Giants-Cowboys Capsule

The Associated Press

NEW YORK GIANTS (3-3) at DALLAS (5-1)

Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET, FOX

OPENING LINE — Cowboys by 4

RECORD VS. SPREAD — Giants 3-3, Cowboys 4-2

SERIES RECORD — Cowboys lead 59-43-2

LAST MEETING — Cowboys beat Giants 24-21, Nov. 24, 2013

LAST WEEK — Giants lost to Eagles 27-0; Cowboys beat Seahawks 30-23

AP PRO32 RANKING — Giants No. 21; Cowboys No. 3

GIANTS OFFENSE — OVERALL (24), RUSH (17), PASS (27).

GIANTS DEFENSE — OVERALL (22), RUSH (18), PASS (24).

COWBOYS OFFENSE — OVERALL (4), RUSH (1), PASS (16).

COWBOYS DEFENSE — OVERALL (15), RUSH (17), PASS (12).

STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES — Giants signed WR Kevin Ogletree this week after losing Victor Cruz for season with torn patellar tendon in right knee. Ogletree spent first four seasons in Dallas and had only career 100-yard game when Cowboys upset defending Super Bowl champion Giants in 2012 season opener. … Giants QB Eli Manning won first four starts at AT&T Stadium, including first regular-season game in $1.2 billion stadium in 2009, before throwing interception on first play in loss last year. … Giants WR Rueben Randle had only career 100-yard game at Cowboys last season (five catches, 101 yards). … TE Larry Donnell has four TDs in past three road games, tied for second among NFC tight ends with career-high four TDs receiving. … DE Jason Pierre-Paul has four sacks, 28-yard interception return for score in past three games at Cowboys. He’s only DE in NFL with two interception returns for touchdowns since 2012. … S Antrel Rolle tied for NFL lead with three interceptions and had one in last meeting with Dallas. … Cowboys are 5-1 for first time since 2007, when they were NFC’s top seed at 13-3 and lost first playoff game to Giants, who knocked off undefeated Patriots in Super Bowl. … Cowboys RB DeMarco Murray leads NFL with 785 yards rushing and six touchdowns and can become first NFL back to start season with seven straight 100-yard games. … Dallas WR Dez Bryant has 27 TDs receiving in past 30 games, and 38 TDs since 2011 are most by NFL wide receiver … TE Jason Witten (32 years, 159 days) is second-youngest player to reach 900 catches. Texans WR Andre Johnson (32 years, 143 days) is youngest. Witten had two touchdowns in each of two meetings with Giants last season. … WR Terrance Williams leads Cowboys with five TD catches, one more than Bryant. … CB Brandon Carr had interception return for touchdown against Giants last season. He doesn’t have interception this year but leads team with seven pass breakups.

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