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MICHELE TAFOYA WORKS PRIMETIME RECORD 300TH REGULAR-SEASON GAME ON NFL SIDELINES THIS SUNDAY AS DALLAS HOSTS WASHINGTON ON NBC’S SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL

Tafoya Will Report on 45th Cowboys Game in 19th Trip to AT&T Stadium – Both Regular-Season Highs

STAMFORD, Conn. – December 22, 2021 – When NBC’s Sunday Night Football kicks off this Sunday, December 26, with the Washington Football Team visiting the Dallas Cowboys (8:20 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock), Michele Tafoya will serve as the sideline reporter for her 300th NFL regular-season game – a primetime NFL record.

Sunday marks the 45th Cowboys regular-season game that Tafoya will work, ranking Dallas as the team she has covered most in her 18 seasons on the NFL sidelines (2011-present with NBC, 2006-10 with ESPN, 2004-05 with ABC). This weekend also marks her 16th regular-season game featuring the Washington Football Team, and her fifth Dallas-Washington matchup.

In all, Tafoya’s NFL regular season sideline reporting has taken her to 42 stadiums, with Sunday’s trip to AT&T Stadium her personal-high 19th at the venue.

Following is a report on Tafoya’s time on the NFL sidelines in the regular-season:

MOST GAMES BY STADIUM

Stadium, Location# of Games
AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX19*
Heinz Field, Pittsburgh18
Empower Field at Mile High, Denver16
Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, MA15
Lambeau Field, Green Bay15
Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia15
Lumen Field, Seattle15
*includes Sunday’s game

MOST GAMES, TEAM

NFL club# of Games
Dallas Cowboys45*
Green Bay Packers42
New England Patriots37
Philadelphia Eagles34
Pittsburgh Steelers34
*includes Sunday’s game

MOST MATCHUPS

NFL club# of Games
Cowboys-Eagles12
Cowboys-Giants11
Ravens-Steelers9
Bears-Packers7
Packers-Vikings7

A record four-time Emmy Award-winner for Outstanding Sports Personality – Sports Reporter, Tafoya is the only person nominated for the award in all 10 years of its existence. In 2014, she won the Gracie Award for Outstanding On-Air Talent in a Sports Program for her work on NBC’s Sunday Night Football.


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