NFL Football Handicapping

Super Bowl XXX
Dallas 27, Pittsburgh 17

Sun Devil Stadium
Tempe, Arizona
January 28, 1996
Attendance: 76,347
MVP: Larry Brown, CB, Dallas

                           SCORING
Dallas               10  3  7  7 -- 27
Pittsburgh            0  7  0 10 -- 17

DAL- FG Boniol 42,  2:55 1st
DAL- Novacek 3 pass from Aikman (Boniol kick),
     9:37 1st
DAL- FG Boniol 35,  8:57 2nd
PIT- Thigpen 6 pass from O'Donnell
     (N. Johnson kick), 14:47 2nd
DAL- E. Smith 1 run  (Boniol kick), 8:18 3rd
PIT- FG N. Johnson 46,  3:40 4th
PIT- Morris 1 run  (N. Johnson kick), 8:24 4th
DAL- E. Smith 4 run  (Boniol kick), 11:17 4th

TEAM STATISTICS                Dal.           Pitt.
Total First Downs                15             25
  Rushing                         5              9
  Passing                        10             15
  Penalty                         0              1
Total Net Yardage               254            310
Total Offensive Plays            50             84
  Avg. Gain per Offensive Play  5.1            3.7
Rushes                           25             31
  Yards Gained Rushing (Net)     56            103
  Average Yards per Rush        2.2            3.3
Passes Attempted                 23             49
  Passes Completed               15             28
  Had Intercepted                 0              3
  Tackled Attempting to Pass      2              4
  Yards Lost Attempting to Pass  11             32
  Yards Gained Passing (Net)    198            207
Punts                             5              4
  Average Distance             38.2           44.8
Punt Returns                      1              2
  Punt Return Yardage            11             18
Kickoff Returns                   3              5
  Kickoff Return Yardage         37             96
Interception Return Yardage      77              0
Fumbles                           0              2
  Own Fumbles Recovered           0              2
  Opponent Fumbles Recovered      0              0
Penalties                         4              2
  Yards Penalized                25             15
Total Points Scored              27             17
Touchdowns                        3              2
  Rushing                         2              1
  Passing                         1              1
  Returns                         0              0
Extra Points                      3              2
Field Goals                       2              1
  Field Goals Attempted           2              1
Safeties                          0              0
Third-Down Efficiency          2/10           9/19
Fourth-Down Efficiency          1/1            2/4
Time of Possession            26:11          33:49

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing
Dallas                  No.      Yds.     LG    TD
E. Smith                18        49      23     2
Johnston                 2         8       4     0
K. Williams              1         2       2     0
Aikman                   4        -3       0     0

Pittsburgh              No.      Yds.     LG    TD
Morris                  19        73      15     1
Pegram                   6        15       4     0
Stewart                  4        15       7     0
O'Donnell                1         0       0     0
J. Williams              1         0       0     0


Passing
Dallas             Att.   Comp.    Yds.   TD   Int.
Aikman              23      15     209     1     0

Pittsburgh         Att.   Comp.    Yds.   TD   Int.
O'Donnell           49      28     239     1     3


Receiving
Dallas                  No.      Yds.     LG    TD
Irvin                    5        76      20     0
Novacek                  5        50      19     1
K. Williams              2        29      22     0
Sanders                  1        47      47     0
Johnston                 1         4       4     0
E. Smith                 1         3       3     0

Pittsburgh              No.      Yds.     LG    TD
Hastings                10        98      19     0
Mills                    8        78      17     0
Thigpen                  3        19       7     1
Morris                   3        18      10     0
Holliday                 2        19      10     0
J. Williams              2         7       5     0


Interceptions
Dallas                  No.      Yds.     LG    TD
Brown                    2        77      44     0
Marion                   1         0       0     0

Pittsburgh              No.      Yds.     LG    TD
None                    --        --      --    --


Punting
Dallas                  No.      Avg.     LG   Blk.
Jett                     5        38.2    51     0

Pittsburgh              No.      Avg.     LG   Blk.
Stark                    4        44.8    55     0


Punt Returns
Dallas                 No.   FC     Yds.   LG   TD
Sanders                 1     0      11    11    0

Pittsburgh             No.   FC     Yds.   LG   TD
Hastings                2     0      18    11    0


Kickoff Returns
Dallas                  No.      Yds.     LG    TD
K. Williams              2        24      18     0
Marion                   1        13      13     0

Pittsburgh              No.      Yds.     LG    TD
Mills                    4        79      22     0
McAfee                   1        17      17     0



Dallas Cowboys          Pittsburgh Steelers
               ==  Offense  ==
Kennard, Derek     C    Dawson, Dermontti       C
Allen, Larry       G    Newberry, Tom           G
Newton, Nate       G    Stai, Brenden           G
Tuinei, Mark       T    Jackson, John           T
Williams, Erik     T    Searcy, Leon            T
Novacek, Jay       TE   Bruener, Mark           TE
Irvin, Michael     WR   Mills, Ernie            WR
Williams, Kevin    WR   Thigpen, Yancey         WR
Smith, Emmitt      RB   Pegram, Erric           RB
Johnston, Daryl    FB   Williams, John L.       RB
Aikman, Troy       QB   O'Donnell, Neil         QB

                   ==  Defense  ==
Lett, Leon         DT   Steed, Joel             NT
Maryland, Russell  DT   Buckner, Brentson       DE
Haley, Charles     DE   Seals, Ray              DE
Tolbert, Tony      DE   Greene, Kevin           OLB
Edwards, Dixon     OLB  Lloyd, Greg             OLB
Smith, Darrin      OLB  Brown, Chad             ILB
Jones, Robert      MLB  Kirkland, Levon         ILB
Brown, Larry       CB   Lake, Carnell           CB
Sanders, Deion     CB   Williams, Willie        CB
Marion, Brock      FS   Perry, Darren           FS
Woodson, Darren    SS   Bell, Myron             SS

                  ==  Substitute  ==
Bailey, Robert               Figures, Deon
Bates, Bill                  Flowers, Lethon
Bjornson, Eric               Fuller, Randy
Boniol, Chris                Gammon, Kendall
Brice, Alundis               Gildon, Jason
Briggs, Greg                 Hastings, Andre
Carver, Shante               Hayes, Jonathan
Case, Scott                  Henry, Kevin
Davis, Billy                 Holliday, Corey
Fleming, Cory                Johnson, Norm
Hellestrae, Dale             Johnson, Bill
Hennings, Chad               Jones, Donta
Jett, John                   Lester, Tim
Lang, David                  McAfee, Fred
McCormack, Hurvin            Morris, Bam
Myles, Godfrey               Oldham, Chris
Schwantz, Jim                Olsavsky, Jerry
Stone, Ron                   Parrish, James
Watkins, Kendell             Stark, Rohn
Williams, Charlie            Stewart, Kordell
                             Strzelczyk, Justin
                             Woodson, Rod

                  ==  Did Not Play  ==
Hegamin, George               Tomczak, Mike
Williams, Sherman
Wilson, Wade

 

 




 


 







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