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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Pittsburgh Steelers at Dallas Cowboys - October 8th, 1972
Pittsburgh Steelers 13 at Dallas Cowboys 17
Sunday, October 8, 1972
Pittsburgh Steelers 13, Dallas Cowboys 17| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers (2-2-0) | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Dallas Cowboys (3-1-0) | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
Scoring
| PIT | DAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | PIT | Roy Gerela 39 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| DAL | Toni Fritsch 40 yard field goal | 3 | 3 | |
| PIT | Roy Gerela 39 yard field goal | 6 | 3 | |
| 2nd | PIT | Mel Blount 35 yard fumble return (Roy Gerela kick) | 13 | 3 |
| DAL | Calvin Hill 1 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick) | 13 | 10 | |
| 3rd | DAL | Ron Sellers 55 yard pass from Calvin Hill (Toni Fritsch kick) | 13 | 17 |
Team Stats
| PIT | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 14 | 21 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 26-130-0 | 40-191-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 12-39-166-0-1 | 12-30-197-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-24 | 2-21 |
| Net pass yards | 142 | 176 |
| Total yards | 272 | 367 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-1 | 3-2 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-54 | 8-79 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 12 | 39 | 166 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ron Shanklin | PIT | 5 | 64 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Preston Pearson | PIT | 11 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Frank Lewis | PIT | 3 | 54 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Fuqua | PIT | 7 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dave L. Smith | PIT | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Franco Harris | PIT | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Warren Bankston | PIT | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Calvin Hill | DAL | 1 | 1 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 108 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Garrison | DAL | 12 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ron Sellers | DAL | 2 | 75 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Craig Morton | DAL | 11 | 29 | 142 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Mike Ditka | DAL | 2 | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Hayes | DAL | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Mike Montgomery | DAL | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jean Fugett | DAL | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Jack Ham | PIT | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Frank Lewis | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Preston Pearson | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mike Wagner | PIT | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Cliff Harris | DAL | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Montgomery | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Robert Newhouse | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Charlie Waters | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||