The Dallas Cowboys did not play a regular-season 15th game until 1978, when the NFL expanded to 16 games.
The Cowboys have a 25-20 overall record in Week 15 games over the last 45 years. In Week 15 games, Dallas is 12-9 at home and 13-11 on the road.
The Cowboys travel to Buffalo this week, where they are 1-3 versus the Bills in games played in upstate New York.
Dallas is a dismal 2-6 in Week 15 games versus AFC opponents. Dallas has never faced Buffalo in Week 15 before.
For their two Week 15 victories, they defeated Pittsburgh at home in 2012 and the Raiders in Oakland in 2017.
They were defeated by the Jets in both of their Week 15 games. They have also lost single games against the Colts, Jaguars, Browns, and Chiefs.
The Cowboys’ 23-14 record versus NFC opponents is emphasized by their victory against NFC South teams in Week 15.
Dallas has a 3-0 record versus the Saints, a 2-0 record against the Buccaneers, and a Week 15 victory over the Falcons. The Panthers were the only team to defeat the Panthers at home in 1997.
The Cowboys are 5-2 against the NFC West, with 2-1 wins over the Cardinals and Rams, as well as a win over the 49ers.
Dallas is 1-1 against the NFC North, with wins over the Vikings and losses to the Packers.
The Cowboys are 11-10 against their East division rivals. They have a 3-2 record versus the Giants but a 4-4 record against the Eagles and Commanders.
Dallas’ first three Week 15 games were on the road.
In 1978-79, the team won back-to-back games against the Eagles in Philadelphia before falling to the Rams in Los Angeles.
The Cowboys’ next six Week 15 games were played at Texas Stadium. In 1983-84, they defeated the Eagles and Saints before losing two straight to the Redskins.
A victory over the Giants was followed by a defeat to the Eagles, resulting in a three-year string of playing away from home in Week 15 from 1987 to 1989.
Dallas has never played more than two consecutive Week 15 games, either at home or on the road, once since then.
From 2001 to 2006, the Cowboys were on the road in Week 15. During that time, they went 2-4.
Dallas will be playing their third straight Week 15 road game when they face the Bills tonight.
They overcame the Giants in 2021 but lost to the Jaguars in OT last year on a weird walk-off Pick Six.
Dallas has won three consecutive Week 15 home games (2016, 2019, and 2020), but they have never won more than two consecutive Week 15 home games since 1986.
In opposition to the bills
Dallas is 2-0 in Super Bowls against Buffalo, having won back-to-back titles at the expense of the Bills. They have a 6-5 record in regular season meetings.
The Bills are 3-2 versus the Cowboys in games played in Buffalo, with the Bills winning the most recent match, 16-6, in 2015.
Dallas defeated Buffalo 49-37 in the first encounter in 1971.
The Cowboys are 4-2 in home games versus the Bills. The Cowboys won the first two games versus the Bills at Texas Stadium.
The Cowboys won 17-10 the first time they faced the Bills in 1976, then added a 27-14 victory in 1981.
The Bills’ only victory at Texas Stadium came in 1993, while Emmitt Smith was still on the sidelines. The Cowboys avenged that loss with a 10-6 victory inside Texas Stadium in 2003, the last time the Bills played there.
The first time Buffalo visited AT&T Stadium in 2011, it was defeated 44-7 by Dallas.However, the Bills defeated the Cowboys 26-15 on Thanksgiving Day in 2019.
