Cowboys' 1996 Schedule set

IRVING - The Jerry Jones-Jimmy Johnson showdown will happen on Sunday, Oct. 27, at 3 p.m. in Miami.

The National Football League gave the defending Super Bowl champion Dallas Cowboys their 1996 schedule on Wednesday and it included three Monday night games.

But the game of primary interest was the meeting with the Miami Dolphins and their new coach Johnson, who took the Cowboys to two Super Bowl wins before he and owner Jones split.

Many had thought the game would open on Monday Night Football but Fox television got the game away from ABC.

The Cowboys will open the season on Monday night at Chicago on Sept. 2 against former Dallas defensive coordinator Dave Wannstedt.

Dallas has opened the season on Monday Night Football more times than any other club, with 11 appearances.

Other Monday night Cowboys games are at Philadelphia on Sept. 30, and against Green Bay in Texas Stadium on Nov. 18.

Once again the Cowboys got a Thanksgiving Day game at home, meeting the Washington Redskins at 3 p.m. Other clubs have complained about the Cowboys' advantage of having a
Thanksgiving game at home every year. However, the NFL didn't take the game away from Jones despite recent conflicts with the Cowboys owner.

Another big game on the Dallas schedule is Nov. 10 at San Francisco against the 49ers, who have been the Cowboys' top NFC competition in recent seasons.

The Cowboys' game-by-game schedule runs down like this:

• Monday, Sept. 2, at Chicago, 8 p.m.
• Sunday, Sept. 8, New York Giants, 3 p.m.
• Sunday, Sept. 15, Indianapolis, 3 p.m.
• Sunday, Sept. 22, at Buffalo, 3 p.m.
• Monday, Sept. 30, at Philadelphia 8 p.m.
• Sunday, Oct. 6 - Open Date.
• Sunday, Oct. 13, Arizona, noon.
• Sunday, Oct. 20, Atlanta, noon.
• Sunday, Oct. 27, at Miami, 3 p.m.
• Sunday, Nov. 3, Philadelphia, noon.
• Sunday, Nov. 10, at San Francisco, 3 p.m.
• Monday, Nov. 18, Green Bay, 8 p.m.
• Sunday, Nov. 24, at New York Giants, 3 p.m.
• Thursday, Nov. 28, Washington, 3 p.m.
• Sunday, Dec. 8, at Arizona, 3 p.m.
• Sunday, Dec. 15, New England, noon.
• Sunday, Dec. 22, at Washington, 3 p.m.

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