WEEK 5
DALLAS COWBOYS (3-1) @ LOS ANGELES RAMS (2-2)
DATE: Sunday (10/9/22)
STADIUM: SoFi Stadium
TIME: 4:25 PM ET
REFEREE: Bill Vinovich
REGULAR-SEASON SERIES HISTORY
LEADER Cowboys lead all-time series, 14-13
STREAKS Rams have won 2 of last 3
LAST GAME 9/13/20: Cowboys 17 at Rams 20
LAST GAME AT SITE 9/13/20
DALLAS COWBOYS
LAST WEEK: W 25-10 vs. Washington
COACH VS. OPP. Mike McCarthy: 5-3
PTS. FOR 17.8
OFFENSE 312.8
PASSING Cooper Rush: 62-102-737-4-0-95.9
RUSHING Ezekiel Elliott: 59-227-3.8-1
RECEIVING CeeDee Lamb: 23-288-12.5-2
PTS. AGAINST 15.5
DEFENSE 308.5
SACKS Micah Parsons: 4
INTs Trevon Diggs: 2
TAKE/GIVE +2 (4/2)
PUNTING (NET) Bryan Anger: 45.2 (41.4)
KICKING Brett Maher: 35 (5/6 PAT; 10/11 FG)
COWBOYS NOTES
• QB DAK PRESCOTT has 6 TDs vs. INT for 100.3 rating in 3 career starts vs. LAR & aims for his 4th in row vs. LAR with 90+ rating. Has 3,000 pass yards (300 per game) & 18 TD passes in his past 10 road starts.
• QB COOPER RUSH became 1st QB in NFL history to win each of his 1st 4 career starts & have 90+ rating in each win. Became 6th undrafted QB to win each of 1st 4 career starts in SB era.
• RB EZEKIEL ELLIOTT had 81 scrimmage yards (49 rush, 32 rec.) in Week 4. Has 426 scrimmage yards (142 per game) & 6 TDs (4 rush, 2 rec.) in 3 career games vs. LAR. Aims for his 4th in row vs. LAR with 125+ scrimmage yards & 2+ TDs. Has rush TD in 2 of his past 3 on road.
• RB TONY POLLARD aims for his 5th in row on road with 70+ scrimmage yards.
• WR CEEDEE LAMB led team with 6 catches for 97 yards & had rec. TD in Week 4. Aims for his 3rd in row with TD catch & 4th in row with 6+ catches & 75+ rec. yards. Has 6+ catches & 50+ rec. yards in 4 of his past 5 on road.
• WR MICHAEL GALLUP had TD catch in season debut last week.
• LB MICAH PARSONS has TFL in 6 straight games, longest active streak in NFL & since 2021, ranks 2nd in NFL with 26 TFL. Has 6 sacks, 10 TFL & 2 FFs in 9 career road games.
• DE DEMARCUS LAWRENCE has 5 sacks & 7 TFL in his past 4 on road & aims for his 5th in row on road with TFL.
• CB TREVON DIGGS had 3 PD & 16th-career INT in Week 4. Has 9 PD & 3 INTs his past 4 on road. Aims for his 3rd in row on road & 3rd in row overall with INT. Leads NFL with 9 PD in 2022.
LOS ANGELES RAMS
LAST WEEK: L 24-9 at San Francisco (Mon.)
COACH VS. OPP. Sean McVay: 3-1
PTS. FOR 17.5
OFFENSE 294.0
PASSING Matthew Stafford: 106-150-1,015-4-6-81.4
RUSHING Darrell Henderson: 34-138-4.1-1
RECEIVING Cooper Kupp: 42-402-9.6-3
PTS. AGAINST 23.5
DEFENSE 341.5
SACKS Aaron Donald, Bobby Wagner: 2
INTs Four tied: 1
TAKE/GIVE -2 (7/9)
PUNTING (NET) Riley Dixon: 49.5 (39.8)
KICKING Matt Gay: 28 (7/7 PAT; 7/7 FG)
RAMS NOTES
• QB MATTHEW STAFFORD has 2,861 pass yards (286.1 per game) & 25 TDs vs. 11 INTs for 102.1 rating in 10 home starts with LAR, incl. 8 starts with 2+ TD passes. Passed for 307 yards & 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 131.5 rating in his last start vs. Dal. (9/30/18 w/ Det.).
• RB DARRELL HENDERSON has 45+ scrimmage yards in 6 of his past 7 at home. • RB CAM AKERS has 60+ scrimmage yards in 2 of his past 3.
• WR COOPER KUPP led team with career-high 14 receptions & 122 rec. yards in Week 4. Leads NFL with 42 receptions, tied with Michael Thomas (2018) for most by player in his 1st 4 games of season all-time & joined Thomas as only players with 10+ catches in 3 of his team’s 1st 4 games of season. Has 90 catches (9 per game) for 1,138 rec. yards (113.8 per game) & 12 rec. TDs in his past 10 at home. Aims for his 6th in row at home with 100+ rec. yards & TD catch. Has 5+ catches & rec. TD in 2 of his 3 career games vs. Dal.
• WR ALLEN ROBINSON had 2 rec. TDs in his last game vs. Dal. (12/5/19 w/ Chi.).
• TE TYLER HIGBEE had 10 catches for 73 yards last week, his 2nd-career 10+ catch game. Has 5+ catches in 8 of his past 9 at home & aims for his 7th in row at home with 5+ receptions.
• DL AARON DONALD had 2 TFL in Week 4 & has 15 TFL in his past 9. Had sack in last meeting & aims for his 5th in row vs. Dal. with TFL.
• LB BOBBY WAGNER led team with 10 tackles in Week 4. Leads NFL with 67 10+ tackle games since 2012. Aims for his 3rd in row at home with LAR with sack.
• DB JALEN RAMSEY had PD last week. Has 16 PD & 4 INTs in his past 12 at home. Has PD in 2 of his 3 career games vs. Dal.
