Monday, March 27, 2006

Cowboys will open season in Jacksonville, to host Bucs on Thankgiving Day

By RICK GOSSELIN / The Dallas Morning News
The NFL offered a sneak preview of the 2006 schedule at its spring meeting Monday and the Cowboys have drawn a couple rays of sunshine.

The league revealed the games on the season-opening weekend and holidays, and the Cowboys have drawn two Florida teams. The Cowboys will visit the Jacksonville Jaguars to open the season Sept. 10 and host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thanksgiving Day.

The Jaguars and Buccaneers were both playoff teams in 2005. The Buccaneers won the Super Bowl in the 2002 season, and the Jaguars are coached by former Cowboys linebacker Jack Del Rio.

The Jacksonville game will be played at 3:15 p.m. CDT.