Redskins-Cowboys Game Preview

	LINE -- Dallas by 15.
	RECORD VS. SPREAD -- Redskins 4-6; Cowboys 5-5.
	SERIES RECORD -- Cowboys 38-27-2.
	LAST TIME MET -- In Week 5, Cowboys dominated Redskins 34-7 in QB
Heath Shuler's first professional start.
	LAST GAME -- Last week Redskins had bye. In Week 10, Skins lost
to 49ers 37-22. Cowboys lost NFC championship game rematch with
49ers, 21-14.
	REDSKINS OFFENSE -- RUSH (No. 25), PASS (No. 11), OVERALL (No.
22)
	QB Gus Frerotte will continue to start. He had rough outing vs.
49ers, completing just 15 of 32 passes with two INTs. WR Henry
Ellard leads NFL with 965 yards receiving on 52 catches. Only two
other wide receivers have caught passes -- Tydus Winans and Desmond
Howard. They have combined for 29 catches and 499 yards.
	COWBOYS OFFENSE -- RUSH (No. 5), PASS (No. 8), OVERALL (No. 4)
	Last week's performance vs. 49ers was roughest of season,
despite 408 total yards. RB Emmitt Smith was held to 78 yards and
QB Troy Aikman threw three INTs. Aikman is second-rated passer in
NFC (90.7). Smith has 989 yards rushing (second in NFC) and 13 TDs
(first in NFL). WR Michael Irvin leads team with 54 catches and 838
yards. WR Alvin Harper is averaging league-high 25.5 yards per
catch.
	REDSKINS DEFENSE -- RUSH (No. 23), PASS (No. 25), OVERALL (No.
26)
	Allowed 421 yards to 49ers. Have given up league-high 279
points. Have held only one opponent under 20 points. Their 16
rushing TDs allowed is most in NFL. OLB Ken Harvey leads NFL with
10.5 sacks. Cornerbacks Tom Carter and Darrell Green are tied for
team lead with three INTs. along with OLB Andre Collins.
	COWBOYS DEFENSE -- RUSH (No. 11), PASS (No. 1), OVERALL (No. 1)
	Second in NFL in points allowed (141). Unit leads NFC in sacks
with 31. DE Jim Jeffcoat leads team with seven sacks and DT Chad
Hennings has six. Safeties Darren Woodson and James Washington are
tied for team lead with four INTs. Lead NFL in completion
percentage against (47.6 percent). In first meeting, defense held
Redskins to 110 total yards.
	SPECIAL TEAMS -- Redskins KR Brian Mitchell is leading NFC in
punt returns (15.4 yards) and is fifth in kickoff returns (25.3
yards). ... Cowboys K Chris Boniol is second in NFC in scoring (76
points). Kevin Williams is third in NFC in kickoff returns with
27.5-yard average.
	STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES -- Cowboys have won 12 straight against
NFC East opponents. ... Cowboys trying for first sweep of Redskins
since 1985. ... Aikman had his first 300-yard game of season last
week (339) and fifth of career. ... In first meeting Shuler was
11-for-30 for just 96 yards and INT. ... Washington has minus-13
turnover differential, last in NFL. ... Aikman's streak of 16 games
with TD pass was snapped last week. ... Ellard is 35 yards short of
his fifth 1,000-yard season and his first since 1991.