ARLINGTON, Texas -- Welcome to AT&T Stadium where the Dallas Cowboys take on the Philadelphia Eagles with first place in the NFC East on the line.

This is just the third time in the regular season the Cowboys and Eagles have met with both teams being at least five games over .500. The Cowboys won the previous two matchups in Week 17 of the 2009 season and Week 16 in 1980.

This is the 11th Thanksgiving game that features both teams being five games over .500. The last time came in 1998 when the 10-1 Minnesota Vikings beat the 8-3 Cowboys with Randy Moss showing everybody that he was upset Dallas passed on him in that year's draft.

There's no place like home: The Cowboys have not had much of a home-field advantage at AT&T Stadium since it opened in 2009, and their three losses this season have all come at the $1.2 billion palace.

Thankfully for the Cowboys they are 5-0 away from home. But if the Cowboys want to make the playoffs or make a postseason run then they will have to pick up the pace at home, starting today.

The Cowboys opened the season with a 28-17 loss to the San Francisco 49ers. The also dropped an overtime game to the Washington Redskins (20-17) and fell 28-17 to the Arizona Cardinals.

"I think you just have to look at the individual games," coach Jason Garrett said when asked why the team has not been good at home. "I don't think there's any grand conclusion that you can make about that. Think about what we did in each of those games. When you do things that winning teams do, whether you're playing at home, on the road ... on the moon or in the parking lot, typically you win games. And when you don't do those things, regardless of where you're playing, teams in this league are too good. You probably won't be successful. We have to focus on that, how we play rather than where we play."

Still the same: Nick Foles will miss his fourth straight game because of a broken collarbone, which means the Eagles enter Thursday's NFC East game with Mark Sanchez as their quarterback.

While the buttfumble has become part of the sporting lexicon thanks to how poorly Sanchez's time with the New York Jets came to an end, the Cowboys are not dismissive of what he has done with the Eagles.

Sanchez has thrown for 300 yards in each of his three starts, something he rarely did with the Jets. In four games, he has seven touchdowns and six interceptions. In a 2010 start against Rod Marinelli's Chicago Bears defense, Sanchez completed 24 of 37 passes for 269 yards with a touchdown and an interception in a 34-27 loss with the Jets.

"This guy can throw," Marinelli said. "I played against him when he was with the Jets one year and he's got a nice ball, good release. So, I mean, there's not been a drop-off that's for sure from quarterback to quarterback. And he's mobile. He's got nice feet to him. He avoids the rush pretty well. He brings a nice presence to them."

The ref: For the second time this season the Cowboys will have Clete Blakeman's crew work their game. He worked their Week 3 win against the St. Louis Rams. Here is a breakdown of the Green Bay Packers-Minnesota Vikings game Blakeman's crew worked last week.