The Dallas Cowboys are set to visit the New York Giants in the first Sunday night game of the 2026 NFL season on Sept. 13. The league on Monday announced the Week 1 matchup of NFC East rivals at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford,

NBC's Sunday Night Football will spotlight a division rivalry to kick off the 2026 NFL season. The New York Giants announced they'll host the Dallas Cowboys on Sept. 13 in the SNF

The new Giants head coach will open the 2026 NFL season at home against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday night, Sept. 13. The full schedule for all 32 teams will be released Thursday night, but the NFL often "leaks" some games earlier.

Joseph covers the Dallas Cowboys for The Dallas Morning News. After graduating from the University of Oregon in 2016, Joseph interned at The News before working for The Ames Tribu

Jaxson Dart and the new-look Giants will host Dak Prescott and the Cowboys in an NFC East showdown to kick off the season on Sunday Night Football.

Week 1 of the 2026 NFL season will begin in a familiar fashion: With the Dallas Cowboys in a prime-time game. The Cowboys will open the regular season with a “Sunday Night Football” matchup against the division-rival New York Giants.

With the official schedule dropping on May 14, the Dallas Cowboys have leaked their first game of the 2026 NFL season and it comes on the road against an NFC East opponent in primetime.

The Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants will kick off the "Sunday Night Football" prime-time slate in Week 1 of the 2026 NFL season.