Trivia Thursday: Cowboys-Giants history 

1. Remarkably, Dallas played its first home game in every season during that span against the Giants. The Cowboys won four of those five contests.

2. After losing to the Steelers in their 1960 home opener – the first game in franchise history – the Cowboys got their revenge with a 27-24 victory over Pittsburgh in the 1961 home opener.

3. In his first career NFL game after coming over from the USFL, Herschel Walker totaled 96 yards from scrimmage and two rushing touchdowns in the Cowboys' 31-28 home victory over New York. The first was a dive over the line to open the scoring with him later breaking free for the game-winner.

4. The Cowboys won their home opener seven in straight seasons from 1975-81. The last victory of that stretch saw Tony Dorsett rush for 129 yards with another 45 yards receiving to help defeat the St. Louis Cardinals, 30-17.

5. Down 39-24, the Cowboys scored 16 unanswered points against Atlanta in the final five minutes, starting with a 10-yard touchdown pass from Dak Prescott to tight end Dalton Schultz.

Prescott then ran one in from the 1-yard line before Greg Zuerlein split the uprights on a 46-yard field goal with 4 seconds left to win the game.

6. Thanks in part to a fumble recovery in the end zone by linebacker D.D. Lewis, Dallas scored three touchdowns to start the fourth quarter before New York added two scores of its own.

At the time, the 35 points combined for both teams set a Cowboys record for the most totaled in the fourth quarter, a mark that is still tied for third in franchise history.

7. A rookie in 1973, not only did Billy DuPree block two Giants punts, he also caught a touchdown pass in the game as well.

8. False – Although Dak Prescott had four touchdown passes, the Dallas defense racked up five sacks in the game.

9. In the Cowboys' 1966 home opener, Don Meredith threw five touchdown passes, included a pair to Bob Hayes, to lead his team to a 52-7 defeat of the Giants.

The 45-point margin of victory is still tied for the third largest in franchise history. Danny White also threw five touchdown passes in a 38-20 win at New York on Oct. 30, 1983.

10. Over his Hall of Fame career, Emmitt Smith posted six 100-yard rushing games against the Giants. He also topped the century mark twice in New York.

11. Deion Sanders opened the Cowboys' scoring by hauling in an 8-yard pass from Troy Aikman for the touchdown. Dallas would go on to dominate its rivals, 27-0, in the Sept. 8, 1996, game.

12. Quarterback Don Meredith was tackled in the end zone for a safety, but it didn't matter much as Bob Lilly and the Cowboys' Doomsday Defense dominated the Giants, 31-2.

13. Jason Witten scored at least one touchdown in six of his seven home-opening matchups against the Giants and twice reached the end zone two times in those games, totaling eight overall.

14. The Cowboys have returned both a fumble and an interception for a touchdown. In all, they have turned the trick only six times in their history and twice it has happened in a home opener against the Giants: Sept. 18, 1983, Michael Downs (fumble) and Dextor Clinkscale (interception); and Sept. 8, 2013, Barry Church (fumble) and Brandon Carr (interception). Both were Dallas wins.

15. Bob Hayes had five touchdown catches of at least 60 yards against the Giants, including two that went for more than 80. And that's not counting the one he also recorded for 58 yards. For his career overall, Hayes had 10 touchdown catches of at least 60 yards, the most in Cowboys history.

In just his second career game, Bryan McCann set a Cowboys record that still stands today.

He picked off Eli Manning in the end zone and returned it 101 yards for a touchdown, giving the Cowboys a dramatic 33-20 win in the Meadowlands.

The win not only snapped a five-game losing streak, but gave Jason Garrett his first win as the interim head coach in 2010.

Tight end Dan Campbell played four years with the Giants (1999-2002) before joining the Cowboys in 2003 for three years. He finished his career with Detroit, where he is now the Lions head coach.

Jason Witten was Tony Romo's favorite target for most of his career, but definitely in a 2012 regular-season game at AT&T Stadium.

Witten caught 18 passes, the most in Cowboys' history, although it was not enough as Dallas lost 29-24. Witten went on to set the NFL record for catches in a season by a tight end with 110.

Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten (82) is tackled after a catch by New York Giants safety Tyler Sash (39) during an NFL football game on Sunday, October 28, 2012, at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The Giants defeated the Cowboys, 29-24. (AP Photo/James D Smith)

After failing to throw a TD pass in the first game against the Giants in his rookie year, Dak Prescott found Terrance Williams for a 34-yard touchdown in a snowy, rainy game in the Meadowlands. The Cowboys lost 10-7, snapping an 11-game winning streak.

Lance Dunbar made a big impact in the Cowboys' 27-26 win over the Giants in 2015.

Dunbar caught eight passes on eight targets, including several on the final drive as Tony Romo engineered a comeback that ended with a TD pass to Jason Witten in the final seconds.

Dallas Cowboys running back Lance Dunbar (25) runs upfield during an NFL game against the New York Giants at the AT&T Stadium on September 11, 2016. The Giants defeated the Cowboys 20-19. (Kevin Terrell via AP)