Romo Calls Out Fans, Says Cowboys Were Road Team
ARLINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) -- It's been a running joke about AT&T Stadium. The national media and opposing fans have called out the Dallas Cowboys for their lack of support at home.
The criticism got real on Sunday.
After a 20-17 overtime win over Houston, quarterback Tony Romo expressed his disappointment in the team's non-existent "homefield advantage".
"There is no question, today we played on the road in that football game through a lot of it," said Romo following the game. "There was probably half and half, roughly, I don't know what it was. More than anything you can tell by the crowd noise. That was every bit as loud as going to St. Louis or Tennessee."
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Tony Romo Postgame Comments
Romo says the offense was forced to use a silent count for most of the game, something typically done only on the road. Tight end Jason Witten, unprovoked, made the same note after the game.
"We need to do a better job as a team and a fan base to make sure that we understand how big a difference it is playing at home," said Romo. "If we're able to have that, we're tough to beat at home when we have that home field advantage. Just going forward, I am going to start to push that issue a little bit where we can have home field advantage."
Romo didn't make it clear how he would "push" that issue moving forward. But one suggestion was made: Romo could just purchase additional tickets himself and disperse them to Cowboys fans.
"If I need to, it would be worth it," said Romo.
Observers saw it when 49ers fans invaded AT&T Stadium, and it was expected and repeated when the Saints came to town. The only difference now -- the players are chiming in.
"There was crowd noise in the stadium," said Witten. "Hopefully we can get that fixed."
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