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Giants to Play at Cowboys on Thanksgiving Day

Another year, another Giants-Cowboys game set for the national stage.
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Death, taxes, and the New York Giants-Dallas Cowboys in primetime.

The New York Giants will visit the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving Day as part of their 2024 regular-season schedule. The game will be the second of three held on the holiday and will have a 4:25 p.m. ET kickoff.

This will be the second Thanksgiving date between the two division rivals this decade. On November 24, 2022, the Cowboys hosted the Giants on Thanksgiving Day at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, a game Dallas won 28-20.


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The Giants, who regularly played during the holiday during the 1920s and 1930s, became infrequent participants after their game in 1938 when they battled to a 7-7 tie with the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field.

New York is 7-6-3 in Thanksgiving games and has lost its last four in a row (1992, 2009, 2017, and 2022).

The Giants' last win in a Thanksgiving game came against Detroit in 1982, highlighted by Hall of Fame linebacker Lawrence Taylor's 97-yard interception return for a touchdown in the fourth quarter for the 13-6 Giants win.

This year's game will be the Giants' 17th Thanksgiving date, the sixth-most in the NFL. All of the Giants' appearances on Thanksgiving have taken place on the road. They are 1-4 in Thanksgiving games played during the Super Bowl era.

Besides the Cowboys and Lions, who host the annual Thanksgiving Day games, the Giants have played Denver and Washington in primetime and on the holiday, both of which were losses.



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Patricia Traina
PATRICIA TRAINA

Patricia Traina has covered the New York Giants for 30+ seasons, and her work has appeared in multiple media outlets, including The Athletic, Forbes, Bleacher Report, and the Sports Illustrated media group. As a credentialed New York Giants press corps member, Patricia has also covered five Super Bowls (three featuring the Giants), the annual NFL draft, and the NFL Scouting Combine. She is the author of The Big 50: The Men and Moments that Made the New York Giants. In addition to her work with New York Giants On SI, Patricia hosts the Locked On Giants podcast. Patricia is also a member of the Pro Football Writers of America and the Football Writers Association of America.

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