10 Most Memorable Season Openers In The History Of Your Dallas Cowboys
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - When informed that his team would be opening the 2012 season against the New York Giants, Dallas Cowboys' Owner Jerry Jones said "I got chills."
Us, too.
The Cowboys will begin 2012 at the grave site where they buried 2011 – New York's MetLife Stadium. They'll also open the season with a first in franchise history, playing on a Wednesday night.
161 days until kickoff and counting …
10. 9.24.60 Steelers 35, at Cowboys 28 – Cowboys' late rally falls short in franchise debut in a half-empty Cotton Bowl.
9. 9.15.68 at Cowboys 59, Lions 13 – Don Meredith throws 4 TDS as Dallas establishes record for most points in a game.
8. 9.18.77 Cowboys 16, at Vikings 10 – Roger Staubach scores from 4 yards out in OT to launch a Super Bowl season.
7. 9.12.10 at Redskins 13, Cowboys 7 – Tashard Choice fumbles early; Alex Barron holds late.
6. 9.10.89 at Saints 28, Cowboys 0 – A sobering debut en route to 1-15 disaster for Jimmy Johnson and Jerry Jones.
5. 9.12.99 Cowboys 41, at Redskins 35 – Troy Aikman 76 yards to Rocket Ismail in OT caps frantic rally from 21 down.
4. 9.7.92 at Cowboys 23, Redskins 10 – Isaac Holt blocks a punt and Dallas upsets the Super Bowl champs on MNF.
3. 9.8.86 at Cowboys 31, Giants 28 – Herschel Walker scores late for successful, hyped debut with Tony Dorsett.
2. 9.8.02 at Texans 19, Cowboys 10 – Jerry Jones still calls the hapless loss to expansion Houston his most humbling.
1. 9.5.83 Cowboys 31, at Redskins 30 – Danny White's TD pass to Tony Hill helps erase 20-point halftime deficit on MNF.
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