For the 16th time in their history, the Dallas Cowboys will kick off another weekend of football with a showdown on Thursday night against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In the previous 15 matchups, they’ve posted a healthy 10-5 record, although just five of those contests have come at home, where they’ve earned a 3-2 mark. Of course, this all means the game is tonight, so we’ll keep this related Thursday trivia short to make sure you’ve got plenty of time to get ready for kickoff. Open a cold one and pass the nachos.<\/p>\n
1) On Oct. 26, 1978, the first Thursday night game was televised nationally by ABC. What NFC opponent did the Cowboys face?<\/p>\n
Green Bay PackersLos Angeles RamsMinnesota VikingsNew Orleans Saints<\/p>\n
2) Which Cowboys player has scored the most career touchdowns in Thursday night games?<\/p>\n
Amari CooperEzekiel ElliottCeeDee LambJavonte Williams<\/p>\n
3) Not counting the Cowboys’ annual Thanksgiving game, the most Thursday games the team has played in one season is?<\/p>\n
4) Who was the Cowboys’ opponent on Sept. 9, 2021, when Dak Prescott threw for 403 yards, the highest total in team history for a Thursday night game?<\/p>\n
Chicago BearsNew Orleans SaintsTampa Bay BuccaneersTennessee Titans<\/p>\n
5) What day of the week have the Cowboys never played on?<\/p>\n
TuesdayWednesdayFridayThey’ve played on every day<\/p>\n
6) The Cowboys’ first Thursday night win came on Nov. 29, 2007, against the Packers. Which wide receiver had his popcorn ready, recording 156 receiving yards and a touchdown catch in the game?<\/p>\n
Miles AustinPatrick CraytonSam HurdTerrell Owens<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the 16th time in their history, the Dallas Cowboys will kick off another weekend of football with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460244,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,156701,6843,1090,3488,3487],"class_list":["post-460243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-featured-tbvsdal-2026","tag-featured-trivia-thursday","tag-news-all-news","tag-news-kurt-daniels","tag-news-nick-eatman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}