DALLAS COWBOYS (2-1) AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (0-3)
SERIES
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COWBOYS |
SAINTS |
SERIES LEADER |
16-11 |
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STREAKS |
3 of past 4 |
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COACHES VS. OPP. |
Jason Garrett: 1-3 |
Sean Payton: 3-2 |
LAST WEEK |
L 39-28 vs. Falcons |
L 27-22 at Panthers |
LAST GAME |
9/28/14: Saints 17 at Cowboys 38. Dallas RB DeMarco Murray rushes for 149 yards & 2 TDs. Cowboys QB Tony Romo passes for 262 yards & 3 TDs (137.4 rating). |
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LAST GAME AT SITE |
11/10/13: Saints 49, Cowboys 17. New Orleans QB Drew Brees throws for 392 yards & 4 TDs (139.0 rating). Saints RB Mark Ingram rushes for 145 yards & TD. |
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REFEREE |
Brad Allen |
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BROADCAST |
NBC (7:30 PM CT): Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth, Michele Tafoya (field reporter). Westwood One: Kevin Kugler, James Lofton. SIRIUS: 83 (Dal.), 93 (NO). XM: 225 (Dal.), 226 (NO). |
STATS
PASSING |
Weeden: 29-33-305-1-1-102.7 |
Brees: 54-86-610-2-2-82.0 OR McCown: 31-38-310-0-1-89.7 |
RUSHING |
Randle: 48-203-4.2-3 (T3L) |
Ingram: 39-127-3.3-2 (T3C) |
RECEIVING |
Dunbar (RB): 21-215-10.2-0 |
Cooks: 16-190-11.9-0 |
OFFENSE |
380.7 (3C) |
370.3 |
TAKE/GIVE |
-3 |
-3 |
DEFENSE |
317.7 |
397.0 |
SACKS |
3 tied: 1 |
Kikaha (R): 2 |
INTs |
Wilcox, Lee: 1 |
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PUNTING |
C. Jones: 48.4 (3C) |
Morstead: 43.8 |
KICKING |
Bailey: 21 (9/9 PAT; 4/4 FG) |
Hocker: 18 (3/4 PAT; 5/6 FG) |
COWBOYS
- QB BRANDON WEEDEN has completed 87.9% (29 of 33) for 305 yards with 102.7 rating.
- RB JOSEPH RANDLE rushed for a career-high 87 yards and 3 TDs last week.
- RB LANCE DUNBAR had a career-best 10 catches and 100 receiving yards in Week 3. He leads all NFL RBs with 21 catches and 215 receiving yards.
- RB DARREN MC FADDEN had a rush TD last week.
- TE JASON WITTEN ranks 2nd in NFL history among TEs in catches (964) and receiving yards (10,683).
- WR TERRANCE WILLIAMS had 2 TDs in his last meeting with the Saints and has 3 TDs in two career games vs. New Orleans.
- LB SEAN LEE had 10 tackles and a sack last week. He leads the NFC with 33 tackles.
SAINTS
- QB DREW BREES has won 4 of his past 6 starts vs. Dallas and has 16 TDs, 3 INTs and a 111.3 QB rating.
- RB MARK INGRAM aims for his third game in a row vs. Dallas with a TD. In his last game vs. Dallas, he rushed for 145 yards and a TD. He aims for his third game in a row with a rush TD.
- RB KHIRY ROBINSON had 105 scrimmage yards (87 rush, 18 receiving) in his last meeting with the Cowboys.
- In his past 4 games vs. Dallas, WR MARQUES COLSTON has 28 catches for 415 yards (103.8 per game) and a TD.
- S KENNY VACCARO had a sack in his last meeting with the Cowboys.