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Cleveland Browns NFL schedule release 2024: Opener vs. Cowboys on Sept. 8 at 4:25 p.m.
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The Cleveland Browns will find out their entire 2024 schedule on Wednesday, However, the NFL did announce how it's going to start.
The Dallas Cowboys are coming to Cleveland to kick off the season on Sunday, Sept. 8 at 4:25 p.m. The game will be televised on Fox.
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The game will also mark the first game in the broadcast booth for seven-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback Tom Brady . Brady is scheduled to join Kevin Burkhart on Fox's No. 1 broadcast team this upcoming season, replacing Greg Olsen .
The Browns land a marquee television window on opening weekend fresh off their second playoff appearance in the last four years. Cleveland, despite starting five different quarterbacks, finished the regular season 11-6 before losing in the AFC wild card round to the Houston Texans .
Starting quarterback Deshaun Watson continues to recover from the shoulder surgery he underwent on Nov. 21. He started throwing again in mid-March and has started publicly, as has general manager Andrew Berry, that he expects to be able to play in the season opener.
Browns vs. Cowboys series history
The Cowboys will be making their first trip to Cleveland since 2016, when they beat the Browns 35-10. Dallas has won its last three trips to Cleveland — 2016, 2008 and 1991 — with the Browns' last home win in the series coming in 1988.
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Cleveland leads the overall regular-season season 16-13. It also won the last meeting between the teams, a 49-38 thriller in Arlington, Texas, in 2020.
Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott is tackled by Cleveland Browns defensive tackle Larry Ogunjobi (65) in the first quarter, Oct. 4, 2020, in Arlington, Texas.
The Cowboys are coming off their third consecutive 12-5 regular season last year, winning the NFC East championship. However, they lost a home game in the wild card round to the Green Bay Packers , the eighth time in their last 11 playoff appearances in which they've dropped their postseason opener.
Cleveland Browns home schedule for 2024
Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott is sacked by Browns defensive end Myles Garrett in the first quarter, Oct. 4, 2020, in Arlington, Texas.
Dallas is part of what may be, on paper, as marquee a home schedule as the Browns have had in some time. The Cowboys and New York Giants visit from the NFC East, the Super Bowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Chargers come to town from the AFC West and the Miami Dolphins also play in Cleveland.
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The NFL and its broadcast partners are announcing a handful of prime games over the next couple of days, including the games which will be played internationally. The international games — which could also include the Browns if they're picked to play the Jacksonville Jaguars in London — will be announced Wednesday morning on NFL Network between 7 a.m.-9 a.m.
The full schedule release will be at 8 p.m. on Wednesday. ESPN2 and the NFL Network will each have specials on the release, which can be streamed on ESPN+ and NFL+.
Chris Easterling can be reached at ceasterling@thebeaconjournal.com. Read more about the Browns at www.beaconjournal.com/sports/browns. Follow him on X at @ceasterlingABJ
This article originally appeared on Akron Beacon Journal: Browns 2024 schedule release: Opener at home vs. Cowboys on Sept. 8
