Texans-Cowboys Capsule

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HOUSTON (3-1) at DALLAS (3-1)

Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, CBS

OPENING LINE - Cowboys by 4

RECORD VS. SPREAD - Houston 3-1, Dallas 3-1

SERIES RECORD - Cowboys lead 2-1

LAST MEETING - Cowboys beat Texans 27-13, Sept. 26, 2010

LAST WEEK - Texas beat Bills 23-17; Cowboys beat Saints 38-17

AP PRO32 RANKING - Texans No. 15; Cowboys No. 12

TEXANS OFFENSE - OVERALL (22), RUSH (19), PASS (19).

TEXANS DEFENSE - OVERALL (21), RUSH (24), PASS (14).

COWBOYS OFFENSE - OVERALL (8), RUSH (1), PASS (20).

COWBOYS DEFENSE - OVERALL (24), RUSH (14), PASS (26).

STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES - No team has played Dallas fewer times than AFC South-leading Texans, whose first regular-season game was 19-10 home win over Cowboys on Sept. 8, 2002. ... Texans' only previous game at Dallas was in 2006, at Texas Stadium. ... Texans WR Andre Johnson, who is set for 159th game, is one catch and 77 yards shy of needing second-fewest games in NFL history to reach 950 catches and 13,000 yards. Marvin Harrison reached it in 158 games. ... Houston DE J.J. Watt has NFL-high 16 QB hits, twice as many as any other player and more than 13 teams this season. ... Texans P Shane Lechler has played in 194 consecutive games, NFL's longest active streak. ... Cowboys TE Jason Witten is 45 yards receiving short of 10,000 for career. Only two TEs (Tony Gonzalez and Shannon Sharpe) are in group of 40 NFL players that have reached that mark. ... Cowboys looking for first four-game winning streak since November 2011, when Jason Garrett was still interim coach after replacing fired Wade Phillips midway through that season. ... PK Dan Bailey has made 29 consecutive field goals, two more than previous Cowboys record.

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