redskins, was eager to sell the team. Just as the sale was about to be finalized, Marshall called for a change in terms. Murchison was outraged and canceled the whole deal.
Around this time, Marshall had a falling out with the Redskin band director, Barnee Breeskin. Breeskin had written the music to the Redskins fight song
Hail to the Redskins
Hail to the Redskins is the fight song for the Washington Redskins. It was written sometime between 1937 and 1938 and was performed for the first time as the Official Redskins Fight Song on August 17, 1938...
, now a staple at the stadium; additionally, Marshall's wife penned the lyrics to the song. Breeskin wanted revenge after the failed negotiations with Marshall. He approached Tom Webb, Murchison’s lawyer, and sold the rights for $2,500.
Murchison then decided to create his own team, with the support of NFL expansion committee chairman, George Halas
George Halas
George Stanley Halas, Sr. , nicknamed "Papa Bear" and "Mr. Everything", was a player, coach, owner and pioneer in professional American football. He was the iconic longtime leader of the NFL's Chicago Bears...
. Halas decided to put the proposition of a Dallas franchise before the NFL owners, which needed to have unanimous approval in order to pass. The only owner against the proposal was George Preston Marshall. However, Marshall found out that Murchison owned the rights to Washington's fight song, so a deal was finally struck. If Marshall showed his approval of the Dallas franchise, Murchison would return the song. The Cowboys were then founded and began playing in 1960
1960 NFL season
The 1960 NFL season was the 41st regular season of the National Football League. Before the season, Pete Rozelle was elected NFL commissioner as a compromise choice on the twenty-third ballot. Meanwhile, the league expanded to 13 teams with the addition of the Dallas Cowboys. Also, the Cardinals...
.
To build the roster of an expansion team, Dallas was allowed to pick certain players from certain teams per League rules. Murchison selected the Redskins' Pro Bowl
Pro Bowl
In professional American football, the Pro Bowl is the all-star game of the National Football League . Since the merger with the rival American Football League in 1970, it has been officially called the AFC–NFC Pro Bowl, matching the top players in the American Football Conference against those...
quarterback
Quarterback
Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...
, Eddie LeBaron
Eddie LeBaron
Edward Wayne LeBaron, Jr. is a former American football quarterback in the 1950s and early 1960s in the National Football League.-Early years:LeBaron graduated from Oakdale High School in Oakdale, California....
, who would become the Cowboys' first starting quarterback. Somehow, Marshall had forgotten to move LeBaron to the team's "protected" list.
First Few Games
Though both teams would become juggernauts in the NFLNational Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
, the beginning of the rivalry was not all that exciting. The first game took place in Griffith Stadium on October 9, 1960 and was won by the Redskins. It was the only game they would win that year. The Cowboys would go winless that season. The Redskins would win two of the first four and tied the two others.
Cowboy Chicken Club
In December 1961, an unknown number of Cowboys fans sneaked into D. C. StadiumRobert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium, in Washington, D.C., United States, and the current home of MLS's D.C. United....
, armed with bags of chicken feed. When Alaskan snow dogs were to drag Santa Claus
Santa Claus
Santa Claus is a folklore figure in various cultures who distributes gifts to children, normally on Christmas Eve. Each name is a variation of Saint Nicholas, but refers to Santa Claus...
onto the field during the halftime show, the pranksters would unleash dozens of hungry chickens onto the field - 75 white, one black. The significance of the black chicken was to symbolize how Marshall was the only owner in the league who would not recruit an African-American football player; Marshall stating, "We'll start signing Negroes when the Harlem Globetrotters
Harlem Globetrotters
The Harlem Globetrotters are an exhibition basketball team that combines athleticism, theater and comedy. The executive offices for the team are currently in downtown Phoenix, Arizona; the team is owned by Shamrock Holdings, which oversees the various investments of the Roy E. Disney family.Over...
start signing whites."
The chickens fit into two large crates, which were smuggled into the stadium the morning of the game. The chickens and the smugglers went unspotted until halftime, when a stadium usher noticed a man guarding the crates and heard the chickens. Though the guard tried to bribe the official with $100 dollars, he was quickly reported and arrested, and the chickens confiscated. As it turned out, the "official" was actually Redskins general manager Dick McCann.
The following year and the night before the third Redskins-Cowboys match-up in less than a year, pranksters sneaked into Marshall's hotel suite and dropped off a large turkey in the bathroom. When Marshall went into the bathroom, the turkey puffed up and gobbled at him, causing Marshall to flee his room. "Chickens are nice", Marshall said, "but a man shouldn't fool with a mad turkey."
Just minutes before kickoff, while "Hail to the Redskins
Hail to the Redskins
Hail to the Redskins is the fight song for the Washington Redskins. It was written sometime between 1937 and 1938 and was performed for the first time as the Official Redskins Fight Song on August 17, 1938...
" blared throughout the stadiums, four banners reading "CHICKENS" - one at each 50-yard line and one in each end zone center - were unfurled in the stadium's upper decks. Two acrobats, hired by Cowboys fans and Chicken Club founders Bob Thompson and Irv Davidson (along with the University of Maryland
University of Maryland, College Park
The University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C...
students with the banners) rushed onto the field dressed in chicken costumes and began to throw colored eggs. One was apprehended by a guard, but the other proved to be too elusive. By this time, the band was playing the National Anthem, therefore unable to move. The lone chicken-acrobat reached into this bag and released a chicken, then returned to his egg-throwing. Running to a sideline, he then attempted to leave the stadium by jumping over a bench, but slipped.
A group of security guards then apprehended him, but he was able to break free. He made it back to the 50-yard line, turned a cartwheel, then ran and flopped onto the 30-yard line. By this time, only aware that the National Anthem was over, the two teams rushed onto the field in the middle of the chaos. In the midst of the ruckus, the man made it off the field and into the stands. Although the real chicken was caught, the acrobat-chicken was never apprehended.
The next day, while reporting the 38-10 Cowboys victory, the Dallas News scoring summary ended with, Attendance-49,888 (and one chicken).
1965 – 1967
From 19651965 NFL season
The 1965 NFL season was the 46th regular season of the National Football League.Because the Green Bay Packers and Baltimore Colts ended up tied in the Western Conference standings after the regular season ended, a conference playoff game was held in Green Bay. Although the Packers had defeated the...
through 1967
1967 NFL season
The 1967 NFL season was the 48th regular season of the National Football League. The league expanded to 16 teams with the addition of the New Orleans Saints. The league's teams were realigned into four divisions: the Capitol and Century Divisions in the Eastern Conference, and the Central and...
, the Redskins and Cowboys, led by Sonny Jurgensen
Sonny Jurgensen
Christian Adolph "Sonny" Jurgensen III is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1983....
and Don Meredith
Don Meredith
Joseph Don "Dandy Don" Meredith was an American football quarterback, sports commentator and actor. He spent all nine seasons of his professional playing career with the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League . He was named to the Pro Bowl in each of his last three years as a player...
respectively, played four games against each other that produced a combined total of 222 points with only ten points of overall difference between the two teams.
November 28, 1965, DC Stadium: The Cowboys quickly took a 21-0 lead on a pass play, a running play and a 60-yard fumble
Fumble
A fumble in American and Canadian football occurs when a player, who has possession and control of the ball loses it before being downed or scoring. By rule, it is any act other than passing, kicking or successful handing that results in loss of player possession...
recovery. Despite Jurgensen's 26-yard touchdown pass to Charley Taylor
Charley Taylor
Charles Robert Taylor is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. Taylor was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1984....
, the fans in the stands called for him to be benched in favor of second string quarterback Dick Shiner
Dick Shiner
Richard Earl "Dick" Shiner is a former professional American football quarterback who played in eleven National Football League seasons from 1964-1974 for six different teams. He played college football at the University of Maryland...
. However, Jurgensen then drove the Redskins down field for a second touchdown to cut the Cowboys lead to 24-13. They then scored a rushing touchdown to make it 24-20. But just when the Redskins were gaining momentum, Meredith tossed a 53-yard scoring touch to Frank Clarke
Franklin Clarke
Franklin Clarke is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Cleveland Browns and Dallas Cowboys.He was named after Franklin D...
. Jurgensen was then able to throw another touchdown pass to Bobby Mitchell
Bobby Mitchell
Robert Cornelius Mitchell is a former American football halfback and flanker in the National Football League for the Cleveland Browns and the Washington Redskins. Mitchell was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1983.-Early life:Mitchell was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas and attended...
to make it 31-27. The Redskins got the ball back on their 20-yard line with less than two minutes to go. After working his way down the field, Jurgensen passed to tight end
Tight end
The tight end is a position in American football on the offense. The tight end is often seen as a hybrid position with the characteristics and roles of both an offensive lineman and a wide receiver. Like offensive linemen, they are usually lined up on the offensive line and are large enough to be...
Angelo Coia
Angelo Coia
Angelo Anthony Coia is a former American football end in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears, the Washington Redskins, and the Atlanta Falcons. He played college football at the University of Southern California and the Citadel and was drafted in the 20th round of the 1960 NFL Draft....
to give the Redskins their first lead, 34-31, with about one minute to play. But Meredith was not done either. He drove the Cowboys to the Redskins 37-yard line with seven seconds to go. Danny Villanueva
Danny Villanueva
Daniel Dario Villanueva is a former American football placekicker and punter in the National Football League for the Los Angeles Rams and the Dallas Cowboys. Villanueva, who was of Mexican American descent, played college football at New Mexico State University....
was then brought in and attempted a tying field goal, but it was blocked by Redskins defensive back Lonnie Sanders
Lonnie Sanders
Lonnie J. Sanders, Jr. is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and the St. Louis Cardinals. He played college football at Michigan State University and was drafted in the second round of the 1962 NFL Draft...
. Final: Redskins, 34 – Cowboys, 31
November 13, 1966, DC Stadium: In the second quarter with the score 7-6 Dallas, Meredith threw a 52-yard touchdown to Bob Hayes
Bob Hayes
Robert Lee "Bullet Bob" Hayes was an Olympic sprinter turned American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys. An American track and field athlete, he was a two-sport stand-out in college in both track and football at Florida A&M University...
, followed in the third quarter with a 95-yard repeat, making the score 21-7. Then Washington scored three consecutive times with Jurgensen's 4-yard pass to Jerry Smith and 78-yard pass to Charley Taylor, followed by a Charlie Gogolak
Charlie Gogolak
Charles Paul Gogolak is a retired American football placekicker....
field goal, giving them the lead, 23-21. Meredith then drove the Cowboys down field to set up a one-yard touchdown run by Dan Reeves
Dan Reeves
Daniel Edward Reeves is a former American football player and head coach. He has participated in more Super Bowls as player/assistant coach/Head Coach than anyone else...
. But the Redskins matched their score on a drive ending with Jurgensen's 18-yard scoring pass to Taylor, making it 30-28. Meredith got the ball back with no timeouts and the Redskins playing deep prevent. Somehow, he was able to drive them to the Redskins 33. The Redskins mounted a strong pass rush to push the Cowboys out of field goal range. But apparently it was too strong. Meredith was hit just as he scrambled out of bounds. The penalty put the Cowboys on the Redskins 12 for an easy Villanueva field goal. Final: Cowboys, 31 – Redskins, 30
December 11, 1966, The Cotton Bowl: The Redskins took a 10-7 lead at the half after linebacker John Reger
John Reger
John George Reger is a former American football linebacker. He played in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Washington Redskins, and participated in three Pro Bowls during his 12 year career. Reger played college football at the University of Pittsburgh.-References:...
recovered a block punt and ran it in for a score. But Danny Villanueva then kicked a tying 26-yard field goal for the Cowboys and Bob Hays caught a 23-yard pass for the 17-10 lead. The Redskins tied it up on Bobby Mitchell's 11-yard reception from Jurgensen. The Cowboys regained the lead when Dan Reeves broke for a 67-yard touchdown run, making it 24-17. But, the Redskins then drove the field and scored on Jurgensen's 11-yard pass to Jerry Smith, only to have the Cowboys regain the lead with a six-yard touchdown run by Don Perkins
Don Perkins
Donald Anthony Perkins is a former American football halfback who spent eight seasons with the NFL's Dallas Cowboys.-Early years:...
, making it 31-24. Jurgensen was then able to hit Charlie Taylor with a 65-yard touchdown pass that Taylor caught between two defenders, tying the game. After good defense, the Redskins got the ball back with two minutes to go. Starting at their 46 yard line, Redskins running back A. D. Whitfield
A. D. Whitfield
A. D. Whitfield, Jr. is a former American football running back in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys and the Washington Redskins. He played college football at the University of North Texas....
ran right for a 30 yard gain that set up Charlie Gogolak's winning field goal. Final: Redskins, 34 –Cowboys, 31
October 8, 1967, DC Stadium: The Redskins led 14-10 with 70 seconds to go in the fourth quarter. The Cowboys took possession on their 29-yard line. On fourth down with 23 seconds remaining, Meredith hit an open Dan Reeves who beat out linebacker
Linebacker
A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...
Chris Hanburger
Chris Hanburger
Christian G. Hanburger, Jr. is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League who played his entire fourteen year career with the Washington Redskins from 1965 to 1978...
to score, making it 17-14. After the kick-off with seven seconds to go, Jurgensen pitched a long pass to Charley Taylor, but he was tackled at the Cowboys 20-yard line as time ran out. Final: Cowboys, 17 – Redskins, 14
Washington would win the rematch in Dallas that season, 27-20, but the Cowboys closed out the decade with four straight wins over the Redskins. In the late 60's the Redskins hired Vince Lombardi
Vince Lombardi
Vincent Thomas "Vince" Lombardi was an American football coach. He is best known as the head coach of the Green Bay Packers during the 1960s, where he led the team to three straight league championships and five in seven years, including winning the first two Super Bowls following the 1966 and...
to try to stop ex-Giants
New York Giants
The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
coordinator Tom Landry
Tom Landry
Thomas Wade "Tom" Landry was an American football player and coach. He is ranked as one of the greatest and most innovative coaches in National Football League history, creating many new formations and methods...
. Lombardi's 7-5-2 record with the Redskins was the team's first winning season in 14 years, but he was still swept by the Cowboys. Lombardi's untimely death in 1970 froze Redskins development for two seasons.
1972
The rivalry was in full-swing by 1971, when Washington hired George Allen as head coach. During the 1972 season1972 NFL season
The 1972 NFL season was the 53rd regular season of the National Football League. The Miami Dolphins became the first NFL team to finish a championship season undefeated and untied when they beat the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl VII.-Major rule changes:...
, Allen's Redskins met Dallas three times en route to a date with the Miami Dolphins
Miami Dolphins
The Miami Dolphins are a Professional football team based in the Miami metropolitan area in Florida. The team is part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
in Super Bowl VII
Super Bowl VII
Super Bowl VII was an American football game played on January 14, 1973, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California, to decide the National Football League champion following the 1972 regular season...
. This is how the season progressed.
After a losing season in 1970, the Redskins' hired George Allen from the Los Angeles Rams
St. Louis Rams
The St. Louis Rams are a professional American football team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are currently members of the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Rams have won three NFL Championships .The Rams began playing in 1936 in Cleveland,...
. As the 1972 football season approached, preseason predictors were touting the Cowboys, who had defeated the Dolphins, 24-3 in the previous Super Bowl
Super Bowl
The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League , the highest level of professional American football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather...
, to again win the NFC East.
The sixth game of the season brought the Cowboys to Washington D.C. Both teams came into the game with a 4-1-0 record. Sonny Jurgensen
Sonny Jurgensen
Christian Adolph "Sonny" Jurgensen III is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1983....
was Washington's starting quarterback, with Billy Kilmer
Billy Kilmer
William Orland Kilmer, Jr. was an American football quarterback in the National Football League for the San Francisco 49ers, the New Orleans Saints and the Washington Redskins...
benched after a previous loss. Craig Morton
Craig Morton
Larry Craig Morton is a former professional football player. He played quarterback in the National Football League for 18 seasons, 1965-82...
was the Cowboys' quarterback while the injured Roger Staubach
Roger Staubach
Roger Thomas Staubach is a businessman, Heisman Trophy winner and legendary Hall of Fame former quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys from 1969 until 1979. Staubach was instrumental in developing the Cowboys into becoming one of the best teams of the 1970s and led the team to nine of the Cowboys'...
watched from the sideline. Despite Washington's home-field advantage, the Cowboys were favored by a touchdown.
A field goal and a Morton touchdown pass gave Dallas a 10-0 lead at the end of the first quarter, which was extended to 13-0 in the second period. Jurgensen led a Washington drive that climaxed with a pass to Larry Brown
Larry Brown (running back)
Lawrence "Larry" Brown, Jr. is a former professional American football player in the National Football League who played running back for the Washington Redskins from 1969 to 1976....
for a touchdown, but at the half the Redskins trailed by six points. Another seven points were added to the lead in the third quarter when Walt Garrison
Walt Garrison
Walter Benton Garrison is a former American football fullback in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys...
scored a touchdown. But then, Larry Brown broke a run for 34 yards and a touchdown to bring the score to 20-14. Curt Knight
Curt Knight
Luther Curtis Knight, Jr. is a former American football placekicker for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League. He played college football at the University of Texas. He is the only kicker in NFL history to have attempted more than one fair-catch kick....
kicked a 42-yard field goal to make it 20-17. Charley Harraway ran for 13 yards to make the score 24-20, Redskins on top. During this offensive scoring period, the Over-the-Hill Gang
The Over-the-Hill Gang (American football)
The Over-the-Hill Gang was the George Allen-coached Washington Redskins team of the early 1970s, so named due to the large number of veteran players on the team. Many of those players also played for Allen when he coached the Los Angeles Rams from 1966-1970....
defense shut down the Cowboys. At the end, Washington had defeated the Cowboys and was in possession of first place in the NFC East.
Now with two games remaining, Washington was 11-1 and had clinched the NFC East title. An ensuing loss to the Cowboys (34-24) was meaningless. It was the first time since the NFL went to a divisional format in 1967 that the Cowboys had not won their division.
The playoffs in 1972 pitted Washington against the Green Bay Packers
Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...
. The final score was Washington 16, Green Bay 3. The victory sent the Redskins to the NFC Championship Game against the Cowboys who entered the playoffs as a wild-card entry. The Cowboys, who had been runner-up to the Redskins in the regular season defeated the NFC West champions, the San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...
, 30-28.
The game was played in Washington. Staubach was back for the Cowboys, and Dallas fans were thrilled to have him. But Billy Kilmer for the Redskins was the better quarterback that day. After a field goal got the scoring started, Kilmer connected with Charley Taylor
Charley Taylor
Charles Robert Taylor is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. Taylor was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1984....
on a 15-yard touchdown pass and Washington had a 10-3 lead at halftime. In the fourth quarter, Kilmer again went to Taylor, this time for a 45-yard touchdown. Knight added three more field goals that period and the Over-the-Hill Gang defense allowed only a second-quarter field goal. The final score was Washington 26, Dallas 3.
1973: Redskins 14, Cowboys 7
Roger Staubach had won back the quarterback job after missing most of the 1972 season with a shoulder injury, but Tom Landry pulled him in the third quarter when he missed an important signal and was sacked by the Redskins defense. Dallas led 7-0 when Staubach was replaced by Craig Morton. Late in the fourth quarter, the game was tied 7-7 when Redskins defender Brig OwensBrig Owens
Brigman Owens is a former American football player in the National Football League who played defensive back for the Dallas Cowboys and the Washington Redskins....
picked off Morton's errant pass and raced 26 yards to score a touchdown. The Cowboys threatened in the last seconds to tie the game, but Ken Houston
Ken Houston
Kenneth Ray Houston is a former American football defensive back in the American Football League and National Football League...
tackled Walt Garrison
Walt Garrison
Walter Benton Garrison is a former American football fullback in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys...
on the one-yard line as time ran out, preserving the Redskins win.
1974 Thanksgiving Day Game
On November 28, 1974, the Redskins were 8-3 and ready to secure a playoff berth with a win against the Cowboys (6-5) in a nationally televised game in Dallas. With less than ten minutes to go in the third quarter, Washington was leading 16-3, when Redskins linebacker Dave Robinson knocked Roger StaubachRoger Staubach
Roger Thomas Staubach is a businessman, Heisman Trophy winner and legendary Hall of Fame former quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys from 1969 until 1979. Staubach was instrumental in developing the Cowboys into becoming one of the best teams of the 1970s and led the team to nine of the Cowboys'...
out of the game. Rookie Clint Longley
Clint Longley
Howard Clinton "Clint" Longley, Jr. is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League and Canadian Football League. He played two seasons for the Dallas Cowboys and one for the San Diego Chargers...
led the Cowboys to a last-minute come-from-behind victory, throwing a 50-yard touchdown pass to Drew Pearson
Drew Pearson (American football)
Drew Pearson is a sportscaster and former American football wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League.-Early years:...
with 28 seconds left. The final score was Cowboys 24, Redskins 23.
The Redskins were stunned. "I don't have very much to say," coach George Allen said when it was over. "It was probably the toughest loss we ever had."
1979 season-ending game
December 16, 1979: With the NFC East Division Championship on the line for both teams, Roger StaubachRoger Staubach
Roger Thomas Staubach is a businessman, Heisman Trophy winner and legendary Hall of Fame former quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys from 1969 until 1979. Staubach was instrumental in developing the Cowboys into becoming one of the best teams of the 1970s and led the team to nine of the Cowboys'...
engineered a miraculous fourth-quarter comeback, giving the Cowboys a 35-34 win. In the week leading up to the game, Cowboys’ defensive end Harvey Martin
Harvey Martin
Harvey Banks Martin was an American football defensive end in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys from 1973 until 1983. He started playing football in high school, only because he overheard his father tell his mother that he was ashamed that his son did not play like his friends'...
received a funeral wreath, allegedly sent by the Redskins. He kept it in his locker all week for motivation and after the win, he raced into Washington's locker room, opened the door and heaved it into the room, breaking up a team prayer.
1980s
- Jan. 22, 1983, NFC Championship Game at RFK Stadium, the Redskins defeated the Cowboys to earn a trip to Super Bowl XVII. Prior to the game the stadium physically shook as a capacity crowd of 54,000 chanted "We Want Dallas!" The game is best remembered for the sack by Dexter ManleyDexter ManleyDexter Keith Manley, nicknamed the "Secretary of Defense" is a former American football defensive end in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins, Phoenix Cardinals, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in an eleven-year career from 1981 to 1991. He also played in the Canadian Football...
that sent Cowboys' quarterback Danny White into the locker room shortly before halftime and defensive tackle Daryl Grant's interception of a Gary HogeboomGary HogeboomGary Keith Hogeboom is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League and a contestant on the CBS reality TV show Survivor: Guatemala.-Career:...
pass tipped by Manley to score the decisive points. John Riggins rushed for 140 yards and two touchdowns on 36 carries and the Redskins went on to defeat Miami for their first Super Bowl championship. - Before a sold-out 1983 season opener on Monday Night FootballMonday Night FootballMonday Night Football is a live broadcast of the National Football League on ESPN. From to it aired on ABC. Monday Night Football was, along with Hallmark Hall of Fame, and the Walt Disney anthology television series, one of the longest running prime time commercial network television series...
, the Redskins were leading the visiting Cowboys 23–3. Danny White's second half comeback erased the lead and the Cowboys took an improbable 31–30 victory. - On December 9, 1984, down 21-6 at halftime, the Redskins came back to defeat the Cowboys, 30-28. Coupled with the 34-14 win earlier in the year, the Redskins enjoyed the first sweep of the Cowboys in series history.
- On September 9, 1985, the season opener of Monday Night Football was played at Texas Stadium. The Cowboys defense intercepted Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann five times. Joe Gibbs would pull Theismann from the game in the 4th quarter due to his poor performance. To rub salt in the wound, fans at Texas Stadium began singing "Happy Birthday" to Theismann, as the game did take place on his birthday. The Cowboys would go on to win in a blowout, 44-14.
- 1987-Scab Game: No team in the NFL had more players cross the picket line during the 1987 strike than the Cowboys, who were 2–0 with their "scab" players entering a game with the Redskins on Monday Night Football. Washington had also won their two games during the strike, but without any veterans. For this game the Cowboys had Danny White, Randy White, Tony Dorsett, Ed Jones among other veterans, but were upset by the replacement Redskins players, 13-7, in a game former Washington head coach Joe GibbsJoe GibbsJoe Jackson Gibbs is a former American football coach, NASCAR Championship team owner, and two time NHRA Pro Stock team owner. He was the 20th and 26th head coach in the history of the Washington Redskins...
called "one of my greatest experiences and wins." The Redskins finished 3–0 with the replacements, the strike ending the following week. The Redskins would go on to win Super Bowl XXII later that season. In 2000 Warner Bros.Warner Bros.Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
made a movie loosely based on the 1987 Redskins, The ReplacementsThe Replacements (film)The Replacements is a 2000 American film directed by Howard Deutch. It stars Keanu Reeves, Gene Hackman, Brooke Langton and Orlando Jones.-Plot:...
. - In December of 1988 at RFK stadium, The Cowboys spoiled the playoff hopes for the reigning Super Bowl champion Redskins, 24-17. The upset was led in part to the three touchdown scoring performance of rookie and eventual Pro Football Hall of FamePro Football Hall of FameThe Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame of professional football in the United States with an emphasis on the National Football League . It opened in Canton, Ohio, on September 7, 1963, with 17 charter inductees...
wide receiverWide receiverA wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...
, Michael IrvinMichael IrvinMichael Jerome Irvin is a former American football player for the Dallas Cowboys, and actor. He is also a former broadcaster for ESPN's NFL Countdown and currently an analyst for NFL Network. Irvin was self-nicknamed "The Playmaker" due to his penchant for making big plays in big games during his...
. This game would prove to be the final win for legendary Dallas Cowboys head coach Tom LandryTom LandryThomas Wade "Tom" Landry was an American football player and coach. He is ranked as one of the greatest and most innovative coaches in National Football League history, creating many new formations and methods...
. - The Cowboys lone victory of their woeful 1-15 season in 1989 would come on November 5 against the Redskins at RFK Stadium, 13–3. Ultimately this loss would prevent the 10–6 Redskins from making the playoffs for the second straight year.
1990s
- On November 24, 1991, the 6–5 Cowboys handed the then unbeaten 11–0 Redskins their first defeat and their only defeat at home that season, 24–21. Despite the loss the Redskins would finish 14–2 and go on to the win Super Bowl XXVI. The Cowboys, motivated by the victory, would reel off a six game win streak, finishing 11–5.
- On September 7, 1992, in front a nationally televised Monday night audience, the Cowboys, led by Emmitt Smith's 140 yards rushing, handed the defending Super Bowl champion Redskins an embarrassing 23–10 loss at Texas Stadium in their first game of the season.
- On December 13, 1992, the defending Super Bowl champion Redskins stunned the eventual Super Bowl champion Cowboys 20–17 in Washington thanks to Safety Danny Copeland's fourth quarter recovery of a Troy Aikman fumble in the end zone. This game would prove to be Hall of Fame Head Coach Joe Gibbs' final victory at RFK Stadium.
- On September 6, 1993, in front of a nationally televised Monday night audience, the Redskins gained revenge for their opening week Monday night loss of a year before by defeating the defending Super Bowl champion Cowboys 35–16 at RFK to earn Ritchie Petitbon his first victory in his first game as a head coach.
- On the day after Christmas, 1993, the Cowboys would gain revenge for their opening week loss by defeating the Redskins 38–3 at Texas Stadium. The Cowboys' 35 point margin of victory is the largest margin of victory by either team in the rivalry's history. The Cowboys would eventually close out the season with their second straight Super Bowl championship while the Redskins would finish 4–12, their worst regular season record since 1963.
- On December 22, 1996, the Redskins defeated the Cowboys 37–10 in the final game played at RFK Stadium, the Redskins home for the last 36 years.
- In the first game of the 1999 season, the Redskins opened a 35–14 lead. Then Dallas scored three touchdowns during the final 11 minutes of regulation time. A play-action passPlay action passA play-action pass is a type of American football play. The play action, or "PA" for short, appears to be a running play, but is actually a pass play; in this way, it can be considered the opposite of a draw play. Play-action passes are often used against defenses that are presently focused on...
in overtime to Raghib IsmailRaghib IsmailRaghib Ramadian Ismail is a retired professional American and Canadian football player, who played Wide receiver in both the Canadian Football League and National Football League. He played college football at Notre Dame...
fooled Redskins safety Matt Stevens, and won the game for the visiting Cowboys. This game took place during the middle of a 10 game win streak in the series by the Cowboys, the longest by either team during the tenure of this rivalry.
2000s
- In Week 6 of the 2001 season, the two teams met in a Monday Night FootballMonday Night FootballMonday Night Football is a live broadcast of the National Football League on ESPN. From to it aired on ABC. Monday Night Football was, along with Hallmark Hall of Fame, and the Walt Disney anthology television series, one of the longest running prime time commercial network television series...
matchup. What made that particular game unique was that both teams entered the game 0-4, a MNF first. Dallas won 9-7, and won the rematch as well. - In the 2002 regular season finale, Washington finally ended an 11-game losing streak to the Cowboys, defeating them 20-14. The win allowed Washington to finish 7-9, while Dallas finished 5-11 for the third straight year. Cowboys coach Dave CampoDave CampoDave Campo is an American football coach, a former head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, and currently secondary coach with the Cowboys.-High school years:...
was fired following the 2002 season. - Week 2 of the 2005 season, the Redskins were at Dallas in a game where Emmitt SmithEmmitt SmithEmmitt James Smith, III is a retired American football player who was a running back in the National Football League for fifteen seasons during the 1990s and 2000s. Smith played college football for the University of Florida, where he was an All-American; thereafter, he played professionally for...
, Troy AikmanTroy AikmanTroy Kenneth Aikman is a former American football quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League. The number one overall draft pick in 1989, Aikman played twelve consecutive seasons as quarterback with the Cowboys...
, and Michael Irvin were inducted into the Cowboys' "Ring of Honor" with a pre-game and halftime ceremony. Throughout a poorly played game, Dallas kept the Redskins out of the endzone, and led 13–0 with less than four minutes to go. It was at that point that the Redskins, led by quarterback Mark BrunellMark BrunellMark Allen Brunell is an American football quarterback who currently plays for the New York Jets. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fifth round of the 1993 NFL Draft. He played college football at Washington....
, took the lead thanks to two long touchdown passes to Santana MossSantana MossSantana Terrell Moss is an American football wide receiver for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League. He played college football at the University of Miami.-Early years:...
to win the game. - Week 15 of the 2005 season saw the Redskins' largest margin of victory against the Cowboys in a 35-7 blowout. The Cowboys lone touchdown came in the fourth quarter after Washington was already ahead 35-0. The victory gave Washington its first sweep against Dallas since the 1995 season. Dallas eventually finished 9-7, while Washington won its last two games to secure the final NFC wildcard playoff berth.
- In Week 9 of the 2006 season, during the fourth quarter, the game was tied 19–19 (due in part to a missed two point conversion by the Cowboys). With 31 seconds to go, the Redskins' recently acquired kicker, Nick NovakNick NovakNicholas Ryan "Nick" Novak is an American football placekicker for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League. He was signed by the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent in 2005...
, missed a 49-yard field goal wide right. The Cowboys then worked their way up the field to set up Mike VanderjagtMike VanderjagtMichael John "Mike" Vanderjagt , is a professional American and Canadian football placekicker and punter who has played in the Arena Football League, the Canadian Football League and National Football League...
, the most accurate kicker in NFL history, for a 35-yard field goal with only seconds remaining. However, the kick was blocked by Troy VincentTroy VincentTroy Darnell Vincent is a former Defensive Back for the Miami Dolphins, Philadelphia Eagles, Buffalo Bills and Washington Redskins of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Dolphins with the 7th overall pick in the 1992 NFL Draft. He played college football at Wisconsin.Mr...
, a safety who had been picked up by the Redskins off waivers earlier that week. The ball was scooped up by the Redskins' free safety, Sean TaylorSean TaylorSean Michael Maurice Taylor was an American football free safety who played for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League. Taylor was drafted in the first round of the 2004 NFL Draft by the Redskins...
, who ran it back to the Cowboys' 44-yard line, where the Cowboys' offensive lineman Kyle KosierKyle KosierKyle Blaine Kosier is an American football guard for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League.He was originally selected with the 37th pick of the seventh round of the 2002 NFL Draft out of Arizona State University. He has also played for the Detroit Lions and the San Francisco...
grabbed him by his facemask in an attempt to tackle him. The game would have gone into overtime had it not been for Kosier's defensive penalty, which added fifteen yards to the end of the return (by rule an NFL game cannot end on a defensive penalty). Novak set up for a 47-yard field goal with no time left on the clock. Despite the recent missed field goal, Novak was able to make this field goal to give the Redskins a thrilling victory with no time on the clock. - On November 18, 2007, the Cowboys beat the Redskins 28–23 with Terrell OwensTerrell OwensTerrell Owens is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. A six-time Pro Bowl selection, Owens has been one of the dominant receivers of his era...
gaining 173 yards on eight catches and four touchdowns. In the final game of that same season with the Cowboys already owning the NFC #1 seed, rested several key players due to injury including Owens, and limited Tony RomoTony RomoAntonio Ramiro "Tony" Romo is a professional American football quarterback in the NFL for the Dallas Cowboys. Romo's career passer rating - at 95.8 - ranks third-best all time. Tony Romo didn't play in the regular season in 2003, 2004, or 2005...
to only one series into the second half in order to prevent possible injury before the playoffs. The Redskins held Marion BarberMarion Barber IIIMarion Sylvester Barber III is an American football running back for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the fourth round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football at Minnesota....
to -1 rushing yards and the Cowboys to a collective one yard rushing, while defeating the Cowboys 27–6 at FedEx Field, earning Washington the NFC's final playoff spot. - On September 28, 2008, the Redskins beat the Cowboys 26–24 in the final Redskins/Cowboys game at Texas StadiumTexas StadiumTexas Stadium was a football stadium in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. The stadium opened on September 17, 1971.Built to replace the aging Cotton Bowl, it was the home field of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys, and had a seating capacity of 65,675...
. - On November 16, 2008, the Cowboys returned the favor of the 2005 Week 2 game defeat. Darrell GreenDarrell GreenDarrell Ray Green is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League who played for the Washington Redskins from 1983 to 2002. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest cornerbacks to ever play football...
and Art MonkArt MonkJames Arthur "Art" Monk is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins, New York Jets, and the Philadelphia Eagles...
were honored before the game for their recent induction into the Pro Football Hall of FamePro Football Hall of FameThe Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame of professional football in the United States with an emphasis on the National Football League . It opened in Canton, Ohio, on September 7, 1963, with 17 charter inductees...
. In a game that was highly touted for the return of Tony Romo, the Cowboys defense held the Redskins to ten points while the Cowboys scored 14. - December 27, 2009, the Cowboys shutout the Redskins 17-0. This marked the third time the Cowboys have blanked the Redskins. Washington has never shutout Dallas. 2009 would also be the 15th time the Cowboys have swept the two-game regular season series. Washington has swept the Cowboys only four times.
2010s
- September 12, 2010, the Redskins beat the Cowboys. One of the game's highlights was a Fumble return for a TD for the Redskins as time expired in the first half. Late in the fourth quarter, Tony RomoTony RomoAntonio Ramiro "Tony" Romo is a professional American football quarterback in the NFL for the Dallas Cowboys. Romo's career passer rating - at 95.8 - ranks third-best all time. Tony Romo didn't play in the regular season in 2003, 2004, or 2005...
led the team down the field. With three seconds on the clock and the score 13-7, Romo made a touchdown pass to wide receiverWide receiverA wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...
Roy WilliamsRoy Williams (wide receiver)Roy Eugene Williams, Jr. is an American football wide receiver who is currently a member of the Chicago Bears. He was drafted by the Detroit Lions seventh overall in the 2004 NFL Draft...
that would've at least tied the game, depending on the PAT. However, the touchdown was negated due to a holding call against Alex Barron as time expired, and Washington held on to win. - December 19, 2010, marked the 100th meeting between the two clubs. The Cowboys built a 20-7 lead by halftime. By the end of the third quarter the Cowboys led 30-14. The Redskins started quarterback Rex GrossmanRex GrossmanRex Daniel Grossman, III is an American football quarterback for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League . Grossman played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he has played professionally for the Chicago Bears, Houston Texans and Washington Redskins of...
who filled in for the recently benched Donovan McNabbDonovan McNabbDonovan Jamal McNabb is an American football quarterback who is currently a free agent. He was the Philadelphia Eagles' quarterback from 1999 to 2009 and spent the 2010 season with the Washington Redskins and a portion of the 2011 season with the Minnesota Vikings. In college, McNabb played...
and he brought the Redskins back to an even 30-30 with minutes left to play. Cowboys kicker David BuehlerDavid Buehler-Dallas Cowboys:He was drafted in the 5th round by the Dallas Cowboys in the 2009 NFL Draft, and the first kicker taken. He was the first USC kicker to be drafted since Cole Ford in 1995. He handles the team's kickoffs and missed his only field goal attempt in the Cowboys' opening regular season...
kicked a 39 yard field goal to put Dallas up 33-30 with 50 seconds to play. Rex Grossman then drove the Redskins down the field only to be intercepted by cornerback Terrence Newman to end the game. Dallas' Jason WittenJason WittenChristopher Jason Witten is an American football tight end who plays for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. He played college football at the University of Tennessee....
caught 10 passes for 140 yards and a touchdown, and became only the fourth tight end in NFL history with 600 career catches. He did it the fastest, needing only 125 games. - September 26, 2011, prior to the game, the Redskins gathered in the middle of the field at Cowboys Stadium where several players were seen to be "stomping on the Star." London Fletcher was also overheard proclaiming to his team, “Why are we standing on this star? Cuz this is our house.” While battling through a fractured rib and punctured lung, Tony Romo overcame 4 botched snaps and several receivers running wrong routes to put the Cowboys within scoring position for the final field goal to ultimately win the game.
Rivalry off the Field
- On December 19, 2005, Dallas MavericksDallas MavericksThe Dallas Mavericks are a professional basketball team based in Dallas, Texas. They are members of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association , and the reigning NBA champions, having defeated the Miami Heat in the 2011 NBA Finals.According to a 2011...
guard Darrell ArmstrongDarrell ArmstrongDarrell Eugene Armstrong is a former American professional basketball player, who played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association...
was fined $1,000 for grabbing a microphone before a game against the Minnesota TimberwolvesMinnesota TimberwolvesThe Minnesota Timberwolves are an American professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . Founded in 1989, the team is currently owned by Glen Taylor...
at the American Airlines CenterAmerican Airlines CenterThe American Airlines Center is a multi-purpose arena, located in the Victory Park neighborhood, near downtown Dallas, Texas.It is home to the Dallas Mavericks of the NBA, and the Dallas Stars of the NHL....
and yelling "How 'bout those Redskins!" Only a few hours prior, the Cowboys had been routed by the Redskins 35-7, in the most lopsided loss of Bill ParcellsBill ParcellsDuane Charles "Bill" Parcells is a former American football head coach, most recently with the Dallas Cowboys from 2003 to 2006...
coaching career. Armstrong was raised in North Carolina as a Redskins fan. - Dallas coach Tom LandryTom LandryThomas Wade "Tom" Landry was an American football player and coach. He is ranked as one of the greatest and most innovative coaches in National Football League history, creating many new formations and methods...
starred in a 1980s American ExpressAmerican ExpressAmerican Express Company or AmEx, is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered in Three World Financial Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. Founded in 1850, it is one of the 30 components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The company is best...
TV commercial in which he made the statement, "You never know when you'll be surrounded by Redskins". Several large men dressed in Washington uniforms encircled Landry, who addressed them with, "Howdy!" After the credit card sales pitch was read, the ad returned to that scene, and Landry quickly elbowed his way out of the circle. - After Tom LandryTom LandryThomas Wade "Tom" Landry was an American football player and coach. He is ranked as one of the greatest and most innovative coaches in National Football League history, creating many new formations and methods...
was fired as Cowboys coach by new owner Jerry Jones in 1989, Landry starred in another TV commercial for Quality Hotels, in which he states that he feels so great being out of football that he might take up a new career. Landry then pulls out a guitar and sings the Waylon Jennings/Willie Nelson classic, "Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be," and after a pause, sings, "Redskins!" At the end of the commercial, Landry says, "You didn't think I would say 'Cowboys', did ya?"
Rivalry statistics
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"|-
!
!Cowboys wins
!Ties
!Redskins wins
!Cowboys points
!Redskins points
|-
|Regular season
|62
|2
|38
|2,298
|1,897
|-
|Postseason
|0
|
|2
|20
|57
|-
!Totals
!62
!2
!40
!2,318
!1,954
|-
|}
Updated September 27, 2011.
Game results
The following is a list of results from all of the meetings between the Cowboys and Redskins from their first meeting on October 9, 1960, to the most recent game on September 26, 2011.{| class="wikitable"
|bgcolor="#CCFFFF"|Post season meeting
NFL playoffs
The National Football League playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held at the end of the regular season to determine the NFL champion. Six teams from each of the league's two conferences qualify for the playoffs based on regular season records, and a tie-breaking procedure exists in the...
|bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|Tied game
|bgcolor="#FFE6BD"|Overtime result
Overtime (sports)
Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw. In most sports, this extra period is only played if the game is required to have a clear winner, as in single-elimination...
|}
1960s (Cowboys 10-7-2)
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"|-
!Year
!Date
!Winner
!Result
!Loser
!Location
|-
|1960
1960 NFL season
The 1960 NFL season was the 41st regular season of the National Football League. Before the season, Pete Rozelle was elected NFL commissioner as a compromise choice on the twenty-third ballot. Meanwhile, the league expanded to 13 teams with the addition of the Dallas Cowboys. Also, the Cardinals...
|October 9
|Washington Redskins
|align="center"|26-14
|Dallas Cowboys
|Griffith Stadium
Griffith Stadium
Griffith Stadium was a sports stadium that stood in Washington, D.C. from 1911 to 1965, between Georgia Avenue and 5th Street, and between W Street and Florida Avenue, NW. An earlier wooden baseball park had been built on the same site in 1891...
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1961
1961 NFL season
The 1961 NFL season was the 42nd regular season of the National Football League. The league expanded to 14 teams with the addition of the Minnesota Vikings, after the team's owners declined to be charter members of the new American Football League. The schedule was also expanded from 12 games per...
|bgcolor="FFCCCC"|November 19
|bgcolor="FFCCCC"|TIE
|align=center bgcolor="FFCCCC"|28-28
|bgcolor="FFCCCC"|TIE
|bgcolor="FFCCCC"|Cotton Bowl
Cotton Bowl (stadium)
The Cotton Bowl is a stadium which opened in 1929 and became known as "The House That Doak Built" due to the immense crowds that former SMU running back Doak Walker drew to the stadium during his college career in the late 1940s. Originally known as Fair Park Stadium, it is located in Fair Park,...
|-
|December 17
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|34-24
|Dallas Cowboys
|D.C. Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1962
1962 NFL season
The 1962 NFL season was the 43rd regular season of the National Football League. Before the season, CBS signed a contract with the league to televise all regular-season games for a $4.65 million annual fee....
|bgcolor="FFCCCC"|September 16
|bgcolor="FFCCCC"|TIE
|align=center bgcolor="FFCCCC"|35-35
|bgcolor="FFCCCC"|TIE
|bgcolor="FFCCCC"|Cotton Bowl
|-
|November 10
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|38-10
|Washington Redskins
|D.C. Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1963
1963 NFL season
The 1963 NFL season was the 44th regular season of the National Football League. On April 17, NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle indefinitely suspended Green Bay Packers running back Paul Hornung and Detroit Lions defensive tackle Alex Karras for gambling on their own teams, as well as other NFL games;...
|September 29
|Washington Redskins
|align=center |21-17
|Dallas Cowboys
|D.C. Stadium
|-
|November 3
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|35-20
|Washington Redskins
|Cotton Bowl
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1964
1964 NFL season
The 1964 NFL season was the 45th regular season of the National Football League. Before the season started, NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle reinstated Green Bay Packers running back Paul Hornung and Detroit Lions defensive tackle Alex Karras, who had been suspended for the 1963 season due to...
|September 20
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center |24-18
|Washington Redskins
|Cotton Bowl
|-
|November 22
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|28-16
|Dallas Cowboys
|D.C. Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1965
1965 NFL season
The 1965 NFL season was the 46th regular season of the National Football League.Because the Green Bay Packers and Baltimore Colts ended up tied in the Western Conference standings after the regular season ended, a conference playoff game was held in Green Bay. Although the Packers had defeated the...
|September 26
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center |27-7
|Washington Redskins
|Cotton Bowl
|-
|November 28
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|34-31
|Dallas Cowboys
|D.C. Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1966
1966 NFL season
The 1966 NFL season was the 47th regular season of the National Football League, and the season after which was played Super Bowl I, though it was called the AFL-NFL World Championship Game. The league expanded to 15 teams with the addition of the Atlanta Falcons, thus an odd number of teams...
|November 13
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center |31-30
|Washington Redskins
|D.C. Stadium
|-
|December 11
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|34-31
|Dallas Cowboys
|Cotton Bowl
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1967
1967 NFL season
The 1967 NFL season was the 48th regular season of the National Football League. The league expanded to 16 teams with the addition of the New Orleans Saints. The league's teams were realigned into four divisions: the Capitol and Century Divisions in the Eastern Conference, and the Central and...
|October 8
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center |17-14
|Washington Redskins
|D.C. Stadium
|-
|November 19
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|27-20
|Dallas Cowboys
|Cotton Bowl
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1968
1968 NFL season
The 1968 NFL season was the 49th regular season of the National Football League. As per the agreement made during the 1967 realignment, the New Orleans Saints and the New York Giants switched divisions; the Saints joined the Century Division while the Giants became part of the Capitol Division.The...
|November 17
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center |44-24
|Washington Redskins
|D.C. Stadium
|-
|November 28
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center |29-20
|Washington Redskins
|Cotton Bowl
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1969
1969 NFL season
The 1969 NFL season was the 50th regular season of the National Football League, and the last one before the AFL-NFL Merger. To honor the NFL's 50th season, a special anniversary logo was designed and each player wore a patch on their jerseys with this logo throughout the season.As per the...
|November 16
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center |41-28
|Washington Redskins
|RFK Stadium
|-
|December 21
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|20-10
|Washington Redskins
|Cotton Bowl
|-
|}
1970s (Cowboys 12-9)
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"|-
!Year
!Date
!Winner
!Result
!Loser
!Location
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1970
1970 NFL season
The 1970 NFL season was the 51st regular season of the National Football League, and the first one after the AFL-NFL Merger.The merger forced a realignment between the combined league's clubs. Because there were 16 NFL teams and 10 AFL teams, three teams needed to transfer to balance the two new...
|November 22
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|45-20
|Washington Redskins
|RFK Stadium
|-
|December 6
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|34-3
|Washington Redskins
|Cotton Bowl
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1971
1971 NFL season
The 1971 NFL season was the 52nd regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl VI when the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Miami Dolphins...
|October 3
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|20-16
|Dallas Cowboys
|Cotton Bowl
|-
|November 21
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|13-0
|Washington Redskins
|RFK Stadium
|-
|rowspan="3" | 1972
1972 NFL season
The 1972 NFL season was the 53rd regular season of the National Football League. The Miami Dolphins became the first NFL team to finish a championship season undefeated and untied when they beat the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl VII.-Major rule changes:...
|October 22
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|24-20
|Dallas Cowboys
|RFK Stadium
|-
|December 9
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|34-24
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
Texas Stadium
Texas Stadium was a football stadium in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. The stadium opened on September 17, 1971.Built to replace the aging Cotton Bowl, it was the home field of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys, and had a seating capacity of 65,675...
|-bgcolor="#CCFFFF"
|December 31
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|26-3
|Dallas Cowboys
|RFK Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1973
1973 NFL season
The 1973 NFL season was the 54th regular season of the National Football League. The season featured O.J. Simpson becoming the first man to rush for 2,000 yards in one season...
|October 8
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|14-7
|Dallas Cowboys
|RFK Stadium
|-
|December 9
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|27-7
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1974
1974 NFL season
The 1974 NFL season was the 55th regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl IX when the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Minnesota Vikings...
|November 17
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|28-21
|Dallas Cowboys
|RFK Stadium
|-
|November 28
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|24-23
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1975
1975 NFL season
The 1975 NFL season was the 56th regular season of the National Football League. It was also the first time that featured an entire season with no games ending in a tie. The league made two significant changes to increase the appeal of the game:...
|bgcolor="#FFE6BD"|November 2
|bgcolor="#FFE6BD"|Washington Redskins
|align=center bgcolor="#FFE6BD"|30-24 (OT)
|bgcolor="#FFE6BD"|Dallas Cowboys
|bgcolor="#FFE6BD"|RFK Stadium
|-
|December 13
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|31-10
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1976
1976 NFL season
The 1976 NFL season was the 57th regular season of the National Football League. The league expanded to 28 teams with the addition of the Seattle Seahawks and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers...
|October 31
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|20-7
|Washington Redskins
|RFK Stadium
|-
|December 12
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|27-14
|Dallas Cowboys
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1977
1977 NFL season
The 1977 NFL season was the 58th regular season of the National Football League. The Seattle Seahawks were placed in the AFC West while the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were slotted in the NFC Central....
|October 16
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|34-16
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|November 27
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|14-7
|Washington Redskins
|RFK Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1978
1978 NFL season
The 1978 NFL season was the 59th regular season of the National Football League. The league expanded the regular season from a 14-game schedule to 16. Furthermore, the playoff format was expanded from 8 teams to 10 teams by adding another wild card from each conference...
|October 2
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|9-5
|Dallas Cowboys
|RFK Stadium
|-
|November 23
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|37-10
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1979
1979 NFL season
The 1979 NFL season was the 60th regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XIV when the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Los Angeles Rams...
|November 18
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|34-20
|Dallas Cowboys
|RFK Stadium
|-
|December 16
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|35-34
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|}
1980s (Cowboys 11-9)
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"|-
!Year
!Date
!Winner
!Result
!Loser
!Location
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1980
1980 NFL season
The 1980 NFL season was the 61st regular season of the National Football League.After the league declined to approve the proposed move by the Raiders from Oakland, California to Los Angeles, the team along with the Los Angeles Coliseum sued the NFL for violating antitrust laws...
|September 8
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|17-3
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|November 27
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|14-10
|Washington Redskins
|RFK Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1981
1981 NFL season
The 1981 NFL season was the 62nd regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XVI when the San Francisco 49ers defeated the Cincinnati Bengals.-Major rule changes:...
|September 6
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|26-10
|Washington Redskins
|RFK Stadium
|-
|November 22
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|24-10
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|1982
1982 NFL season
The 1982 NFL season was the 63rd regular season of the National Football League. A 57-day long players' strike reduced the 1982 season from a 16-game schedule per team to an abbreviated nine game schedule...
|December 5
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|24-10
|Washington Redskins
|RFK Stadium
|-
|rowspan="3" | 1983
1983 NFL season
The 1983 NFL season was the 64th regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XVIII when the Los Angeles Raiders defeated the Washington Redskins.-Major rule changes:...
|bgcolor="#CCFFFF"|January 22
|bgcolor="#CCFFFF"|Washington Redskins
|align=center bgcolor="#CCFFFF"|31-17
|bgcolor="#CCFFFF"|Dallas Cowboys
|bgcolor="#CCFFFF"|RFK Stadium
|-
|September 5
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|31-30
|Washington Redskins
|RFK Stadium
|-
|December 11
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|31-10
|Dallas Cowboys
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1984
1984 NFL season
The 1984 NFL season was the 65th regular season of the National Football League. The Colts relocated from Baltimore, Maryland to Indianapolis, Indiana....
|October 14
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|34-14
|Dallas Cowboys
|RFK Stadium
|-
|December 9
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|30-28
|Dallas Cowboys
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1985
1985 NFL season
The 1985 NFL season was the 66th regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XX when the Chicago Bears defeated the New England Patriots.-Major rule changes:...
|September 9
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|44-14
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|November 10
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|13-7
|Washington Redskins
|RFK Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1986
1986 NFL season
The 1986 NFL season was the 67th regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XXI when the New York Giants defeated the Denver Broncos to win their first league title in 30 years.-Major rule changes:...
|October 12
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|30-6
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|November 23
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|41-14
|Dallas Cowboys
|RFK Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1987
1987 NFL season
The 1987 NFL season was the 68th regular season of the National Football League. A 24-day players' strike reduced the 16-game season to 15. The games that were scheduled for the third week of the season were canceled, but the games for weeks 4–6 were played with replacement players...
|October 19
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|13-7
|Dallas Cowboys
|Texas Stadium
|-
|December 13
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|24-20
|Dallas Cowboys
|RFK Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1988
1988 NFL season
The 1988 NFL season was the 69th regular season of the National Football League. The Cardinals relocated from St. Louis, Missouri to the Phoenix, Arizona area becoming the Phoenix Cardinals but remained in the NFC East division....
|October 9
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|35-17
|Dallas Cowboys
|Texas Stadium
|-
|December 11
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|24-17
|Washington Redskins
|RFK Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1989
1989 NFL season
The 1989 NFL season was the 70th regular season of the National Football League. Before the season, NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle announced his retirement...
|September 24
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|30-7
|Dallas Cowboys
|Texas Stadium
|-
|November 5
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|13-3
|Washington Redskins
|RFK Stadium
|-
|}
1990s (Cowboys 12-8)
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"|-
!Year
!Date
!Winner
!Result
!Loser
!Location
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1990
1990 NFL season
The 1990 NFL season was the 71st regular season of the National Football League. To increase revenue, the league changed the regular season so that all NFL teams would play their 16-game schedule over a 17-week period...
|September 23
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|19-15
|Dallas Cowboys
|RFK Stadium
|-
|November 22
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|27-17
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1991
1991 NFL season
The 1991 NFL season was the 72nd regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XXVI when the Washington Redskins defeated the Buffalo Bills....
|September 9
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|33-31
|Dallas Cowboys
|Texas Stadium
|-
|November 24
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|24-21
|Washington Redskins
|RFK Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1992
1992 NFL season
The 1992 NFL season was the 73rd regular season of the National Football League.Due to the damage caused by Hurricane Andrew, the New England Patriots–Miami Dolphins game that was scheduled for September 6 at Joe Robbie Stadium was rescheduled to October 18. Both teams originally had that...
|September 7
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|23-10
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|December 13
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|20-17
|Dallas Cowboys
|RFK Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1993
1993 NFL season
The 1993 NFL season was the 74th regular season of the National Football League. For the first time in league history, all NFL teams played their 16-game schedule over a span of 18 weeks. After the success of expanding the regular season to a period of 17 weeks in 1990, the league hoped this new...
|September 6
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|35-16
|Dallas Cowboys
|RFK Stadium
|-
|December 26
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|38-3
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1994
1994 NFL season
The 1994 NFL season was the 75th regular season of the National Football League. To honor the NFL's 75th season, a special anniversary logo was designed and each player wore a patch on their jerseys with this logo throughout the season...
|October 2
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|34-7
|Washington Redskins
|RFK Stadium
|-
|November 20
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|31-7
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1995
1995 NFL season
The 1995 NFL season was the 76th regular season of the National Football League. The league expanded to 30 teams with the addition of the Carolina Panthers and the Jacksonville Jaguars...
|October 1
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|27-23
|Dallas Cowboys
|RFK Stadium
|-
|December 3
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|24-17
|Dallas Cowboys
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1996
1996 NFL season
The 1996 NFL season was the 77th regular season of the National Football League and the season was marked by notable controversies from beginning to end...
|November 28
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|21-10
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|December 22
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|37-10
|Dallas Cowboys
|RFK Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1997
1997 NFL season
The 1997 NFL season was the 78th regular season of the National Football League. The Oilers relocated from Houston, Texas to Nashville, Tennessee...
|October 13
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|21-16
|Dallas Cowboys
|Jack Kent Cooke Stadium
FedExField
FedExField is a football stadium located in an unincorporated area near the Capital Beltway in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, near the site of the old Capital Centre . FedExField is the home of the Washington Redskins football team...
|-
|November 16
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|17-14
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1998
1998 NFL season
The 1998 NFL season was the 79th regular season of the National Football League.The Tennessee Oilers moved their home games from Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis to Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville, still awaiting construction on a new stadium in Nashville.This was the first season that CBS...
|October 4
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|31-10
|Washington Redskins
|Jack Kent Cooke Stadium
|-
|December 27
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|23-7
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1999
1999 NFL season
The 1999 NFL season was the 80th regular season of the National Football League. The Cleveland Browns returned to the field for the first time since the 1995 season...
|bgcolor="#FFE6BD"|September 12
|bgcolor="#FFE6BD"|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center bgcolor="#FFE6BD"|41-35 (OT)
|bgcolor="#FFE6BD"|Washington Redskins
|bgcolor="#FFE6BD"|Jack Kent Cooke Stadium
|-
|October 24
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|38-20
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|}
2000s (Cowboys 14-6)
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"|-
!Year
!Date
!Winner
!Result
!Loser
!Location
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2000
2000 NFL season
The 2000 NFL season was the 81st regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XXXV when the Baltimore Ravens defeated the New York Giants.Week 1 of the season reverted to Labor Day weekend in 2000...
|September 18
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|27-21
|Washington Redskins
|FedExField
FedExField
FedExField is a football stadium located in an unincorporated area near the Capital Beltway in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, near the site of the old Capital Centre . FedExField is the home of the Washington Redskins football team...
|-
|December 10
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|32-13
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2001
2001 NFL season
The 2001 NFL season was the 82nd regular season of the National Football League.Following a pattern set in 1999, the first week of the season was permanently moved to the weekend following Labor Day...
|October 15
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|9-7
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|December 2
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|20-14
|Washington Redskins
|FedExField
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2002
2002 NFL season
The 2002 NFL season was the 83rd regular season of the National Football League.The league went back to an even number of teams, expanding to 32 teams with the addition of the Houston Texans. The clubs were then realigned into eight divisions, four teams in each...
|November 28
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|27-20
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|December 29
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|20-14
|Dallas Cowboys
|FedExField
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2003
2003 NFL season
-Milestones:The following teams and players set all-time NFL records during the season:-Team:-Individual:-Awards:-External Links:**-References:*NFL Record and Fact Book *...
|November 2
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|21-14
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|December 14
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|27-0
|Washington Redskins
|FedExField
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2004
2004 NFL season
The 2004 NFL season was the 85th regular season of the National Football League.With the New England Patriots as the defending league champions, regular season play was held from September 9, 2004 to January 2, 2005...
|September 27
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|21-18
|Washington Redskins
|FedExField
|-
|December 26
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|13-10
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2005
2005 NFL season
The 2005 NFL season was the 86th regular season of the National Football League.With the New England Patriots as the defending league champions, regular season play was held from September 8, 2005 to January 1, 2006...
|September 19
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|14-13
|Dallas Cowboys
|Texas Stadium
|-
|December 18
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|35-7
|Dallas Cowboys
|FedExField
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2006
2006 NFL season
The 2006 NFL season was the 87th regular season of the National Football League.Regular season play was held from September 7 to December 31, 2006...
|September 17
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|27-10
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|November 5
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|22-19
|Dallas Cowboys
|FedExField
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2007
2007 NFL season
The 2007 NFL season was the 88th regular season of the National Football League.Regular-season play was held from September 6 to December 30....
|November 18
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|28-23
|Washington Redskins
|Texas Stadium
|-
|December 30
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|27-6
|Dallas Cowboys
|FedExField
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2008
2008 NFL season
The 2008 NFL season was the 89th regular season of the National Football League, themed with the slogan "Believe in Now."Super Bowl XLIII, the league's championship game, was at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida on February 1, 2009, with the Pittsburgh Steelers coming out victorious over the...
|September 28
|Washington Redskins
|align=center|26-24
|Dallas Cowboys
|Texas Stadium
|-
|November 16
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|14-10
|Washington Redskins
|FedExField
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2009
2009 NFL season
The 2009 NFL season was the 90th regular season of the National Football League.The preseason started with the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game on August 9, 2009, and the regular season began September 10. The season ended with Super Bowl XLIV, the league's championship game, on February 7, 2010 at...
|November 22
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|7-6
|Washington Redskins
|Cowboys Stadium
|-
|December 27
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center|17-0
|Washington Redskins
|FedExField
|}
2010s (Cowboys 3-1)
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"|-
!Year
!Date
!Winner
!Result
!Loser
!Location
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2010
2010 NFL season
The 2010 NFL season was the 91st regular season of the National Football League.The regular season began with the NFL Kickoff game on NBC on Thursday, September 9, at the Louisiana Superdome as the New Orleans Saints, Super Bowl XLIV champions, defeated the Minnesota Vikings 14–9.Tom Brady,...
|September 12
|Washington Redskins
|align=center |13-7
|Dallas Cowboys
|FedEx Field
|-
|December 19
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center |33-30
|Washington Redskins
|Cowboys Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2011
2011 NFL season
The 2011 NFL season, the 92nd regular season of the National Football League, began on Thursday, September 8, 2011 with the Super Bowl XLV champion Green Bay Packers defeating the New Orleans Saints 42–34 at Lambeau Field and will end with Super Bowl XLVI, the league's championship game, on...
|September 26
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center |18-16
|Washington Redskins
|Cowboys Stadium
|-
|November 20
|Dallas Cowboys
|align=center |27-24 (OT)
|Washington Redskins
|FedEx Field
|}
Monday Night Football
The Cowboys and Redskins have met 15 times on Monday Night FootballMonday Night Football
Monday Night Football is a live broadcast of the National Football League on ESPN. From to it aired on ABC. Monday Night Football was, along with Hallmark Hall of Fame, and the Walt Disney anthology television series, one of the longest running prime time commercial network television series...
, second only to the Raiders & Broncos (matched up 17 times as of September 27, 2011 season); The teams met last in 2011. The series has been played eight times at Washington's home field (five times at RFK Stadium and three times at FedEx Field) and seven times at Dallas' home field (six at Texas Stadium and one at Cowboys Stadium). The Cowboys hold a 8-7 (no ties) lead in this rivalry on Monday Night Football.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
!Year
!Winner
!Result
!Location
|-align=center style="background: #7D0008; color:#FFBE26"
|1973
1973 NFL season
The 1973 NFL season was the 54th regular season of the National Football League. The season featured O.J. Simpson becoming the first man to rush for 2,000 yards in one season...
|Washington Redskins
|align="center"|14-7
|Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
|-align=center style="background: #7D0008; color:#FFBE26"
|1978
1978 NFL season
The 1978 NFL season was the 59th regular season of the National Football League. The league expanded the regular season from a 14-game schedule to 16. Furthermore, the playoff format was expanded from 8 teams to 10 teams by adding another wild card from each conference...
|Washington Redskins
|align="center"|9-5
|align="center"|Washington, D.C.
|-align=center style="background: #001942; color:#c5ced6"
|1980
1980 NFL season
The 1980 NFL season was the 61st regular season of the National Football League.After the league declined to approve the proposed move by the Raiders from Oakland, California to Los Angeles, the team along with the Los Angeles Coliseum sued the NFL for violating antitrust laws...
|Dallas Cowboys
|align="center"|17-3
|align="center"|Washington, D.C.
|-align=center style="background: #001942; color:#c5ced6"
|1983
1983 NFL season
The 1983 NFL season was the 64th regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XVIII when the Los Angeles Raiders defeated the Washington Redskins.-Major rule changes:...
|Dallas Cowboys
|align="center"|31-30
|align="center"|Washington, D.C.
|-align=center style="background: #001942; color:#c5ced6"
|1985
1985 NFL season
The 1985 NFL season was the 66th regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XX when the Chicago Bears defeated the New England Patriots.-Major rule changes:...
|Dallas Cowboys
|align="center"|44-14
|Irving, Texas
Irving, Texas
Irving is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within Dallas County. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city population was 216,290. Irving is within the Dallas–Plano–Irving metropolitan division of the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area, designated...
|-align=center style="background: #7D0008; color:#FFBE26"
|1987
1987 NFL season
The 1987 NFL season was the 68th regular season of the National Football League. A 24-day players' strike reduced the 16-game season to 15. The games that were scheduled for the third week of the season were canceled, but the games for weeks 4–6 were played with replacement players...
|Washington Redskins
|align="center"|13-7
|align="center"|Irving, Texas
|-align=center style="background: #7D0008; color:#FFBE26"
|1991
1991 NFL season
The 1991 NFL season was the 72nd regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XXVI when the Washington Redskins defeated the Buffalo Bills....
|Washington Redskins
|align="center"|33-31
|align="center"|Irving, Texas
|-align=center style="background: #001942; color:#c5ced6"
|1992
1992 NFL season
The 1992 NFL season was the 73rd regular season of the National Football League.Due to the damage caused by Hurricane Andrew, the New England Patriots–Miami Dolphins game that was scheduled for September 6 at Joe Robbie Stadium was rescheduled to October 18. Both teams originally had that...
|Dallas Cowboys
|align="center"|23-10
|align="center"|Irving, Texas
|-align=center style="background: #7D0008; color:#FFBE26"
|1993
1993 NFL season
The 1993 NFL season was the 74th regular season of the National Football League. For the first time in league history, all NFL teams played their 16-game schedule over a span of 18 weeks. After the success of expanding the regular season to a period of 17 weeks in 1990, the league hoped this new...
|Washington Redskins
|align="center"|35-16
|align="center"|Washington, D.C.
|-align=center style="background: #7D0008; color:#FFBE26"
|1997
1997 NFL season
The 1997 NFL season was the 78th regular season of the National Football League. The Oilers relocated from Houston, Texas to Nashville, Tennessee...
|Washington Redskins
|align="center"|21-16
|Landover, Maryland
Landover, Maryland
Landover is an unincorporated community in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, within the census-designated place of Greater Landover. The Prince Georges County Sports and Learning Complex is in Landover...
|-align=center style="background: #001942; color:#c5ced6"
|2000
2000 NFL season
The 2000 NFL season was the 81st regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XXXV when the Baltimore Ravens defeated the New York Giants.Week 1 of the season reverted to Labor Day weekend in 2000...
|Dallas Cowboys
|align="center"|27-21
|align="center"|Landover, Maryland
|-align=center style="background: #001942; color:#c5ced6"
|2001
2001 NFL season
The 2001 NFL season was the 82nd regular season of the National Football League.Following a pattern set in 1999, the first week of the season was permanently moved to the weekend following Labor Day...
|Dallas Cowboys
|align="center"|9-7
|align="center"|Irving, Texas
|-align=center style="background: #001942; color:#c5ced6"
|2004
2004 NFL season
The 2004 NFL season was the 85th regular season of the National Football League.With the New England Patriots as the defending league champions, regular season play was held from September 9, 2004 to January 2, 2005...
|Dallas Cowboys
|align="center"|21-18
|align="center"|Landover, Maryland
|-align=center style="background: #7D0008; color:#FFBE26"
|2005
2005 NFL season
The 2005 NFL season was the 86th regular season of the National Football League.With the New England Patriots as the defending league champions, regular season play was held from September 8, 2005 to January 1, 2006...
|Washington Redskins
|align="center"|14-13
|align="center"|Irving, Texas
|-align=center style="background: #001942; color:#c5ced6"
|2011
2011 NFL season
The 2011 NFL season, the 92nd regular season of the National Football League, began on Thursday, September 8, 2011 with the Super Bowl XLV champion Green Bay Packers defeating the New Orleans Saints 42–34 at Lambeau Field and will end with Super Bowl XLVI, the league's championship game, on...
|Dallas Cowboys
|align="center"|18-16
|align="center"|Arlington, Texas
Arlington, Texas
Arlington is a city in Tarrant County, Texas within the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area. According to the 2010 census results, the city had a population of 365,438, making it the third largest municipality in the Metroplex...
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