CHICAGO (1-0) At DALLAS (0-1)
Sunday, 1 p.m., FOX
OPENING LINE – Cowboys by 8 1/2
RECORD VS. SPREAD – Chicago 0-1; Dallas 0-1
SERIES RECORD – Cowboys lead 13-8
LAST MEETING – Cowboys beat Bears 34-10, Sept. 23, 2007
LAST WEEK: Bears beat Lions 19-14; Cowboys lost to Redskins 13-7
BEARS OFFENSE – OVERALL (1T), RUSH (18), PASS (2)
BEARS DEFENSE – OVERALL (2), RUSH (1), PASS (6T)
COWBOYS OFFENSE – OVERALL (5), RUSH (17), PASS (5)
COWBOYS DEFENSE – OVERALL (7), RUSH (11T), PASS (9)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES – First meeting at Cowboys Stadium, which is first of three stadium debuts for Chicago. Bears play Week 4 against Giants at New Meadowlands Stadium, then in Week 9 vs. Buffalo at Rogers Center in Toronto. … Bears RB Matt Forte has started 33 consecutive games, most among active NFL running backs. … Forte’s 151 yards receiving in season opener were second-most by a Bears RB. George McAfee had 157 yards receiving in 1947. … Chicago defense forced eight three-and-outs. That was most on NFL’s opening weekend, as was 57 percent for doing that on eight of 14 drives. … Cowboys RT Marc Colombo was 29th overall pick in 2002 draft by Chicago. Colombo started five of 10 games as rookie before hurting knee. Injury forced him to miss all of 2003 season, then started 2004 on PUP list before playing eight games. Released after 2005 opener, signed by Dallas that November. Colombo expected back in lineup after missing opener with another ankle injury. … Cowboys 34-15-1 in home openers, but 0-1 in Cowboys Stadium after 33-31 loss to Giants in last year’s debut. … WR Dez Bryant caught eight passes in opener, already tying Dallas record for catches by rookie receiver. That matched “Bullet Bob” Hayes in 1965 and Jason Witten in 2003. … Tony Romo’s 108 passing TDs since 2006 are third-most in the NFL, trailing only last year’s Super Bowl quarterbacks – Peyton Manning (125) and Drew Brees (123).
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