WoodysGirl
10-03-2011, 08:50 AM
By Clarence E. Hill Jr.
chill@star-telegram.com
ARLINGTON -- Probably the saddest part of the Dallas Cowboys seemingly shocking collapse against the undefeated Detroit Lions on Sunday was not that it happened in record-setting fashion, but that it had a familiar feel to it.
No Cowboys team had ever blown a 24-point lead to lose a game in franchise history.
It tied for largest blown lead by a home team in NFL history and was the fifth largest lead blown in NFL history, regular season or postseason, according to Elias Sports Bureau and the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Read more: http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/10/02/3413646/cowboys-collapse-has-all-too-familiar.html#ixzz1Zj6juyb6
chill@star-telegram.com
ARLINGTON -- Probably the saddest part of the Dallas Cowboys seemingly shocking collapse against the undefeated Detroit Lions on Sunday was not that it happened in record-setting fashion, but that it had a familiar feel to it.
No Cowboys team had ever blown a 24-point lead to lose a game in franchise history.
It tied for largest blown lead by a home team in NFL history and was the fifth largest lead blown in NFL history, regular season or postseason, according to Elias Sports Bureau and the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Read more: http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/10/02/3413646/cowboys-collapse-has-all-too-familiar.html#ixzz1Zj6juyb6