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Tuesday, March 31st, 2020

NBC SPORTS’ FOOTBALL WEEK IN AMERICA CONTINUES WITH TWO CLASSIC SNF GAMES TONIGHT AT 7 P.M. ET ON NBCSN, FEATURING TONY ROMO’S FIRST NFL START & FIRST GAME AT AT&T STADIUM

Romo’s First Career Start, a Come-From-Behind Road Win Against Carolina on SNF in 2006, Kicks Off Tonight’s FWIA Slate at 7 p.m. ET

At 9:30 p.m. ET, the Giants Top the Division-Rival Cowboys with a Last-Second Field Goal in the Regular Season Debut of Dallas’ AT&T Stadium

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STAMFORD, Conn. – March 31, 2020 – NBC Sports’ Football Week in America continues tonight with two primetime SNF games featuring the Dallas Cowboys, beginning at 7 p.m. ET on NBCSN.

    • Tonight: Double Dose of Dallas: Tony Romo’s First Career Start & AT&T Stadium’s Regular Season Debut

 

FWIA runs through Sunday, April 5, with NBCSN presenting two games per night in primetime. In addition, on the three following Sunday nights in April, NBCSN will air one SNF game at 8 p.m. ET.

Mike Tirico introduces each night’s matchup on NBCSN, and game presentations will include a specialized ticker featuring live tweets. During the telecast, fans will be provided with on-screen information on how they can help with Coronavirus relief. Fans can tweet #FootballWeekNBCSN for the chance to see their tweets live on air.

Programming will also stream on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app.

Following is a look at tonight’s games:

DOUBLE DOSE OF DALLAS

GAME TIME (ET) NETWORK
Dallas vs. Carolina (Week 8, 2006) 7 p.m. NBCSN
New York Giants vs. Dallas (Week 2, 2009) 9:30 p.m. NBCSN

 

DALLAS COWBOYS-CAROLINA PANTHERS (WEEK 8, 2006) AT 7 P.M. ET

Football Week in America continues tonight with quarterback Tony Romo’s first career start for the Dallas Cowboys in Week 8 of the 2006 season.

Romo, who was signed by the Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2003, took his first career regular season snap in Week 6 of 2006 and made his first start two weeks later, on October 29, against Carolina. After falling behind 14-0 in the first quarter, Romo helped orchestrate a Dallas comeback with 35 unanswered points, including 25 in the fourth quarter, to lead the Cowboys to a 35-14 victory over the Panthers on Sunday Night Football. The come-from-behind win kickstarted Romo’s career, as he became the Cowboys starter for the remainder of his career through 2016.

Al Michaels and Hall of Fame coach John Madden called the game from Bank of America Stadium.

  1 2 3 4 FINAL
Dallas 0 10 0 25 35
Carolina 14 0 0 0 14

 

CATEGORY GAME LEADER   CATEGORY GAME LEADER
Passing Yards Tony Romo – 270   Passing TDs Tony Romo – 1
Rushing Yards Julius Jones – 92   Rushing TDs Marion Barber – 2
Receiving Yards Terrell Owens – 107   Receiving TDs Jason Witten – 1

 

NEW YORK GIANTS-DALLAS COWBOYS (WEEK 2, 2009) AT 9:30 P.M. ET

The Cowboys hosted the division-rival Giants in the regular-season debut of AT&T Stadium in Week 2 of 2009 in a thriller game that was decided in the closing seconds.

New York quarterback Eli Manning (330 passing yards and two touchdowns) led a last-minute drive with the Giants trailing by two points, leading to kicker Lawrence Tynes’ game-winning 37-yard field goal as the clock expired to give New York a 33-31 road win.

Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth called the inaugural game from AT&T Stadium.

  1 2 3 4 FINAL
New York 10 10 0 13 33
Dallas 7 10 7 7 31

 

CATEGORY GAME LEADER   CATEGORY GAME LEADER
Passing Yards Eli Manning – 330   Passing TDs Eli Manning – 2
Rushing Yards Marion Barber – 124   Rushing TDs Marion Barber, Felix Jones – 2
Receiving Yards Mario Manningham – 150   Receiving TDs Three tied – 1

 

Following is the upcoming Football Week in America schedule:

    • Wednesday, April 1: Peyton Manning with the Broncos
    • Thursday, April 2: Brett Favre at Lambeau
    • Friday, April 3: Brees, Brady & Manning
    • Saturday, April 4: Last-Second Victories on SNF
    • Sunday, April 5: OBJ’s Catch & Mahomes-Brady I

 

Additionally, NBC Sports presents Hockey Happy Hour this week each day through Thursday, April 2, from 5-7 p.m. ET on NBCSN, including highlights from last week’s “Hockey Week in America.” Following is today’s featured hockey content:

MAPLE LEAFS-BRUINS (2013 EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS, GAME 7) AT 5 P.M. ET ON NBCSN

The Maple Leafs held a commanding 4-1 lead in Game 7 in Boston midway through the third period, before the Bruins stormed back to force OT, punctuated by a pair of goals with their goalie pulled. Patrice Bergeron scored the overtime winner for a 5-4 victory, which marked the first time in NHL history a team overcame a three-goal deficit in the final period of Game 7 to go on to win the game and the series.

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