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03-27-2006, 05:46 PM
Cowboys will open season in Jacksonville
01:39 PM CST on Monday, March 27, 2006
By RICK GOSSELIN / The Dallas Morning News
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The NFL revealed the national television games for the 2006 season-opening weekend and Thanksgiving, and the Cowboys have drawn two Florida teams.
The Cowboys will visit the Jacksonville Jaguars to open the season Sept. 10 in the Fox doubleheader game at 3:15 p.m. The Cowboys will play host to Tampa Bay on Thanksgiving Day, also on Fox at 3:15 p.m. CST.
The Jaguars and Buccaneers were playoff teams in 2005. The Buccaneers won the Super Bowl in the 2002 season, and the Jaguars are coached by former Cowboys linebacker Jack Del Rio.
The other highlights of the TV schedule were a Thursday night opener in Pittsburgh between the defending Super Bowl champion Steelers and the Miami Dolphins Sept. 7, and a third Thanksgiving game in prime time, Denver at Kansas City on the NFL Network.
The Dolphins will visit Detroit in the first game of the Thanksgiving Day tripleheader.
There also will be an opening Monday night doubleheader on ESPN on Sept. 11, Minnesota at Washington in the first game at 6 p.m. and San Diego at Oakland in the second at 9:15 p.m.
The complete regular-season schedule will be announced in April.
E-mail rgosselin@dallasnews.com
01:39 PM CST on Monday, March 27, 2006
By RICK GOSSELIN / The Dallas Morning News
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The NFL revealed the national television games for the 2006 season-opening weekend and Thanksgiving, and the Cowboys have drawn two Florida teams.
The Cowboys will visit the Jacksonville Jaguars to open the season Sept. 10 in the Fox doubleheader game at 3:15 p.m. The Cowboys will play host to Tampa Bay on Thanksgiving Day, also on Fox at 3:15 p.m. CST.
The Jaguars and Buccaneers were playoff teams in 2005. The Buccaneers won the Super Bowl in the 2002 season, and the Jaguars are coached by former Cowboys linebacker Jack Del Rio.
The other highlights of the TV schedule were a Thursday night opener in Pittsburgh between the defending Super Bowl champion Steelers and the Miami Dolphins Sept. 7, and a third Thanksgiving game in prime time, Denver at Kansas City on the NFL Network.
The Dolphins will visit Detroit in the first game of the Thanksgiving Day tripleheader.
There also will be an opening Monday night doubleheader on ESPN on Sept. 11, Minnesota at Washington in the first game at 6 p.m. and San Diego at Oakland in the second at 9:15 p.m.
The complete regular-season schedule will be announced in April.
E-mail rgosselin@dallasnews.com