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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.

SUPER BOWL X MVP : Lynn Swann WR, Pittsburgh Steelers

Pittsburgh became the third team to win back-to-back Super Bowl championships.

They were led by balletic wide receiver Lynn Swann, who set a Super Bowl record with 161 receiving yards on 4 catches and earned Most Valuable Player honors.

A 64-yard touchdown pass from future two-time Super Bowl MVP Terry Bradshaw to Swann late in the fourth quarter proved to be the decisive score.

Swann's score capped a 14-0 run for the Steelers in the fourth quarter.

Earlier in the game, Swann had made a couple of acrobatic catches. One of them, a juggling, tumbling, 53-yard catch in the second quarter, is one of the Super Bowl's greatest plays. Stumbling over a defender, Swann was horizontal, parallel with the field in midair when he caught the pass.

 

Super Bowl X

 

SUPER BOWL X SCORING

 

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Dallas Cowboys	7	3	0	7	17
Pittsburgh Steelers	7	0	0	14	21

 

1st Quarter

DAL D. Pearson 29 pass from Staubach (Fritsch kick), 4:36

PIT Grossman 7 pass from Bradshaw (Gerela kick),9:03

2nd Quarter

DAL FG Fritsch 36, 0:15

4th Quarter

PIT safety Harrison 0, 3:32

PIT FG Gerela 36, 6:19

PIT FG Gerela 18, 8:23

PIT Swann 64 pass from Bradshaw (kick failed),11:58

DAL P. Howard 34 pass from Staubach (Fritsch kick), 13:12

 

TEAM STATISTICS

	Cowboys	Steelers
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
Fields 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

 

Dallas Cowboys - Player Statistics

Passing	CP/AT	YDS	TD	INT
Staubach	15/24	204	2	3
Rushing	CAR	YDS	TD	LG
Newhouse	16	56	0	16
Staubach	5	22	0	11
Dennison	5	16	0	5
P. Pearson	5	14	0	9
Receiving	REC	YDS	TD	LG
P. Pearson	5	53	0	14
Young	3	31	0	14
D. Pearson	2	59	1	30
Newhouse	2	12	0	8
P. Howard	1	34	1	34t
Fugett	1	9	0	9
Dennison	1	6	0	6
Interceptions	INT	YDS	LG	TD
None	--	--	--	--
Punting	NO	AVG	LG	BLK
Hoopes	6	40.8	48	1
Punt Returns	NO/FC	YDS	LG	TD
Richards	1/3	5	5	0
Kickoff Returns	NO	YDS	LG	TD
P. Pearson	4	48	24	0
Henderson	0	48	48	0

 

Pittsburgh Steelers - Player Statistics

Passing	CP/AT	YDS	TD	INT
Bradshaw	9/19	209	2	0
Rushing	CAR	YDS	TD	LG
Harris	27	82	0	11
Bleier	15	51	0	8
Bradshaw	4	16	0	8
Receiving	REC	YDS	TD	LG
Swann	4	161	1	64t
Stallworth	2	8	0	13
Harris	1	26	0	26
L. Brown	1	7	0	7
Grossman	1	7	1	7t
Interceptions	INT	YDS	LG	TD
Edwards	1	35	35	0
Thomas	1	35	35	0
Wagner	1	19	19	0
Punting	NO	AVG	LG	BLK
Walden	4	39.8	59	0
Punt Returns	NO/FC	YDS	LG	TD
D. Brown	3/0	14	9	0
Edwards	2/0	17	10	0
Kickoff Returns	NO	YDS	LG	TD
Blount	3	64	27	0
Collier	1	25	25	0

 

January 19, 1976
Orange Bowl (Miami, Florida)
Attendance: 80,187

 

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