NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (7-3) AT DALLAS COWBOYS (3-7)
SERIES
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SAINTS |
COWBOYS |
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SERIES LEADER |
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15-8 |
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STREAKS |
5 of past 6 |
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COACHES VS. OPP. |
Payton: 1-1 |
Garrett: 0-0 |
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LAST WEEK |
W 34-19 vs. Seahawks |
W 35-19 vs. Lions |
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LAST GAME |
12/19/09: Cowboys 24 at Saints 17. Dallas QB Tony Romo completes 22 of 34 attempts (64.7 pct.) for 312 yards & 1 TD as Cowboys take 24-3 lead & hold off New Orleans. |
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LAST GAME AT SITE |
12/10/06: Saints 42, Cowboys 17. New Orleans QB Drew Brees passes for 5 TDs as Saints tally 536 yards of offense. |
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BROADCAST |
FOX (3:15 PM CT): Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Pam Oliver (Field reporter). Westwood One Radio: Howard David, Tony Boselli, Kevin Kiley (Field reporter). SIRIUS: 124 (WW1), 123 (NO), 126 (Dal.). XM: 124 (WW1), 105 (NO), 103 (Dal.). |
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STATS
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PASSING |
Brees: 290-417-2,969 (1C)-22 (1C)-14-93.3 |
Kitna: 100-158-1,223-10-7-89.7 |
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RUSHING |
Ivory (R): 101-481-4.8-1 |
Jones: 98-404-4.1-0 |
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RECEIVING |
Colston: 62 (T3L)-705-11.4-4 |
Witten (TE): 50-561-11.2-3 |
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OFFENSE |
382.3 (3C) |
356.6 |
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TAKE/GIVE |
-4 |
-6 |
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DEFENSE |
291.7 (3C) |
352.4 |
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SACKS |
Ellis: 4 |
Ware: 8.5 (2C) |
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INTs |
Greer: 2 |
Newman: 2 |
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PUNTING |
Morstead: 46.7 (2C) |
McBriar: 47.9 (1C) |
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KICKING |
Hartley: 53 (23/23 PAT; 10/15 FG) |
Buehler: 59 (26/27 PAT; 11/15 FG) |
NOTES
SAINTS: In only start at Dal., QB DREW BREES completed 26 of 38 (68.4 pct.) for 384 yards with 5 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 140.8 rating. When Brees has 120+ rating, his teams are 24-1 (.960), incl. playoffs…RB REGGIE BUSH had 162 scrimmage yards in last game at Dal., incl. 6 catches for 125 yards & TD. RB PIERRE THOMAS had 5 catches for 50 yards in last meeting. RB JULIUS JONES spent 1st 4 seasons with Dal. (2004-07) & rushed for 150 yards & 2 TDs on Thanksgiving 2004…WR MARQUES COLSTON had 8 catches for 113 yards & 2 TDs last week. WR LANCE MOORE had TD in last game vs. Dal. TE JEREMY SHOCKEY had career-high 12 catches & 129 yards with TD in last game vs. Dal. (11/11/07 with NYG)…DE WILL SMITH has 5 sacks in 3 meetings & aims for 4th in row vs. Dal with sack. CB JABARI GREER had INT in last game vs. Dal. (10/8/07 with Buf.). DT SEDRICK ELLIS has 4 sacks, 2nd most by NFC DT. LB JONATHAN VILMA had 14 tackles & sack in last meeting…
COWBOYS: Are 27-14-1 on Thanksgiving, incl. 4 consecutive wins...QB JON KITNA is 2-0 in career vs. NO. Aims for 3rd in row with 3+ TDs & 120+ rating…Incl. playoffs, RB FELIX JONES has 9 career TDs (7 rush, 1 rec., 1 KR) & averages 49.8 yards per TD (448 yards). RB MARION BARBER rushed for 2 TDs in last meeting…WR-PR DEZ BRYANT has 44 catches & needs 3 to pass HOFer BOB HAYES (46) for most by Cowboys rookie. Has 8 TDs (6 rec. 2 PR), most among NFL rookies. WR MILES AUSTIN had 7 catches for 139 yards & TD in last game vs. NO. TE JASON WITTEN aims for 3rd Thanksgiving in row with 100+ yards. LB DE MARCUS WARE has 3 sacks in 2 meetings. Has 65 sacks since 2006, most in NFL. Has 4 sacks in past 2 on Thanksgiving. CB BRYAN MC CANN had 97-yard PR-TD last week & is 1st rookie ever with 97+ yard TD in consecutive games (101-yard INT-TD in Wk 10). CB TERENCE NEWMAN has 4 INTs in past 6 Thanksgiving games, incl. INT-TD.