DAL 21 @ PIT 24 - 1988 NFL

1988 Week 1

Dallas CowboysDAL

21-24

Pittsburgh SteelersPIT

Sun, September 4, 1988 · 1:00PM · Three Rivers Stadium

Surface: astroturfLine: Pittsburgh Steelers -3.0O/U: 41.0 (over)

DAL: Tom Landry · PIT: Chuck Noll

DAL

Team Stats

PIT

1st Downs

31-134

Rushing

29-142

24-37-289

Passing

13-27-214

414

Scoring

1st Quarter

Timmy Newsome 3 yard rush (Luis Zendejas kick)

Earnest Jackson 15 yard rush (Gary Anderson kick)

Gary Anderson 32 yard field goal

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
DAL
Passing
Steve Pelluer	24/37	289	2	2	2	84.2
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Steve Pelluer	3	33	0	21	0
Herschel Walker	19	79	0	12	1
Timmy Newsome	8	20	1	5	0
Michael Irvin	1	2	0	2	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Herschel Walker	6	6	56	0	16
Timmy Newsome	5	3	11	0	5
Michael Irvin	3	3	73	1	35
Kelvin Edwards	9	5	93	0	27
Ray Alexander	4	3	36	1	14
Doug Cosbie	5	3	12	0	5
Kelvin Martin	4	1	8	0	8
PIT
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
Bubby Brister	13/27	214	0	0	1	75.2
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Bubby Brister	3	12	1	13	0
Earnest Jackson	12	76	2	29	0
Dwight Stone	8	31	0	10	0
Merril Hoge	2	18	0	15	0
Warren Williams	4	5	0	3	1
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Louis Lipps	12	4	50	0	20
Earnest Jackson	3	2	-6	0	5
Dwight Stone	1	1	2	0	2
Merril Hoge	3	1	8	0	8
Weegie Thompson	3	2	78	0	50
Charles Lockett	3	2	59	0	44
Mike Hinnant	2	1	23	0	23

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
DAL
Billy Owens			1	0			0	0
Kelvin Edwards			0	0			0	1
PIT
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Thomas Everett			0	1			0	1
David Little			0	1			1	0
Aaron Jones			1	0			0	0
Hardy Nickerson			0.5	0			0	0
Ben Thomas			0.5	0			0	0
Rod Woodson			0	0			0	1
Darin Jordan			0					1

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
DAL
Luis Zendejas	3/3	-	0	0	-	-
Mike Saxon	-	-	2	83	41.5	-
PIT
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Gary Anderson	3/3	1/2	0	0	-	-
Harry Newsome	-	-	3	138	46.0	-

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
DAL
Kelvin Martin	0	0	0	2	14	0
Darryl Clack	4	83	0	0	0	0
PIT
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Lupe Sanchez	0	0	0	1	6	0
Dwight Stone	2	52	0	0	0	0
Warren Williams	1	10	0	0	0	0
Rod Woodson	1	9	0	0	0	0

DAL

Expected Points Added

PIT

-3.0Total3.0

8.0Off Total9.3

11.1Off Pass8.3

-3.9Off Rush3.1

-9.3Def Total-8.0

-8.3Def Pass-11.1

-3.1Def Rush3.9

-2.3

Starting Lineups

DAL

QBSteve Pelluer

RBHerschel Walker

FBTimmy Newsome

WRKelvin Edwards

WRMichael Irvin

TEDoug Cosbie

LTMark Tuinei

LGNate Newton

CTom Rafferty

RGCrawford Ker

DAL at PIT, 1988 NFL game