On November 28, 2002, the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Washington Redskins at Texas Stadium by the score of 27 to 20. The Cowboys were paced by running back Emmitt Smith, who rushed for 144 yards in what would be his final season with the team.
Washington, which has an 0-and-6 record in Thanksgiving Day games against the Cowboys, will try again when the two teams meet on Thursday, November 22, 2012.
The Cowboys won their first ever playoff game on 12/24/67. They beat Cleveland, 52-14. The next week they lost in the Championship Game to Green Bay, 21-17, in what has come to be known as the "Ice Bowl."
The Cowboys first playoff appearance came the year before on 1/1/67 (the 1966 season). They lost to Green Bay, 34-27.
[The above information was researched on pro-football-reference.com and wikipedia.org.]
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The first-ever meeting of the NFL rivals was on October 9, 1960 at Griffith Stadium in Washington. The Redskins won, 26-14.
cowboys are way worse. Redskins are better experienced players because of more established team. Tony Romo makes many mistakes and cant throw a stinkin ball. Steelers are better then them. All in all REDSKINS ARE BETTER .
The Dallas Cowboys' first season in the NFL was 1950.
On November 20, 2011, the Cowboys won 27-24 in OT on a field goal after the Redskins failed to score on their first possession in OT.
Through the 2008 season, the Raiders have played 5 Thanksgiving Day games: 1963 - Raiders 28, Broncos 10 1966 - Bills 31, Raiders 10 1967 - Raiders 44, Chiefs 22 1968 - Raiders 13, Bills 10 1970 - Lions 28, Raiders 14
The first stadium the Cowboys played in was the Cotton Bowl.
The Dallas Cowboys first met Pittsburgh Steelers in 1960 and played at the Cotton Bowl, which was the Cowboys home field for 11 seasons (1960-1971). It was also the Dallas Cowboys first game in the NFL.
November 3, 1989: Cowboys 13, Washington Redskins 3 The Cowboys went 1-15 in the 1989 season.
The first Super Bowl the Redskins played in was Super Bowl VII. They lost to the Miami Dolphins, 14-7.
Tony Banks played in the NFL. The team he played include: St. Louis Rams which was his first team, Baltimore Ravens, Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins and last but not least,Houston Texans.
The Dallas Cowboys played their first Football Game in 1960.
A trade with the Washington Redskins. LeBaron retired after the 1959 season and had planned to move to Dallas to work in law, having gone to law school at George Washington University while playing with the Redskins. Tex Schramm convinced him to play for the Cowboys and traded their first round choice in the 1961 NFL draft to the Redskins to obtain his rights.