| Dallas Cowboys at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 7, 2008 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Heinz Field Attendance: 60594 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 20 F Humidty: 47% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 13 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jeff Reed 24 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Nick Folk 44 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Terrell Owens 12 pass from Tony Romo (Nick Folk kick) | 10 | 3 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Nick Folk 33 FG | 13 | 3 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jeff Reed 41 FG | 13 | 6 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Heath Miller 6 pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Jeff Reed kick) | 13 | 13 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Deshea Townsend 25 interception return (Jeff Reed kick) | 13 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Terrell Owens |
| 11 | WR | Roy Williams |
| 76 | LOT | Flozell Adams |
| 64 | LOG | Montrae Holland |
| 65 | C | Andre Gurode |
| 70 | ROG | Leonard Davis |
| 75 | ROT | Marc Colombo |
| 82 | TE | Jason Witten |
| 9 | QB | Tony Romo |
| 23 | RB | Tashard Choice |
| 80 | FB | Martellus Bennett |
| Defense | ||
| 96 | LDE | Marcus Spears |
| 90 | NT | Jay Ratliff |
| 99 | RDE | Chris Canty |
| 98 | SLB | Greg Ellis |
| 56 | LILB | Bradie James |
| 55 | RILB | Zach Thomas |
| 94 | WLB | DeMarcus Ware |
| 41 | LCB | Terence Newman |
| 29 | SS | Keith Davis |
| 26 | FS | Ken Hamlin |
| 42 | RCB | Anthony Henry |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 10 | SE | Santonio Holmes |
| 78 | LOT | Max Starks |
| 68 | LOG | Chris Kemoeatu |
| 62 | C | Justin Hartwig |
| 72 | ROG | Darnell Stapleton |
| 74 | ROT | Willie Colon |
| 83 | TE | Heath Miller |
| 89 | TE | Matt Spaeth |
| 7 | QB | Ben Roethlisberger |
| 39 | RB | Willie Parker |
| 86 | FL | Hines Ward |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | Aaron Smith |
| 98 | NT | Casey Hampton |
| 90 | RDE | Travis Kirschke |
| 56 | LOLB | Lamarr Woodley |
| 51 | LILB | James Farrior |
| 50 | RILB | Larry Foote |
| 92 | ROLB | James Harrison |
| 24 | LCB | Ike Taylor |
| 43 | SS | Troy Polamalu |
| 25 | FS | Ryan Clark |
| 22 | RCB | William Gay |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tashard Choice | 23 | 88 | 3.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Tony Romo | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Terrell Owens | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Deon Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Willie Parker | 12 | 25 | 2.1 | 6 | 0 |
| Mewelde Moore | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 8 | 0 |
| Ben Roethlisberger | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Gary Russell | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Tony Romo | 36 | 19 | 52.8 | 3 | 210 | 5.8 | 50 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 44.9 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Ben Roethlisberger | 33 | 17 | 51.5 | 0 | 204 | 6.2 | 47 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 80.9 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Jason Witten | 10 | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Tashard Choice | 8 | 5 | 78 | 15.6 | 50 | 0 |
| Terrell Owens | 9 | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 12t | 1 |
| Martellus Bennett | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Roy Williams | 6 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Tony Curtis | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Nate Washington | 8 | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Mewelde Moore | 6 | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Santonio Holmes | 6 | 3 | 82 | 27.3 | 47 | 0 |
| Heath Miller | 4 | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 8 | 1 |
| Matt Spaeth | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Hines Ward | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Carey Davis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Parker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Limas Sweed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Deshea Townsend | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25t | 1 |
| Troy Polamalu | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ike Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Sam Paulescu | 4 | 160 | 40.0 | 51 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Mitch Berger | 6 | 197 | 32.8 | 44 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Adam Jones | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Tra Battle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Santonio Holmes | 1 | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Adam Jones | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Isaiah Stanback | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Gary Russell | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Orlando Scandrick | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| Jason Hatcher | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| DeMarcus Ware | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Kevin Burnett | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| Jay Ratliff | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| James Farrior | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| Travis Kirschke | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| James Harrison | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Bradie James | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Zach Thomas | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Hamlin | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Henry | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DeMarcus Ware | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Davis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Ratliff | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Burnett | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Spears | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Spencer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Hatcher | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terence Newman | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Orlando Scandrick | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Bowen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Flozell Adams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terrell Owens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Ellis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tank Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alan Ball | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Canty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| James Farrior | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Polamalu | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| James Harrison | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan Clark | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Kirschke | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lamarr Woodley | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Gay | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Smith | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deshea Townsend | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrence Timmons | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Hampton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ike Taylor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Keyaron Fox | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryant McFadden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Foote | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Hartwig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Heath Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Bailey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Frazier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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