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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Dallas Cowboys at Pittsburgh Steelers - October 28th, 1979
Dallas Cowboys 3 at Pittsburgh Steelers 14
Sunday, October 28, 1979
Dallas Cowboys 3, Pittsburgh Steelers 14| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys (7-2-0) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers (7-2-0) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
Scoring
| DAL | PIT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | PIT | Franco Harris 1 yard rush (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 7 |
| DAL | Rafael Septien 32 yard field goal | 3 | 7 | |
| 3rd | PIT | Franco Harris 48 yard rush (Matt Bahr kick) | 3 | 14 |
Team Stats
| DAL | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 16 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 23-79-0 | 35-173-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 18-42-208-0-1 | 11-25-126-0-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-9 | 1-11 |
| Net pass yards | 199 | 115 |
| Total yards | 278 | 288 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-40 | 4-45 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Drew Pearson | DAL | 5 | 89 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Tony Dorsett | DAL | 19 | 73 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Roger Staubach | DAL | 11 | 25 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Billy Joe DuPree | DAL | 5 | 53 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Danny White | DAL | 7 | 17 | 95 | 0 | 1 | 23 | ||||||||
| Ron Springs | DAL | 3 | 44 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Preston Pearson | DAL | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Scott Laidlaw | DAL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Robert Newhouse | DAL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Franco Harris | PIT | 18 | 102 | 2 | 48 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||||
| John Stallworth | PIT | 7 | 98 | 0 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Sidney Thornton | PIT | 14 | 68 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 11 | 25 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lynn Swann | PIT | 3 | 29 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Rocky Bleier | PIT | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Steve Wilson | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 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 | |||
| Larry Anderson | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Theo Bell | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 39 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Donnie Shell | PIT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||