The Dallas Cowboys and New York Jets don’t play each other very often. As teams in opposing conferences who haven’t reached the Super Bowl in a long time, the franchises are relegated to meeting only when the rotation calls for it. Each NFC division meets each AFC division once every four years. With the addition of the 17th game, there is an additional slot that could add to the matchups, but that’s only happened within the last few seasons and the Cowboys’ recent out-of-order AFC East foe was the New England Patriots.
So these two teams, set to square off Sunday afternoon, most recently met in 2019, with the prior contests being 2015, 2011, 2007 and 2003. That of course means that the games are snapshots of stars which have played for each organization as well as moments in time. The Jones brothers, Thomas and Julius squaring off, the 10-year remembrance of the 911 attacks and a cross-section of interesting personalities such as Terrell Owens, Tony Romo, Plaxico Burress, Mark Sanchez, Dez Bryant and all of the coaches who have come and gone in between. Here’s a stroll down memory lane.