PHILADELPHIA (8-3) at DALLAS (8-3)
Thursday, 4:30 p.m. ET, Fox
OPENING LINE -- Cowboys by 3
RECORD VS. SPREAD -- Philadelphia 6-4-1, Dallas 6-5-0
SERIES RECORD -- Cowboys lead 62-48
LAST MEETING -- Eagles beat Cowboys 24-22, Dec. 29, 2013
LAST WEEK -- Eagles beat Titans 43-24; Cowboys beat Giants 31-28
AP PRO32 RANKING -- Eagles No. 6, Cowboys No. 5
EAGLES OFFENSE -- OVERALL (4), RUSH (12), PASS (4)
EAGLES DEFENSE -- OVERALL (26), RUSH (16), PASS (30)
COWBOYS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (6), RUSH (2), PASS (17)
COWBOYS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (16), RUSH (13), PASS (19)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES -- Eagles and Cowboys playing each other on Thanksgiving for first time since 1989, when Philadelphia won 27-0 in Jerry Jones' first season as owner of Cowboys. ... First meeting since Eagles beat Cowboys with NFC East title and playoff berth on line in 2013 finale on same field. ... Winner will take sole possession of first place in division with four games to go. ... Eagles are 5-0 on Thanksgiving. ... QB Mark Sanchez won only start against Dallas for Jets on 10th anniversary of 9/11, throwing for 335 yards and two touchdowns. ... RB LeSean McCoy has three 100-yard games in past six after going without one in first five. He had 130 yards rushing and receiving TD in finale last season. ... RB Darren Sproles had TD rushing and TD receiving in last game against Dallas for New Orleans last season, when Saints set NFL record with 40 first downs in 49-17 win. . WR Jeremy Maclin needs 20 yards receiving for first 1,000-yard season. ... Eagles rookie Josh Huff returned opening kickoff 107 yards for TD against Titans. Chris Polk had 102-yarder for score in Week 3. Philadelphia is first team to have multiple players with 100-plus-yard kickoff returns in same season since Green Bay in 1970. Nine Eagles have return touchdowns, tied for most in single season in NFL history. ... LB Connor Barwin had two sacks last week and leads NFC with 12½ sacks. ... CB Brandon Boykin had first interception of season last week. He tied for second in NFL last season with six, including late clincher against Cowboys to send Eagles to playoffs. ... Cowboys QB Tony Romo is 6-1 with NFL-record 18 touchdown passes on Thanksgiving. He's won last three starts against Eagles with 105.8 rating. ... RB DeMarco Murray is first back with at least 100 yards in 10 of first 11 games and leads NFL with 1,354 yards rushing. Had three TDs rushing on just 63 yards last Thanksgiving against Oakland. ... WR Dez Bryant can match second-longest streak of career with fifth straight game with TD catch. Bryant has 15 catches for 206 yards and three TDs in past two Thanksgiving games. ... TE Jason Witten is all-time Thanksgiving leader with 65 catches in 11 games. He has 732 yards receiving, second to Detroit WR Herman Moore (834). ... LB Rolando McClain had season-high 10 solo tackles against Giants and leads Cowboys with 59 solo and 79 total. ... DE George Selvie had second sack of season against Giants. He had two in first meeting with Eagles last year.
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