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Jerry Jones' dream to uggs sale be the owner of the first team to play a Super Bowl in its own stadium has turned into The Nightmare at Valley Ranch. And we're still two weeks away from Halloween. Their season quickly slipping away, the Cowboys sustained a 24-21 loss at the Vikings on Sunday that left a team viewed as a powerhouse with a sickly 1-4 record. In his darkest moment, Jones couldn't have imagined this predicament. "Never. Never. Never," Jones said Sunday night. "I couldn't have conceived it." It's almost incomprehensible that a team filled with as many playmakers and Pro Bowl players as the Cowboys have would have only one victory six weeks into the season. The problem is they're making more mistakes than big plays. The Cowboys have shot themselves in their feet so often, it's surprising they're still ambulatory. Dallas came into the game as one of the most penalized teams (38) in the league. It only added to that distinction Sunday, committing 11 penalties for 91 yards. "We beat ourselves for the fourth time this year," said wide receiver Roy Williams, whose two touchdown receptions Sunday made him one of the rare standouts for Dallas. "We beat ourselves one more time. How many times are we going to do it?" Among the most grievous Dallas transgressions were: -- A pass-interference penalty against wide receiver Austin Miles that wiped out his own 68-yard touchdown. -- A holding penalty on a punt return against Alan Ball that pushed the Cowboys back to their own 14-yard line instead of starting at the Minnesota 42. -- A pass-interference penalty against UGG Bailey Button Boots cornerback Mike Jenkins—his second of the game—after Dallas ostensibly had stopped the Vikings on third down with just over two minutes left, allowing Minnesota to bleed the clock down to 29 seconds before punting. And that doesn't count an unsportsmanlike conduct foul against Austin for excessive celebration after the Cowboys' first touchdown. That made two such penalties on back-to-back touchdowns (going back to the previous week) against Dallas, surely some kind of record. What can the Cowboys do to rid themselves of this horrible affliction? Call in a priest to conduct an exorcism? "We used to jump up and down with our hands beside our body, keep your hands down, and had to jump like jumping jacks," Jones said, recalling his days as a football player at the University of Arkansas. "There are all sorts of ways to emphasize it and work on it." Last week, Jones gave Cowboys coach Wade Phillips the sometimes jinxing "vote of confidence." He maintained that stance after Sunday's game, confirming that he would not consider firing Phillips during the season. "I just simply don't think that way and would never—never is a big word—consider that during the season." Jones said. "Today has not altered my thought about the coaching for the rest of the season." Although Jones refused to declare the playoffs out of the question for his frustrated team, the Cowboys would have to win their next three games—vs. the Giants and Jaguars at home and the Packers on the road—just to reach .500. History is not on their side. Since the current, 12-team UGG Coquette Slipper playoff format was adopted in 1990, only five teams that began their season 1-4 reached the postseason—and none made it to the Super Bowl.