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Sunday, Nov 19, 3 p.m. Dallas time, FOX

LINE: Dallas by 3

RECORD VS. SPREAD: Dallas 5-4-1; Oakland 6-4

SERIES RECORD: Oakland leads the series 3-2

LAST TIME MET: Dallas travelled to the then-Los Angeles Raiders on October 25, 1992, and defeated the Raiders 28-13. Cowboys RB Emmitt Smith ran for 152 yards and 3 TDs to snap a 3-game winning streak by the Raiders. Cowboys RB Tony Dorsett became the 1st NFL player to rush for at least 1,000 yards his first 4 seasons.

LAST GAME: Dallas was defeated by San Francisco at home 38-20. Oakland escaped the Meadowlands with a 17-13 win over the Giants.

COWBOYS OFFENSE (RUSH: #1, PASS: #12, OVERALL: #1)
QB Troy Aikman left last week's game with a bruised knee. Despite his INT and short game from last week, he remains #1 in the NFC with a 99.7 QB Rating and currently has 10 TDs and 4 INTs. ...RB Emmitt Smith leads the NFL with 1,237 yards, 17 touchdowns and averages 5.3 yards per carry. ...WR Michael Irvin is 2nd in the NFC with 1,060 yards receiving. He remains tied for the NFL record 7 straight games with 100+ yards receiving.

RAIDERS OFFENSE (RUSH: #5, PASS: #14, OVERALL: #8)
QB Jeff Hostetler is going into his 2nd game after a throat injury. He threw for 368 yards against the Cowboys in '91. ... RB Harvey Williams is 3rd in the AFC with 767 yards. ...WR Tim Brown is averaging 15 yards per catch and currently has 719 yards receiving.

COWBOYS DEFENSE (RUSH: #8, PASS: #13T, OVERALL: #7)
The Cowboys are currently 3rd in the NFC in total defense allowing an average of 302 total yards per game. ...DE Charles Haley leads the NFC with 10½ sacks. ...CB Larry Brown leads the club and is 2nd in the NFC with 4 interceptions.

RAIDERS DEFENSE (RUSH: #13, PASS: #10T, OVERALL: #9)
The Raiders are allowing 304.7 yards total offense per game. ...DE Pat Swilling is tied for 2nd in the AFC with 9 sacks. ...CB Terry McDaniel is tied for 2nd in the AFC with 4 interceptions.

SPECIAL TEAM
Cowboys P John Jett is averaging 41.2 yards per punt. ...P Chris Boniol has a total of 73 points (31/33 PAT: 14/15 FG). ...Raiders P Gossett is averaging 41.3 yards per punt. ...K Jeff Jaeger has 35 points (11/11 PAT: 8/11 FG). ...KR Raghib Ismail moved into 3rd place on the club's all-time Kick Returner with 1,909 yards.

STREAKS, STATS & NOTES
Dallas QB Troy Aikman is 63-26 as a starter in the 1990s for an average better than 70%. ...RB Emmitt Smith needs to average 127 yards in the final 6 games to reach the 2,000 yard plateau. He has the chance of owning the NFL rushing title in 4 of the last 5 years. ...WR Michael Irvin past Tony "Thrill" Hill to become the club's all-time receiving leader with 7,995 yards. ...DE Charles Haley needs 3½ more sacks to become only the 9th player in NFL history to register 100 sacks. ...The Raiders are currently 3-0 against NFC teams and could go 4-0 for the 1st time since 1979. ...QB Jeff Hostetler is 26-14 as a Raider starter. ...10 separate Raiders have at least 1 sack.