FRISCO, Texas -- The full 2025 NFL schedule release will come out on May 14, but the Cowboys have already learned their week one game: Opening the NFL season on Thursday, September 4 at 7:20 P.M. CT, against the reigning Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles.
After going 0-2 last year to the Eagles and losing by combined 75-13 margin, Dallas will look to begin the Brian Schottenheimer era by ruining their biggest NFC East rival's Super Bowl celebration with the eyes of the entire NFL world on their standalone game.
Barring additional injury, the Cowboys will also get Dak Prescott back against the Eagles after he missed both games against them last season with his hamstring injury. In his career, Prescott is 9-4 against Philadelphia in his career and an even 3-3 on the road at Lincoln Financial Field.
The spotlight has already been on him this offseason, but the light will shine brighter on Brian Schottenheimer that night as he looks to join Wade Phillips, Chan Gailey and Barry Switzer as the only Cowboys coaches to win in their debuts with the team.
This won't be the first time the Cowboys open their season against the defending Super Bowl champions, as they took on Tom Brady's Tampa Bay Buccaneers and lost in a 41-39 thriller in 2021 where Tampa Bay's Ryan Succop kicked a game winning field goal with two seconds to go.
It also won't be the first time that the Cowboys started their season against both against the Super Bowl champions and from the NFC East, as they started the 2012 season against Eli Manning's New York Giants and won 24-17. It was an upset and unorthodox win for Dallas, as they played on Wednesday Night in the Meadowlands due to the Democratic National Convention.
The Cowboys have a 41-23-1 record on opening games in the franchise's history, including winning last year's opener against the Cleveland Browns 33 to 17.
The league's full 2025 NFL schedule release will air on NFL Network Wednesday, May 14 at 7:30 P.M. with select games being revealed over the next few days.
