— Cowboys 33, Raiders 16
Dak Prescott threw for 268 yards, four TD’s.
At one point, Dallas scored TD’s on four consecutive drives.
Cowboys outgained the Raiders, 381-236
Dallas is 12-7 ATS last 19 games as a road favorite.
Raiders lost four in a row, eight of last nine games.
Last five games, Raiders ran the ball for only 49.2 yards/game.
Las Vegas averaged only 4.9 yards/pass attempt.
QB Geno Smith is 42-52 as an NFL starter.
— Bengals WR Ja’Maar Chase was suspended one game without pay for spitting on Steelers’ DB Jalen Ramsey Sunday. Chase has caught 79 passes for 861 passes this year, even with Bemgals’ QB Joe Burrow missing most of the season.
Chase is appealing the suspension, which would cost Chase his weekly paycheck of $448,333 along with a $58,823 per game active bonus.
— Atlanta Falcons QB Michael Penix hurt his knee Sunday, is expected to miss the rest of the season. Penix is 4-8 as an NFL starter; he has thrown for 1,982 yards this season, with nine TD’s, three INT’s.
— Eagles’ RT Lane Johnson hurt his foot/ankle Sunday night, is expected to miss 4-6 weeks for an 8-2 Eagles squad that leads the NFC East by 3.5 games.
— Jets are going back to Tyrod Taylor at QB this week, after throwing for a combined 147 yards in their last two games, with Justin Fields at QB.
— NFL divisional trends:
AFC East
17-10 ATS non-divisional games
AFC North
Home teams 5-0 ATS divisional games
8-19 ATS non-divisional games
AFC South
Home teams 4-1 ATS divisional games
9-7 ATS non-divisional underdog
AFC West
7-4 ATS non-divisional home favorite
1-7 ATS non-divisional road favorite
NFC East
5-10 ATS non-divisional underdog
Home teams 4-2 ATS divisional games
NFC North
3-6 ATS non-divisional underdog
NFC South
14-18 ATS non-divisional games
6-10 ATS non-divisional home games
NFC West
8-0 non-divisional road games
home teams 1-5 ATS divisional games
— College football trends, conference games:
American
Favorites 27-17 ATS
ACC
Road teams 19-11 ATS
Big 18
Home favorites 15-20 ATS
Home underdogs 10-12 ATS
Big X
Home favorites 18-20 ATS
Home underdogs 15-11 ATS
Conference USA
Home teams 23-13 ATS
Home favorites 11-8 ATS
Home underdogs 12-5 ATS
Mid-American
Home teams 28-12 ATS
Mountain West
Home favorites 12-11 ATS
Home underdogs 6-5 ATS
SEC
Home favorites 19-17 ATS
Home underdogs 8-8 ATS
Sun Belt
Home favorites 14-10 ATS
Home underdogs 11-9 ATS
— Famous birthdays, November 18th:
Kevin Nealon, 72
Warren Moon, 69
Elizabeth Perkins, 65
Jamie Moyer, 63
Dante Bichette, 62
Gary Sheffield, 57
Owen Wilson, 57
Romany Malco, 57
Sam Cassell, 56
David Ortiz, 50
Cory Littleton, 32
Logan Webb, 29
Shea Langliers, 28
Caleb Williams, 24
— 1B Josh Naylor re-signed with the Seattle Mariners, inking a five-year deal with $92.5M; Naylor hit .299 in 54 games with Seattle LY, with an OPS of .831, as he helped Seattle get to Game 7 of the ALCS. He also stole a career-high 30 bases last year.
He is a career. 269 hitter, with a .777 OPS.
— Virginia Tech hired James Franklin as its new football coach; Franklin was 104-45 as coach at Penn State, but was fired after starting this season 3-3. He was previously 24-15 in three years at Vanderbilt; he has a career record of 8-7 in bowl games.
— North Texas is ranked #22 in this week’s football top 25, only the second time the Mean Green has ever been ranked, the first time since 1959.
— Saskatchewan Roughriders won the Grey Cup Sunday, 25-17 over Montreal, the fifth time they’ve won the CFL title, first time since 2013.
— New Orleans Pelicans fired coach Willie Green after starting the season 2-10; Pelicans were 49-33 two years ago, but got swept in first round of the playoffs, then went 21-61 last year.
— NC State 85, VCU 79
Wolfpack led 63-62 with 9:53 left to play.
Wolfpack was 27-33 on foul line, VCU 12-18
State out-rebounded VCU, 45-31.
— Kansas State 84, Tulsa 83
Tulsa led by 5 with 0:48 left in the game.
K-State was a 13-point favorite.
PJ Haggerty scored 31 points, had 10 rebounds.
— LMU 78, Cal-Santa Barbara 74 OT
Gauchos led by 14 with 12:30 left in regulation.
LMU won despite shooting only 15-29 on foul line.
UCSB was +8 in turnovers (6-14).
Lions are off to a 6-0 start.
— Drake 71, Charleston 62
Drake’s bench outscored Charleston’s subs, 25-10
Bulldogs put five players in double figures.
Only two guys on Charleston scored more than 7 points.
