Monday, May 21st, 2012
Michael Vick and the Philadelphia Eagles will travel for an NFC east showdown with Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys in an NFL pro football game on Christmas Eve Saturday afternoon.
This week sixteen NFC east divisional NFL game will kick off from Dallas at 4:15PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by FOX.
The betting odds opened with the home team Dallas Cowboys favored by –3 1/2 points with an over under of 50 1/2 points.
The early money from the betting public has come in on the side of the road underdog as Dallas is now favored by -1 1/2 points.
Totals players will find this NFL game moving in the direction of the over as the game is now lined at 51 points.
Those betting the favored Dallas Cowboys on the money line will lay –125 odds with the underdog Dallas Cowboys returning +105 odds to earn the straight up win with no need for taking the points.
These two NFC east storied programs meet on Christmas Eve for the second and final time in the 2011 regular season.
They met in a NFL game in week eight with the Philadelphia Eagles earning the 34-7 win on Sunday night football against the Dallas Cowboys as a -3 point home favorite.
The total came in at under the closing line of 49 points.
Philadelphia put on a dominating performance in the victory as they led 24-0 at the half and were never challenged by finishing up the game with 495 yards of offense.
Eagles quarterback Michael Vick was solid completing 21 of his 28 passes for 279 yards and two touchdowns. Vick had 50 yards rushing on seven rushes.
Running back LeSean McCoy ran for 185 yards and two touchdowns.
Tony Romo had a touchdown and interception in the loss and had just 12 first downs total to the Eagles 31.
Dallas hosts Philadelphia with a record of 8-6 on the season. The team is 5-2 at home.
The Cowboys put up 24 points and 390 offensive yards a game with 119 yards coming on the ground for 4.5 yards a carry.
Defensively the Cowboys allow 21 points and 333 yards per contest. Opponents run for 98 yards against them for 4.2 yards per rush against average.
Dallas enters play off the 31-15 road victory on Saturday night football to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last week as a -7 point favorite.
The total landed under the closing line of 47 points.
Dallas amassed 399 offensive yards with 160 from their run game on 37 rushes.
The Cowboys allowed two sacks and scored four red zone touchdowns in four trips inside the twenty.
The team had one turnover and forced one away from the Bucs.
Quarterback Tony Romo completed 23 of 30 passes for 249 yards with three touchdowns.
Felix Jones ran for 108 yards on 22 carries.
Sammy Morris produced 53 rushing yards on 12 runs from scrimmage.
Tight end Jason Witten led Dallas with four receptions for 77 yards.
Miles Austin caught five passes for 53 yards and a receiving touchdown.
Dez Bryant grabbed four balls for 40 yards and a touchdown.
Laurent Robinson had a touchdown catch to go with his three catches for 29 yards.
Dallas allowed Tampa Bay only 190 yards of offense with 58 rushing yards on 13 carries.
The Cowboys had three sacks and gave up one touchdown in the Buccaneers only try in the red zone.
The Philadelphia Eagles travels to Dallas with a record of 6-8 on the 2011 campaign. The club is 4-3 on the road.
The Eagles average 24 points and 400 offensive yards a game with 149 yards coming from their run game for 5.2 yards a carry.
Defensively Philadelphia allows 22 points with 327 yards. Teams rush for 113 yards against them for 4.3 yards per rush against average.
The team is coming off the impressive 45-19 home win last week to the New York Jets as a -3 point betting favorite.
The over under came in at over the total of 44 points.
The Eagles gained 420 offensive yards with 160 yards rushing on 33 carries.
The team allowed three sacks and scored three touchdowns in their four red zone appearances.
Philadelphia was sloppy with four turnovers and took four away from New York.
Quarterback Michael Vick completed 15 of 22 passes for 274 yards with a touchdown and interception. Vick had five rushes for 32 yards and a touchdown on the ground.
LeSean McCoy ran for 102 yards and three rushing touchdowns on 18 carries.
Ronnie Brown contributed with 18 rushing yards on six carries.
Brent Celek led the Eagles with five receptions for 156 yards and a receiving touchdown.
Jeremy Maclin caught three passes for 57 yards.
DeSean Jackson grabbed two balls for 28 yards.
The Eagles allowed the Jets a mere 241 offensive yards with 94 on the ground on 27 rushing attempts.
Philadelphia had four sacks and allowed two New York Jets touchdowns in their five red zone appearances.
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NFL Trend: Dallas Cowboys are 3-0 ATS versus Philadelphia Eagles in their past three meetings at Dallas.
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