Cowboys Host Eagles in Thanksgiving 2026 Showdown at AT&T Stadium
Thanksgiving 2026 now has a rivalry centerpiece: the Dallas Cowboys will host the Philadelphia Eagles on Nov. 26 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, with the game airing on FOX and the FOX One app. FOX Sports announced the matchup on Monday, putting one of the NFL’s best divisional pairings into the holiday window.
Cowboys-Eagles at AT&T Stadium
The setup is direct. Dallas gets Philadelphia at home on Thanksgiving Day, and the broadcast will reach viewers on FOX and the FOX One app. For fans, that means the holiday game is not a neutral showcase or a playoff afterthought; it is the next scheduled meeting in a rivalry that has already produced tight finishes.
Both games between the teams last season were decided by one score. That included Dallas’ 24-21 comeback in late November, when the Cowboys erased a 21-0 deficit against Philadelphia at home.
Dak Prescott threw two touchdown passes and ran for another in that win, and Brandon Aubrey finished it with a 42-yard field goal as time expired. The rally matched the largest comeback in Cowboys history and turned a one-sided start into a game that swung late.
Dak Prescott and Brandon Aubrey
The Eagles entered that loss at 8-2 and then dropped into a three-game losing streak. Philadelphia still won the division, but it fell to the 49ers in the wild-card round, while Dallas finished 7-9-1 and missed the playoffs.
Dallas’ season was shaped by a defense that allowed a league-high 30.1 points per game and the most passing yards in the league. The Cowboys responded by hiring Christian Parker as defensive coordinator after Matt Eberflus was fired, and Parker arrives from Philadelphia after spending the last two seasons on the Eagles’ coaching staff as defensive backs coach and passing game coordinator.
Christian Parker Returns
That coaching move gives this Thanksgiving game another layer beyond the rivalry itself. Parker now faces the team that helped him win the Super Bowl in 2024, and Dallas will be trying to show that last season’s 7-9-1 finish was not the standard.
Philadelphia’s finish and Dallas’ defensive overhaul make the holiday meeting more than a calendar date. It is a chance for the Cowboys to show whether the comeback win over the Eagles in late November was a one-off or the start of a better answer against a division opponent that has repeatedly pushed them to the edge.
