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"The two interceptions led to their only scores in the second half. Other than that, I thought we played an excellent football game in the second half. That's the game of football--big plays. They made them, and we didn't."
-Steelers Head Coach Bill Cowher

Super Bowl XXX

January 28, 1996 - Sun Devil Stadium - Tempe, AZ

Dallas Cowboys (14-4)		Pittsburgh Steelers (13-5)

	Dallas -27 Pittsburgh -17

Super Bowl XXX Quick Stats
Date:	January 28, 1996
Location:	Sun Devil Stadium - Tempe, AZ
Surface:	Outoors on grass
Game Weather:	Sunny and Clear
Conditions:	Temp: 68 F Humidity: 27 Wind: NW 5mph
Attendance:	76,347
Kickoff Time:	4:00 P.M. Mountain
Commentary:	Dick Enberg, Phil Simms, and Paul Maguire (NBC)
Officials:	Referee: Red Cashion (43), Umpire: John Keck (67), Line Judge: Dale Orem (51), Side Judge: Bill Carollo (63), Head Linesman: Paul Weidner (87), Back Judge: Dick Creed (61), Field Judge: Don Hakes (96)
Pre-Game Show:	Ftr: Doobie Brothers, 21 Arizona Indian Nations, Rockin' R Ranch, Arizona Gunfighters Hosted By: Glen Campbell
National Anthem:	Vanessa Williams Signed: Mary Kim Titla
Coin Toss:	Joe Montana, previous Super Bowl MVPs
Halftime Show:	"Take Me Higher: Celebration of 30 Years of Super Bowl" Ftr: Diana Ross Producer: Radio City Productions
Winner Share:	$42,000
Loser Share:	$27,000
Ticket Price:	$200 or $350, depending on seat location (varying ticket colors depending on level)
Favorite:	Dallas by 13.5 pts.
TV Rating:	46.0, 72 share (NBC)
Most Valuable Player:	Cowboys CB Larry Brown (2 INTs for 77 yds; 7 tackles)

* Denotes Division Champion | † Denotes Overtime
1995 NFL Playoffs
AFC Wildcard		AFC Divisional		AFC Conference		NFC Conference		NFC Divisional		NFC Wildcard
6. Miami (9-7) at 3. Buffalo* (10-6)	22 37	3. Buffalo (11-6) at 2. Pittsburgh* (11-5)	21 40	5. Indianapolis (11-7) at 2. Pittsburgh (12-5)	16 20	3. Green Bay (13-5) at 1. Dallas (13-4)	27 38	3. Green Bay (12-5) at 2. San Francisco* (11-5)	27 17	5. Detroit (10-6) at 4. Philadelphia (10-6)	37 58
5. Indianapolis (9-7) at 4. San Diego (9-7)	35 20	5. Indianapolis (10-7) at 1. Kansas City* (13-3)	10 7					4. Philadelphia (11-6) at 1. Dallas* (12-4)	11 30	6. Atlanta (9-7) at 3. Green Bay* (11-5)	20 37

* Denotes Wildcard Team | Tiebreakers: Indianapolis finished ahead of Miami based on head-to-head sweep (2-0). San Diego was first wildcard based on head-to-head victory over Indianapolis (1-0). Cincinnati finished ahead of Houston based on better division record (4-4 to Oilers' 3-5). Seattle finished ahead of Denver and Oakland based on best head-to-head record (3-1 to Broncos' 2-2 and Raiders' 1-3). Denver finished ahead of Oakland based on head-to-head sweep (2-0). Philadelphia was first wildcard ahead of Detroit based on better conference record (9-3 to Lions' 7-5). Atlanta was third wildcard ahead of Chicago based on better record against common opponents (4-2 to Bears' 3-3). St. Louis finished ahead of Carolina and New Orleans based on best head-to-head record (3-1 to Panthers' 1-3 and Saints' 2-2). Carolina finished ahead of New Orleans based on better conference record (4-8 to 3-9).
1995 NFL Standings
American Football Conference
Eastern			Central			Western
Buffalo Bills Indianapolis Colts* Miami Dolphins* New England Patriots New York Jets	10-6-0 9-7-0 9-7-0 6-10-0 3-13-0	0.625 0.563 0.563 0.375 0.188	Pittsburgh Steelers Cincinnati Bengals Houston Oilers Cleveland Browns Jacksonville Jaguars	11-5-0 7-9-0 7-9-0 5-11-0 4-12-0	0.688 0.438 0.438 0.313 0.250	Kansas City Chiefs San Diego Chargers* Denver Broncos Oakland Raiders Seattle Seahawks	13-3-0 9-7-0 8-8-0 8-8-0 8-8-0	0.813 0.563 0.500 0.500 0.500
National Football Conference
Eastern			Central			Western
Dallas Cowboys Philadelphia Eagles* Washington Redskins New York Giants Arizona Cardinals	12-4-0 10-6-0 6-10-0 5-11-0 4-12-0	0.750 0.625 0.375 0.313 0.250	Green Bay Packers Detroit Lions* Chicago Bears Minnesota Vikings Tampa Bay Buccaneers	11-5-0 10-6-0 9-7-0 8-8-0 7-9-0	0.688 0.625 0.563 0.500 0.438	San Francisco 49ers Atlanta Falcons* Carolina Panthers New Orleans Saints St. Louis Rams	11-5-0 9-7-0 7-9-0 7-9-0 7-9-0	0.688 0.563 0.438 0.438 0.438

* Denotes night game | † Denotes Overtime
Dallas 1995 Schedule
Date		Opponent	Score
Regular Season (12-4)
Mon*	9/4	at N.Y. Giants	W	35-0
Sun	9/10	Denver	W	31-21
Sun	9/17	at Minnesota	W	23-17†
Sun	9/24	Arizona	W	34-20
Sun	10/1	at Washington	L	23-27
Sun	10/8	Green Bay	W	34-24
Sun	10/15	at San Diego	W	23-9
Sun	10/22	BYE
Sun	10/29	at Atlanta	W	28-13
Mon*	11/6	Philadelphia	W	34-12
Sun	11/12	San Francisco	L	20-38
Sun	11/19	at Oakland	W	34-21
Thu	11/23	Kansas City	W	24-12
Sun	12/3	Washington	L	17-24
Sun	12/10	at Philadelphia	L	17-20
Sun	12/17	N.Y. Giants	W	21-20
Mon*	12/25	at Arizona	W	37-13
Post Season
Sun	1/7	Philadelphia	W	30-11
Sun	1/14	Green Bay	W	38-27

* Denotes night game | † Denotes Overtime
Pittsburgh 1995 Schedule
Date		Opponent	Score
Regular Season (11-5)
Sun	9/3	Detroit	W	23-20
Sun	9/10	at Houston	W	34-17
Mon*	9/18	at Miami	L	10-23
Sun	9/24	Minnesota	L	24-44
Sun	10/1	San Diego	W	31-16
Sun	10/8	at Jacksonville	L	16-20
Sun	10/15	BYE
Thu*	10/19	Cincinnati	L	9-27
Sun	10/29	Jacksonville	W	24-7
Sun	11/5	at Chicago	W	37-34†
Mon*	11/13	Cleveland	W	20-3
Sun	11/19	at Cincinnati	W	49-37
Sun	11/26	at Cleveland	W	20-17
Sun	12/3	Houston	W	21-7
Sun	12/10	at Oakland	W	29-10
Sat	12/16	New England	W	41-27
Sun	12/23	at Green Bay	L	19-24
Post Season
Sat	1/6	Buffalo	W	40-21
Sun	1/14	Indianapolis	W	20-16

Starting Lineups
DALLAS				PITTSBURGH
OFFENSE		DEFENSE		OFFENSE		DEFENSE
K.Williams	WR	T.Tolbert	LE	Y.Thigpen	WR	B.Buckner	LE
M.Tuinei	LT	R.Maryland	DT	J.Jackson	LT	J.Steed	NT
N.Newton	LG	L.Lett	DT	T.Newberry	LG	R.Seals	RE
D.Kennard	C	C.Haley	RE	D.Dawson	C	K.Greene	LOLB
L.Allen	RG	D.Edwards	LLB	B.Stai	RG	L.Kirkland	LILB
E.Williams	RT	R.Jones	MLB	L.Searcy	RT	C.Brown	RILB
J.Novacek	TE	D.Smith	RLB	M.Bruener	TE	G.Lloyd	ROLB
M.Irvin	WR	D.Sanders	LCB	E.Mills	WR	W.Williams	LCB
T.Aikman	QB	L.Brown	RCB	N.O'Donnell	QB	C.Lake	RCB
E.Smith	RB	D.Woodson	SS	E.Pegram	RB	M.Bell	SS
D.Johnston	FB	B.Marion	FS	J.Williams	FB	D.Perry	FS

Substitutions
DALLAS		PITTSBURGH
OFFENSE	DEFENSE	OFFENSE	DEFENSE
C.Fleming (WR)	C.Hennings (DE)	K.Stewart (WR)	B.Johnson (NT)
E.Bjornson (TE)	H.McCormack (DE)	A.Hastings (WR)	K.Henry (DE)
R.Stone (G)	G.Myles (LB)	K.Gammon (C)	D.Jones (LB)
D.Lang (RB)	A.Brice (CB)	J.Parrish (T)	J.Olsavsky (LB)
B.Davis (WR)	B.Bates (S)	C.Holliday (WR)	J.Gildon (LB)
K.Watkins (TE)	G.Briggs (S)	J.Hayes (TE)	D.Figures (CB)
D.Hellestrae (G)	S.Carver (DE)	J.Strzelczyk (G)	C.Oldham (CB)
	J.Schwantz (LB)	F.McAfee (RB)	R.Woodson (CB)
	R.Bailey (CB)	T.Lester (RB)	R.Fuller (CB)
	S.Case (S)	B.Morris (RB)	L.Flowers (S)
	C.Williams (S)
KICKERS		KICKERS
C.Boniol (K)	J.Jett (P)	N.Johnson (K)	R.Stark (P)
DID NOT PLAY		DID NOT PLAY
W.Wilson (QB)	S.Williams (RB)	M.Tomczak (QB)
G.Hegamin (T)

Team Statistics
	DAL	PIT
FIRST DOWNS-Total Rushing Passing Penalty	15 5 10 0	25 9 15 1
3rd DOWN EFF.	2/20-20%	9/19-47%
4th DOWN EFF.	1/1-100%	2/4-50%
TOTAL NET YARDS Total Offensive Plays Average Gain	254 50 5.1	310 84 3.7
NET RUSH YARDS Rushing Plays Average Gain	56 25 2.2	103 31 3.3
NET PASS YARDS Pass Att-Comp-INT Tackled-Yds Lost Gross Yards Passing	198 23-15-0 2-11 209	207 49-28-3 4-32 239
PUNTS-Yards Average Dist. Blocked	5-191 38.2 0	4-179 44.8 0
RETURN YARDS-Total Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Interception Returns	125 1-11 3-37 3-77	114 2-18 5-96 0-0
PENALTIES-yards	5-25	2-15
TOTAL TURNOVERS Fumbles-Lost Had Intercepted	0 0-0 0	3 2-0 3
TOUCHDOWNS-Total Rushing Passing Returns	3 2 1 0	2 1 1 0
EXTRA POINTS-Made Kicking-Made/Att Blocked 2-Point-Made/Att	3 3/3 0 0/0	2 2/2 0 0/0
FIELD GOALS-Made/Att Blocked	2/2 0	1/1 0
SAFETIES	0	0
TOTAL POINTS	27	17
T.O.P.	26:11	33:49

Scoring Summary
Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
DALLAS	10	3	7	7	27
PITTSBURGH	0	7	0	10	17

1st Quarter

DAL - C.Boniol, 42 yard FG. 7-47, TOP 2:55 (2:55)
DAL - J.Novacek, 3 yard pass from T.Aikman. C.Boniol kick. 8-75, TOP 4:35 (9:37)

2nd Quarter

DAL - C.Boniol, 35 yard FG. 14-62, TOP 8:44 (8:57)
PIT - Y.Thigpen, 6 yard pass from N.O'Donnell. N.Johnson kick. 13-54, TOP 3:39 (14:47)

3rd Quarter

DAL - E.Smith, 1 yard rush. C.Boniol kick. 2-18, TOP 0:36 (8:18)

4th Quarter

PIT - N.Johnson, 46 yard FG. 11-52, TOP 4:13 (3:40)
PIT - B.Morris, 1 yard rush. N.Johnson kick. 9-52, TOP 4:44 (8:24)
DAL - E.Smith, 4 yard rush. C.Boniol kick. 2-6, TOP 0:18 (11:17)

The Steeler and Cowboy helmets pose with the Lombardi Trophy (AP)

Individual Statistics

DALLAS COWBOYS

PITTSBURGH STEELERS

PASSING

	AT	CMP	PCT	YDS	TD	INT	YDS/CMP	SK/YD
T.Aikman	23	15	65.2	209	1	0	13.9	2/11

PASSING

	AT	CMP	PCT	YDS	TD	INT	YDS/CMP	SK/YD
N.O'Donnell	49	28	57.1	239	1	3	8.5	4/32

RUSHING

	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
E.Smith	18	49	2.7	23	2
D.Johnston	2	8	4.0	4	0
K.Williams	1	2	2.0	2	0
T.Aikman	4	-3	-0.8	0	0
TOTAL	25	56	2.2	23	2

RUSHING

	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
B.Morris	19	73	3.8	15	1
E.Pegram	6	15	2.5	4	0
K.Stewart	4	15	3.8	7	0
N.O'Donnell	1	0	0.0	0	0
J.Williams	1	0	0.0	0	0
TOTAL	31	103	3.3	15	1

RECEIVING

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
M.Irvin	5	76	15.2	20	0
J.Novacek	5	50	10.0	19	1
K.Williams	2	29	14.5	22	0
D.Sanders	1	47	47.0	47	0
D.Johnston	1	4	4.0	4	0
E.Smith	1	3	3.0	3	0
TOTAL	15	209	13.9	47	1

RECEIVING

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
A.Hastings	10	98	9.8	19	0
E.Mills	8	78	9.8	17	0
Y.Thigpen	3	19	6.3	7	1
B.Morris	3	18	6.0	10	0
C.Holliday	2	19	9.5	10	0
J.Williams	2	7	3.5	5	0
TOTAL	28	239	8.5	19	1

PUNTING

	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	IN20	LG
J.Jett	5	191	38.2	1	0	51

PUNTING

	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	IN20	LG
R.Stark	4	179	44.8	2	1	55

PUNT RETURNS

	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
D.Sanders	1	0	11	11.0	11	0

PUNT RETURNS

	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
A.Hastings	2	0	18	9.0	11	0

KICKOFF RETURNS

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
K.Williams	2	24	12.0	18
B.Marion	1	13	13.0	13
TOTAL	3	37	12.3	18

KICKOFF RETURNS

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
E.Mills	4	79	19.8	22
F.McAfee	1	17	17.0	17
TOTAL	5	96	19.2	22

INTERCEPTIONS BY

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
L.Brown	2	77	38.5	44
B.Marion	1	0	0.0	0
TOTAL	3	77	25.6	44

INTERCEPTIONS BY

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
TOTAL	0	0	0.0	0	0

FUMBLES

DALLAS	FUM	OWN-REC	YDS	TD	FRCD	OPP-REC	YDS	TD	OOB
S.Case	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
PITTSBURGH	FUM	OWN-REC	YDS	TD	FRCD	OPP-REC	YDS	TD	OOB
D.Dawson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N.O'Donnell	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
E.Mills	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
M.Bruener	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Defensive Statistics

DALLAS COWBOYS

REGULAR DEFENSIVE PLAYS

SPECIAL TEAMS

MISC

TKL

AST

COM

SCK/

YDS

INT

TKL

AST

TKL

AST

D.Woodson

0.0

R.Jones

0.0

S.Case

0.0

L.Brown

0.0

B.Marion

0.0

D.Smith

0.0

D.Edwards

0.0

S.Carver

0.0

T.Tolbert

1.0

9.0

R.Bailey

0.0

R.Maryland

0.0

B.Bates

0.0

C.Haley

1.0

10.0

L.Lett

0.0

C.Hennings

2.0

13.0

G.Myles

0.0

J.Schwantz

0.0

D.Sanders

0.0

G.Briggs

0.0

D.Hellestrae

0.0

D.Lang

0.0

C.Williams

0.0

TOTAL

4.0

30.0

TKL = Tackle
PD = Pass Defense

AST = Assist
FF = Forced Fumble

COM = Combined
FR = Fumble Recovery

INT = Interception
BL = Blocked

PITTSBURGH STEELERS

REGULAR DEFENSIVE PLAYS

SPECIAL TEAMS

MISC

TKL

AST

COM

SCK/

YDS

INT

TKL

AST

TKL

AST

L.Kirkland

1.0

8.0

G.Lloyd

0.0

C.Lake

0.0

W.Williams

0.0

D.Perry

0.0

J.Steed

0.0

M.Bell

0.0

C.Brown

0.0

K.Greene

0.0

J.Olsavsky

0.0

B.Buckner

0.0

R.Seals

1.0

3.0

C.Oldham

0.0

R.Woodson

0.0

L.Flowers

0.0

T.Lester

0.0

F.McAfee

0.0

J.Strzelczyk

0.0

Y.Thigpen

0.0

J.Williams

0.0

M.Bruener

0.0

N.O'Donnell

0.0

TOTAL

2.0

11.0

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