Sunday, September 4, 1988
Dallas Cowboys 21, Pittsburgh Steelers 24| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys (0-1-0) | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers (1-0-0) | 10 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| DAL | PIT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DAL | Timmy Newsome 3 yard rush (Luis Zendejas kick) | 7 | 0 |
| PIT | Earnest Jackson 15 yard rush (Gary Anderson kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| PIT | Gary Anderson 32 yard field goal | 7 | 10 | |
| 3rd | PIT | Bubby Brister 1 yard rush (Gary Anderson kick) | 7 | 17 |
| DAL | Michael Irvin 35 yard pass from Steve Pelluer (Luis Zendejas kick) | 14 | 17 | |
| 4th | PIT | Earnest Jackson 29 yard rush (Gary Anderson kick) | 14 | 24 |
| DAL | Ray Alexander 8 yard pass from Steve Pelluer (Luis Zendejas kick) | 21 | 24 |
| DAL | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 25 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 31-134-1 | 29-142-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 24-37-289-2-2 | 13-27-214-0-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-9 | 1-0 |
| Net pass yards | 280 | 214 |
| Total yards | 414 | 356 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 2-0 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-50 | 3-14 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Pelluer | DAL | 24 | 37 | 289 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Herschel Walker | DAL | 19 | 79 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 56 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Kelvin Edwards | DAL | 5 | 93 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Michael Irvin | DAL | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 73 | 1 | 35 | ||||||
| Ray Alexander | DAL | 3 | 36 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Timmy Newsome | DAL | 8 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Doug Cosbie | DAL | 3 | 12 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Kelvin Martin | DAL | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Bubby Brister | PIT | 13 | 27 | 214 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Weegie Thompson | PIT | 2 | 78 | 0 | 50 | ||||||||||
| Earnest Jackson | PIT | 12 | 76 | 2 | 29 | 2 | -6 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Charles Lockett | PIT | 2 | 59 | 0 | 44 | ||||||||||
| Louis Lipps | PIT | 4 | 50 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Dwight Stone | PIT | 8 | 31 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Merril Hoge | PIT | 2 | 18 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Mike Hinnant | PIT | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Warren Williams | PIT | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Darryl Clack | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 83 | 20.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Kelvin Martin | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Billy Owens | DAL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | |||
| Thomas Everett | PIT | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Aaron Jones | PIT | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| David Little | PIT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Hardy Nickerson | PIT | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Lupe Sanchez | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dwight Stone | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ben Thomas | PIT | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Warren Williams | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rod Woodson | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||