Dallas Cowboys Schedule 2020: 5 Playoff Teams, Pittsburgh Steelers, LA Rams Among Opponents

There is plenty of optimism around the Dallas Cowboys for the 2020 NFL season. The organization replaced Jason Garrett with Super Bowl winning head coach Mike McCarthy. Dak Prescott, Amari Cooper and Ezekiel Elliott all return as part of the league’s No.1 ranked offense.

Dallas’ strength of schedule should also help its bid to be a contender.

Based on the final 2019 NFL standings, only the Baltimore Ravens have an easier schedule than the Cowboys in 2020. Dallas has the easiest schedule of any NFC team.

The Cowboys’ opponents had a combined .457 winning percentage last season.

The Washington Redskins and New York Giants will be on the other side of the field in four of Dallas’ 16 games. Washington won an NFC-worst three games in 2019. New York went 4-12 a season ago.

The Philadelphia Eagles went 9-7 and finished a game ahead of the Cowboys to win the NFC East. The rivals will meet twice, as they do every season. Philadelphia handed Dallas its only loss within the division in Week 16 last year.

Every NFC East team will play each NFC West and AFC North team once.

Dallas gets to play the defending NFC champion San Francisco 49ers at home. The Arizona Cardinals, Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers, all of whom missed the playoffs, will visit AT&T Stadium.

A road matchup with the Ravens is scheduled to be the Cowboys’ toughest game. Dallas is scheduled to visit the Seattle Seahawks, who own one of the NFL’s best home-field advantages.

The Cowboys will host the Atlanta Falcons. They are set to visit the Cincinnati Bengals, Los Angeles Rams and Minnesota Vikings.

Cincinnati had an NFL-worst 2-14 record last season. Dallas beat both Los Angeles and Minnesota in 2019.

Prescott has started every game at quarterback since joining the Cowboys as a fourth-round pick in 2016. He’s 40-24 in the regular season and has never finished with a losing record.