2011 Dallas Cowboys Schedule

Written by Steve Janus

The Dallas Cowboys come into the 2011-12 NFL season off a miserable 6-10 season a year ago. Many thought the Cowboys were going to be become the first team to play at home in the Super Bowl, but they didn’t even sniff the playoffs. Head coach Wade Phillips was fired after a 1-7 start, opening the door for Jason Garrett to take over. Garrett led the Cowboys to a 5-3 finish, and it now falls on his shoulders to get this team back on top the NFC East. The Cowboys also went out and added defensive coordinator Roby Ryan to sure up a defensive unit that really struggled last year.

To get an idea of how the Cowboys will do in this upcoming season, let’s take a look at their schedule for the 2011-12 season. Outside of the six division games against the Washington Redskins, Philadelphia Eagles, and New York Giants, Dallas will face off against the NFC West, AFC East, Detroit Lions and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The NFC East has been one of the toughest division in the NFL for quite some time, and while the Cowboys and Redskins finished with a mediocre 6-10 record, the entire division has the potential to make the postseason this year. The Cowboys went 3-3 against their division rivals last season, and will have to repeat or improve on that mark if they want to take over the top spot.

The Cowboys should be able to bolster their record against the NFC West, where a 7-9 team won the division last year. Dallas lucks out by getting both the Seattle Seahawks and St Louis Rams at home, and should go into each of these games as the favorite to win.

The four games against the AFC East figures to bring a much bigger challenge, especially considering the fact that they have to play on the road against the New York Jets and New England Patriots. Both of those games come in the first six weeks of the season, so we should get a good feel for how far this team has come right off the bat. Home games against the Miami Dolphins and Buffalo Bills are must wins for Dallas to have a legit shot at making the postseason.

Normally when you finish third in your division, you get a couple of pretty favorable matchups against the other teams in your conference who finished in the same spot in their division, but both games against the Detroit Lions and @Tampa Bay Buccanneers figure to be a tough matchup for Dallas. The Cowboys beat the Lions 35-19 at home last year, but this is a young team that could be ready for break out year. The Buccaneers are another young team that appear to be on the verge of becoming one of the top teams in the league after their surprising 10-6 finish to last season.

2011 Preseason Schedule
Week	Date	Opponent	Time (ET)
1	Thursday, August 11	Denver Broncos	8:30 PM
2	Saturday, August 20	San Diego Chargers	8:00 PM
3	Saturday, August 27	@ Minnesota Vikings	8:00 PM
4	Thursday, September 1	@ Miami Dolphins	7:30 PM
2011 Regular Season Schedule
Week	Date	Opponent	Time (ET)
1	Sunday, September 11	@ New York Jets	8:20 PM
2	Sunday, Septermber 18	@ San Francisco 49ers	4:05 PM
3	Monday, September 26	Washington Redskins	8:30 PM
4	Sunday, October 2	Detroit Lions	1:00 PM
5	BYE WEEK
6	Sunday, October 16	@ New England Patriots	4:15 PM
7	Sunday, October 23	St. Louis Rams	4:15 PM
8	Sunday, October 30	@ Philadelphia Eagles	8:20 PM
9	Sunday, November 6	Seattle Seahawks	1:00 PM
10	Sunday, November 13	Buffalo Bills	1:00 PM
11	Sunday, November 20	@ Washington Redskins	1:00 PM
12	Thursday, November 24	Miami Dolphins	4:15 PM
13	Sunday, December 4	@ Arizona Cardinals	4:15 PM
14	Sunday, December 11	New York Giants	8:20 PM
15	Saturday, Decmeber 17	@ Tampa Bay Buccaneers	8:20 PM
16	Saturday, December 24	Philadelphia Eagles	4:15 PM
17	Sunday, January 1	@ New York Giants	1:00 PM

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AFC
AFC West	AFC North	AFC South	AFC East
Kansas City Chiefs Schedule	Pittsburgh Steelers Schedule	Indianapolis Colts Schedule	New England Patriots Schedule
San Diego Chargers Schedule	Baltimore Ravens Schedule	Jacksonville Jaguars Schedule	New York Jets Schedule
Oakland Raiders Schedule	Cleveland Browns Schedule	Houston Texans Schedule	Miami Dolphins Schedule
Denver Broncos Schedule	Cincinnati Bengals Schedule	Tennessee Titans Schedule	Buffalo Bills Schedule
NFC
NFC West	NFC North	NFC South	NFC East
Seattle Seahawks Schedule	Chicago Bears Schedule	Atlanta Falcons Schedule	Philadelphia Eagles Schedule
St. Louis Rams Schedule	Green Bay Packers Schedule	New Orleans Saints Schedule	New York Giants Schedule
San Francisco 49ers Schedule	Detroit Lions Schedule	Tampa Bay Buccaneers Schedule	Dallas Cowboys Schedule
Arizona Cardinals Schedule	Minnesota Vikings Schedule	Carolina Panthers Schedule	Washington Redskins Schedule

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