BUFFALO (5-3) At DALLAS (4-4)
Sunday, 1 p.m., CBS
OPENING LINE - Cowboys by 6
RECORD VS. SPREAD - Buffalo 5-2-1; Dallas 3-4-1
SERIES RECORD - Cowboys lead 7-3
LAST MEETING - Cowboys beat Bills 25-24, Oct. 8, 2007
LAST WEEK - Bills lost to Jets 27-11; Cowboys beat Seahawks 23-13
BILLS OFFENSE - OVERALL (12), RUSH (7), PASS (15)
BILLS DEFENSE - OVERALL (26), RUSH (20), PASS (25)
COWBOYS OFFENSE - OVERALL (7), RUSH (12), PASS (7)
COWBOYS DEFENSE - OVERALL (11), RUSH (10), PASS (16)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES - Chan Gailey in second season as Buffalo’s coach. His only other NFL head coaching job was with Cowboys from 1998-99, when he was 18-14 plus pair of playoff losses. … Cowboys defeated Bills in consecutive Super Bowls, at end of 1992 and 1993 seasons. … Buffalo plays next three games, and four of five, on road. … Bills have chance to get to 6-3 for first time since 1999, last time they made playoffs. … Bills RB Fred Jackson, third in NFL averaging 100 yards rushing per game, grew up in house that was on property where Cowboys Stadium sits. … Buffalo has managed three points off four takeaways last three games after turning 16 takeaways into 79 points first five games. … Twelve sacks by DeMarcus Ware puts him one from overtaking Greg Ellis for fourth-most in single season by Cowboys linebacker. Top three are all Ware, a list topped by his 20 in 2008. … DeMarco Murray is first Dallas running back with multiple 100-yard rushing games in same season since Julius Jones in 2004. Murray had 139 yards against Seattle, his second 100-yard game this season. Rookie record for 100-yard games for a Dallas RB is Duane Thomas’ four in 1970. NFL career rushing leader Emmitt Smith had three as rookie in 1990.
