PITTSBURGH (7-6) At DALLAS (7-6)
Sunday, 4:25 p.m., CBS
OPENING LINE – Pittsburgh by 1
RECORD VS. SPREAD – Pittsburgh 6-7; Dallas 5-8
SERIES RECORD – Tied 15-15
PRO32 RANKING – Steelers No. 13; Cowboys No. 14
LAST MEETING – Steelers beat Cowboys 20-13, Dec. 7, 2008
LAST WEEK – Steelers lost to Chargers 34-24; Cowboys beat Bengals 20-19
STEELERS OFFENSE – OVERALL (19), RUSH (25), PASS (11)
STEELERS DEFENSE – OVERALL (1), RUSH (5), PASS (1)
COWBOYS OFFENSE – OVERALL (10), RUSH (31), PASS (3)
COWBOYS DEFENSE – OVERALL (11), RUSH (16), PASS (8)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES – Steelers and Cowboys faced each other in three Super Bowls, Pittsburgh winning two. … Of 30 games in series, 16 have been decided by seven points or less. … Pittsburgh has won 29 of last 35 regular-season games against NFC teams. … Steelers playing at Cowboys Stadium for second time even though this is their first regular-season game at Dallas since 2004, when Cowboys still called Texas Stadium home. Pittsburgh lost to Green Bay in Super Bowl at Cowboys Stadium two seasons ago. … Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger 2-0 against Cowboys, with road win as rookie in 2004 and at home in 2008. He had thrown for 397 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions in those games, but has been sacked eight times. … Steelers coach Mike Tomlin 62-31 in regular-season games. … WR Dez Bryant has TD catches in five consecutive games (seven TDs overall). … Cowboys 35-40 vs. AFC North teams. … Tony Romo only 238 yards passing from reaching 25,000 for career; he is 72 shy of fourth 4,000-yard season.
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