| Pittsburgh Steelers at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: October 8, 1972 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 65682 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 75 F Humidty: 56% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Dallas Cowboys | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Roy Gerela 39 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys | Toni Fritsch 40 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Roy Gerela 39 FG | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Mel Blount 35 opponents fumble recovery (Roy Gerela kick) | 13 | 3 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Calvin Hill 1 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 13 | 10 |
| 3 | Dallas Cowboys | Ron Sellers 55 pass from Calvin Hill (Toni Fritsch kick) | 13 | 17 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Preston Pearson | 11 | 51 | 4.6 | 0 | |
| PIT | Terry Bradshaw | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| PIT | John Fuqua | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| PIT | Franco Harris | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 12 | 0 |
| PIT | Warren Bankston | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| DAL | Calvin Hill | 23 | 108 | 4.7 | 13 | 1 |
| DAL | Walt Garrison | 12 | 76 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| DAL | Bob Hayes | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| DAL | Mike Montgomery | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | |
| DAL | Jean Fugett | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| PIT | Terry Bradshaw | 39 | 12 | 30.8 | 1 | 166 | 4.3 | 0 | 34.8 | |||
| DAL | Craig Morton | 29 | 11 | 37.9 | 2 | 142 | 4.9 | 0 | 25.4 | |||
| DAL | Calvin Hill | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 55 | 55.0 | 55t | 1 | 158.3 | ||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Ron Shanklin | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 0 | |
| PIT | Frank Lewis | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 0 | |
| PIT | Dave Smith | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| PIT | John Fuqua | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| PIT | Franco Harris | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PIT | Preston Pearson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| DAL | Calvin Hill | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 12 | 0 |
| DAL | Ron Sellers | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 1 | |
| DAL | Mike Ditka | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | |
| DAL | Walt Garrison | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| DAL | Mike Montgomery | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| DAL | Bob Hayes | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Mike Wagner | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| PIT | Jack Ham | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| DAL | Cliff Harris | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| PIT | Bobby Walden | 4 | 190 | 47.5 | 0 | |
| PIT | Roy Gerela | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| DAL | Marv Bateman | 4 | 162 | 40.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Frank Lewis | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | ||
| DAL | Charlie Waters | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| DAL | Cliff Harris | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Preston Pearson | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| DAL | Cliff Harris | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 |
| DAL | Robert Newhouse | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| DAL | Mike Montgomery | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
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