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Cowboys Preseason Schedule: When is Dallas team playing during the NFL preseason?
The anticipation for the 2024 season is high for the Dallas Cowboys, with free agency and the NFL Draft behind them. Now, the focus shifts to fine-tuning their roster and playbook during the summer, with preseason playing a crucial role in this process.
In mid-May, the Cowboys received their official regular season schedule. Now, they also have their preseason schedule, which includes some intriguing details.
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The three preseason games are scheduled as follows:
- August 11: at Los Angeles Rams, 3:30 pm CDT (Sofi Stadium)
- August 17: at Las Vegas Raiders, 9:00 pm CDT (Allegiant Stadium)
- August 24: vs. Los Angeles Chargers, 3:00 pm CDT (AT&T Stadium)
With numerous changes in the coaching staff below Mike McCarthy, and roster changes such as parting ways with many players, all eyes are on the Cowboys. The big question is whether they can not only achieve another winning season but also make it to another Super Bowl.
Here is the full 2024 schedule (all times Central, home games in bold):
- Week 1: at Cleveland Browns (Sun. 9/8, 3:25 p.m. on FOX)
- Week 2: New Orleans Saints (Sun. 9/15, 12:00 p.m. on FOX)
- Week 3: Baltimore Ravens (Sun. 9/22, 3:25 p.m. on FOX)
- Week 4: at New York Giants (Thurs. 9/26, 7:15 p.m. on Prime Video)
- Week 5: at Pittsburgh Steelers (Sun. 10/6, 7:20 p.m. on NBC)
- Week 6: Detroit Lions (Sun. 10/13, 3:25 p.m. on FOX)
- Week 7: BYE
- Week 8: at San Francisco 49ers (Sun. 10/27, 7:20 p.m. on NBC)
- Week 9: at Atlanta Falcons (Sun. 11/3, 12:00 p.m. on FOX)
- Week 10: Philadelphia Eagles (Sun. 11/10, 3:25 p.m. on CBS)
- Week 11: Houston Texans (Mon. 11/18, 7:15 p.m. on ESPN)
- Week 12: at Washington Commanders (Sun. 11/24, 12:00 p.m. on FOX)
- Week 13: New York Giants (Thurs. 11/28, 3:30 p.m. on FOX)
- Week 14: Cincinnati Bengals (Mon. 12/9, 7:15 p.m. on ESPN)
- Week 15: at Carolina Panthers (Sun. 12/15, 12:00 p.m. on FOX)
- Week 16: Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Sun. 12/22, 7:20 p.m. on NBC)
- Week 17: at Philadelphia Eagles (Sun. 12/29, 3:25 p.m. on FOX)
- Week 18: Washington Commanders (TBD)
The 2024 season promises to be an exciting one for the Dallas Cowboys, filled with new challenges and opportunities. Fans are eager to see how the team will perform and whether they can finally reach the Super Bowl.
Morton started 15 games in 1972 for an injured Staubach, who eventually returned in the playoffs. The Cowboys decided to trade Morton in 1974 to the Giants, who sent back a first-round pick, which turned out to be the No. 2 overall pick in 1975. The Cowboys used that selection to take Randy White, a 10-time Pro Bowler and future Hall of Famer.
Ironically enough, White’s best game was likely Super Bowl XII, when he was named Co-MVP with Harvey Martin. The Cowboys’ Doomsday defense dominated the Broncos, who were quarterbacked by Morton.
Overall, Morton played for the Cowboys, Giants and Broncos before officially retiring at the end of the 1982 season.
His career ended with 27,908 passing yards, ranking him 71st in NFL history, just ahead of Hall of Famer Joe Namath (27,663).
With the official NFL schedule coming this week, the Dallas Cowboys have revealed when, where and against who their Week 1 contest will be.
The Cowboys announced that they will square off against the New York Giants on the road in Week 1, with the game set for Sunday, Sept. 13, at 7:20 p.m. CT. So, it’s prime time for the Cowboys to start the season.
This is the second game we know about for the Cowboys this year. Of course, we know they will be playing on Thanksgiving, also.
The official schedule will drop on May 14, the NFL announced last week. Schedules for all 32 teams will be revealed on ESPN and the NFL Network, but each team will unveil its own schedule on social media, also.
The Cowboys were always likely to play a road game in Week 1 because of an Usher and Chris Brown concert taking place at AT&T Stadium that week.
Dallas will also be impacted by an Ed Sheeran concert in Week 7, so that’s another potential road game. They could also play on Monday or Thursday that week, or have a bye.
Cowboys’ strength of schedule
According to Warren Sharp of Sharp Football Analysis, the Cowboys are not going to have an easy road to make the postseason.
The Cowboys have the fourth-toughest schedule in the NFL going into the 2026 season, with only the Arizona Cardinals, Miami Dolphins and Carolina Panthers having tougher slates.
Dallas’ schedule is also the third-toughest in the NFC, and the most difficult in the NFC East.
Sharp does his strength of schedule rankings based on win totals from Vegas oddsmakers rather than utilizing the previous season’s records because that metric doesn’t factor in offseason changes.
The Cowboys will play home games against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Arizona Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers, Tennessee Titans, Baltimore Ravens, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Commanders.
On the road, Dallas will square off against the Giants, Eagles, Commanders, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers.
Of those opponents, seven of them made the postseason in 2025, a list that includes the Jaguars, 49ers, Eagles, Texans, Rams, Seahawks and Packers.
All of those teams should be as good in 2026, and teams like the Colts, Titans, Ravens, Bucs, Giants and Commanders have a very real chance to be improved as well.
It won’t be an easy road for Dallas to get back to the playoffs in 2026, but there’s at least hope following a defensive overhaul.
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