Posted on: Sunday, September 20, 2009
Record crowd of 105,121 watches first game at Cowboys Stadium
Associated Press
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A fan takes a photograph as a U.S. flag the length of the football field is rolled out before an NFL football game between the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Giants. A NFL record crowd for a regular season game of 105,121 watched the game at the new Cowboys Stadium.
SHARON ELLMAN | Associated Press
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COWBOY STADIUM FIRSTS
A list of notable firsts from the opening regular-season game at the Cowboys Stadium tonight between the New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys: —Roof opening: 5:50 p.m. CDT. —Coin toss: Performed by former President George W. Bush. —Players out of the tunnel: Cowboys safety Ken Hamlin and linebacker Bradie James. —National Anthem singer: Jordin Sparks, daughter of former Giants and Cowboys defensive back Phillippi Sparks. —Play from scrimmage: Tony Romo completed a 5-yard pass to Marion Barber. —Tackle: Linebacker Michael Boley. —First down: Eli Manning completed a 32-yard pass to Steve Smith with 13:28 left in the first quarter. —Points: Lawrence Tynes' 30-yard field goal with 8:59 left in the first quarter. —Touchdown: Marion Barber's 2-yard run with 4:11 left in the first quarter. —Turnover: New York's Bruce Johnson returned an interception 34 yards for a touchdown with 2:46 left in the first quarter.
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ARLINGTON, Texas — The first game at the Cowboys Stadium set an NFL regular-season attendance record with a crowd of 105,121 on Sunday night.
The game between the New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys broke the previous mark of 103,467 between Arizona-San Francisco in Mexico City in 2005.
The crowd included up to 30,000 fans in standing-room party plazas at either end of the stadium. The stadium has about 75,000 seats.
The record for an NFL game in the United States was 103,985 for the Super Bowl between Steelers and Rams at the Rose Bowl in January 1980. The largest crowd to watch any NFL game was 112,376 in a preseason matchup between the Cowboys and Houston Oilers in Mexico City in 1994.
There was also a crowd of 105,840 in Chicago for an exhibition between the Bears and a college all-star team in 1947.
