Know Your Foe: Dallas Cowboys | Week 11

It all started on a Sunday night 22 years ago when the Houston Texans upset the Dallas Cowboys 19-10 in the first game in Texans history. It was a magical way to start the franchise with a win over that team up north. Although these teams tangle once every four years, this game takes place just two years after a fourth quarter comeback by the Cowboys that resulted in a 27-23 Dallas win.

The advent of the 17-game schedule allows these two teams to meet again just two years after that Cowboys win, but this time on a Monday night, the first of its kind between the two teams. The two teams have mixed it up in Sunday Prime Time two times and at noon four times. The Texans won both of those Sunday Prime Time games (2002 and 2018) and the Cowboys won all four games with daytime kickoffs (2006, 2010, 2014 and 2022). But, the Prime Time trend is negated a bit (even though there hasn’t been a Prime Time regular season game in Dallas) because the Texans have never won in Arlington at AT&T Stadium. More importantly, it’s a chance for each team to end its current losing streak – Texans have lost two in a row, Cowboys have lost four in a row. Something’s got to GIVE!

Whenever these two teams meet, the atmosphere is indescribable and that’s going to be the case for a Monday Night Football matchup, no questions asked. Houston fans want two things – win championships and beat Dallas…and sometimes I’m not sure which one comes first.

So, let’s get to know the Dallas Cowboys, the talented Texans’ week 11 Monday Night Football opponent

2024 Dallas Cowboys Schedule (3-6)

Week 1 – W @ Cleveland Browns 33-17

Week 2 – L New Orleans Saints

Week 3 – L Baltimore Ravens 28-25

Week 4 – W @ New York Giants 20-15

Week 5 – W @ Pittsburgh Steelers 20-17

Week 6 – L Detroit Lions 47-9

Week 8 – L @ San Francisco 49ers 30-24

Week 9 – L @ Atlanta Falcons 27-21

Week 10 – L Philadelphia Eagles 34-6

Week 11 – Houston Texans (MNF)

Week 12 – @ Washington Commanders

Week 13 – New York Giants (Thanksgiving)

Week 14 – Cincinnati Bengals

Week 15 – @ Carolina Panthers

Week 16 – Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Week 17 – @ Philadelphia Eagles

Week 18 – Washington Commanders

Cowboys (in 2024 regular season)

Rushing Yards Per game – 83.7 ypg (31st in the NFL)

Passing Yards Per game – 231.3 ypg (10th)

Total offense per game – 315.0 ypg (21st)

Turnovers lost – 18 (10 INT, 8 Fumble lost)