Cowboys made some demoralizing NFL history with lopsided loss to Lions

It wasn't that long ago that the Dallas Cowboys seemed invincible within the friendly confines of AT&T Stadium, racking up 16 straight home victories between the 2022 and 2023 seasons. Since the 2000 season, only Tom Brady and his dynastic New England Patriots have recorded a longer home winning streak, which is saying something.

But starting with a dreadful 48-32 defeat at the hands of the Green Bay Packers in the Wild Card Round of last season's playoffs and continuing with a lopsided 47-9 loss to the Detroit Lions on Sunday, America's Team has now lost four straight at home and has trailed by at least 22 points in each.

Again going back to the 2000 season, the Cowboys are now the first team this century to trail by 14 points on their home turf in four consecutive games. And again, that's saying something, given how many bad teams have come and gone since then, including two that didn't win a single game. Seriously, not even the 2008 Lions or the 2017 Browns had it that bad at home.

During this losing streak, Dallas has surrendered a staggering 167 points. That's the third-most in a four-game span in NFL history.

But wait, there's more, although this little nugget pertains only to the three-game home skid to start this season.

Between the Week 2 loss to the New Orleans Saints, the Week 3 defeat to the Baltimore Ravens, and Sunday's loss to the Lions, the Cowboys have trailed for a total of 164 minutes, the most of any team since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970.

That's a sad little piece of NFL history Dallas now owns.

The Cowboys have led for 2 minutes and 15 seconds at home this season

As the Cowboys have trailed for 164 minutes at home this season, that obviously leaves little time to lead. In fact, Dallas has only held a lead for just over two minutes.

In Week 2 against New Orleans, Mike McCarthy and Co. never led, as the Saints took a 7-0 lead on an Alvin Kamara touchdown run with 10:50 remaining in the first quarter and never looked back en route to a 44-19 victory.

In Week 3 against Baltimore, the Ravens took a 7-0 lead with 9:36 remaining in the first quarter following a Lamar Jackson touchdown run and maintained it the rest of the way, surviving a second-half scare to hang on for a 28-25 win.

Sunday actually marked the first time the Cowboys have led at home this season, as Brandon Aubrey gave his team a 3-0 advantage with a 34-yard field goal at the 11:21 mark of the opening quarter. But the lead was short-lived, as the Lions struck back quickly, marching 70 yards in just five plays to take a 7-3 lead on a 16-yard touchdown run from David Montgomery. The drive took all of two minutes and 15 seconds.

The Lions scored another 20 unanswered points from there and cruised to a 47-9 victory. The 38-point loss was the Cowboys' worst home defeat since Jerry Jones, who turned 82 on Sunday, bought the team in 1989.

Following the Week 7 bye, Dallas will play its next two games on the road, visiting the San Francisco 49ers in Week 8 and the Atlanta Falcons in Week 9. The Cowboys will look to end the struggles at home in Week 10 when they host the rival Philadelphia Eagles.

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