Cowboys–Giants 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–New York Giants
|-
! colspan="2" style="text-align: center" |
|-
{| style="background: none; width: 20em; margin: 0 auto;"
|-
! style="background: #E0E7EF;" colspan="2" | Regular Season History
|-
| First meeting || December 4, 1960
|-
| First result || NYG
31, DAL
31
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Last meeting || November 14, 2010
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Last result || DAL 33, NYG 20
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Next meeting || December 11, 2011
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Rivalry status || 97 meetings
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Largest victory || DAL 52, NYG 7 (1966
)
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Smallest victory || DAL 17, NYG 16 (1961
)
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Current streak || DAL W1 (2010—present)
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | All-time series || DAL leads 56–40–2
|-
! style="background: #E0E7EF;" colspan="2" | Post Season History
|-
| Last meeting || January 13, 2008
|-
| Last result || NYG 21, DAL 17
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | All-time postseason series || NYG leads 1–0
|-
! style="background: #E0E7EF;" colspan="2" | Championship Success
|-
| colspan="2"|NFL Championships (12)
NFC East Divisional Championships
(27)
Super Bowl Appearances (12)
|}
The Cowboys–Giants rivalry involves the National Football League
teams the Dallas Cowboys
and the New York Giants
. The beginning of this rivalry is difficult to trace but perhaps is best defined by the first game these two teams ever played back in 1960 which resulted in a tie score of 31–31. In the early 1960s the New York Giants were beginning to wind down as an NFL powerhouse. After having been arguably the most dominant team in the Eastern Conference through the 1950s and early 1960s the Giants entered a period of poor play where they did not make the playoffs from 1964 to 1981. While the Giants dominated the Cowboys in the first few years of the rivalry, the Cowboys picked up steam and took control of the rivalry from the mid 1960s to the early 1980s, winning 17 of the 20 meetings between the 2 teams in the 1970s. In the 1980s however the Giants struck back, and the rivalry has been relatively even handed ever since with intermittent spurts of dominance (the Giants in the late 1980s and the Cowboys in the early 1990s). This is a unique rivalry in American sports in that no other Texas area team is in the same division as a New York area team, or has a consistent rivalry with one, most likely due to the relatively far geographical distance between the two regions (though during the 1960s, the New York Jets
were division rivals with the Houston Oilers
in the American Football League East Division
).
Another important facet of this rivalry is Hall of Fame coach Tom Landry
. Landry was one of the most fateful figures in the history of both franchises. Drafted by the Giants in 1947, it would be three more years before he actually played with them. He played multiple roles – defensive back, halfback, and quarterback – and in those roles he recorded one rushing touchdown, one passing touchdown, two touchdowns off fumble recoveries, and three touchdowns off INTs. He made one Pro Bowl as a player, in 1954, the same season he joined the Giants' coaching staff. After he retired as a player at the end of the 1955 season, he became the Giants' defensive coordinator inventing the 4-3 Defense
, serving in that role through 1959. In 1960, he became head coach of the first-year Cowboys and in his 29 seasons went 35–17–2 against the Giants.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="background:#cff;"|Post Season Meeting
| style="background:#fcc;"|Tied Game
| style="background:#ffe6bd;"|Overtime Result
|}
|-
!Year
!Date
!Winner
!Result
!Loser
!Location
|-
|| 1960
| style="background:#fcc;"|December 4
| style="background:#fcc;"|Tie
| style="background:#fcc; text-align:center;"|31–31
| style="background:#fcc;"|
| style="background:#fcc;"|Yankee Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1961
|October 15
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|31–10
|Dallas Cowboys
|Cotton Bowl
|-
|October 29
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|17–16
|New York Giants
|Yankee Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1962
|November 11
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|41–10
|Dallas Cowboys
|Cotton Bowl
|-
|December 16
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|41–31
|Dallas Cowboys
|Yankee Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1963
|October 20
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|37–21
|Dallas Cowboys
|Yankee Stadium
|-
|November 10
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|34–27
|Dallas Cowboys
|Cotton Bowl
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1964
| style="background:#fcc;"|October 11
| style="background:#fcc;"|Tie
| style="background:#fcc; text-align:center;"|13–13
| style="background:#fcc;"|
| style="background:#fcc;"|Cotton Bowl
|-
|November 8
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|31–21
|New York Giants
|Yankee Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1965
|September 19
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|31–2
|New York Giants
|Cotton Bowl
|-
|December 19
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|38–20
|New York Giants
|Yankee Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1966
|September 18
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|52–7
|New York Giants
|Cotton Bowl
|-
|October 23
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|17–7
|New York Giants
|Yankee Stadium
|-
|| 1967
|September 24
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|38–24
|New York Giants
|Cotton Bowl
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1968
|November 10
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|27–21
|Dallas Cowboys
|Cotton Bowl
|-
|December 15
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|28–10
|New York Giants
|Yankee Stadium
|-
|| 1969
|October 27
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|25–3
|New York Giants
|Cotton Bowl
|}
|-
!Year
!Date
!Winner
!Result
!Loser
!Location
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1970
|September 27
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|28–10
|New York Giants
|Cotton Bowl
|-
|November 8
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|23–20
|Dallas Cowboys
|Yankee Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1971
|October 11
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|20–13
|New York Giants
|Cotton Bowl
|-
|December 12
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|42–14
|New York Giants
|Yankee Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1972
|September 24
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|23–14
|New York Giants
|Yankees Stadium
|-
|December 17
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|23–3
|Dallas Cowboys
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1973
|October 21
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|45–28
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|-
|November 11
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|23–10
|New York Giants
|Yale Bowl
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1974
|September
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|14–6
|Dallas Cowboys
|Texas Stadium
|-
|October 27
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|21–7
|New York Giants
|Yale Bowl
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1975
|October 12
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|13–7
|New York Giants
|Shea Stadium
|-
|November 30
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|14–3
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1976
|October 10
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|24–14
|New York Giants
|Giants Stadium
|-
|November 7
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|9–3
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1977
|September 25
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|41–21
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|-
|November 6
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|24–10
|New York Giants
|Giants Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1978
|September 10
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"| 34–24
|New York Giants
|Giants Stadium
|-
|October 8
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|24–3
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1979
|November 4
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|16–14
|New York Giants
|Giants Stadium
|-
|September 23
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|28–7
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|}
|-
!Year
!Date
!Winner
!Result
!Loser
!Location
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1980
|October 5
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|24–3
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|-
|November 9
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|38–35
|Dallas Cowboys
|Giants Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1981
|September 27
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|18–10
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|- style="background:#ffe6bd;"
||December 19
||New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|13–10 (OT)
||Dallas Cowboys
||Giants Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1983
|September 18
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|28–13
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|-
|October 30
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|38–20
|New York Giants
|Giants Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1984
|September 9
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|28–7
|Dallas Cowboys
|Giants Stadium
|-
|November 4
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|19–7
|Dallas Cowboys
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1985
|October 6
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|30–29
|New York Giants
|Giants Stadium
|-
|September 29
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|28–21
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1986
|September 8
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|31–28
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|-
|November 2
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|17–14
|Dallas Cowboys
|Giants Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1987
|September 20
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|16–14
|New York Giants
|Giants Stadium
|-
|November 2
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|33–24
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1988
|September 18
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|12–10
|Dallas Cowboys
|Texas Stadium
|-
|November 6
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|29–21
|Dallas Cowboys
|Giants Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1989
|October 1
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|30–13
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|-
|December 16
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|15–0
|New York Giants
|Giants Stadium
|}
|-
!Year
!Date
!Winner
!Result
!Loser
!Location
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1990
|September 16
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|28–7
|Dallas Cowboys
|Texas Stadium
|-
|September 30
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|31–17
|Dallas Cowboys
|Giants Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1991
|September 29
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|21–16
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|-
|December 8
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|22–9
|Dallas Cowboys
|Giants Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1992
|September 13
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|34–28
|New York Giants
|Giants Stadium
|-
|November 26
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|30–3
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1993
|November 7
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|31–9
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|- style="background:#ffe6bd;"
||January 2
||Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|16–13 (OT)
||New York Giants
||Giants Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1994
|November 7
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|38–10
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|-
|December 24
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|15–10
|Dallas Cowboys
|Giants Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1995
|September 4
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|35–0
|New York Giants
|Giants Stadium
|-
|December 17
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|21–20
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1996
|September 8
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|27–0
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|-
|November 24
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|20–6
|Dallas Cowboys
|Giants Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1997
|October 5
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|20–17
|Dallas Cowboys
|Giants Stadium
|-
|December 21
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|20–7
|Dallas Cowboys
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1998
|September 21
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|31–7
|New York Giants
|Giants Stadium
|-
|November 8
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|16–6
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1999
|October 18
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|13–10
|Dallas Cowboys
|Giants Stadium
|-
|January 2
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|26–18
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|}
|-
!Year
!Date
!Winner
!Result
!Loser
!Location
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2000
|October 15
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|19–14
|Dallas Cowboys
|Giants Stadium
|-
|December 17
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|17–13
|Dallas Cowboys
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2001
|November 4
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|27–24
|Dallas Cowboys
|Giants Stadium
|-
|December 9
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|20–13
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2002
|October 6
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|21–17
|Dallas Cowboys
|Texas Stadium
|-
|December 15
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|37–7
|Dallas Cowboys
|Giants Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2003
|September 15
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|32–25
|New York Giants
|Giants Stadium
|-
|December 21
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|19–3
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2004
|October 10
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|26–10
|Dallas Cowboys
|Texas Stadium
|-
|January 2
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|28–24
|Dallas Cowboys
|Giants Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2005
|October 16
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|16–13
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|-
|December 4
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|17–10
|Dallas Cowboys
|Giants Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2006
|October 23
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|36–22
|Dallas Cowboys
|Texas Stadium
|-
|December 3
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|23–20
|New York Giants
|Giants Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2007
|September 9
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|45–35
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|-
|November 11
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|31–20
|New York Giants
|Giants Stadium
|- style="background:#cff;"
|2008
|January 13
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|21–17
|Dallas Cowboys
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2008
|November 2
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|35–14
|Dallas Cowboys
|Giants Stadium
|-
|December 14
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|20–8
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2009
|September 20
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|33–31
|Dallas Cowboys
|Cowboys Stadium
|-
|December 13
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|31–24
|Dallas Cowboys
|Giants Stadium
|}
|-
!Year
!Date
!Winner
!Result
!Loser
!Location
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2010
|October 25
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"| 41–35
|Dallas Cowboys
|Cowboys Stadium
|-
|November 14
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"| 33–20
|New York Giants
|New Meadowlands Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2011
|December 11
|TBD
| style="text-align:center;"|TBD
|TBD
|Cowboys Stadium
|-
|January 1
|TBD
| style="text-align:center;"| TBD
|TBD
|MetLife Stadium
|}
|- style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="2" style="text-align: center; background-color: ;" | Dallas Cowboys–New York Giants
|-
! colspan="2" style="text-align: center" |
|-
{| style="background: none; width: 20em; margin: 0 auto;"
|-
! style="background: #E0E7EF;" colspan="2" | Regular Season History
|-
| First meeting || December 4, 1960
|-
| First result || NYG
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...
31, DAL
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...
31
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Last meeting || November 14, 2010
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Last result || DAL 33, NYG 20
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Next meeting || December 11, 2011
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Rivalry status || 97 meetings
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Largest victory || DAL 52, NYG 7 (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...
)
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Smallest victory || DAL 17, NYG 16 (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...
)
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Current streak || DAL W1 (2010—present)
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | All-time series || DAL leads 56–40–2
|-
! style="background: #E0E7EF;" colspan="2" | Post Season History
|-
| Last meeting || January 13, 2008
|-
| Last result || NYG 21, DAL 17
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | All-time postseason series || NYG leads 1–0
|-
! style="background: #E0E7EF;" colspan="2" | Championship Success
|-
| colspan="2"|NFL Championships (12)
- DAL (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... - NYG (7) – , 1934, 19381938 NFL Championship GameThe 1938 NFL Championship Game was the 6th championship game played in the history of the National Football League. The game was on December 11, 1938, at Polo Grounds in New York City...
, 1956, 1986Super Bowl XXISuper Bowl XXI was an American football game played on January 25, 1987 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California to decide the National Football League champion following the 1986 regular season. The National Football Conference champion New York Giants won their first Super Bowl by defeating...
, 1990Super Bowl XXVSuper Bowl XXV was an American football game played on January 27, 1991 at Tampa Stadium in Tampa, Florida to decide the National Football League champion following the 1990 regular season. The National Football Conference Champion New York Giants defeated the American Football Conference ...
, 2007Super Bowl XLIISuper Bowl XLII was an American football game on February 3, 2008 that featured the National Football Conference champion New York Giants and the American Football Conference champion New England Patriots to decide the National Football League champion for the 2007 season...
NFC East 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)
- DAL (20)
- NYG (7)
Super Bowl Appearances (12)
- DAL (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... - NYG (4) – 1986Super Bowl XXISuper Bowl XXI was an American football game played on January 25, 1987 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California to decide the National Football League champion following the 1986 regular season. The National Football Conference champion New York Giants won their first Super Bowl by defeating...
, 1990Super Bowl XXVSuper Bowl XXV was an American football game played on January 27, 1991 at Tampa Stadium in Tampa, Florida to decide the National Football League champion following the 1990 regular season. The National Football Conference Champion New York Giants defeated the American Football Conference ...
, 2000Super Bowl XXXVSuper Bowl XXXV was played on January 28, 2001 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida to decide the National Football League champion following the 2000 regular season. The American Football Conference champion Baltimore Ravens defeated the National Football Conference champion New York...
, 2007Super Bowl XLIISuper Bowl XLII was an American football game on February 3, 2008 that featured the National Football Conference champion New York Giants and the American Football Conference champion New England Patriots to decide the National Football League champion for the 2007 season...
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The Cowboys–Giants rivalry involves 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...
teams 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 New York 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...
. The beginning of this rivalry is difficult to trace but perhaps is best defined by the first game these two teams ever played back in 1960 which resulted in a tie score of 31–31. In the early 1960s the New York Giants were beginning to wind down as an NFL powerhouse. After having been arguably the most dominant team in the Eastern Conference through the 1950s and early 1960s the Giants entered a period of poor play where they did not make the playoffs from 1964 to 1981. While the Giants dominated the Cowboys in the first few years of the rivalry, the Cowboys picked up steam and took control of the rivalry from the mid 1960s to the early 1980s, winning 17 of the 20 meetings between the 2 teams in the 1970s. In the 1980s however the Giants struck back, and the rivalry has been relatively even handed ever since with intermittent spurts of dominance (the Giants in the late 1980s and the Cowboys in the early 1990s). This is a unique rivalry in American sports in that no other Texas area team is in the same division as a New York area team, or has a consistent rivalry with one, most likely due to the relatively far geographical distance between the two regions (though during the 1960s, the New York Jets
New York Jets
The New York Jets are a professional football team headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, representing the New York metropolitan area. The team is a member of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
were division rivals with the Houston Oilers
Tennessee Titans
The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. They are members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Previously known as the Houston Oilers, the team began play in 1960 as a charter...
in the American Football League East Division
AFC East
The American Football Conference – Eastern Division or AFC East is a division of the National Football League's American Football Conference. There are four members: Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots , and New York Jets...
).
Another important facet of this rivalry is Hall of Fame coach 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...
. Landry was one of the most fateful figures in the history of both franchises. Drafted by the Giants in 1947, it would be three more years before he actually played with them. He played multiple roles – defensive back, halfback, and quarterback – and in those roles he recorded one rushing touchdown, one passing touchdown, two touchdowns off fumble recoveries, and three touchdowns off INTs. He made one Pro Bowl as a player, in 1954, the same season he joined the Giants' coaching staff. After he retired as a player at the end of the 1955 season, he became the Giants' defensive coordinator inventing the 4-3 Defense
4-3 defense
In American football, a 4–3 defense is a defensive alignment consisting of four down linemen and three linebackers. It is probably the most commonly used defense in modern American football and especially in the National Football League. NFL teams that use the 4–3 defense as of 2011 include the...
, serving in that role through 1959. In 1960, he became head coach of the first-year Cowboys and in his 29 seasons went 35–17–2 against the Giants.
Game results
The following is a list of results from all of the meetings between the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants from their first meeting on December 4, 1960 to the present:{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="background:#cff;"|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...
| style="background:#fcc;"|Tied Game
| style="background:#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 9–6–2)
{| 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...
| style="background:#fcc;"|December 4
| style="background:#fcc;"|Tie
| style="background:#fcc; text-align:center;"|31–31
| style="background:#fcc;"|
| style="background:#fcc;"|Yankee Stadium
Yankee Stadium
Yankee Stadium was a stadium located in The Bronx in New York City, New York. It was the home ballpark of the New York Yankees from 1923 to 1973 and from 1976 to 2008. The stadium hosted 6,581 Yankees regular season home games during its 85-year history. It was also the former home of the New York...
|-
|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...
|October 15
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|31–10
|Dallas Cowboys
|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,...
|-
|October 29
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|17–16
|New York Giants
|Yankee 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....
|November 11
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|41–10
|Dallas Cowboys
|Cotton Bowl
|-
|December 16
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|41–31
|Dallas Cowboys
|Yankee 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;...
|October 20
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|37–21
|Dallas Cowboys
|Yankee Stadium
|-
|November 10
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|34–27
|Dallas Cowboys
|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...
| style="background:#fcc;"|October 11
| style="background:#fcc;"|Tie
| style="background:#fcc; text-align:center;"|13–13
| style="background:#fcc;"|
| style="background:#fcc;"|Cotton Bowl
|-
|November 8
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|31–21
|New York Giants
|Yankee 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 19
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|31–2
|New York Giants
|Cotton Bowl
|-
|December 19
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|38–20
|New York Giants
|Yankee 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...
|September 18
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|52–7
|New York Giants
|Cotton Bowl
|-
|October 23
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|17–7
|New York Giants
|Yankee Stadium
|-
|| 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...
|September 24
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|38–24
|New York Giants
|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 10
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|27–21
|Dallas Cowboys
|Cotton Bowl
|-
|December 15
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|28–10
|New York Giants
|Yankee Stadium
|-
|| 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...
|October 27
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|25–3
|New York Giants
|Cotton Bowl
|}
1970s (Cowboys 17–3)
{| 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...
|September 27
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|28–10
|New York Giants
|Cotton Bowl
|-
|November 8
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|23–20
|Dallas Cowboys
|Yankee Stadium
|-
|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 11
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|20–13
|New York Giants
|Cotton Bowl
|-
|December 12
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|42–14
|New York Giants
|Yankee Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 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:...
|September 24
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|23–14
|New York Giants
|Yankees Stadium
|-
|December 17
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|23–3
|Dallas Cowboys
|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...
|-
|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 21
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|45–28
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|-
|November 11
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|23–10
|New York Giants
|Yale Bowl
Yale Bowl
The Yale Bowl is a football stadium in New Haven, Connecticut on the border of West Haven, about 1½ miles west of Yale's main campus. Completed in 1914, the stadium seats 61,446, reduced by renovations from the original capacity of 70,869...
|-
|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...
|September
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|14–6
|Dallas Cowboys
|Texas Stadium
|-
|October 27
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|21–7
|New York Giants
|Yale Bowl
|-
|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:...
|October 12
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|13–7
|New York Giants
|Shea Stadium
Shea Stadium
William A. Shea Municipal Stadium, usually shortened to Shea Stadium or just Shea , was a stadium in the New York City borough of Queens, in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park. It was the home baseball park of Major League Baseball's New York Mets from 1964 to 2008...
|-
|November 30
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|14–3
|New York Giants
|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 10
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|24–14
|New York Giants
|Giants Stadium
Giants Stadium
Giants Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium, located in East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA, in the Meadowlands Sports Complex. Maximum seating capacity was 80,242. The building itself was 230.5 m long, 180.5 m wide and 44 m high from service level to the top of the seating bowl and 54 m high to...
|-
|November 7
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|9–3
|New York Giants
|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....
|September 25
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|41–21
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|-
|November 6
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|24–10
|New York Giants
|Giants 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...
|September 10
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"| 34–24
|New York Giants
|Giants Stadium
|-
|October 8
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|24–3
|New York Giants
|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 4
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|16–14
|New York Giants
|Giants Stadium
|-
|September 23
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|28–7
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|}
1980s (Tie 9–9)
{| 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...
|October 5
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|24–3
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|-
|November 9
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|38–35
|Dallas Cowboys
|Giants 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 27
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|18–10
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|- style="background:#ffe6bd;"
||December 19
||New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|13–10 (OT)
||Dallas Cowboys
||Giants Stadium
|-
|rowspan="2" | 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:...
|September 18
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|28–13
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|-
|October 30
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|38–20
|New York Giants
|Giants 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....
|September 9
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|28–7
|Dallas Cowboys
|Giants Stadium
|-
|November 4
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|19–7
|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:...
|October 6
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|30–29
|New York Giants
|Giants Stadium
|-
|September 29
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|28–21
|New York Giants
|Texas 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:...
|September 8
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|31–28
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|-
|November 2
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|17–14
|Dallas Cowboys
|Giants 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...
|September 20
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|16–14
|New York Giants
|Giants Stadium
|-
|November 2
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|33–24
|New York Giants
|Texas 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....
|September 18
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|12–10
|Dallas Cowboys
|Texas Stadium
|-
|November 6
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|29–21
|Dallas Cowboys
|Giants 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...
|October 1
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|30–13
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|-
|December 16
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|15–0
|New York Giants
|Giants 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 16
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|28–7
|Dallas Cowboys
|Texas Stadium
|-
|September 30
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|31–17
|Dallas Cowboys
|Giants 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 29
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|21–16
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|-
|December 8
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|22–9
|Dallas Cowboys
|Giants 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 13
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|34–28
|New York Giants
|Giants Stadium
|-
|November 26
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|30–3
|New York Giants
|Texas 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...
|November 7
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|31–9
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|- style="background:#ffe6bd;"
||January 2
||Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|16–13 (OT)
||New York Giants
||Giants 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...
|November 7
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|38–10
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|-
|December 24
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|15–10
|Dallas Cowboys
|Giants 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...
|September 4
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|35–0
|New York Giants
|Giants Stadium
|-
|December 17
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|21–20
|New York Giants
|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...
|September 8
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|27–0
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|-
|November 24
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|20–6
|Dallas Cowboys
|Giants 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 5
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|20–17
|Dallas Cowboys
|Giants Stadium
|-
|December 21
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|20–7
|Dallas Cowboys
|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...
|September 21
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|31–7
|New York Giants
|Giants Stadium
|-
|November 8
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|16–6
|New York Giants
|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...
|October 18
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|13–10
|Dallas Cowboys
|Giants Stadium
|-
|January 2
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|26–18
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|}
2000s (Giants 13–8)
{| 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...
|October 15
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|19–14
|Dallas Cowboys
|Giants Stadium
|-
|December 17
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|17–13
|Dallas Cowboys
|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...
|November 4
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|27–24
|Dallas Cowboys
|Giants Stadium
|-
|December 9
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|20–13
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|-
|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...
|October 6
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|21–17
|Dallas Cowboys
|Texas Stadium
|-
|December 15
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|37–7
|Dallas Cowboys
|Giants Stadium
|-
|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 *...
|September 15
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|32–25
|New York Giants
|Giants Stadium
|-
|December 21
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|19–3
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|-
|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...
|October 10
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|26–10
|Dallas Cowboys
|Texas Stadium
|-
|January 2
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|28–24
|Dallas Cowboys
|Giants 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...
|October 16
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|16–13
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
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|December 4
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|17–10
|Dallas Cowboys
|Giants Stadium
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|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...
|October 23
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|36–22
|Dallas Cowboys
|Texas Stadium
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|December 3
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|23–20
|New York Giants
|Giants Stadium
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|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....
|September 9
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|45–35
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
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|November 11
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|31–20
|New York Giants
|Giants Stadium
|- style="background:#cff;"
|2008
|January 13
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|21–17
|Dallas Cowboys
|Texas Stadium
|-
|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...
|November 2
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|35–14
|Dallas Cowboys
|Giants Stadium
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|December 14
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"|20–8
|New York Giants
|Texas Stadium
|-
|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...
|September 20
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|33–31
|Dallas Cowboys
|Cowboys Stadium
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|December 13
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"|31–24
|Dallas Cowboys
|Giants Stadium
|}
2010s (Tie 1–1)
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!Year
!Date
!Winner
!Result
!Loser
!Location
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|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,...
|October 25
|New York Giants
| style="text-align:center;"| 41–35
|Dallas Cowboys
|Cowboys Stadium
|-
|November 14
|Dallas Cowboys
| style="text-align:center;"| 33–20
|New York Giants
|New Meadowlands Stadium
New Meadowlands Stadium
MetLife Stadium is a stadium in the New York City Metropolitan Area, part of the MetLife Sports Complex, in East Rutherford, New Jersey. It is the home of the New York Giants and New York Jets of the National Football League and is adjacent to the site of the former Giants Stadium, which was home...
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|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...
|December 11
|TBD
| style="text-align:center;"|TBD
|TBD
|Cowboys Stadium
|-
|January 1
|TBD
| style="text-align:center;"| TBD
|TBD
|MetLife Stadium
|}
Notable rivalry moments
- The very first meeting between the Cowboys and NY Giants, on December 4, 1960 at Yankee Stadium, ended in a 31–31 tie. Eddie LeBaron threw three touchdowns for Dallas (two in the fourth quarter), while George Shaw and Lee Grosscup combined for three touchdown throws for the Giants. L. G. Dupree ran in one Dallas touchdown and caught two scores for the first non-loss of the Cowboys' history after opening their inaugural season with ten straight losses.
- The Cowboys defeated the Giants 20–13 on October 11, 1971, the first Monday Night Football meeting between the teams and the last NFL game at the Cotton Bowl.
- On December 19, 1981, the Giants defeated the Cowboys 13–10 in overtime on a frigid Saturday afternoon in Giants Stadium to clinch Big Blue's first playoff berth in 17 seasons. Joe Danelo kicked the winning field goal in overtime after missing a game-winning attempt earlier in sudden death.
- In the final game of the 1993 season, with both teams at 11–4 and competing for playoff position, Cowboys running back Emmitt Smith suffered a separated right shoulder in the first half, but continued to play in obvious pain, amassing 168 rushing yards, including 41 on the game-winning drive, as Dallas won 16–13 in overtime. Smith also locked up the NFL rushing title with his tough, gritty performance. After the game, sportscaster John Madden paid a visit to Smith in the locker room to congratulate him, the only time Madden (as an announcer) would pay such a visit to a player, later writing "[It] was one of the toughest efforts I've ever seen by any football player in any game."[8] The win earned the Cowboys a bye in the playoffs, giving Smith time to heal, and he would go on to lead the Cowboys to victory over the Bills as the MVP of Super Bowl XXVIII.
- The full bitterness of the rivalry played out on Monday Night Football on November 7, 1994 when the 7–1 Cowboys hosted the 3–5 Giants. After a scoreless first quarter Alvin Harper's touchdown catch from Troy Aikman and a one-yard Emmitt Smith rushing score left the Cowboys up 14–3. On the final play of the first half Aikman launched a deep bomb to Harper in the endzone; Harper was hammered in mid-air by Giants safety Tito Wooten and suffered a sprained left knee. Cowboys receivers coach Hubbard Alexander then attacked Jarvis Williams of the Giants and Michael Irvin punched Williams with a helmet. As the brawl escalated Cowboys safety James Washington grabbed a camera and monopod from a local photographer and brandished it like a sword, yelling for Giants players to take him on. Irvin was fined $12,000 and Washington $10,000 by the league. When order was finally restored the Cowboys routed the Giants on rushing touchdowns from Smith, Aikman, and Daryl Johnston en route to a 38–10 win.
- In 2003, the teams met at Giants Stadium on Monday Night Football. The game marked former Giants coach Bill Parcells' first visit to Giants Stadium as head coach of the Cowboys. The Cowboys led 29–14 after three quarters, but they squandered the lead over the last 15 minutes, and found themselves down 32–29 with just 11 seconds to play. The Giants simply needed to kick off and play a "prevent" defense for 1 or 2 plays, but the kickoff went out of bounds, putting the Cowboys at their own 40 with no time elapsed, and Quincy Carter completed a deep pass to Antonio Bryant, who went out of bounds at the New York 34 to stop the clock with 4 seconds left. Billy Cundiff then converted a 52-yard field goal as time expired to send the game to overtime, and kicked a 25 yarder with 5:56 left in OT to win it for the Cowboys. Cundiff tied an NFL record with 7 field goals in the game, out of 8 total attempts.
- In 2007, the Cowboys swept the Giants in the regular season (45–35 in Dallas & 31–20 in NYC), but in the playoffs, the #5 Giants came to Texas Stadium and stunned the top-seeded Cowboys 21–17 en route to winning Super Bowl XLII. Eli Manning scored his second-straight playoff win while Tony Romo suffered his second-straight playoff loss.
- Amid several weeks of off-field acrimony involving Terrell Owens, Tony Romo, Jason Witten, Marion Barber, and owner Jerry Jones, the Cowboys on December 14, 2008 shut down the Giants in New York's final trip to Texas Stadium (and first since the 2007 playoffs), 20–8. Owens and Witten combined for eight catches for 82 yards while Patrick Crayton and Deon Anderson had two receiving scores. Romo completed 20 of 30 throws for 244 yards despite being sacked four times (once for a Giants safety) and injuring his back in the process. The Cowboys sacked Giants quarterback Eli Manning eight times and limited him to only 191 passing yards and two INTs snatched by Terence Newman.
- On September 20, 2009, Lawrence Tynes made a 37-yard field goal as the game clock expired to give the Giants a 33–31 victory and spoil the opening of the new Cowboys Stadium, with a crowd of a record-breaking 105,121 people.
- On October 26, 2010, the Giants defeated the Cowboys in Cowboys Stadium 41–35, leaving the Cowboys at a disappointing 1–5 for the year. This contest is notable for the Giants linebacker Michael Boley driving Tony Romo to the turf and causing Romo to break his left clavicle and most likely ending the Cowboys chances at a playoff run.
- On November 14, 2010, during the teams' first meeting at New Meadowlands Stadium, the lights briefly went out, causing a delay. The Cowoys won the game 33–20, scoring a win in Jason Garrett's head coaching debut.