For the second consecutive year, the Cowboys will face the New Orleans Saints during the fourth week of the season. Last year, the Cowboys stunned many by routing the Saints in a 38-17 win.
The teams met during the fourth week of a season only once before. That game took place in 1983.
Then (1983): The head coach of the Saints was Bum Phillips, who never quite got the team over the hump. The team’s defensive coordinator was Bum’s son, Wade Phillips, who later became defensive coordinator for the Philadelphia Eagles and other teams. Wade eventually became the head coach for the Dallas Cowboys.