| Pittsburgh Steelers at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: December 8, 1968 Location: Dallas, TX |
| Venue: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 55069 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 49 F Humidty: 30% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 7 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Craig Baynham 5 pass from Don Meredith (Mike Clark kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Bob Hayes 90 punt return (Mike Clark kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Bob Hayes 53 pass from Don Meredith (Mike Clark kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | John Hilton 37 pass from Dick Shiner (Booth Lusteg kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Lance Rentzel 65 pass from Don Meredith (Mike Clark kick) | 7 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | SE | J.R. Wilburn |
| 74 | LOT | John Brown |
| 79 | LOG | Larry Gagner |
| 56 | C | Ray Mansfield |
| 66 | ROG | Bruce Van Dyke |
| 72 | ROT | Fran O'Brien |
| 82 | TE | John Hilton |
| 17 | QB | Dick Shiner |
| 42 | HB | Dick Hoak |
| 87 | FL | Roy Jefferson |
| 38 | FB | Earl Gros |
| Defense | ||
| 65 | LDE | Lloyd Voss |
| 75 | LDT | Ken Kortas |
| 64 | RDT | Chuck Hinton |
| 60 | RDE | Ben McGee |
| 69 | LLB | Jerry Hillebrand |
| 50 | MLB | Bill Saul |
| 34 | RLB | Andy Russell |
| 47 | LCB | Marv Woodson |
| 49 | LS | Lou Harris |
| 28 | RS | Clendon Thomas |
| 44 | RCB | Bob Wade |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 22 | SE | Bob Hayes |
| 72 | LOT | Tony Liscio |
| 76 | LOG | John Niland |
| 57 | C | Malcolm Walker |
| 65 | ROG | John Wilbur |
| 73 | ROT | Ralph Neely |
| 67 | TE | Rayfield Wright |
| 17 | QB | Don Meredith |
| 46 | RB | Craig Baynham |
| 43 | RB | Don Perkins |
| 19 | FL | Lance Rentzel |
| Defense | ||
| 63 | LDE | Larry Cole |
| 75 | LDT | Jethro Pugh |
| 74 | RDT | Bob Lilly |
| 66 | RDE | George Andrie |
| 54 | LLB | Chuck Howley |
| 55 | MLB | Lee Roy Jordan |
| 52 | RLB | Dave Edwards |
| 34 | LCB | Cornell Green |
| 27 | LS | Mike Gaechter |
| 21 | RS | Dick Daniels |
| 20 | RCB | Mel Renfro |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Dick Hoak | 17 | 114 | 6.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Earl Gros | 13 | 53 | 4.1 | 26 | 0 |
| Dick Shiner | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Don Perkins | 14 | 55 | 3.9 | 9 | 0 |
| Walt Garrison | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Craig Baynham | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Don Meredith | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Hayes | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Les Shy | 2 | -17 | -8.5 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Dick Shiner | 34 | 15 | 44.1 | 0 | 152 | 4.5 | 37 | 1 | 7 | 42 | 67.3 |
| Kent Nix | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 | 13 | 1.9 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 39.6 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Don Meredith | 24 | 12 | 50.0 | 0 | 248 | 10.3 | 65t | 3 | 2 | 16 | 126.4 |
| Craig Morton | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Dick Hoak | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 12 | 0 |
| John Hilton | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 37t | 1 |
| Marshall Cropper | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Roy Jefferson | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Earl Gros | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Don Shy | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Craig Baynham | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 40 | 1 |
| Bob Hayes | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 53t | 1 |
| Lance Rentzel | 2 | 100 | 50.0 | 65t | 1 |
| Don Perkins | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Marv Woodson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Walden | 8 | 343 | 42.9 | 57 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Ron Widby | 7 | 211 | 30.1 | 45 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Roy Jefferson | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Bob Hayes | 3 | 0 | 122 | 40.7 | 90t | 1 |
| Lance Rentzel | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Marshall Cropper | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| John Hilton | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Dick Daniels | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
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