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8. 10.2.11, Lions 34, at Cowboys 30 – Dallas blows a 27-3 lead as Tony Romo throws 2 3rd-quarter interceptions for touchdowns and Calvin Johnson catches a clinching touchdown with 1:39 remaining.
7. 12.25.10, at Cardinals 27, Cowboys 26 – After Dallas produces a Christmas comeback from 18 down to take a 2-point lead on a late Miles Austin touchdown, David Buehler misses the extra point. The Cardinals convert a 4th-and-15 and then celebrate when Jay Feely's 49-yard field goal crawls over the crossbar on the game's final play.
6. 12.11.11, Giants 37, at Cowboys 34 – Dallas leads 34-22 with 5:41 remaining, but gives up 2 late TDs and loses when Dan Bailey's 47-yard game-tying field goal is blocked on the game's final play.
5. 10.16.11, at Patriots 20, Cowboys 16 – After settling for field goals on 2 drives inside New England's 10 in the 4th quarter, Dallas watches Tom Brady cap an 80-yard drive with an 8-yard touchdown pass to Aaron Hernandez with 22 seconds left.
4. 9.11.11, at Jets 27, Cowboys 24 – Dallas leads by 14 in the 4th quarter but coughs up a blocked punt for a touchdown, a Romo fumble inside New York's 10 and eventually loses on former teammate Nick Folk's 50-yard field goal with 24 seconds remaining.
3. 10.14.12, at Ravens 31, Cowboys 29 – After dominating the game and recovering an onside kick for late life, Dallas loses when it inexplicably allows 16 seconds to run off clock after a pass play and then watches Bailey float a game-winning 51-yard field goal wide left. It's the first loss in franchise history when the Cowboys run the ball 42+ times (89-1).
2. 11.25.10, Saints 30, at Cowboys 27 – Leading by 4 points in the final 2 minutes on Thanksgiving receiver Roy Williams fumbles at New Orleans' 11 after a long catch-and-run, setting up a Saints' late touchdown that holds up when kicker David Buehler's game-tying 53-yard field goal sails wide left.
1. 12.4.11, at Cardinals 19, Cowboys 13 –Bailey makes an apparent game-winning field goal from 49 yards, only to find out the Cowboys called a timeout because coach Jason Garrett wanted to ensure a "smooth operation" on the kick. The next attempt dies left and short to force overtime, in which Arizona's LaRod Stephens-Howling takes a screen pass to the house from 52 yards.
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