Chiefs-Cowboys Capsule
KANSAS CITY (6-2) at DALLAS (4-3)
Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET, CBS
OPENING LINE - Cowboys by 2
RECORD VS. SPREAD - Chiefs 6-2, Cowboys 4-3
SERIES RECORD - Cowboys lead 6-4
LAST MEETING - Chiefs beat Cowboys 17-16, Sept. 15, 2013
LAST WEEK - Chiefs beat Broncos 29-19; Cowboys beat Redskins 33-19
AP PRO32 RANKING - Chiefs No. 4, Cowboys No. 11
CHIEFS OFFENSE - OVERALL (3), RUSH (12), PASS (6)
CHIEFS DEFENSE - OVERALL (30), RUSH (28), PASS (28)
COWBOYS OFFENSE - OVERALL (8), RUSH (2), PASS (17)
COWBOYS DEFENSE - OVERALL (13), RUSH (15), PASS (15)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES - Chiefs swung to 1-point favorite after Cowboys RB Ezekiel Elliott lost in court to start six-game suspension over domestic violence allegations. ... Cowboys seeking to become first NFC team with 100 wins against AFC. ... Former Cowboys QB Tony Romo, in first season as lead analyst for CBS, will call Dallas game for first time. ... Chiefs coach Andy Reid, former Eagles boss, facing Cowboys for 31st time, has 18-12 record, including loss in playoffs with Philadelphia. ... Chiefs can set franchise record with 10th straight road win dating to Oct. 16, 2016, at Oakland. ... Chiefs QB Alex Smith has 16 passing TDs with no INTs, now four shy of Peyton Manning's record for TD passes without pick to start season. ... Rookie RB Kareem Hunt is first NFL player with at least 100 scrimmage yards in each of first seven games. He leads NFL with 763 yards rushing, 1,070 yards from scrimmage. He has six TDs, but none past five games. ... Travis Kelce leads NFL tight ends with 44 catches and 556 yards receiving. ... WR Tyreek Hill is averaging 101 yards receiving in past four road games, with three TDs. ... CB Marcus Peters had interception, forced fumble and 45-yard fumble return TD last week. He has 21 takeaways since entering league in 2015, tied for most among active players in that span. ... LB Justin Houston had two sacks last week, giving him 17 games with at least two since 2011. ... QB Dak Prescott had three-game streak of at least three TD passes snapped in rainy win at Redskins. It was first game of season without TD pass, and fifth in 23 career games. ... WR Dez Bryant shares franchise record of 71 TD catches with Hall of Famer Bob Hayes. ... DE DeMarcus Lawrence, NFL leader with 10 1/2 sacks, can join Minnesota's Everson Griffen with at least one sack in each of first eight games this season. That's happened just two other times since sack became official stat in 1982, Robert Mathis (2005) and Dwight Freeney (2009). ... DL David Irving has five sacks in three games since returning from four-game suspension. ... Fantasy Tip: Although Cowboys RB Alfred Morris has averaged 88 yards per game with eight TDs in 11 career games against AFC opponents, and RB Darren McFadden has averaged 109 yards in past three vs. AFC, probably better to stay away from both until there's better sense of who gets bulk of work without Elliott.
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