| Dallas Cowboys at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 4, 1988 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 56813 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 68 F Humidty: 90% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 10 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys | Timmy Newsome 3 run (Luis Zendejas kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Earnest Jackson 15 run (Gary Anderson kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Gary Anderson 32 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Bubby Brister 1 run (Gary Anderson kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | Dallas Cowboys | Michael Irvin 35 pass from Steve Pelluer (Luis Zendejas kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Earnest Jackson 29 run (Gary Anderson kick) | 14 | 24 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Ray Alexander 8 pass from Steve Pelluer (Luis Zendejas kick) | 21 | 24 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Herschel Walker | 19 | 79 | 4.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Steve Pelluer | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Timmy Newsome | 8 | 20 | 2.5 | 5 | 1 |
| Michael Irvin | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Earnest Jackson | 12 | 76 | 6.3 | 29t | 2 |
| Dwight Stone | 8 | 31 | 3.9 | 10 | 0 |
| Merril Hoge | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bubby Brister | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 13 | 1 |
| Warren Williams | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Steve Pelluer | 37 | 24 | 64.9 | 2 | 289 | 7.8 | 35t | 2 | 2 | 9 | 84.2 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Bubby Brister | 27 | 13 | 48.1 | 0 | 214 | 7.9 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Herschel Walker | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Kelvin Edwards | 5 | 93 | 18.6 | 27 | 0 |
| Michael Irvin | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 35t | 1 |
| Ray Alexander | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 14 | 1 |
| Doug Cosbie | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Timmy Newsome | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Kelvin Martin | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Louis Lipps | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Weegie Thompson | 2 | 78 | 39.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Charles Lockett | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 44 | 0 |
| Earnest Jackson | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Mike Hinnant | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Merril Hoge | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Dwight Stone | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Thomas Everett | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| David Little | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Mike Saxon | 2 | 83 | 41.5 | 49 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Harry Newsome | 3 | 138 | 46.0 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Kelvin Martin | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Lupe Sanchez | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Darryl Clack | 4 | 83 | 20.8 | 31 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Dwight Stone | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 42 | 0 | |
| Warren Williams | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Rod Woodson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Billy Owens | 1.0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Aaron Jones | 1.0 |
| Hardy Nickerson | 0.5 |
| Ben Thomas | 0.5 |
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