Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys seem to be struggling at home. The Cowboys lost their fourth straight home game, 47-9 to the Detroit Lions on Sunday.
This marks a record for them, as they became the first team since at least 2000 to be down by 14 points or more at halftime in four consecutive home games. Each of these games has seen them trailing by at least 22 points.
What makes this losing streak surprising is that before losing a playoff game at home to the Green Bay Packers on January 14, the Cowboys had won 16 consecutive home games over two seasons.
They were among the few teams, alongside New England, to have a streak that long and were close to breaking their franchise record of 18 home wins set between 1979 and 1981.
The Cowboys (3-3) have been successful in all three of their road games this season.
“We’ve got to take advantage of every opportunity, whether we’re home or away. So far this season, we’ve performed much better on the road than at home,” receiver CeeDee Lamb said. “Our last four games at home have not been good.”
The 38-point loss was the largest for the Cowboys at AT&T Stadium, which opened in 2009. In their franchise history, there have only been three other home games with a larger loss, the last being a 43-3 defeat to Minnesota at Texas Stadium in 1988.
Dallas will head into November without a home win, as they will have two road games following their bye week. Six of their last nine regular-season games will be at home, starting November 10 against Philadelphia.
“Very disappointing. We all know you should feel better at home,” owner Jerry Jones said. “It should give us an advantage, so we need to figure out why we’re not performing better at home.”
Despite this, the Cowboys are only one game behind NFC East-leading Washington (4-2) and have only played one of their six division games. They won against the New York Giants on September 26, which was their only division game so far.
“We definitely took a hit today, and it’s tough. We need to reflect on it during the bye week,” Lamb said. “We have another week to observe how others perform. We need to return ready to work and focus on our fundamentals.”
Detroit, the last team to lose in Arlington on December 30, took a 27-6 lead into halftime on Sunday.
