What teams will fans be watching the Dallas Cowboys face in the playoff part of the 2010 season?”
ARLINGTON, Tex. — The Dallas Cowboys erased a reputation of late-season flops and maligned performances Sunday, capturing the National Football Conference East title with a 24-0 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles. In doing so, Dallas set up a rematch with Philadelphia in the first round of the playoffs at Cowboys Stadium, a game in which the Cowboys can claim momentum as the hottest team in the conference, even in the wake of the Minnesota Vikings’ dismantling of the Giants.
Cowboys win NFC East with 24-0 victory over Eagles ARLINGTON, Texas — Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys had their way with the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday. Their reward: the NFC East title and the challenge of trying to do it again. Romo threw a pair of early touchdown passes and the defense took over from there, sending Dallas to a 24-0 victory over Philadelphia on Sunday and setting up a rematch at their new palace in the first round of the playoffs next weekend. The Cowboys (11-5) have quickly become a team nobody wants to face this postseason. This was their third straight impressive win and their most complete performance of the entire season. The shutout also made for a major milestone in the club’s storied history: First-ever back-to-back blankings. Only twice in the previous 49 seasons had they even had two shutouts the entire season. The amazing part about this one is that Philadelphia (11-5) came in having won six straight, averaging 31.2 points in that span. An added bonus
Dallas opened the new decade on January 3, 2010, the 2009 season finale. In a repeat of the 2008 season finale, Dallas squared off against Philadelphia, this time the stakes were higher with an NFC East championship and possible 2 seed and first round bye at stake as opposed to just a wild card spot on the line the previous season. For the first time in franchise history the team posted their 2nd straight shut out and in the process, clinched an their 2nd NFC East title in 3 years as well as the 3rd seed in the NFC Playoffs. In the Wild Card round of the playoffs, Dallas will once again host the Eagles in a rematch of Week 17.
