Eddie Lacy looks to avoid the tackle attempt from Maliek Collins. (Getty)
The history of games between the Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers goes back over five decades now, featuring regular season and playoff contests that entertained football fans thoroughly.
On Sunday another chapter will be written in this story, as Dallas hosts Green Bay in a divisional playoff game, with the winner advancing to face the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship Game.
As far as regular season contests go, the Packers own a slight 14-13 advantage. In terms of regular season contests in which Dallas was the home team, as it will be on Sunday, the Cowboys hold a narrow 7-5 lead in that series.
Here’s a list of all the regular season contests between the two teams, with the home team in each game listed second.
Regular Season Scores
2016: Cowboys 30, Packers 16
2015: Cowboys 7, Packers 28
2013: Packers 37, Cowboys 36
2010: Cowboys 7, Packers 45
2009: Cowboys 7, Packers 17
2008: Cowboys 27, Packers 16
2007: Packers 27, Cowboys 37
2004: Cowboys 20, Packers 41
1999: Packers 13, Cowboys 27
1997: Cowboys 17, Packers 45
1996: Packers 6, Cowboys 21
1995: Packers 24, Cowboys 34
1994: Packers 31, Cowboys 42
1993: Packers 14, Cowboys 36
1991: Cowboys 20, Packers 17
1989: Packers 31, Cowboys 13
1988: Cowboys 10, Packers 20
1984: Cowboys 20, Packers 6
1980: Cowboys 28, Packers 7
1978: Cowboys 42, Packers 14
1975: Packers 19, Cowboys 17
1972: Cowboys 13, Packers 16
1970: Packers 3, Cowboys 16
1968: Packers 28, Cowboys 17
1965: Cowboys 3, Packers 13
1964: Packers 45, Cowboys 21
1960: Cowboys 7, Packers 41
That’s the regular season, however. Sunday’s game is a postseason affair, and as NFL history has shown time and time again, the regular season doesn’t matter when it’s playoff time.
Sunday will be the eighth time that the Cowboys and Green Bay will have met up in the postseason. Dallas has a 5-2 edge in this series, and has only lost one of the five home games played in the series.
Here’s a list of all the postseason contests between the two teams, with the home team in each game listed second.
Playoff Scores
January 11, 2015: Cowboys 21, Packers 26
January 14, 1996: Packers 27, Cowboys 38
January 8, 1995: Packers 9, Cowboys 35
January 16, 1994: Packers 17, Cowboys 27
January 16, 1983: Packers 26, Cowboys 37
December 31, 1967: Cowboys 17, Packers 21
January 1, 1967: Packers 34, Cowboys 27
With postseason and regular season games combined, the Cowboys have the head-to-head lead 18-16, and have won 11 out of 17 games played in Dallas. A win today by the Packers would not only bring the overall series close to even, but start to dissipate the advantage that Dallas has enjoyed on its home field as well.
Julio Jones Injury Status Update
Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones left his team’s divisional playoff game against the Seattle Seahawks with a foot injury and was listed as questionable to return to the game.
Derek Helling is a contributor to Heavy. He lives in Kansas City, Mo. and loves covering the intersections of sport with business, culture and law. You can find him on Twitter @dhellingsports.January 15, 2017 1:15 pm
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