Week 12, 1984

played in Pittsburgh, PA

47 degrees, fair, 1 mph wind

Dallas Cowboys	0	3	3	7	-	13
Pittsburgh Steelers	10	0	3	10	-	23

Scoring Summary
1Q: 13:09 PIT - Mike Quick 41 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Raul Allegre extra point)
1Q: 04:05 PIT - Raul Allegre 47 field goal
2Q: 08:44 DAL - Mike Wood 39 field goal
3Q: 08:16 DAL - Mike Wood 25 field goal
3Q: 00:04 PIT - Raul Allegre 26 field goal
4Q: 02:44 PIT - Scott Dierking 5 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Raul Allegre extra point)
4Q: 01:53 PIT - Raul Allegre 37 field goal
4Q: 00:24 DAL - Duriel Harris 2 pass from Glenn Carano (Mike Wood extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 13:09 PIT - Mike Quick 41 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Raul Allegre extra point)
1Q: 04:05 PIT - Raul Allegre 47 field goal
2Q: 08:44 DAL - Mike Wood 39 field goal
3Q: 08:16 DAL - Mike Wood 25 field goal
3Q: 00:04 PIT - Raul Allegre 26 field goal
4Q: 02:44 PIT - Scott Dierking 5 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Raul Allegre extra point)
4Q: 01:53 PIT - Raul Allegre 37 field goal
4Q: 00:24 DAL - Duriel Harris 2 pass from Glenn Carano (Mike Wood extra point)

Team Statistics DAL PIT
Record 6-5 8-3
First Downs 17 21
- by Rushing 4 4
- by Passing 11 15
- by Penalty 2 2
Total Net Yards 261 331
- Offensive Plays 59 69
- Yards per Play 4.42 4.80
Net Rushing Yards 110 98
- Rushing Attempts 26 29
- Yards per Rush 4.23 3.38
Net Passing Yards 151 233
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 33 - 19 - 1 37 - 21 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 151 255
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 3/22
- Yards per Pass Play 4.58 5.83
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/0
3rd Down Conversions 5/13 6/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.8 9.8
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 8/60 7/58
Punt Returns/Yards 2/23 2/11
Kick Returns/Yards 3/95 3/53
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/15
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 34
Time of Possession 29:29 30:31

Team Statistics	DAL	PIT
Record	6-5	8-3
First Downs	17	21
- by Rushing	4	4
- by Passing	11	15
- by Penalty	2	2
Total Net Yards	261	331
- Offensive Plays	59	69
- Yards per Play	4.42	4.80
Net Rushing Yards	110	98
- Rushing Attempts	26	29
- Yards per Rush	4.23	3.38
Net Passing Yards	151	233
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	33 - 19 - 1	37 - 21 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	151	255
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	3/22
- Yards per Pass Play	4.58	5.83
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	2/0
3rd Down Conversions	5/13	6/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.8	9.8
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	8/60	7/58
Punt Returns/Yards	2/23	2/11
Kick Returns/Yards	3/95	3/53
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/15
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 29	OWN 34
Time of Possession	29:29	30:31

Drive Charts

Dallas Cowboys
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:54	0:52	OWN 20	3	1	Punt
1	9:40	2:40	OWN 5	5	17	Punt
1	3:58	3:58	OWN 20	7	32	Punt
2	13:00	4:23	OPP 47	8	25	Field Goal
2	5:56	2:32	OWN 16	4	7	Punt
3	15:00	6:50	OWN 39	13	53	Field Goal
4	15:00	3:50	OWN 21	5	32	Punt
4	7:47	2:23	50	5	15	Missed FG
4	2:34	0:19	OWN 20	2	0	Interception
4	1:46	1:29	OPP 49	7	49	Touchdown

Pittsburgh Steelers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:06	OWN 45	4	55	Touchdown
1	12:02	2:22	OWN 35	4	12	Punt
1	7:00	3:02	OWN 29	7	41	Field Goal
2	15:00	2:00	OWN 11	6	3	Punt
2	8:37	2:41	OWN 23	6	14	Punt
2	3:24	3:24	OWN 26	10	39	Half
3	8:10	8:10	OWN 22	17	69	Field Goal
4	11:10	3:23	OWN 20	6	5	Punt
4	5:24	2:50	OWN 42	6	58	Touchdown
4	2:15	0:29	OPP 29	3	9	Field Goal
4	0:17	0:17	OPP 42	2	-2	Game

Game MVP: Terry Bradshaw, Pittsburgh Steelers

Rushing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Gerald Willhite	16	76	4.75	13	3
Eric Lane	7	27	3.86	8	0
Glenn Carano	3	7	2.33	4	0

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
David Overstreet	14	43	3.07	13	1
Kenny Lewis	8	39	4.88	19	1
Elvis Peacock	4	13	3.25	7	0
Terry Bradshaw	3	3	1.00	5	0

Passing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Glenn Carano	33	19	151	0/0	1	17	1	66.6

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Terry Bradshaw	37	21	255	3/22	2	41	0	96.1

Receiving Statistics

Dallas	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Eugene Goodlow	6	9	47	7.83	7	12	0
WR Duriel Harris	4	6	27	6.75	5	11	1
WR Ricky Sanders	4	7	38	9.50	6	17	0
TE John Olenchalk	2	2	23	11.50	0	17	0
RB Gerald Willhite	2	5	5	2.50	4	4	0
TE Rick Walker	1	1	11	11.00	0	11	0
FB Bo Matthews	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Nat Moore	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

Pittsburgh	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Mike Quick	7	9	97	13.86	45	41	1
WR John Stallworth	6	13	83	13.83	18	25	0
WR Cedric Jones	3	5	42	14.00	5	17	0
FB Scott Dierking	1	1	5	5.00	0	5	1
TE Ron Egloff	1	2	1	1.00	0	1	0
RB Kenny Lewis	1	2	8	8.00	0	8	0
WR Carl Monroe	1	1	11	11.00	0	11	0
TE Clarence Kay	1	3	8	8.00	0	8	0
TE Chris Dressel	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Dallas	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Pittsburgh	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Russell Carter	1	15	15.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Dallas	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Paul Godfrey	0	0	1	0
Everson Walls	0	0	1	0

Pittsburgh	Fumb	Recov
David Overstreet	1	0
Mike Quick	1	0
Terry Bradshaw	0	1
Scott Dierking	0	1

Punting Statistics

Dallas	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jim Miller	5	219	43.8	41.6	59	2

Pittsburgh	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jeff Gossett	4	176	44.0	38.3	48	2

Kicking Statistics

Dallas	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Mike Wood	2/3	0/1	0/1	39	1/1

Pittsburgh	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Raul Allegre	3/3	1/1	0/0	47	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Nat Moore	2	23	11.5	0

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jackie Wallace	2	11	5.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Nat Moore	3	95	31.7	0

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
John Stallworth	2	37	18.5	0
Jackie Wallace	1	16	16.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Dallas	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Andre Young	7	4	0.0	28	33
CB Steve Brown	6	1	0.0	19	29
DE Dan Hampton	5	1	0.5	23	35
CB Everson Walls	5	1	0.0	26	31
S Terrance Hoagie	4	1	0.0	25	36
DT Paul Godfrey	3	2	1.5	15	23
DE Jerome Foster	2	1	1.0	19	24
OLB Waymond Bryant	2	1	0.0	23	35
ILB Tom Graves	2	1	0.0	25	29
CB Jeff Fisher	2	1	0.0	20	25
DT Harvey Armstrong	2	1	0.0	22	22
CB Roynell Young	2	0	0.0	5	12
ILB Mike Curico	2	0	0.0	10	9
S Wes Hopkins	1	2	0.0	6	20
ILB Isiah Robertson	1	1	0.0	4	11
DT Dan Benish	1	1	0.0	10	16
S Thom Darden	1	0	0.0	6	18
TE John Olenchalk	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Steve Potter	1	0	0.0	2	8

Pittsburgh	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Charles Bowser	8	0	19	21
OLB Eugene Lockhart	7	0	19	19
OLB Carl Ekern	6	0	23	28
S Glenn Blackwood	4	0	22	29
S Beasley Reece	3	3	21	21
DE Mat Mendenhall	3	0	17	18
DT Darryl Grant	2	3	17	25
CB Ron Fellows	2	0	8	17
DE Blaise Winter	2	0	15	18
CB Greg Best	1	3	18	17
CB Russell Carter	1	2	19	26
OLB Ron McCartney	1	1	8	10
CB Jackie Wallace	1	0	1	9
DT Ricardo Browning	1	0	9	14
OLB Lyman White	1	0	8	6
S James Britt	1	0	8	16
DE Jim Burt	0	1	10	13
DT Pat Ogrin	0	1	19	15

Pass Rush Statistics

Dallas	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DT Paul Godfrey	1.5	0	0	23
DE Jerome Foster	1.0	0	2	24
DE Dan Hampton	0.5	1	2	35
OLB Waymond Bryant	0.0	0	2	35
OLB Fred McNeil	0.0	0	1	5

Pittsburgh	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DT Darryl Grant	1	0	25
DE Jim Burt	0	1	13
DT Pat Ogrin	0	1	15
DE Blaise Winter	0	1	18

Pass Defense Statistics

Dallas	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Steve Brown	5	0	29
CB Everson Walls	3	2	31
S Terrance Hoagie	3	2	36
S Andre Young	2	1	33
ILB Tom Graves	2	0	29
OLB Waymond Bryant	1	0	35
ILB Isiah Robertson	1	0	11
OLB Bert Cooper	1	0	6
CB Roynell Young	1	0	12
ILB Mike Curico	1	0	9
OLB Steve Potter	1	0	8

Pittsburgh	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Glenn Blackwood	4	1	0	29
OLB Charles Bowser	4	1	0	21
OLB Carl Ekern	2	1	0	28
CB Ron Fellows	2	0	0	17
OLB Eugene Lockhart	2	0	0	19
CB Russell Carter	1	1	1	26
CB Jackie Wallace	1	0	0	9
DE Mat Mendenhall	1	0	0	18
OLB Lyman White	1	0	0	6
DE Blaise Winter	1	0	0	18
OLB Ron McCartney	0	2	0	10
S James Britt	0	1	0	16

Blocking Statistics

Dallas	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Dan Peiffer	3	5	24	22
Ron Heller	2	5	24	27
Kyle Delaroche	2	3	25	31
Phil LaPorta	1	5	22	30
John Giesler	1	4	24	30
John Olenchalk	1	1	11	19
Bo Matthews	0	1	12	14

Pittsburgh	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Ray Snell	2	6	24	1	32
Gary Zimmerman	1	6	27	0	37
Bruce Rasmussen	1	3	25	0	39
Clarence Kay	1	2	18	0	20
Ron Egloff	1	1	15	0	12
Chris Ward	1	1	26	0	33
Jeff Williams	0	2	24	1	30
Scott Dierking	0	2	24	0	21
Frank Myers	0	1	5	1	9
Art Kuehn	0	1	10	0	19
Chris Dressel	0	1	2	0	2

Special Teams Tackles

Dallas	Tackles	STPlays
Nat Moore	1	17
Lam Jones	1	14
Bo Matthews	1	13
Thom Darden	1	12
Quinn Hoffman	1	8

Pittsburgh	Tackles	STPlays
Beasley Reece	2	14
James Britt	1	24
Elvis Peacock	1	21
Ron McCartney	1	10

Participation

Dallas	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Andre Young	---	---	28	33	2	63
Terrance Hoagie	---	---	25	36	2	63
Kyle Delaroche	25	31	---	---	6	62
Waymond Bryant	---	---	23	35	3	61
Dan Hampton	---	---	23	35	3	61
Everson Walls	---	---	26	31	3	60
Glenn Carano	26	33	---	---	---	59
Tom Graves	---	---	25	29	2	56
Phil LaPorta	22	30	---	---	2	54
John Giesler	24	30	---	---	---	54
Jeff Fisher	---	---	20	25	6	51
Steve Brown	---	---	19	29	3	51
Ron Heller	24	27	---	---	---	51
Ricky Sanders	22	29	---	---	---	51
Dan Peiffer	24	22	---	---	2	48
Duriel Harris	15	18	---	---	14	47
Harvey Armstrong	---	---	22	22	3	47
John Olenchalk	11	19	---	---	16	46
Jerome Foster	---	---	19	24	1	44
Gerald Willhite	17	26	---	---	---	43
Bo Matthews	12	14	---	---	13	39
Paul Godfrey	---	---	15	23	1	39
Mario Celotto	---	---	21	13	5	39
Eugene Goodlow	13	26	---	---	---	39
Wes Hopkins	---	---	6	20	12	38
Thom Darden	---	---	6	18	12	36
James Betterson	9	5	---	---	22	36
Rick Walker	16	12	---	---	6	34
Dan Benish	---	---	10	16	6	32
Eric Lane	9	7	---	---	11	27
Mike Curico	---	---	10	9	5	24
Nat Moore	2	4	---	---	17	23
Lam Jones	4	5	---	---	14	23
Isiah Robertson	---	---	4	11	7	22
Steve Potter	---	---	2	8	12	22
Fred McNeil	---	---	6	5	10	21
Dan Ryczek	2	11	---	---	8	21
Quinn Hoffman	4	9	---	---	8	21
Bert Cooper	---	---	4	6	9	19
Roynell Young	---	---	5	12	---	17
Ed Fulton	4	3	---	---	6	13
Rob Fada	1	2	---	---	8	11
Jim Miller	0	0	---	---	8	8
Mike Wood	0	0	---	---	7	7
Danny White	0	0	---	---	---	0
Steve Pelleur	0	0	---	---	---	0

Pittsburgh	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Terry Bradshaw	29	40	---	---	---	69
Bruce Rasmussen	25	39	---	---	5	69
Gary Zimmerman	27	37	---	---	---	64
Jeff Williams	24	30	---	---	7	61
Chris Ward	26	33	---	---	2	61
Carl Ekern	---	---	23	28	5	56
Beasley Reece	---	---	21	21	14	56
Ray Snell	24	32	---	---	---	56
Glenn Blackwood	---	---	22	29	3	54
Mike Quick	18	31	---	---	---	49
John Stallworth	18	28	---	---	2	48
James Britt	---	---	8	16	24	48
Russell Carter	---	---	19	26	3	48
Dave Puzzuoli	---	---	17	23	7	47
Scott Dierking	24	21	---	---	---	45
Darryl Grant	---	---	17	25	3	45
Ron Egloff	15	12	---	---	17	44
Elvis Peacock	6	15	---	---	21	42
Charles Bowser	---	---	19	21	2	42
Cedric Jones	7	16	---	---	15	38
Clarence Kay	18	20	---	---	---	38
Eugene Lockhart	---	---	19	19	---	38
Mike Jolly	---	---	7	16	14	37
Mike Williams	8	12	---	---	17	37
Art Kuehn	10	19	---	---	7	36
Pat Ogrin	---	---	19	15	2	36
Blaise Winter	---	---	15	18	3	36
Mat Mendenhall	---	---	17	18	---	35
Greg Best	---	---	18	17	---	35
David Overstreet	16	17	---	---	---	33
Ron Fellows	---	---	8	17	7	32
Carl Monroe	5	13	---	---	13	31
Ron McCartney	---	---	8	10	10	28
Jackie Wallace	---	---	1	9	17	27
Jim Burt	---	---	10	13	4	27
Ricardo Browning	---	---	9	14	3	26
Kenny Lewis	8	13	---	---	1	22
Lyman White	---	---	8	6	8	22
Frank Myers	5	9	---	---	7	21
Joel Hilgenberg	4	1	---	---	7	12
Raul Allegre	0	0	---	---	9	9
Chris Dressel	2	2	---	---	5	9
Phil Dokes	---	---	1	2	4	7
Jeff Gossett	0	0	---	---	4	4
Mark Dufek	0	0	---	---	3	3
Scott Brunner	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	22	3.7
Middle	8	30	3.8
Right	12	58	4.8
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	21	2.6
Middle	13	63	4.8
Right	6	16	2.7
None	2	-2	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Glenn Carano	33	19	0	1	1	7	3	0	1

Pittsburgh	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Terry Bradshaw	37	21	2	0	3	5	7	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	3	8	1.6
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	11	70	4.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	5	73	9.1
Long (19+ Yds)	3	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	1	1.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	11	98	7.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	21	9	156	7.4
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Dallas	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
WR Eugene Goodlow	9	6	0	47	26
WR Ricky Sanders	7	4	1	38	29
WR Duriel Harris	6	4	0	27	18
RB Gerald Willhite	5	2	0	5	26
WR Nat Moore	2	0	0	0	4
TE John Olenchalk	2	2	0	23	19
FB Bo Matthews	1	0	0	0	14
TE Rick Walker	1	1	0	11	12

Pittsburgh	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR John Stallworth	13	6	1	83	1	28
WR Mike Quick	9	7	0	97	1	31
WR Cedric Jones	5	3	0	42	0	16
TE Clarence Kay	3	1	1	8	0	20
TE Ron Egloff	2	1	1	1	0	12
RB Kenny Lewis	2	1	0	8	0	13
FB Scott Dierking	1	1	0	5	0	21
TE Chris Dressel	1	0	0	0	0	2
WR Carl Monroe	1	1	0	11	0	13

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Gerald Willhite	1	1	1.00	4.75

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
David Overstreet	3	11	3.67	3.07
Elvis Peacock	1	2	2.00	3.25

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Glenn Carano	6	2	19	3.17	4.58

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Terry Bradshaw	3	2	20	6.67	6.89

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Dallas	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Ricky Sanders	3	1	17	5.67	5.43
WR Duriel Harris	2	1	2	1.00	4.50
RB Gerald Willhite	1	0	0	0.00	1.00

Pittsburgh	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Mike Quick	2	1	15	7.50	10.78
FB Scott Dierking	1	1	5	5.00	5.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Dallas	Rushes	Conversions
Glenn Carano	1	1
Gerald Willhite	1	1

Pittsburgh	Rushes	Conversions
Kenny Lewis	2	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Comp	Conversions
Glenn Carano	11	7	3

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Conversions
Terry Bradshaw	11	5	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Dallas	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Eugene Goodlow	3	2	0
WR Ricky Sanders	3	2	1
WR Duriel Harris	2	2	2
RB Gerald Willhite	2	1	0
FB Bo Matthews	1	0	0

Pittsburgh	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Cedric Jones	5	3	3
WR John Stallworth	3	1	1
WR Mike Quick	3	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 70,700 (70,700 capacity)
Upper Deck 20,900 (20,900)
End Zone 15,100 (15,100)
Mezzanine 8,700 (8,700)
Sideline Seats 13,300 (13,300)
Club Seats 8,900 (8,900)
Luxury Boxes 3,800 (3,800)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	70,700 (70,700 capacity)
Upper Deck	20,900 (20,900)
End Zone	15,100 (15,100)
Mezzanine	8,700 (8,700)
Sideline Seats	13,300 (13,300)
Club Seats	8,900 (8,900)
Luxury Boxes	3,800 (3,800)