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NFL Capsules: Oakland at Dallas

Associated Press - November 25, 2009 2:35 PM ET

OAKLAND RAIDERS (3-7) at DALLAS (7-3)

4:15 p.m. ET, CBS

OPENING LINE - Cowboys by 14

RECORD VS. SPREAD - Oakland 5-5; Dallas 5-5

SERIES RECORD - Raiders lead 6-3

LAST MEETING - Raiders beat Cowboys 19-13, Oct. 2, 2005

LAST WEEK - Raiders beat Bengals 20-17; Cowboys beat Redskins 7-6

RAIDERS OFFENSE - OVERALL (32), RUSH (20), PASS (32)

RAIDERS DEFENSE - OVERALL (24), RUSH (30), PASS (12)

COWBOYS OFFENSE - OVERALL (5), RUSH (8) PASS (9)

COWBOYS DEFENSE - OVERALL (16), RUSH (7) PASS (20)

STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES - Oakland is 1 of only two NFL teams Cowboys have never beaten at home. Other is Baltimore. ... Dallas last beat Raiders in 1995. This is only fourth meeting since. ... Cowboys have 81 wins against AFC teams, most by an NFC team. ... Raiders last played Thanksgiving Day in 1970, when they lost 28-14 at Detroit. ... RB Justin Fargas, who has 3,182 career yards rushing, needs 136 to catch Charlie Smith for ninth on the Raiders' career rushing list. Fargas has only nine career TDs, two in last three games. ... DE Greg Ellis, who spent last 11 seasons with Dallas, has five sacks for Oakland. ... Raiders had 11 tackles for loss and three sacks last week against Cincinnati. ... Cowboys QB Tony Romo makes 50th career start (36-13). He has 12,924 career yards passing, 16 shy of surpassing Peyton Manning for fourth in league history for most through 50 starts. His 93 TDs are third most behind Dan Marino (116) and Kurt Warner (102) for 50 games. ... Dallas has won three consecutive Thanksgiving Day games. Only longer holiday streak was six in row from 1980-85. ... Cowboys LT Flozell Adams has seven blocked kicks in his career (four PATs, three field goals). Three blocks have come on Thanksgiving Day (field goals in 1999 and 2002, and PAT in 2003). ... LB Anthony Spencer, former first-round pick who replaced Ellis in lineup, has 27 tackles over last four games, and his interception in closing minutes helped clinch last week's victory over Washington.

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