Cowboys announce dates, times for back-and-forth preseason schedule

There’s no elaborate video skit to accompany the news, but the Cowboys have announced the details for their 2023 preseason schedule.

And it will necessitate an extra bit of summer travel.

Players fighting for a roster spot will have three chances to impress coaches in a live-game situation, twice at home and once on the West Coast, all against AFC opponents.

Dallas will kick off its preseason by hosting the Jacksonville Jaguars at AT&T Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 12 at 4 p.m. CT. Next, they’ll travel to Seattle to face the Seahawks the following Saturday evening, and then return home to finish the exhibition slate against the Las Vegas Raiders with a 7 p.m. start on Aug. 26.

Dates for the Cowboys’ annual summer visit to Oxnard have not been finalized, but Todd Archer of ESPN reports that the team will fly home from training camp to play the Jaguars game and then return to California for another week of practice leading up to the Seattle trip before finally coming home for good.

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This year’s preseason contests are being squeezed into a busy schedule of major events at JerryWorld. The stadium will play host to a preseason soccer “friendly” between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid as part of the 2023 Soccer Champions Tour on July 29. That match is expected to draw a massive crowd just two weeks before the Cowboys’ preseason opener.

Then, once the Cowboys leave town again and invade the Pacific Northwest over the second preseason weekend, heavy metal band Metallica sets up shop at AT&T for Friday and Sunday concerts, pulling out in time for the team to play their preseason finale against the Raiders six days later.

The Cowboys will then hit the road again, opening their regular season with an away game versus the Giants on Sunday, Sept. 10.

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Story originally appeared on Cowboys Wire