DALLAS (11-5) At WASHINGTON (4-12)
Sunday, 8:20 p.m. ET, NBC
OPENING LINE – Cowboys by 3
RECORD VS. SPREAD – Dallas 10-8; Washington 7-8-1
SERIES RECORD – Cowboys lead 59-39-2
LAST MEETING – Cowboys beat Redskins 17-0, Dec. 27, 2009
COWBOYS OFFENSE – OVERALL (2), RUSH (7), PASS (6)
COWBOYS DEFENSE – OVERALL (9), RUSH (4), PASS (20)
REDSKINS OFFENSE – OVERALL (22), RUSH (27), PASS (16)
REDSKINS DEFENSE – OVERALL (10), RUSH (16), PASS (8)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES – Cowboys celebrate 50th anniversary with 101st meeting against Redskins, 99th in regular season. … Game features familiar NFC East QB foes Tony Romo and Donovan McNabb, with McNabb making his Redskins debut. Romo led 5-2 in head-to-head meetings when McNabb was with Eagles. … Cowboys beat McNabb’s Eagles 24-0 to end regular season in 2009, then 34-14 the following week in playoffs. McNabb therefore is facing the same opponent for the third straight game, becoming the first player to do so since the 1970 merger. … Romo has won his last three starts vs. Redskins. … Cowboys have NFL-best 34-15-1 record on opening weekend. They’ve won their last three openers. … Mike Shanahan makes debut as Redskins coach, looking for first win since Dec. 7, 2008, when his Broncos beat Kansas City. … Shanahan is 12-4 in openers – the 12 wins are most among active coaches. … Redskins went 0-6 vs. NFC East last year. … McNabb is first Washington QB coming off Pro Bowl season since Brad Johnson 10 years ago. … McNabb needs 70 yards to pass Dallas Hall of Fame QB Troy Aikman (32,942) for 22nd on NFL all-time list. … Redskins RB Clinton Portis needs one rushing TD to tie Stephen Davis (45) for No. 2 on franchise list. … Washington LB London Fletcher expected to play in 193rd consecutive game, tied for second longest active streak among non-specialists. … Redskins unveil new 3-4 defense under coordinator Jim Haslett after team finished last in NFL in takeaways last year (17). … Washington No. 4 overall draft pick Trent Williams debuts at LT, facing All-Pro LB DeMarcus Ware, who has a sack in six of the last eight meetings vs. Redskins.
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