The Steelers won the Super Bowl for the second year in a row on Terry Bradshaw's 64-yard touchdown pass to Lynn Swann and an aggressive defense that snuffed out a late rally by the Cowboys with an end-zone interception on the final play of the game.
In the fourth quarter, Pittsburgh ran on fourth down and gave up the ball on the Cowboys' 39 with 1:22 to play. Roger Staubach ran and passed for two first downs but his last desperation pass was picked off by Glen Edwards.
Dallas's scoring was the result of two touchdown passes by Staubach, one to Drew Pearson for 29 yards and the other to Percy Howard for 34 yards. Toni Fritsch had a 36-yard field goal.
The Steelers scored on two touchdown passes by Bradshaw, one to Randy Grossman for seven yards and the long bomb to Swann.
Roy Gerela had 36- and 18-yard field goals. Reggie Harrison blocked a punt through the end zone for a safety.
Swann set a Super Bowl record by gaining 161 yards on his four receptions.
SCORING
Dallas 7 3 0 7 -- 17
Pittsburgh 7 0 0 14 -- 21
DAL- D. Pearson 29 pass from Staubach
(Fritsch kick), 4:36 1st
PIT- Grossman 7 pass from Bradshaw (Gerela kick),
9:03 1st
DAL- FG Fritsch 36, 0:15 2nd
PIT- safety Harrison 0, 3:32 4th
PIT- FG Gerela 36, 6:19 4th
PIT- FG Gerela 18, 8:23 4th
PIT- Swann 64 pass from Bradshaw (kick failed),
11:58 4th
DAL- P. Howard 34 pass from Staubach
(Fritsch kick), 13:12 4th
TEAM STATISTICS Dal. Pitt.
Total First Downs 14 13
Rushing 6 7
Passing 8 6
Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yardage 270 339
Total Offensive Plays 62 67
Avg. Gain per Offensive Play 4.4 5.1
Rushes 31 46
Yards Gained Rushing (Net) 108 149
Average Yards per Rush 3.5 3.2
Passes Attempted 24 19
Passes Completed 15 9
Had Intercepted 3 0
Tackled Attempting to Pass 7 2
Yards Lost Attempting to Pass 42 19
Yards Gained Passing (Net) 162 190
Punts 7 4
Average Distance 35.0 39.8
Punt Returns 1 5
Punt Return Yardage 5 31
Kickoff Returns 4 4
Kickoff Return Yardage 96 89
Interception Return Yardage 0 89
Fumbles 4 4
Own Fumbles Recovered 4 4
Opponent Fumbles Recovered 0 0
Penalties 2 0
Yards Penalized 20 0
Total Points Scored 17 21
Touchdowns 2 2
Rushing 0 0
Passing 2 2
Returns 0 0
Extra Points 2 1
Field Goals 1 2
Field Goals Attempted 1 4
Safeties 0 1
Third-Down Efficiency 3/14 8/19
Fourth-Down Efficiency 1/1 0/3
Time of Possession 30:30 29:30
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing
Dallas No. Yds. LG TD
Newhouse 16 56 16 0
Staubach 5 22 11 0
Dennison 5 16 5 0
P. Pearson 5 14 9 0
Pittsburgh No. Yds. LG TD
Harris 27 82 11 0
Bleier 15 51 8 0
Bradshaw 4 16 8 0
Passing
Dallas Att. Comp. Yds. TD Int.
Staubach 24 15 204 2 3
Pittsburgh Att. Comp. Yds. TD Int.
Bradshaw 19 9 209 2 0
Receiving
Dallas No. Yds. LG TD
P. Pearson 5 53 14 0
Young 3 31 14 0
D. Pearson 2 59 30 1
Newhouse 2 12 8 0
P. Howard 1 34 34t 1
Fugett 1 9 9 0
Dennison 1 6 6 0
Pittsburgh No. Yds. LG TD
Swann 4 161 64t 1
Stallworth 2 8 13 0
Harris 1 26 26 0
L. Brown 1 7 7 0
Grossman 1 7 7t 1
Interceptions
Dallas No. Yds. LG TD
None -- -- -- --
Pittsburgh No. Yds. LG TD
Edwards 1 35 35 0
Thomas 1 35 35 0
Wagner 1 19 19 0
Punting
Dallas No. Avg. LG Blk.
Hoopes 6 40.8 48 1
Pittsburgh No. Avg. LG Blk.
Walden 4 39.8 59 0
Punt Returns
Dallas No. FC Yds. LG TD
Richards 1 3 5 5 0
Pittsburgh No. FC Yds. LG TD
D. Brown 3 0 14 9 0
Edwards 2 0 17 10 0
Kickoff Returns
Dallas No. Yds. LG TD
P. Pearson 4 48 24 0
Henderson 0 48 48 0
Pittsburgh No. Yds. LG TD
Blount 3 64 27 0
Collier 1 25 25 0
Dallas Cowboys Pittsburgh Steelers
== Offense ==
Fitzgerald, John C Mansfield, Ray C
Lawless, Burton G Clack, Jim G
Nye, Blaine G Mullins, Gerry G
Neely, Ralph T Gravelle, Gordon T
Wright, Rayfield T Kolb, Jon T
Fugett, Jean TE Brown, Larry TE
Pearson, Drew WR Stallworth, John WR
Richards, Golden WR Swann, Lynn WR
Newhouse, Robert RB Bleier, Rocky RB
Pearson, Preston RB Harris, Franco RB
Staubach, Roger QB Bradshaw, Terry QB
== Defense ==
Cole, Larry DT Greene, Joe DT
Pugh, Jethro DT Holmes, Ernie DT
Jones, Too Tall DE Greenwood, L. C. DE
Martin, Harvey DE White, Dwight DE
Edwards, Dave OLB Ham, Jack OLB
Lewis, D. D. OLB Russell, Andy OLB
Jordan, Lee Roy MLB Lambert, Jack MLB
Renfro, Mel CB Blount, Mel CB
Washington, Mark CB Thomas, J.T. CB
Harris, Cliff FS Edwards, Glen FS
Waters, Charlie SS Wagner, Mike SS
== Substitute ==
Barnes, Benny Allen, Jimmy
Breunig, Bob Banaszak, John
Capone, Warren Bradley, Ed
Davis, Kyle Brown, Dave
Dennison, Doug Collier, Mike
Donovan, Pat Davis, Samuel
DuPree, Billy Joe Fuqua, John
Fritsch, Toni Furness, Steve
Gregory, Bill Garrett, Reggie
Henderson, Tom Gerela, Roy
Hoopes, Mitch Grossman, Randy
Howard, Percy Hanratty, Terry
Howard, Ron Harrison, Reggie
Hughes, Randy Kellum, Marv
Peterson, Cal Lewis, Frank
Scott, Herbert Reavis, Dave
White, Randy Shell, Donnie
Woolsey, Roland Toews, Loren
Young, Charles Walden, Bobby
Webster, Mike
== Did Not Play ==
Longley, Clint Gilliam, Joe
Walton, Bruce