Looking Forward to October 11, When Dallas Plays ... Um ... Dallas in Kansas City

Couple of days back, the National Football League announced that 16 so-called "legacy games" would be played this season in honor of the American Football League's 50th anniversary. One of those games takes place in Kansas City on October 11, when the Dallas Cowboys play ... the Dallas Texans. In...

By Robert Wilonsky

May 7, 2009

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Couple of days back, the National Football League announced that 16 so-called "legacy games" would be played this season in honor of the American Football League's 50th anniversary. One of those games takes place in Kansas City on October 11, when the Dallas Cowboys play ... the Dallas Texans. In honor of that historic match-up, Shutdown Corner today pays homage to the unis the Kansas City Chiefs will be wearing when they face the Cowboys, in what will surely be a bit of surreal TV. After all:

The team from Kansas City will be wearing helmets celebrating the location of the team they're playing against. As if Cowboys fans don't think they're superior enough, now the NFL is making the opposition honor them.

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