The Cowboys on-going struggle on grass fields

Here‘s an interesting trend with the Cowboys the last 5 years: We are 6-16 playing on grass fields (including 2 playoff games) One reason I mention it is we open the season next Sunday in Cleveland on a grass field.

In the last 5 seasons, for whatever reason the Cowboys have played their worst games on grass fields. Obviously all those games are on the road where winning is inherently harder, but the Cowboys road record is way better on turf. Sometimes it may be we are just playing way better opponents. At any rate, here is our record playing on grass fields the last 5 seasons:

  • 2019: 1-2
    • Win at Wash
    • Losses at Philly, at Chi
  • 2020: 0-3
    • Losses at Wash, at Philly, at Balt
  • 2021: 2-2
    • Wins: at Wash and at Philly
    • Losses: at Tampa Bay, at KC
  • 2022: 2-5
    • Wins at Tenn and in Wild Card win at Tampa Bay
    • Losses: at Philly, at GB, at Jax, at Wash, at SF in Divisional playoff game
  • 2023: 1-5
    • Win at Carolina
    • Losses at Ariz, SF, Philly, Mia

So we have won 6 of our last 22 games on grass. Explanations? We play the egirls at their grass field every year which is tough. But we also have a game at Wash each year. Losing to below average grass field teams in the last 5 years on the road like Ariz, Chicago, and Wash stand out. But we have also played some really good opponents on grass like SF twice, GB twice, Philly 5 times, Balt and at KC. So all those have been tough road matchups anyway.

Any other ideas why we are 6-16 on grass the last 5 seasons?

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