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OPENING LINE - Cowboys by 3

RECORD VS. SPREAD - Atlanta 4-1; Dallas 2-3

SERIES RECORD - Cowboys lead 15-8

LAST MEETING - Cowboys beat Falcons 38-28, Dec. 16, 2006

LAST WEEK - Falcons beat Bears 21-14; Cowboys bye, beat Chiefs 26-20 in OT in Week 5

FALCONS OFFENSE - OVERALL (18), RUSH (24), PASS (15)

FALCONS DEFENSE - OVERALL (24), RUSH (23), PASS (21)

COWBOYS OFFENSE - OVERALL (2), RUSH (3), PASS (9)

COWBOYS DEFENSE - OVERALL (22), RUSH (17) PASS (26)

STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES - Dallas, Atlanta and Denver are only NFL teams that have not allowed touchdown in third quarter. ... Dallas and Atlanta have split their last 14 games. Before that, Cowboys had won eight of nine, including NFC divisional playoff games in 1978 and 1980 seasons. ... Both teams had receivers with team-record receiving games on Oct. 11: Atlanta's Roddy White had 210 yards against San Francisco; and in Dallas' last game Miles Austin had 250 yards vs. Kansas City. ... White is on pace for third consecutive 1,000-yard receiving season, which would match Andre Rison (1992-94) for most by Falcons player. ... Atlanta has allowed only two sacks this season, none in the past 17 quarters (four-plus games). ... Falcons are playing first of four road games in a five-week stretch. After Dallas, they play at NFC South rival and undefeated New Orleans on Nov. 2. ... Dallas is 15-5 coming off bye weeks, 6-1 at home. Cowboys have won out of bye week in last four seasons. ... Cowboys are 2-0 this season against NFC South teams (Tampa Bay and Carolina), improving to 48-22 against that division - their best record against any division. ... Since starting 12-1 for coach Wade Phillips, Dallas is 13-11 its past 24 regular-season games, plus a playoff loss. ... After leading NFL with 20 sacks last season, DeMarcus Ware finally got his first two of season in last game against Kansas City. ... First-year Cowboys LB Keith Brooking played first 11 seasons of career for Atlanta, where he had 1,471 tackles and 17 sacks in 161 games (146 starts). He was last remaining player from Atlanta's only Super Bowl 11 seasons ago, when he was rookie.

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