Week 12, 2016

played in Dallas, TX

76 degrees, fair, 10 mph wind

Pittsburgh Steelers	7	3	6	3	-	19
Dallas Cowboys	0	3	0	14	-	17

Scoring Summary
1Q: 01:39 PIT - Matt Spaeth 12 pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Chris Boswell extra point)
2Q: 11:30 DAL - Dan Bailey 36 field goal
2Q: 02:26 PIT - Chris Boswell 21 field goal
3Q: 07:49 PIT - Chris Boswell 41 field goal
3Q: 00:49 PIT - Chris Boswell 54 field goal
4Q: 11:36 DAL - Chris Ivory 3 run (Dan Bailey extra point)
4Q: 05:59 DAL - Dez Bryant 10 pass from Tony Romo (Dan Bailey extra point)
4Q: 00:20 PIT - Chris Boswell 19 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 01:39 PIT - Matt Spaeth 12 pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Chris Boswell extra point)
2Q: 11:30 DAL - Dan Bailey 36 field goal
2Q: 02:26 PIT - Chris Boswell 21 field goal
3Q: 07:49 PIT - Chris Boswell 41 field goal
3Q: 00:49 PIT - Chris Boswell 54 field goal
4Q: 11:36 DAL - Chris Ivory 3 run (Dan Bailey extra point)
4Q: 05:59 DAL - Dez Bryant 10 pass from Tony Romo (Dan Bailey extra point)
4Q: 00:20 PIT - Chris Boswell 19 field goal

Team Statistics PIT DAL
Record 10-1 7-4
First Downs 17 21
- by Rushing 4 5
- by Passing 12 15
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 331 387
- Offensive Plays 64 71
- Yards per Play 5.17 5.45
Net Rushing Yards 87 86
- Rushing Attempts 20 30
- Yards per Rush 4.35 2.87
Net Passing Yards 244 301
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 40 - 23 - 0 41 - 26 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 269 301
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4/25 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 5.55 7.34
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 4/14 5/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.7 7.2
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 4/45 6/38
Punt Returns/Yards 2/17 2/16
Kick Returns/Yards 0/0 1/21
Interception Ret./Yards 2/26 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/2 2/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 21
Time of Possession 28:37 31:23

Team Statistics	PIT	DAL
Record	10-1	7-4
First Downs	17	21
- by Rushing	4	5
- by Passing	12	15
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	331	387
- Offensive Plays	64	71
- Yards per Play	5.17	5.45
Net Rushing Yards	87	86
- Rushing Attempts	20	30
- Yards per Rush	4.35	2.87
Net Passing Yards	244	301
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	40 - 23 - 0	41 - 26 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	269	301
- Sacks/Yards Lost	4/25	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	5.55	7.34
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	4/14	5/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.7	7.2
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	4/45	6/38
Punt Returns/Yards	2/17	2/16
Kick Returns/Yards	0/0	1/21
Interception Ret./Yards	2/26	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/2	2/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 28	OWN 21
Time of Possession	28:37	31:23

Drive Charts

Pittsburgh Steelers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:12	1:57	OWN 31	4	14	Punt
1	6:37	5:08	OWN 20	10	80	Touchdown
2	11:23	2:53	OWN 20	6	32	Punt
2	6:27	4:09	OWN 33	8	63	Field Goal
2	0:50	0:32	OWN 48	3	0	Punt
3	15:00	2:39	OWN 19	4	18	Punt
3	9:20	1:36	OPP 33	3	9	Field Goal
3	7:09	2:49	OWN 1	6	11	Punt
3	3:22	2:39	OWN 32	8	31	Field Goal
4	11:29	1:22	OWN 20	3	5	Punt
4	5:53	0:54	OWN 20	3	6	Punt
4	2:10	1:55	OWN 29	6	69	Field Goal

Dallas Cowboys
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:48	OWN 20	6	28	Punt
1	9:15	2:38	OWN 25	5	29	Punt
1	1:29	5:06	OWN 20	11	61	Field Goal
2	8:30	2:03	OWN 13	3	5	Punt
2	2:18	1:28	OWN 20	7	39	Missed FG
2	0:18	0:18	OWN 14	1	5	Half
3	12:21	3:01	OWN 13	6	20	Downs
3	7:44	0:35	OWN 20	5	32	Punt
3	4:20	0:58	OPP 46	3	2	Interception
3	0:43	4:14	OWN 21	8	79	Touchdown
4	10:07	4:14	OWN 33	9	67	Touchdown
4	4:59	2:49	OWN 6	6	20	Punt
4	0:15	0:15	OWN 20	2	0	Interception

Game MVP: Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh Steelers

Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Le'Veon Bell	18	82	4.56	33	3	0
Jerick McKinnon	2	5	2.50	3	0	0

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Chris Ivory	20	45	2.25	15	2	1
Neil March	9	32	3.56	7	0	0
Tony Romo	1	9	9.00	9	0	0

Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ben Roethlisberger	40	23	269	4/25	1	40	0	86.3

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Tony Romo	41	26	301	0/0	1	27	2	73.3

Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Markus Wheaton	9	14	157	17.44	30	40	0
TE Matt Spaeth	5	7	46	9.20	9	15	1
WR Antonio Brown	4	9	31	7.75	2	15	0
RB Le'Veon Bell	3	5	26	8.67	3	13	0
TE Ed Dickson	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0
WR Marquise Goodwin	1	2	3	3.00	0	3	0
WR Lionel Oliver	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Dallas	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Dez Bryant	8	12	98	12.25	38	25	1
RB Chris Ivory	5	5	27	5.40	7	9	0
WR Terrance Williams	5	8	66	13.20	28	26	0
WR Neal Sterling	5	8	75	15.00	4	27	0
FB Caiden Penn	2	2	32	16.00	11	17	0
WR Ed Newman	1	4	3	3.00	0	3	0
WR Sherman Drake	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
TE Dale Sciacca	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Glover Quin	1	19	19.00	0
CB Bene' Benwikere	1	7	7.00	0

Dallas	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Pittsburgh	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Antonio Brown	1	1	0	0

Dallas	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Sean Lee	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Pittsburgh	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Reuben Myers	7	308	44.0	41.7	63	4

Dallas	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Chris Jones	5	219	43.8	36.4	54	2

Kicking Statistics

Pittsburgh	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Chris Boswell	4/4	2/2	1/1	54	1/1

Dallas	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Dan Bailey	1/2	0/1	0/1	36	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Darrius Heyward-Bey	1	12	12.0	0
Stephon Gilmore	1	5	5.0	0

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Orlando Scandrick	1	7	7.0	0
J.J. Wilcox	1	9	9.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
J.J. Wilcox	1	21	21.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Pittsburgh	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Bud Dupree	9	1	21	30
ILB Ryan Shazier	8	5	30	41
S Glover Quin	7	3	30	41
S Rashad Johnson	4	1	28	41
CB Bene' Benwikere	4	0	30	41
DE Cameron Heyward	3	2	26	36
CB Stephon Gilmore	3	2	30	41
S Walter Heck	3	2	18	28
OLB Arthur Moats	3	1	9	10
OLB Leon Otero	3	0	26	25
DT Dontari Poe	2	1	27	40
ILB Lawrence Timmons	1	1	2	1
CB Dalton Oliver	1	1	10	12
DE Stephon Tuitt	1	0	25	33
OLB Desmond McKenzie	1	0	3	11
DE Nick Foreman	0	1	7	8

Dallas	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Sean Lee	8	2	0.0	19	44
S Byron Jones	6	1	0.0	20	44
OLB Mark Nzeocha	6	0	0.0	13	34
DE Greg Hardy	4	0	1.0	16	43
S J.J. Wilcox	4	1	0.0	19	43
CB Brandon Carr	3	2	0.0	20	44
CB Sedrick Albriktsen	3	1	0.0	17	38
DT J.T. Schulz	2	1	1.0	15	31
DE Demarcus Lawrence	2	0	1.0	14	31
S Barry Church	2	3	0.0	3	23
OLB Josh Poock	2	0	0.0	7	10
DE Nick Hayden	1	0	1.0	6	13
CB Orlando Scandrick	1	1	0.0	9	37
DT Louie Becker	1	1	0.0	15	15
WR Dez Bryant	1	0	---	---	---
WR Ed Newman	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Chad Honeycutt	1	0	0.0	9	5
DT Santiago Lyttle	0	1	0.0	2	6

Pass Rush Statistics

Pittsburgh	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Dontari Poe	2	2	0	40
DE Stephon Tuitt	0	2	2	33
DE Cameron Heyward	0	1	0	36

Dallas	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Greg Hardy	1.0	1	1	4	43
DT J.T. Schulz	1.0	0	2	0	31
DE Nick Hayden	1.0	0	1	0	13
DE Demarcus Lawrence	1.0	0	1	0	31
ILB Sean Lee	0.0	1	1	0	44
DT Vernon Forbes	0.0	0	1	0	20

Pass Defense Statistics

Pittsburgh	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Bene' Benwikere	4	1	1	41
ILB Ryan Shazier	4	0	0	41
OLB Bud Dupree	4	0	0	30
S Glover Quin	3	1	1	41
CB Stephon Gilmore	3	0	0	41
S Rashad Johnson	2	0	0	41
OLB Arthur Moats	2	0	0	10
DT Dontari Poe	1	0	0	40
OLB Leon Otero	1	0	0	25
OLB Desmond McKenzie	1	0	0	11
S Walter Heck	1	0	0	28

Dallas	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Mark Nzeocha	7	0	34
ILB Sean Lee	4	1	44
S J.J. Wilcox	3	0	43
CB Sedrick Albriktsen	3	0	38
CB Brandon Carr	2	1	44
S Barry Church	2	0	23
DE Demarcus Lawrence	1	0	31
OLB Josh Poock	1	0	10
CB Orlando Scandrick	0	2	37
OLB Chad Honeycutt	0	1	5

Blocking Statistics

Pittsburgh	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Kelvin Beachum	2	4	20	2	44
Marcus Gilbert	2	3	20	0	44
Maurkice Pouncey	1	5	20	0	44
David DeCastro	0	5	20	1	44
Asher Alcorn	0	3	20	1	44

Dallas	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Zack Martin	2	8	1	30	41
Tyron Smith	2	7	1	30	41
Travis Frederick	2	3	0	30	41
Chris Chester	1	7	0	30	41
Doug Free	1	2	0	18	28
Caiden Penn	1	1	0	22	14
Mackenzy Bernadeau	0	1	0	12	13

Special Teams Tackles

Pittsburgh	Tackles	STPlays
Walter Heck	1	16
Sammy Dodge	1	11
Lawrence Timmons	1	10

Dallas	Tackles	STPlays
James Hanna	1	16
Charles Leno	1	7

Participation

Pittsburgh	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Stephon Gilmore	---	---	30	41	16	87
Antonio Brown	20	43	---	---	16	79
Glover Quin	---	---	30	41	7	78
Marcus Gilbert	20	44	---	---	11	75
David DeCastro	20	44	---	---	11	75
Le'Veon Bell	18	34	---	---	23	75
Bene' Benwikere	---	---	30	41	2	73
Ryan Shazier	---	---	30	41	2	73
Rashad Johnson	---	---	28	41	3	72
Dontari Poe	---	---	27	40	2	69
Cameron Heyward	---	---	26	36	5	67
Ben Roethlisberger	20	44	---	---	---	64
Maurkice Pouncey	20	44	---	---	---	64
Kelvin Beachum	20	44	---	---	---	64
Asher Alcorn	20	44	---	---	---	64
Walter Heck	---	---	18	28	16	62
Stephon Tuitt	---	---	25	33	2	60
Markus Wheaton	17	40	---	---	---	57
Bud Dupree	---	---	21	30	2	53
Leon Otero	---	---	26	25	1	52
Matt Spaeth	14	26	---	---	5	45
Marquise Goodwin	12	31	---	---	---	43
Warren Dobreski	9	12	---	---	22	43
Ed Dickson	6	10	---	---	22	38
Darrius Heyward-Bey	1	11	---	---	22	34
Arthur Moats	---	---	9	10	14	33
Dalton Oliver	---	---	10	12	2	24
Nick Foreman	---	---	7	8	5	20
Jerick McKinnon	2	9	---	---	7	18
Desmond McKenzie	---	---	3	11	4	18
Ricardo Lockette	1	3	---	---	10	14
Frank Clark	---	---	7	6	1	14
Lawrence Timmons	---	---	2	1	10	13
Sammy Dodge	0	0	---	---	11	11
Bryant Flowers	0	0	---	---	11	11
Dean Canfield	0	0	---	---	11	11
Shamarko Thomas	---	---	1	6	3	10
Chris Boswell	0	0	---	---	10	10
Reuben Myers	0	0	---	---	7	7
Sean Spence	---	---	0	0	4	4
Eric Spiller	---	---	0	0	4	4
Damon Anthony	0	0	---	---	4	4
Lionel Oliver	0	1	---	---	---	1
Tim Masthay	0	0	---	---	---	0
Donald Raynor	0	0	---	---	---	0
Brandon Farrell	---	---	0	0	---	0

Dallas	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Byron Jones	---	---	20	44	17	81
Brandon Carr	---	---	20	44	16	80
Chris Chester	30	41	---	---	7	78
J.J. Wilcox	---	---	19	43	16	78
Dez Bryant	30	41	---	---	6	77
Tony Romo	30	41	---	---	---	71
Tyron Smith	30	41	---	---	---	71
Travis Frederick	30	41	---	---	---	71
Zack Martin	30	41	---	---	---	71
Sean Lee	---	---	19	44	5	68
Orlando Scandrick	---	---	9	37	17	63
Greg Hardy	---	---	16	43	4	63
Sedrick Albriktsen	---	---	17	38	4	59
Dale Sciacca	25	23	---	---	11	59
Caiden Penn	22	14	---	---	16	52
Mark Nzeocha	---	---	13	34	4	51
Demarcus Lawrence	---	---	14	31	5	50
J.T. Schulz	---	---	15	31	2	48
Terrance Williams	16	30	---	---	1	47
Doug Free	18	28	---	---	---	46
Barry Church	---	---	3	23	17	43
Neil March	9	17	---	---	16	42
Chris Ivory	20	18	---	---	1	39
James Hanna	14	9	---	---	16	39
Ed Newman	5	16	---	---	16	37
Vernon Forbes	---	---	9	20	6	35
Louie Becker	---	---	15	15	4	34
Neal Sterling	6	27	---	---	---	33
Mackenzy Bernadeau	12	13	---	---	7	32
Josh Poock	---	---	7	10	9	26
Nick Hayden	---	---	6	13	1	20
Sherman Drake	1	7	---	---	12	20
Chad Honeycutt	---	---	9	5	1	15
Santiago Lyttle	---	---	2	6	7	15
Gavin Escobar	2	3	---	---	9	14
Jon Ogden	---	---	2	2	9	13
Steve LaChapelle	---	---	4	1	5	10
Charles Leno	0	0	---	---	7	7
Thurman Adams	0	0	---	---	7	7
Miguel Brewster	0	0	---	---	7	7
Avery Lahnum	---	---	0	0	7	7
Dan Bailey	0	0	---	---	6	6
Chris Jones	0	0	---	---	5	5
Tre Nugent	0	0	---	---	2	2
Frank Seubert	---	---	1	0	---	1
Andres Domenici	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	50	8.3
Middle	8	14	1.8
Right	6	23	3.8
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	40	5.7
Middle	18	44	2.4
Right	5	2	0.4
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ben Roethlisberger	40	23	4	1	1	5	7	4	0

Dallas	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Tony Romo	41	26	4	1	3	2	5	2	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	25	16	130	5.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	5	73	6.6
Long (19+ Yds)	2	2	66	33.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	1	3	1.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	16	147	8.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	15	8	124	8.3
Long (19+ Yds)	6	1	27	4.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Markus Wheaton	14	9	0	157	4	40
WR Antonio Brown	9	4	0	31	0	43
TE Matt Spaeth	7	5	0	46	0	26
RB Le'Veon Bell	5	3	1	26	0	34
WR Marquise Goodwin	2	1	0	3	0	31
TE Ed Dickson	1	1	0	6	0	10
WR Lionel Oliver	1	0	0	0	0	1

Dallas	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Dez Bryant	12	8	1	98	2	41
WR Terrance Williams	8	5	1	66	1	30
WR Neal Sterling	8	5	1	75	1	27
RB Chris Ivory	5	5	0	27	0	18
WR Ed Newman	4	1	0	3	0	16
FB Caiden Penn	2	2	0	32	0	14
WR Sherman Drake	1	0	0	0	0	7
TE Dale Sciacca	1	0	0	0	0	23

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Le'Veon Bell	3	-7	-2.33	4.56

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Chris Ivory	4	2	0.50	2.25

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ben Roethlisberger	4	2	16	4.00	6.73

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Tony Romo	2	2	25	12.50	7.34

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Markus Wheaton	2	1	4	2.00	11.21
TE Matt Spaeth	1	1	12	12.00	6.57

Dallas	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Dez Bryant	1	1	10	10.00	8.17
WR Neal Sterling	1	1	15	15.00	9.38

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Rushes	Conversions

Dallas	Rushes	Conversions
Neil March	2	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ben Roethlisberger	14	6	4

Dallas	Att	Comp	Conversions
Tony Romo	12	9	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Markus Wheaton	6	3	2
TE Matt Spaeth	3	3	2
WR Antonio Brown	3	0	0
WR Marquise Goodwin	1	0	0
WR Lionel Oliver	1	0	0

Dallas	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Dez Bryant	7	5	3
WR Terrance Williams	2	1	1
RB Chris Ivory	1	1	0
WR Neal Sterling	1	1	0
FB Caiden Penn	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 59,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 11,300 (21,400)
End Zone 15,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 13,600 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,300 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	59,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	11,300 (21,400)
End Zone	15,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	13,600 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,300 (3,300)