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Sunday, Jan 17
DALLAS (12-5) at MINNESOTA (12-4)
1 p.m. ET, Fox
OPENING LINE – Vikings by 3
RECORD VS. SPREAD – Dallas 10-7; Minnesota 9-6-1
SERIES RECORD – Cowboys lead 14-12
LAST MEETING – Cowboys beat Vikings 24-14, Oct. 21, 2007
LAST WEEK – Cowboys beat Eagles 34-14 in wild-card round; Vikings had bye
COWBOYS OFFENSE – OVERALL (2), RUSH (7), PASS (6)
COWBOYS DEFENSE – OVERALL (9), RUSH (4), PASS (20)
VIKINGS OFFENSE – OVERALL (5), RUSH (13), PASS (8)
VIKINGS DEFENSE – OVERALL (6), RUSH (2), PASS (19)
ve straight in series between playoff loss after 1996 season and 2007 regular-season meeting. … Cowboys, having ended 13-year stretch without a win in playoffs with last week’s whipping of Philadelphia, have won four straight games while allowing total of 31 points in that span. … QB Tony Romo has 19-8 career record on road. He’s 1-2 overall in his career in the postseason; this will be his second playoff road game. … Cowboys RB Marion Barber grew up in the Twin Cities and played at Metrodome for University of Minnesota. He’s been bothered by left knee injury, limiting his action lately. … Romo grew up in Wisconsin, a fan of Vikings QB Brett Favre when he played for Packers. … Favre will make his 23rd start in a playoff game. His Packers lost to Cowboys three straight times in his first three trips to playoffs, 1993-95. … Vikings RB Adrian Peterson, who grew up a Cowboys fan in Texas, hasn’t had 100-yard game in two months. … Vikings went 8-0 at home in regular season for third time in 28 years at Metrodome, now known officially as Mall of America Field.
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