DAL 37 @ PIT 7 - 1997 NFL

1997 Week 1

Dallas CowboysDAL

37-7

Pittsburgh SteelersPIT

Sun, August 31, 1997 · 1:00PM · Three Rivers Stadium

Attendance: 60,396Surface: astroturfLine: Dallas Cowboys -1.0O/U: 39.5 (over)

DAL: Barry Switzer · PIT: Bill Cowher

DAL

Team Stats

PIT

1st Downs

34-85

Rushing

23-85

19-31-295

Passing

13-28-104

380

Scoring

2nd Quarter

Anthony Miller 12 yard pass from Troy Aikman (Richie Cunningham kick)

Michael Irvin 42 yard pass from Troy Aikman (Richie Cunningham kick)

14-

Richie Cunningham 52 yard field goal

17-

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
DAL
Passing
Troy Aikman	19/30	295	4	0	0	135.4
Wade Wilson	0/1	0	0	0	0	39.6
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Wade Wilson	2	-3	0	-1	0
Emmitt Smith	26	69	0	9	0
Sherman Williams	5	16	0	5	0
Daryl Johnston	1	3	0	3	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Emmitt Smith	3	3	25	0	12
Daryl Johnston	5	5	65	1	18
Michael Irvin	11	7	153	2	55
Anthony Miller	6	2	43	1	31
Eric Bjornson	4	2	9	0	5
David LaFleur	1	0	0	0	0
PIT
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
Kordell Stewart	13/28	104	1	1	3	53.3
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Kordell Stewart	1	4	0	4	0
Jerome Bettis	15	63	0	9	0
George Jones	7	18	0	5	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
George Jones	2	1	4	0	4
Yancey Thigpen	8	4	43	0	15
Courtney Hawkins	5	3	32	0	14
Charles Johnson	6	2	19	0	11
Mark Bruener	2	2	3	1	4
Jon Witman	1	1	3	0	3
Will Blackwell	4	0	0	0	0

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
DAL
Dexter Coakley	2	1	0	1			0	0
Chad Hennings	5	2	1.5	0			0	0
Omar Stoutmire	4	4	1	0			0	0
Antonio Anderson	2	1	0.5	0			0	0
Kevin Mathis	2	2	0	0			0	0
Deion Sanders	2	2	0	0			0	0
Shante Carver	5	2	0					0
Kevin Smith	5	5	0				1	0
Randall Godfrey	4	1	0					0
Tony Tolbert	4	1	0					0
Tony Casillas	3	1	0					0
Brock Marion	3	3	0					1
Darren Woodson	3	2	0					0
Broderick Thomas	2	1	0					0
Darryl Hardy	1	0	0					0
Hurvin McCormack	1	1	0					0
Kavika Pittman	1	0	0					0
Vinson Smith	1	0	0					0
Fred Strickland	1	1	0					0
Charlie Williams	1	1	0					0
Wendell Davis	0	0	0				1	0
PIT
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Jerome Bettis			0	0			0	1
Earl Holmes	10	6	0					0
Levon Kirkland	9	7	0					0
Greg Lloyd	9	3	0					0
Darren Perry	6	6	0					0
Chad Scott	6	6	0					0
Carnell Lake	5	3	0					0
Randy Fuller	3	2	0					0
Jerry Olsavsky	3	2	0					0
Joel Steed	3	2	0					0
Donnell Woolford	3	3	0					0
Jason Gildon	2	1	0					0
Nolan Harrison	2	2	0					0
Steve Conley	1	0	0					0
Kevin Henry	1	0	0					0
Donta Jones	1	0	0					1
Orpheus Roye	1	0	0					0
Mike Vrabel	1	0	0					0

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
DAL
Richie Cunningham	4/4	3/3	0	0	-	-
Toby Gowin	-	-	4	185	46.3	54
PIT
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Norm Johnson	1/1	-	0	0	-	-
Josh Miller	-	-	8	375	46.9	57

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
DAL
Deion Sanders	0	0	0	2	45	0
Kevin Mathis	0	0	0	1	9	0
Herschel Walker	1	22	0	0	0	0
PIT
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Will Blackwell	4	92	0	3	20	0
Mike Adams	1	17	0	0	0	0

DAL

Expected Points Added

PIT

30.0Total-30.0

12.2Off Total-14.8

20.5Off Pass-8.7

-9.8Off Rush-5.7

14.8Def Total-12.2

8.7Def Pass-20.5

5.7Def Rush9.8

3.5

Starting Lineups

DAL

QBTroy Aikman

RBEmmitt Smith

FBDaryl Johnston

WRAnthony Miller

WRMichael Irvin

TEEric Bjornson

LTMark Tuinei

LGNate Newton

CClay Shiver

RGLarry Allen

DAL at PIT, 1997 NFL game