Cowboys-Cardinals marks Dallas' fifth Christmas Day game
Bill Nichols / Reporter
In the 50-plus years of Cowboys football, only four games have been held on Christmas.
In 1971, Dallas was involved in one divisional playoff game against MInnesota, and Kansas City and Miami played in the other. That wound up being the longest game in NFL history.
Because of criticism for intruding on Christmas dinners, the NFL did not schedule any games on Dec. 25 for 17 years. The return came on Monday Night Football in 1989.
In the Cowboys other Xmas games, they defeated Arizona, 37-13, in 1995; lost to Tennessee, 31-0, in 2000; and lost to Philadelphia, 23-7, in 2006.