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Sunday, Dec 17, 3 p.m. Dallas time, Fox

LINE: Dallas -15

RECORD VS. SPREAD: New York 8-5-1, Dallas 6-6-2

SERIES RECORD: Dallas leads the series 42-22-2

LAST TIME MET: Dallas steamrolled the Giants on the opening night of Monday Night Football by the score of 35-0. Dallas RB Emmitt Smith raced 60 yards for a TD the first time he touched the ball and ended up with 4 TDs and 163 yards on 21 carries while WR Michael Irvin caught the other TD pass and 107 yards receiving.

LAST GAME: New York defeated the Washington Redskins 20-13. Dallas lost at Philadelphia 20-17 on the controversial 4th and inches call.

COWBOYS OFFENSE (RUSH: #3, PASS: #18, OVERALL: #7)
The "Triplets" are coming off of a terrible game in Philadelphia -- QB Troy Aikman was 11 of 28 for 110 yards, RB Emmitt Smith gained over 100 yards but only 13 of it in the 2nd half and WR Michael Irvin had 3 catches for 40 yards.

GIANTS OFFENSE (RUSH: #16t, PASS: #29, OVERALL: #29)
RB Rodney Hampton leads the team with 935 yards and 9 TDs. QB Dave Brown has a dismal 75.4 QB rating. WR Chris Calloway has caught for only 743 yards.

COWBOYS DEFENSE (RUSH: #13, PASS: #12, OVERALL: #12)
The Dallas defense allowed the Eagles o gain 149 yards on the ground. With DE Charles Haley out for the remainder of the regular season, so are his 10½ sacks. DT Leon Lett had a super day playing at DE against the Eagles. CB Larry Brown now leads the team with 5 INTs. DT Chad Hennings really is stepping itup, and with DT Russell Maryland questionable because of an injured toe, he will have to continue to do so.

GIANTS DEFENSE (RUSH: #28, PASS: #8, OVERALL: #20)
DE Michael Strahan leads the team with 7½ sacks and MLB Michael Brooks leads the team in tackles. And they'll need them - the Cowboys gained 230 yards on the ground against the Giants in their first meeting.

SPECIAL TEAM
Dallas KR/WR Kevin Williams is averaging 22.5 yards per kickoff return and 9.2 yards on punt returns. K Chris Bonion is the NFL's most accurate kicker, making 19 of 20 FGs. New York K Brad DaLuiso is 17-23 on FG attempts this season.

STREAKS, STATS & NOTES
New York won back-to-back games last week for the first time this season. ...RB Rodney Hampton needs 65 yards to eclipse his 6th 1,000 yard season. ...QB Dave Brown has thrown 23 TDs this season. ...Dallas has won the past 6 out of 7 meetings - the one loss last season after Dallas had clinched was not played entirely by the 1st string. Dallas QB Troy Aikman still leads the NFC with a 95.6 QB rating. ...WR Michael Irvin has 101 receptions for 1,431 yards. ...RB Emmitt Smith needs just 1 TD to tie and 2 TDs to take the new NFL TD season record. Those 2 TDs would also give Emmitt 100 TDs in his career -- the fastest any NFL player has reached the 100 TD mark (92 games).