Dallas leads the series, 15-10, though New Orleans has won seven of the last eight meetings, including a dramatic 34-31 overtime victory on December 23, 2012. The Cowboys won 8 of 10 from 1973-1994 and 13 of the first 16 meetings between the two clubs. Nine games in the series have been decided by a touchdown or less, five contests by three or less, including the 2011 overtime victory by New Orleans. The Saints have a 5-3 record in contests played at the Superdome. The Saints recorded the lone shutout in the series, a 28-0 home win on Sept. 10, 1989 where New Orleans held Dallas to 20 rushing yards on 10 attempts. A look back at the results in the series:
| Date | Result | Site | Attendance |
| 10/15/67 | L, 10-14 | Cotton Bowl | 64,128 |
| 11/12/67 | L, 10-27 | Tulane Stadium | 83,437 |
| 11/3/68 | L, 3-17 | Tulane Stadium | 84,728 |
| 9/28/69 | L, 17-21 | Tulane Stadium | 79,567 |
| 11/9/69 | L, 17-33 | Cotton Bowl | 68,282 |
| 10/17/71 | W, 24-14 | Tulane Stadium | 83,088 |
| 9/24/73 | L, 3-40 | Texas Stadium | 52,715 |
| 9/19/76 | L, 6-24 | Superdome | 61,413 |
| 11/19/78 | L, 7-27 | Texas Stadium | 57,920 |
| 12/19/82 | L, 7-21 | Texas Stadium | 64,506 |
| 9/25/83 | L, 20-21 | Texas Stadium | 62,136 |
| 10/21/84 | L, 27-30 OT | Texas Stadium | 50,966 |
| 10/3/88 | W, 20-17 | Superdome | 68,474 |
| 9/10/89 | W, 28-0 | Superdome | 66,977 |
| 12/2/90 | L, 13-17 | Texas Stadium | 60,087 |
| 12/8/91 | L, 14-23 | Texas Stadium | 64,530 |
| 12/19/94 | L, 16-24 | Superdome | 67,323 |
| 12/6/98 | W, 22-3 | Superdome | 65,065 |
| 12/24/99 | W, 31-24 | Superdome | 47,835 |
| 12/28/03 | W, 13-7 | Superdome | 68,451 |
| 12/12/04 | W, 27-13 | Texas Stadium | 64,056 |
| 12/10/06 | W, 42-17 | Texas Stadium | 63,722 |
| 12/19/09 | L, 17-24 | Superdome | 70,213 |
| 11/25/10 | W, 30-27 | Cowboys Stadium | 93,985 |
| 12/23/12 | W, 34-31 OT | Cowboys Stadium | 92,570 |
