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WEEK 13 – THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1 DALLAS COWBOYS (10-1) AT MINNESOTA VIKINGS (6-5) REGULAR SEASON SERIES COWBOYS VIKINGS SERIES LEADER Series tied: 11-11 STREAKS 2 of past 3 COACHES VS. OPP. Jason Garrett: 1-0 Mike Zimmer: 0-0 LAST WEEK W 31-26 vs. Washington L 16-13 at Detroit LAST GAME 11/3/13: Vikings 23 at Cowboys 27. Dallas QB Tony Romo passes for 337 yards & 2 TDs, incl. GW 7-yard TD to WR Dwayne Harris with 35 seconds remaining. Cowboys DT Nick Hayden has FR-TD. LAST GAME AT 10/17/10: Vikings 24, Cowboys 21. Minnesota WR Percy Harvin has 95-yard KR-TD. Vikings LB SITE E.J. Henderson has 2 INTs & 9 tackles. REFEREE Tony Corrente BROADCAST NBC (8:30 PM ET): Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth, Heather Cox (Field reporter). Westwood One: Ian Eagle, Tony Boselli. SIRIUS: 88 (WW1), 83 (Dal), 81 (Min). XM: 88 (WW1). 226 (Dal), 225 (Min). STATS PASSING Dak Prescott (R): 231-340-2835-18-2-108.6 Sam Bradford: 248-348-2415-12-3-98.3 RUSHING Ezekiel Elliott (R): 243-1199 (1L)-4.9-11 (2L) Jerick McKinnon: 106-316-3.0-1 RECEIVING Cole Beasley: 58-647-11.2-5 Stefon Diggs: 67-747-11.1-2 OFFENSE 407.6 294.9 TAKE/GIVE +3 +12 (2L) DEFENSE 362.2 307.0 (3L) SACKS Tyrone Crawford: 3.5 Danielle Hunter: 7.5 INTs Barry Church: 2 Xavier Rhodes: 4 PUNTING Chris Jones: 46.5 Jeff Locke: 44.5 KICKING Dan Bailey: 94 (34/34 PAT; 20/22 FG) Kai Forbath: 13 (4/5 PAT; 3/3 FG) NOTES COWBOYS: Rookie QB DAK PRESCOTT leads NFL rookies in pass yards (2,835), pass TDs (18) & rating (108.6). In 5 career road games, has 1,350 pass yards (270 per game), 10 TDs & 1 INT for 119.5 rating…Rookie RB EZEKIEL ELLIOTT leads NFL with 1,199 rush yards & ranks 2nd in scrimmage yards (1,502) & rush TDs (11). Has 306 scrimmage yards (153 per game) & 5 TDs (4 rush, 1 rec.) in past 2 on road…WR COLE BEASLEY has 3 rec. TDs in past 3 on road. WR DEZ BRYANT has 49 TD catches since 2012, most in NFL. Has 5 rec. TDs in past 6. WR TERRANCE WILLIAMS had TD catch in Week 12. TE JASON WITTEN had 8 receptions for 102 yards & TD in last meeting. Ranks 2nd all-time among TEs with 1,072 receptions & 11,768 rec. yards…DE DEMARCUS LAWRENCE has 7 sacks in past 7 on road. LB SEAN LEE ranks 2nd in NFC with 105 tackles. Aims for 9th in row on road with 8+ tackles. CB ORLANDO SCANDRICK had INT in last meeting…VIKINGS: QB SAM BRADFORD passed for 295 yards & TD for 103.4 rating in last meeting (11/8/15 with Phi.). Has passed for 1,261 yards (252.2 per game) with 7 TDs & 0 INTs for 109.2 rating in 5 games at home with Min…RB MATT ASIATA aims for 4th in row with rush TD…WR STEFON DIGGS ranks 3rd in NFC with 67 receptions. In past 4, has 40 receptions (10 per game) for 357 yards & TD. WR ADAM THIELEN has TD catch in 2 of past 3. Has 260 rec. yards (86.7 per game) & 2 TDs in past 3 at home. TE KYLE RUDOLPH had TD catch in last meeting. Ties for NFC lead among TEs with 5 rec. TDs…DE EVERSON GRIFFEN had sack in last meeting. Has 28.5 sacks since 2014, 2nd in NFC. DE BRIAN ROBISON has 8 sacks in past 7 at home. LB ANTHONY BARR had sack last week. S HARRISON SMITH aims for 12th in row with 6+ tackles. Has 390 tackles since 2012, 2nd among NFC safeties. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (8-3) AT ATLANTA FALCONS (7-4) REGULAR SEASON SERIES CHIEFS FALCONS SERIES LEADER 5-3 STREAKS Past 2 COACHES VS. OPP. Andy Reid: 6-3 Dan Quinn: 0-0 LAST WEEK W 30-27 (OT) at Denver W 38-19 vs. Arizona LAST GAME 9/9/12: Falcons 40 at Chiefs 24. Atlanta QB Matt Ryan passes for 299 yards & has 4 TDs (3 passing, 1 rushing) with 136.4 rating. Falcons WR Julio Jones has 108 rec. yards & 2 TDs. LAST GAME AT SITE 9/21/08: Falcons 38, Chiefs 14. Atlanta RB Michael Turner rushes for 104 yards & 3 TDs. Falcons CB Chris Houston has 10-yard INT-TD. REFEREE Walt Coleman BROADCAST CBS (1:00 PM ET): Greg Gumbel, Trent Green, Jamie Erdahl (Field reporter). Westwood One: John Sadak, Ross Tucker. SIRIUS: 112 (KC), 82 (Atl). XM: 380 (KC), 82 (Atl). STATS PASSING Alex Smith: 229-346-2297-10-4-89.7 Matt Ryan: 262-380-3516 (3L)-26 (3L)-6-114.3 (2L) RUSHING Spencer Ware: 149-705-4.7-2 Devonta Freeman: 161-729-4.5-5 RECEIVING Travis Kelce (TE): 57-675-11.8-3 Julio Jones: 65-1140 (1L)-17.5-5 OFFENSE 328.3 411.5 (3L) TAKE/GIVE +14 (1L) +3 DEFENSE 381.9 381.0 SACKS Dee Ford: 10 (T2L) Vic Beasley: 9.5 INTs Marcus Peters: 5 (T2L) Deion Jones (R), Robert Alford: 2 PUNTING Dustin Colquitt: 46.1 Matt Bosher: 46.9 KICKING Cairo Santos: 96 (T3L) (21/22 PAT; 25/28 FG) Matt Bryant: 108 (1L) (36/37 PAT; 24/26 FG) NOTES CHIEFS: Have won 18 of past 21 regular-season games…QB ALEX SMITH has 7 TDs & 92.3 rating in past 6 vs. NFC. Threw TD pass & game-tying 2-point conv. with 12 sec. remaining in 4th quarter last week…RB SPENCER WARE ranks 5th in NFL averaging 107.7 scrimmage yards per game…Rookie WR TYREEK HILL became 1st NFL player since 1965 (GALE SAYERS) to record rush TD, rec. TD & KR-TD in same game last week. Ties for 2nd among rookies with 7 TDs (5 rec., 1 rush, 1 KR-TD). TE TRAVIS KELCE aims for 3rd in row with 100+ rec. yards. Ranks 3rd among NFL TEs with 57 catches & 675 rec. yards. In 4 career games vs. Atl., WR JEREMY MACLIN has 446 rec. yards (111.5 per game) & 4 TDs…LB JUSTIN HOUSTON had 10 tackles, 3 sacks & FF last week. Had sack in last meeting. Since 2012, ranks 3rd in NFL with 53.5 sacks. LB TAMBA HALI had sack last week. Has 88.5 sacks since 2006, 6th most among active players… FALCONS: QB MATT RYAN ranks 3rd in NFL in pass yards (3,516) & rating (114.3). Has 2,307 pass yards (329.6 per game) with 15 TDs & 4 INTs for 115.5 rating in past 7 at home…RB DEVONTA FREEMAN has 4 rush TDs in past 4 at home. Aims for 3rd in row vs. AFC with 100+ scrimmage yards. RB TEVIN COLEMAN aims for 4th in row vs. AFC with TD…WR TAYLOR GABRIEL had 75 rec. yards & 2 TDs last week, 1st career multi-TD game. WR JULIO JONES leads NFL with 1,140 rec. yards. Had 6 receptions for 108 yards & 2 TDs in last meeting. Is averaging 117.4 yards per game in past 5 vs. AFC. WR MOHAMED SANU had TD catch in 11/18/12 meeting (with Cin.)…In past 3 vs. AFC, LB VIC BEASLEY has 6.5 sacks & 3 FFs. Ranks 2nd in NFC with 9.5 sacks. Rookie CB BRIAN POOLE had 1st career sack in Week 12. S KEANU NEAL leads NFL rookies with 72 tackles & 4 FFs. Is averaging 8 tackles per game in 4 at home. MIAMI DOLPHINS (7-4) AT BALTIMORE RAVENS (6-5) REGULAR SEASON SERIES DOLPHINS RAVENS SERIES LEADER 6-5 STREAKS 4 of past 5 COACHES VS. OPP. Adam Gase: 0-0 John Harbaugh: 4-1 LAST WEEK W 31-24 vs. San Francisco W 19-14 vs. Cincinnati LAST GAME 12/6/15: Ravens 13 at Dolphins 15. Miami WR DeVante Parker has 3 catches for 63 yards & TD. Dolphins DE Derrick Shelby has 22-yard INT-TD. LAST GAME AT SITE 11/7/10: Ravens 26, Dolphins 10. Baltimore QB Joe Flacco passes for 266 yards & 2 TDs for 129.6 rating. Ravens RB Ray Rice has 180 yards from scrimmage. REFEREE Carl Cheffers BROADCAST CBS (1:00 PM ET): Kevin Harlan, Rich Gannon, Chris Fischer (Field reporter). SIRIUS: 134 (Mia), 93 (Bal). XM: 382 (Mia), 227 (Bal). STATS PASSING Ryan Tannehill: 217-329-2574-15-8-94.7 Joe Flacco: 285-450-2877-11-10-80.4 RUSHING Jay Ajayi: 161-847-5.3-7 Terrance West: 153-600-3.9-4 RECEIVING Jarvis Landry: 64-733-11.5-2 Dennis Pitta (TE): 52-439-8.4-0 OFFENSE 332.4 334.2 TAKE/GIVE +2 +4 DEFENSE 361.9 297.8 (2L) SACKS Cameron Wake: 8.5 Terrell Suggs: 8 INTs 3 tied: 2 C.J. Mosley: 3 PUNTING Matt Darr: 45.9 Sam Koch: 46.7 KICKING Andrew Franks: 67 (28/28 PAT; 13/16 FG) Justin Tucker: 96 (T3L) (15/15 PAT; 27/27 FG) NOTES DOLPHINS: Aim for 7th win in row…QB RYAN TANNEHILL has 9 pass TDs vs. 1 INT for 104.7 rating in past 6. Passed for 285 yards & 3 TDs for 130.6 rating last week…RB JAY AJAYI has 730 rush yards (121.7 per game) & 5 TDs in past 6. Is 2nd among NFL RBs with 5.26 yards per carry average…WR KENNY STILLS has rec.