One of the NFL's highest-scoring rivalries will be renewed on "Sunday Night Football" in Week 6 when the Green Bay Packers (3-2) host the Dallas Cowboys (2-3) at Lambeau Field on Sunday night. Last season, the Packers traveled down to Texas to face the Cowboys at AT&T Stadium, and the two teams tied at 40-40, the highest-scoring tie in the Super Bowl era, since 1996, per CBS Sports Research. The game featured seven lead changes, including six consecutive touchdown drives with a lead change in the second half.
However, this rivalry hasn't exactly been very competitive in terms of the games' final outcomes, with the Cowboys seeking their first win against the Packers since the 2016 regular season, quarterback Dak Prescott's rookie year. Since that game, Dallas is 0-5-1 in the last six games against Green Bay despite scoring 31 points per game in that stretch. The problem is their defense has allowed a combined 37 points per game during the six-game winless streak against the Packers.
That's the most points per game scored by a team's offense during a six-game winless span against an opponent in NFL history, per CBS Sports Research. Sunday will mark Packers quarterback Jordan Love's first home start against the Cowboys, with both of his games against Dallas coming on the road -- a 48-32 wild card round win in the 2023 season and the 40-40 tie last year. It will also mark a homecoming for two former Packers who are now Cowboys: three-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Kenny Clark and Pro Bowl edge rusher Rashan Gary.
Let's dig into this primetime fight against two of the NFL's most historic franchises, but first, here's how you can Date: Sunday, Oct. 18 | Time: 8:20 p.m. ETLocation: Lambeau Field (Green Bay, Wisconsin)TV: NBC | Stream: Fubo (try for free)Follow: CBS Sports AppOdds: Packers -1.5, O/U 53.5 (via DraftKings Sportsbook) Cowboys looking to fix bad vibes on defense: In Week 5, Dallas lost a home game 24-16 on "Thursday Night Football" to the previously 0-4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a team it was favored by 9.5 points. Tampa Bay was starting undrafted rookie Jalon Daniels, making his second career start in place of an injured Baker Mayfield, and Dallas allowed the Buccaneers to control the game with 241 rushing yards.
That was the most for the Buccaneers in a game since the 2024 season. This week, there has been speculation from owner and general manager Jerry Jones about first-year defensive coordinator Christian Parker moving upstairs to the booth, but Parker and head coach Brian Schottenheimer maintained he will remain on the sideline. Dallas' performance improvement plan has begun with the hiring of former Cleveland Browns coach Mike Pettine as a senior assistant.
Pettine actually gave Parker his first job in the NFL when he was Green Bay's defensive coordinator in 2019. Dallas knows that being the league's 31st-ranked defense (395.4 total yards allowed per game), last-place run defense (168.4 rushing yards allowed per game), and worst third-down defense (52.6% third-down conversion rate allowed) won't cut it. "Very fixable because they're under our control," Parker said.
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