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Patriots-Cowboys Stats & Fun Facts: History For Gronk?

BOSTON (CBS) -- The Patriots are heading to Dallas for a Week 5 showdown with the Cowboys, looking to improve to 4-0 on the young season.

With a win, it would be the eighth time in team history the Patriots have started a season 4-0. But that's just one of the many interesting notes heading into Sunday's matchup.

- Sunday will be the 12th meeting between the Pats and the Cowboys. Dallas holds a 7-4 series lead but the Pats have won the last four matchups.

- This will be the Patriots first visit to AT&T Stadium, which opened in 2009. Tom Brady spoke about taking a little extra time on Sunday to adjust to the massive stadium.

"You try to study what you can on tape and see how the other quarterbacks kind of adjust some of their rhythms and mannerisms. It is a little different for me not playing in a place where I've played before," Brady said Wednesday at Gillette. "[In] a lot of environments I kind of know what I'm getting myself into. I know where the clocks are. So this will be, it will take a little time, get out there a little earlier and kind of get a feel for things. But I'm excited. I've heard a lot of great things about this stadium, so it will be fun to play in it."

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A general view of play between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium on in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

- Brady looks to become just the third quarterback in NFL history with at least four 4-0 starts to a season. He is 3-0 as against the Cowboys in his career.

Read: Patriots-Cowboys Preview

- Sunday will mark Brady's 213th game, the most games played in team history.

- Brady has thrown for 300+ yards 66 times in his career, including two this season (466 yards @ Buffalo, 358 yards vs. Jacksonville).

- Since 2002, the Pats are 42-10 against NFC teams.

- Since 2000, New England is 45-16 in the month of October. In that same span, the Patriots are 79-42 on the road -- the best winning percentage in the NFL.

- The Pats have 88 first downs in the first 3 games. It's the highest total through three games for any team in NFL history.

- Stephen Gostkowski now has an NFL-record 425 consecutive extra points.

- Rob Gronkowski now has 17 career games where he's had over 100 receiving yards.

Read: Patriots-Cowboys Predictions

- With a two touchdown catches on Sunday, Gronkowski would become the fastest tight end to reach the 60 touchdown plateau. He'd be just the fifth tight end to hit that mark.

- Jamie Collins has a team-leading 3.5 sacks on the season.

- Patriots head coach Bill Belichick has 12 11-win seasons. Former Cowboys coach Tom Landry has 10.

Follow Levan Reid on Twitter @LevanReid.

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