
The New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys have been playing one another at least twice per season every year since the 1970 NFL-AFL merger with the exception of the strike-shortened 1982 season.
By 1995, both teams had taken several turns at the top of the league. The Cowboys had been the top power in the NFC during the 1970s and fell into disarray the next decade as teams such as the Giants, San Francisco 49ers, Chicago Bears and Washington Redskins took turns going to the Super Bowl.