IRVING, Texas -- Dallas Cowboys coach Dave Campo understands the frustration that provoked team owner Jerry Jones to storm out of the locker room following the team's latest fourth-quarter collapse.

"He wasn't the only one to let out a few (expletives),'' Campo said Monday.

Jones spent the final three quarters of Sunday's game against San Francisco on the sideline. He saw the Cowboys take a 10-point lead midway through the fourth quarter, then watched as the team gave up two touchdowns in the final 5:46 to lose 31-27.

"This was the most frustrating game of the most frustrating season,'' Jones said Monday night. "We had an opportunity to add to what had been a positive last 2-3 weeks and we let it slip away.

"A win gives us six wins (one more than each of the last two seasons) and a win allows us to be thinking more about positives.''

An 8-yard pass from Jeff Garcia to Terrell Owens with 12 seconds left was the capper, keeping Dallas (5-8) from its first three-game winning streak since starting the 1999 season 3-0. The loss also sealed a fourth straight non-winning season and eliminated the Cowboys from the playoffs.

"We both wanted that one really bad,'' Campo said of the frustration he shared with Jones. "We all say bad things when we are frustrated. It's an emotional game.''

Jones said his postgame reaction wasn't an indication that he was upset with Campo and planned a coaching change. Campo is 15-30 in his three seasons.

"It's the same feeling I've had for the last several weeks,'' Jones said. "I'm not in the mood, and don't want to get involved in coaching changes, certainly with Dave. One loss is not going to be an issue.''

But Jones said he won't make a final decision on the coach until after the final three games of the season. The Cowboys still have to again play NFC East foes the New York Giants, Philadelphia and Washington, and they've only beaten the Redskins.