DALLAS (8-7) At NEW YORK GIANTS (8-7)
Sunday, 8:20 p.m., NBC
OPENING LINE - Giants by 3
RECORD VS. SPREAD - Dallas 5-9-1; New York 6-8-1
SERIES RECORD - Cowboys lead 56-41-2
LAST MEETING - Giants beat Cowboys 37-34, Dec. 11
LAST WEEK - Cowboys lost to Eagles 20-7; Giants beat Jets 29-14
COWBOYS OFFENSE - OVERALL (9), RUSH (15), PASS (8)
COWBOYS DEFENSE - OVERALL (14), RUSH (7), PASS (23)
GIANTS OFFENSE - OVERALL (8), RUSH (32), PASS (4)
GIANTS DEFENSE - OVERALL (28), RUSH (22), PASS (27)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES - Winner takes NFC East title and get conference’s No. 4 seed and first-round home game vs. either Atlanta or Detroit. … Will be first time NFC East winner has less than 10 wins since division created in 1970. The lone exception was strike-shortened 1982 season, when teams played nine games and division champ won eight. …Cowboys QB Tony Romo(notes), who bruised right hand in last week’s loss, needs 105 yards to reach 4,000 for third time in career. He is only Dallas quarterback to throw for that much. …In last six starts against Giants, he has 112.4 quarterback rating, including five greater than 100. …RB Felix Jones(notes) rushed for 106 yards against New York earlier this month. …TE Jason Witten(notes) needs 127 yards receiving to reach 1,000 for third consecutive season. …WR Laurent Robinson(notes) has nine touchdowns in last nine games. …LB DeMarcus Ware(notes) has 24 sacks in last 18 games and 90 since 2006, most in NFL. …Sean Lee’s(notes) four interceptions tied for most among NFL linebackers. …Giants QB Eli Manning(notes) has won four of last five games vs. Dallas. He has franchise-record 4,587 yards passing this season and his 14 fourth-quarter TDs are tied for most in league history. …Manning passed for 400 yards and rallied New York from 12-point deficit with two TD passes in the final 3:14 on Dec. 11. …RB Ahmad Bradshaw(notes) had two touchdown runs last week. …RB Brandon Jacobs(notes) rushed for 101 yards and two touchdowns in game in Dallas. …WR Victor Cruz(notes) has team-record 1,358 yards receiving this season, and set team-record with 99-yard catch and run vs. Jets last week. ….WR Hakeem Nicks(notes), battling hamstring injury, has 22 catches for 353 yards (117.7 per game) and two touchdowns in last three games vs. Dallas. …DE Jason Pierre-Paul(notes), fourth in NFL with 15 1/2 sacks, blocked game-tying field goal attempt on final play of last game with Cowboys. …CB Corey Webster(notes) has career-high six interceptions.
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