NFL PREVIEW \ Tonight’s game

DALLAS (8-5) AT NEW ORLEANS (13-0)

Time: 8:20 tonight.

TV: NFL Network

Series record: Cowboys lead 14-8

Last meeting: Saints beat Cowboys 42-17, Dec. 10, 2006

Last week: Cowboys lost to Chargers 20-17; Saints beat Falcons 26-23

Streaks and stats: Cowboys are 1-5 against teams that currently have winning records and 3-3 on road. ... Dallas has lost two straight and is 3-8 in games played in December in three seasons under Coach Wade Phillips. ... QB Tony Romo has seven TDs and no INTs in last three games. ... TE Jason Witten leads Cowboys with 77 receptions. He led Dallas in receptions in 2007 (96) and 2008 (81). ... LB DeMarcus Ware has 43 sacks since 2007, most in NFL. He has nine sacks in past nine games and had sack in last meeting, but comes off neck injury for which he was carted off field against Chargers. ... CB Terence Newman had INT last week. ... Romo played QB in college at Eastern Illinois, as did Saints coach Sean Payton. ... Romo was Dallas reserve QB when Payton was Cowboys offensive assistant. ... Saints are 13-0 for first time in franchise history and can clinch No. 1 playoff seed in NFC with win and Minnesota loss or tie. ... Saints lead NFL in scoring with 35.8 points per game. ... New Orleans leads NFC with 24 INTs, second only to Buffalo’s 25 in NFL. ... QB Drew Brees has 120 TD passes with Saints, tied for most in franchise history with Aaron Brooks. ... Brees has completed 136 of 187 passes for 1,926 yards with 18 TDs and three INTs in Louisiana Superdome this season. ... Brees needs 168 yards for fourth straight season with at least 4,000 yards passing. ... WR Robert Meachem has seven TDs in past six games. ... Saints DE Will Smith has 71‚Ñ2 sacks in last seven games.

Associated Press