The Dallas Cowboys Have Had No Home Field Advantage So Far at Jerry World
By Jason Lisk
Last year, the Dallas Cowboys went 12-4 in the regular season. All four losses came at home. We saw the 49ers invade “Jerry World,” and the Houston Texans fans also occupy large swaths of the stadium.
On the field, so far, since “Jerry World” (AT&T Stadium) opened in 2009, the Cowboys have had no discernible home field advantage. In fact, in the regular season, Dallas has more wins on the road in the first six years of the new stadium, than at home. (This info originally came from seeing this image on reddit, but the original source is not listed).
Where does this rank, and how unusual is this? Using the info on stadiums at “Stadiums of Pro Football”, I pulled all the “first six years” win-loss records (via the magnificent team game finder at pro-football-reference) for every current stadium that was built after the merger in 1970, and has been used for at least six years.
As it turns out, Dallas doesn’t have the worst differential among the current stadiums, at their outset. Part of the Cowboys’ split has been that they are really good on the road, winning more than half over the last six years. In fact, that’s the fifth-highest road win percentage of the teams/stadiums listed above.
Even with that, Arrowhead, FirstEnergy Stadium (Cleveland), and the New Orleans Superdome all had worst splits at their outset. I’m not sure it means anything at this point; The Chiefs have had one of the strongest home field advantages since those early years, with the fourth-largest home/road split since 1978, behind only the Baltimore Ravens, Denver Broncos, and Minnesota Vikings.