History, they say, is written by the victors. But following Sunday’s 47-9 loss to the visiting Detroit Lions, the Dallas Cowboys hoped to challenge celebrated maxim.
In a social media post aimed at crowing about the 93,644 fans in attendance at AT&T Stadium, the Cowboys curiously appeared to blur out the score on the team’s famously oversized jumbotron. And for a fan base coming off its worst home defeat since Jerry Jones became Cowboys owner in 1989, this was too much to take.
‘Did Jerry Jones hire a scoreboard blur technician?’ one fan asked on X.
‘Why is the scoreboard censored?’ another fan wondered, to which one respondent quipped: ‘[It’s] not safe for kids.’
And many others pointed out that while Sunday’s crowd was impressive in size, that’s just more people watching an utterly disappointing Cowboys team falling to 0-3 at home on the season.
In an X post crowing about the 93,644 fans in attendance at AT&T Stadium, the Cowboys curiously appeared to blur out the score on the team’s famously oversized jumbotron
The blurred scoreboard did not go unnoticed as many fans mocked the team online
’93K disappointed people,’ one fan remarked.
Dak Prescott threw two interceptions in the worst home loss since 1988 for the Cowboys (3-3), who became the first team since at least 2000 to trail by 14 or more points at halftime in four consecutive games on their home field, playoffs included.
Detroit led 27-6 at the break, putting the combined total of the Dallas halftime deficit at AT&T Stadium at 110-35 going back to a wild-card playoff loss to Green Bay in January.
The current skid followed a 16-game home winning streak that was second-longest in franchise history, and the 167 points allowed by Dallas are the third most in a four-game home stretch in NFL history.
Dallas Cowboys team owner Jerry Jones stands on the field during warmups on Sunday
Dallas Cowboys fans look on late in the second half of Sunday’s 47-9 loss to the Detroit Lions
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‘I’m not a guy to hit the panic button,’ Prescott said. ‘You never prepare for that or think that can happen the way it did today, here at home, again. Now dropping three at home, a place that we’ve been great.’
Prescott’s first interception — and the first of five Dallas turnovers — came in the end zone on a sprinting play by Brian Branch when the Cowboys had a chance to retake the lead in the first quarter.
‘I thought we really played the most complete game we’ve probably played here in a long time, if not the most since we’ve been here,’ said fourth-year Lions coach Dan Campbell – a former Dallas Cowboys tight end.
After Sunday’s loss, Jones told reporters he is ‘not considering’ firing Mike McCarthy at this time.
Dallas now heads into a bye week ahead of an October 27 game with the San Francisco 49ers in Santa Clara.
