DALLAS  (Michigan News Source) – With 23 seconds left in Saturday night’s game, the Detroit Lions seemed to be within reach of a victory over the Dallas Cowboys. But a two-point conversion attempt that went for a score to offensive tackle Taylor Decker was wiped out due to an illegal touching penalty.

The Lions had an extra offensive lineman report as eligible but Decker did not. Decker had to report as eligible and he didn’t, leading to the penalty.

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The Lions had two shots at the two-point conversion after because of a Cowboy offsides penalty on the first attempt.  Jared Goff threw incomplete on the last attempt and the Cowboys hung on to win 20-19.

The loss still means the Lions are a no. 3 seed. They’ll play at least playoff game on their home turf.