Published 14:50 IST, November 19th 2024

Dallas Cowboys Game DISRUPTED As Roof Comes FALLING DOWN During Game Against Houston Texans

Things were literally falling from the sky even before the Dallas Cowboys lost yet another home game. The roof at AT&T Stadium can be fixed. As for the problems plaguing the Cowboys this season, especially in their home building, maybe not after a 34-10 loss to the Houston Texans on Monday night.

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The roof of the Dallas Cowboys stadium fell down. | Image: AP
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Things were literally falling from sky even before Dallas Cowboys lost yet anor home game.

roof at AT&T Stium can be fixed. As for problems plaguing Cowboys this season, especially in ir home building, maybe not after a 34-10 loss to Houston Texans on Monday night.

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Dallas is 0-5 at home for first time since 1989, first season Jerry Jones owned Cowboys when y were 1-15 while not winning any of ir eight games game at old Texas Stium. y have lost six in a row at AT&T Stium, including that playoff debacle against Green Bay Packers in January.

A piece of roof and some debris fell about 300 feet to field when retractable roof at $1.2 billion stium was being opened at least three hours before Monday night’s game. 15-year-old stium was mostly empty n, and team officials said nobody was injured before roof was closed without incident.

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Franchise quarterback Dak Prescott, on crutches and safely away from action five days after season-ending surgery to repair a torn hamstring , could only put both hands on back of his he after punter Bryan Anger completed a pass on a fake — 5 yards short of a first down — on Cowboys' opening drive when alrey down 7-0.

CeeDee Lamb h eight catches for 93 yards, but on consecutive plays in third quarter h a drop and n an offensive interference penalty near end zone on a deep pass.

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That came on same drive when Brandon Aubrey, who just before halftime h his first miss in 35 field goal attempts at home over his first two seasons, was good on a 64-yard kick. But Cowboys took those points off board after a personal foul penalty for an automatic first down, only for Cooper Rush to throw an incompletion on fourth-and-2 from Texans 8.

When Joe Mixon h his third rushing touchdown to put Houston up 34-10 with 3:16 left, soon after four Dallas defenders were called for unnecessary roughness on same play, it marked sixth home game in a row in which Cowboys trailed by more than 21 points.

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or NFL teams to fall behind by three touchdowns five times in same season were 2020 Jacksonville Jaguars, 2008 Detroit Lions and 1981 Baltimore Colts.

A year after winning NFC East, Dallas (3-7) is five games behind division-leing Philelphia with seven games to play, and goes to Washington (7-4) on Sunday. Cowboys are ahe in division of only Washington (2-8), who y host Thanksgiving Day in ir next home game.

Dallas has led for only 2 minutes, 15 seconds in its six consecutive home losses. And that le came in a 47-9 loss to Detroit that was worst at home under Jones, and on owner's 82nd birthday on Oct. 13.

14:50 IST, November 19th 2024