{"id":201320,"date":"2025-09-05T04:02:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T04:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/201320\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T04:02:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T04:02:10","slug":"thrilling-eagles-cowboys-opener-hit-with-severe-weather-delay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/201320\/","title":{"rendered":"Thrilling Eagles-Cowboys opener hit with severe weather delay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Eagles- Cowboys Week 1 opener had to be paused due to lightning and severe weather in the area around Philadelphia\u2019s Lincoln Financial Field.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The game was stopped with 4:44 remaining in the third quarter with the Eagles leading the Cowboys 24-20.<\/p>\n<p>The game resumed play at 11:30 p.m., with the Eagles restarting the game with possession of the football. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cA severe thunderstorm warning has been issued by the National Weather Service for our area,\u201d a message on the stadium video board read. \u201cThese storms may produce severe conditions, including lightning and strong winds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37026239\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250904_hlf_sq4_107.jpg\" alt=\"Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Jahan Dotson (2) reacts after a reception against the Dallas Cowboys during the second quarter of the game at Lincoln Financial Field. \" class=\"wp-image-37026239\"  \/>Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Jahan Dotson (2) reacts after a reception against the Dallas Cowboys during the second quarter of the game at Lincoln Financial Field.  Bill Streicher-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.45248227;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37026263\" width=\"857\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2233767781.jpg\" alt=\"The Philadelphia Eagles exit the field due to lightning in the area to cause a weather delay in the third quarter in the game at Lincoln Financial Field on September 04, 2025 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. \" class=\"wp-image-37026263\"  \/>The Philadelphia Eagles exit the field due to lightning in the area to cause a weather delay in the third quarter in the game at Lincoln Financial Field on September 4, 2025 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor your safety, please exit the open seating area at this time and seek shelter along the concourses.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Both teams eventually left the field and returned to their locker rooms to wait out the delay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Eagles- Cowboys Week 1 opener had to be paused due to lightning and severe weather in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":201321,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[8998,1232,1105,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-201320","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-dallas-cowboys","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115149704068955310","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}