Firsts Dominate NFL Schedule : Pro football: Fox opens with Cowboys; Montana will play 49ers and father-son duel set.
The 1994 NFL schedule is filled with firsts, from Fox Network’s opening telecast featuring Super Bowl champion Dallas vs. Pittsburgh to the first matchup of father and son coaches--Miami’s Don Shula vs. Cincinnati’s David Shula.
The Cowboys, under new Coach Barry Switzer, begin their bid for an unprecedented third consecutive Super Bowl title on Sunday, Sept. 4, when they visit Pittsburgh. It will be the first regular-season NFL game televised by Fox, which outbid CBS for rights to NFC games.
“We are very pleased with our inaugural ‘NFL on Fox’ schedule,” Fox Sports President David Hill said Thursday after the league released its 1994 regular-season schedule. “We’ve got the Super Bowl champion Cowboys 11 times and some great matchups, including (Joe) Montana’s first ever game against his old mates in San Francisco (Sept. 11) and a rematch of the NFC championship game.”
The first Sunday night game on TNT will match San Diego at Denver. ABC’s Monday night series kicks off its 25th year with the Raiders at the 49ers.
Fifty-eight games are scheduled for national television. Fox or NBC will televise a Sunday doubleheader game to most of the nation each week, and ABC will show 17 Monday night games.
ABC also will televise the Super Bowl and the Pro Bowl.
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