Cowboys will host Eagles on Thanksgiving Day
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Key Points:
- The NFL announced that the Dallas Cowboys will host the Philadelphia Eagles on Thanksgiving Day in Week 12, with kickoff scheduled for 4:30 p.m. ET on FOX.
- The Cowboys’ Thanksgiving Day game consistently ranks as the highest-rated regular-season NFL game, with the 2025 matchup against the Chiefs setting a record of 57.3 million viewers.
- This will be the Cowboys’ 58th Thanksgiving Day game and the Eagles’ eighth, with their last Thanksgiving meeting in Arlington occurring in 2014 when the Eagles won 33-10.
- Historically, the Cowboys hold a 35-22-1 record on Thanksgiving Day and have won their last four games on the holiday.
- The Cowboys’ 2026 schedule is beginning to take shape, with confirmed games against the Giants in Week 1 and the Ravens in Week 3 in Rio de Janeiro; the full NFL schedule will be released Thursday at 8 p.m. ET.