This isn’t what the Dallas Cowboys envisioned when they talked all week how facing San Francisco was a measuring stick game. The 49ers embarrassed the Cowboys, 42-10, on Sunday Night Football and left no doubt how far away Dallas is from being Super Bowl contenders.
It didn’t take long for the 49ers to establish themselves as the better team, scoring on their first possession and shutting down the Cowboys’ offense for most of the first half. The 49ers dominated on both sides of the ball and took full advantage of sloppy mistakes from Mike McCarthy’s team. Here’s the good, the bad, and the ugly in a disappointing loss to the 49ers in Week 5.