Texarkana Gazette

Vikings (6-3) at Cowboys (5-3)

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TIME AND TV: 8:20 p.m. ET, NBC

OPENING LINE: Cowboys by 3

SERIES RECORD: Cowboys lead 16-14

LAST MEETING: Cowboys 17, Vikings 15, Dec. 1, 2016

LAST WEEK: Vikings lost to Chiefs 26-23, Cowboys beat Giants 37-18

STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES: Previous home game for Cowboys also Sunday night. NFC East leaders beat Eagles 37-10 with division lead on line three weeks ago . ... Offenses and defenses for Vikings, Cowboys all ranked in top 10 . ... Cowboys QB Dak Prescott 4-0 against Kirk Cousins, from 2016 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year’s first two seasons when Cousins was with Redskins. Cousins has 1-6 record vs. Cowboys . ... NFL rushing leader Dalvin Cook of Minnesota faces two-time rushing champ Ezekiel Elliott for first time. Third-year back has 894 yards, 153 more than sixth-place Elliott . ... Cook trying to become Vikings’ first 1,000-yard rusher since Adrian Peterson in 2015 . ... Elliott trying to tie career best with fourth straight 100-yard game . ... Vikings WR Stefon Diggs tied for second in NFL with 13 catches of at least 20 yards, while Amari Cooper of Dallas tied for fifth with 12 . ... Diggs seventh in NFL with 710 yards receiving, Cooper eighth at 701 . ... Vikings are 2-8 on road in six seasons under coach Mike Zimmer in night games, losing all three last year . ... Cowboys have at least 35 points and 400 yards in past two games, fourth time in franchise history to reach those marks in consecutiv­e games . ... Cowboys 27-1 when Prescott has passer rating of at least 100, including last week’s win over Giants.

 ?? [REED HOFFMANN/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS] ?? Vikings quarterbac­k Kirk Cousins has never beaten Cowboys quarterbac­k Dak Prescott in four tries, dating to Cousins’ time in Washington.
[REED HOFFMANN/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS] Vikings quarterbac­k Kirk Cousins has never beaten Cowboys quarterbac­k Dak Prescott in four tries, dating to Cousins’ time in Washington.

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