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DALLAS (0-2) At HOUSTON (2-0)
Sunday, 1 p.m., FOX
OPENING LINE – Texans by 2
RECORD VS. SPREAD – Dallas 1-1, Houston 2-0
SERIES RECORD – Tied 1-1
LAST MEETING – Cowboys beat Texans 34-6, Oct. 15, 2006
LAST WEEK – Cowboys lost to Bears 27-20; Texans beat Redskins 30-27, OT
COWBOYS OFFENSE – OVERALL (4), RUSH (28T), PASS (2)
COWBOYS DEFENSE – OVERALL (10), RUSH (6T), PASS (18)
TEXANS OFFENSE – OVERALL (1), RUSH (1), PASS (6)
TEXANS DEFENSE – OVERALL (31), RUSH (2), PASS (32)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES – Cowboys trying to avoid first 0-3 start since 2001, when they dropped first four games and finished 5-11. … Texans can go 3-0 for first time in their nine seasons. … Houston has won six in a row dating to last season, the franchise’s longest winning streak. … Texans beat Dallas 19-10 in franchise inaugural game in 2002. Dallas won second meeting 34-6 in 2006. Houston beat Dallas 23-7 in a preseason game at Reliant Stadium on Aug. 28. … Cowboys TE Jason Witten (head) and CB Mike Jenkins (knee) expected to play after leaving last week’s loss to Chicago with injuries. … Cowboys RB Marion Barber will face his younger brother, Dominique, a safety for the Texans. … Texans lead NFL in scoring (32 ppg) and total offense (440.5 ypg). … Houston’s defense ranks second against run (31 ypg) and 32nd against the pass (411 ypg). … Texans RB Arian Foster is NFL’s leading rusher (150 ypg). … QB Matt Schaub has thrown 57 touchdown passes for Houston and needs three more to become franchise’s all-time leader. David Carr threw 59 TD passes from 2002-06. Schaub has thrown a TD pass in 10 consecutive games. … Texans are 20-2 over past three seasons when they rush at least 30 times. They are 2-23 when they run fewer than 25 times.
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