COWBOYS DEFENSE 鈥?OVERALL (19), RUSH (22), PASS (19)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES 鈥?The Giants haven't lost in the Cowboys' $1.2 billion stadium since it opened in 2009, winning all four games. The Cowboys are unbeaten in openers against the Giants at 6-0. The most recent win was at the Giants to start last season. ... The Cowboys are opening the season at home for the first time since 2007, when they beat the Giants 45-35. Dallas was the No. 1 seed in the NFC that season with a 13-3 record but lost its playoff opener to the Giants at home. ... Tony Romo had a career-high 437 yards passing in last year's 29-24 loss, and Jason Witten set a league record for tight ends with 18 catches. Witten had a career-best 167 yards. Romo reset his career high four weeks later with 441 yards against Washington. ... With the retirement of Tampa Bay defensive back Ronde Barber and New York Jets offensive lineman Brandon Moore, Eli Manning now has the second-longest active streak of consecutive starts at 135. Washington linebacker London Fletcher leads at 199. Manning's streak is the third-longest for a quarterback,Cheap Womens Air Max 2019, one spot behind his brother, Peyton Manning, who started 208 straight for Indianapolis from 1998-2010. Brett Favre has the record at 297 for Green Bay, the New York Jets and Minnesota. ... Witten, who set an NFL record for tight ends with 110 catches last season, has 806 for his career and needs 10 to pass Shannon Sharpe for second among tight ends in league history. ... CB Aaron Ross returns to the Giants after spending one season with Jacksonville. Ross spent his first five seasons in New York and has all 10 of his career interceptions with the Giants. He's a backup to Prince Amukamara. ... The Cowboys had a franchise-best six-game Sunday night winning streak snapped in a loss to the Giants in 2009 in the first game at their stadium in Arlington, halfway between Dallas and Fort Worth. The Cowboys are 2-6 against the Giants since the start of '09.
