| Dallas Cowboys at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 28, 1979 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 50199 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 60 F Humidty: 51% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Franco Harris 1 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Rafael Septien 32 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Franco Harris 48 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 3 | 14 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 19 | 73 | 3.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Roger Staubach | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Robert Newhouse | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Scott Laidlaw | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Franco Harris | 18 | 102 | 5.7 | 48 | 2 |
| Sidney Thornton | 14 | 68 | 4.9 | 0 | |
| Rocky Bleier | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Terry Bradshaw | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 25 | 11 | 44.0 | 0 | 113 | 4.5 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 57.6 |
| Danny White | 17 | 7 | 41.2 | 1 | 95 | 5.6 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.2 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 25 | 11 | 44.0 | 0 | 126 | 5.0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 59.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Drew Pearson | 5 | 89 | 17.8 | 0 | |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 0 | |
| Ron Springs | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | |
| Tony Dorsett | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Preston Pearson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Scott Laidlaw | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| John Stallworth | 7 | 98 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Lynn Swann | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | |
| Franco Harris | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Donnie Shell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny White | 7 | 278 | 39.7 | 44 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Craig Colquitt | 9 | 347 | 38.6 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Steve Wilson | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Theo Bell | 6 | 1 | 39 | 6.5 | 14 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Steve Wilson | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 19 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Larry Anderson | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Cliff Harris | 1.0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| L.C. Greenwood | 2.0 |
| Jack Ham | 1.0 |
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