DALLAS — AT&T Stadium was a familiar scene Sunday night as dejected fans mourned a blistering Cowboys loss against the Detroit Lions.
It certainly felt like a low point in the Cowboys' franchise history and it turns out -- it almost was.
The 47-9 loss to the Detroit Lions put the Cowboys just a touchdown shy of the worst blowout in franchise history. It was, however, their largest at AT&T Stadium, which opened in 2009, and the team's worst loss since 1988.
Adding insult to injury, it all went down on Jerry Jones' 82nd birthday.
Of the top five worst losses in Cowboys' history, four of them were at home, according to statmuse. The top five worst blowouts in franchise history now include Sunday's game against the Lions, which takes the fifth spot with a deficit of 38 points.
The Cowboys' worst loss, to the Bears in 1985, remains unchallenged.
In the aftermath of the loss, Jones told reporters he was not considering a coaching change. He did describe the loss as "very concerning and very humbling." The loss was Jones' worst since he purchased the team in 1989.
“I think that any time you get beat, you create question marks. When you get beat like this, you create more question marks,” Jones said after the game.
The loss was also a notable one for QB Dak Prescott, according to WFAA's Cowboys insider Ed Werder. With zero touchdown passes and multiple interceptions, Prescott earned a Total QBR of 11.4 on Sunday, the 2nd worst in a game in his career.
"It takes everybody looking in the mirror and saying, “How can I improve myself? How can we get better and help this team? And as I said, it starts with practice," Prescott said.