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Pittsburgh Steelers 35 vs. Dallas Cowboys 31

Sunday, January 21, 1979

Pittsburgh Steelers 35, Dallas Cowboys 31

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Pittsburgh Steelers (17-2-0)71401435
Dallas Cowboys (14-5-0)7731431

Scoring

PITDAL
1stPITJohn Stallworth 28 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick)70
DALTony Hill 39 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick)77
2ndDALMike Hegman 37 yard fumble return (Rafael Septien kick)714
PITJohn Stallworth 75 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick)1414
PITRocky Bleier 7 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick)2114
3rdDALRafael Septien 27 yard field goal2117
4thPITFranco Harris 22 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick)2817
PITLynn Swann 18 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick)3517
DALBilly Joe DuPree 7 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick)3524
DALButch Johnson 4 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick)3531

Team Stats

PITDAL
First downs1920
Rush-yards-TDs24-66-132-154-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT17-30-318-4-117-30-228-3-1
Sacked-yards4-275-52
Net pass yards291176
Total yards357330
Fumbles-lost2-23-2
Turnovers33
Penalties-yards5-359-89

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Terry Bradshaw PIT 17 30 318 4 1 75 2 -5 0 2
Lynn Swann PIT 7 124 1 29
John Stallworth PIT 3 115 2 75
Franco Harris PIT 20 68 1 22 1 22 0 22
Randy Grossman PIT 3 29 0 10
Theo Bell PIT 2 21 0 12
Rocky Bleier PIT 2 3 0 2 1 7 1 7
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Roger Staubach DAL 17 30 228 3 1 39 4 37 0 18
Tony Dorsett DAL 16 96 0 29 5 44 0 13
Drew Pearson DAL 4 73 0 25
Tony Hill DAL 2 49 1 39
Butch Johnson DAL 2 30 1 26
Preston Pearson DAL 1 6 0 6 2 15 0 8
Billy Joe DuPree DAL 2 17 1 10
Scott Laidlaw DAL 3 12 0 7
Robert Newhouse DAL 8 3 0 5

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Larry Anderson PIT 0 0 0 0 3 45 15.0 0 24
John Banaszak PIT 1.0 0 0 0 0
Theo Bell PIT 0 0 0 0 4 27 6.8 0 12
Mel Blount PIT 1 13 0 13
Steve Furness PIT 1.0 0 0 0 0
Joe Greene PIT 1.0 0 0 0 0
L.C. Greenwood PIT 1.0 0 0 0 0
Dwight White PIT 1.0 0 0 0 0
Dirt Winston PIT 0 0 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Larry Brinson DAL 0 0 0 0 2 41 20.5 0 25
Mike Hegman DAL 1.0 0 0 0 0
Thomas Henderson DAL 1.0 0 0 0 0
Butch Johnson DAL 0 0 0 0 3 63 21.0 0 23 2 33 16.5 0 21
Too Tall Jones DAL 0 0 0 0
D.D. Lewis DAL 1 21 0 21
Harvey Martin DAL 1.0 0 0 0 0
Tom Rafferty DAL 0 0 0 0
Randy White DAL 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0

Pittsburgh Steelers Starting Lineup

Terry Bradshaw QB
Rocky Bleier RB
Franco Harris FB
John Stallworth WR
Lynn Swann WR
Randy Grossman TE
Jon Kolb LT
Sam Davis LG
Mike Webster C
Gerry Mullins RG
Ray Pinney RT
L.C. Greenwood LDE
Joe Greene LDT
John Banaszak RDT
Steve Furness RDE
Jack Ham LLB
Jack Lambert MLB
Loren Toews RLB
Ron Johnson LCB
Mel Blount RCB
Donnie Shell SS
Mike Wagner FS

Dallas Cowboys Starting Lineup

Roger Staubach QB
Tony Dorsett RB
Robert Newhouse fb
Drew Pearson WR
Tony Hill WR
Billy Joe DuPree TE
Pat Donovan LT
Herbert Scott LG
John Fitzgerald C
Tom Rafferty RG
Rayfield Wright RT
Too Tall Jones LDE
Larry Cole DE
Randy White RDT
Harvey Martin RDE
Thomas Henderson LLB
Bob Breunig MLB
D.D. Lewis RLB
Benny Barnes LCB
Aaron Kyle RCB
Charlie Waters SS
Cliff Harris FS