FRISCO, Texas – The NFL has already slowly but surely begun to reveal certain games on the 2025 schedule, including the Cowboys' opening week matchup, but the full schedule will release Wednesday, May 14 at 7 P.M. CDT
In the first game of the season, the Cowboys will travel to Philadelphia and play the reigning Super Bowl champion Eagles on Thursday, September 4 with kickoff at 7:20 PM CDT.
Of the 14 teams the Cowboys will play this season, eight made the playoffs in 2024, handing Brian Schottenheimer a tall task in his first season as the Cowboys head coach.
Here's a quick refresher of the Cowboys' opponents in 2025, where the order Dallas will play them in is revealed Wednesday night:
Home:
- Giants
- Eagles
- Commanders
- Packers
- Chiefs
- Chargers
- Vikings
- Cardinals
Away:
- Eagles (Week 1, Sept. 4, 7:20 P.M.)
- Giants
- Commanders
- Bears
- Broncos
- Lions
- Raiders
- Jets
- Panthers
Schottenheimer is the 10th head coach in the franchise's history, and the ninth since Jerry Jones purchased the team in 1989. Here's a look back at how each of the previous nine Cowboys coaches fared in their first full season at the helm:
- Tom Landry (1960) – 0-11-1
- Jimmy Johnson (1989) – 1-15
- Barry Switzer (1994) – 12-4
- Chan Gailey (1998) – 10-6
- Dave Campo (2000) – 5-11
- Bill Parcels (2003) – 10-6
- Wade Phillips (2007) – 13-3
- Jason Garrett (2011) – 8-8
- Mike McCarthy (2020) – 6-10
Before the full schedule release tomorrow evening, tune into “America’s Stream,” a livestream countdown to the schedule release hosted by Micah Parsons, CeeDee Lamb, Oza Odighizuwa and Tyler Smith beginning at 1:00 PM C.T.
