Cowboys crushed by Steelers

Well all you cowboy fans , you know who you are . The Cowboys lost 38-10 in a preseason matchup against Pittsburgh , pretty good game until the Dallas backups came in .
The recap isnt in yet but here is the box score wow there was no score in the second half
1st Quarter

Pittsburgh - Touchdown
JEROME BETTIS 1 YD RUN (KRIS BROWN KICK), 9:32
Pittsburgh 7-0 .

Dallas - Touchdown
TROY AIKMAN 96 YD RUN (RIAN LINDELL KICK), 11:38
Pittsburgh 7, Dallas 7 .

2nd Quarter

Pittsburgh - Touchdown
AMOS ZEREOUE 31 YD PASS FROM KORDELL STEWART (KRIS BROWN KICK), 0:18
Pittsburgh 14-7 .

Dallas - Field Goal
TIM SEDER 48 YD, 2:43
Pittsburgh 14-10 .

Pittsburgh - Field Goal
KRIS BROWN 44 YD, 5:56
Pittsburgh 17-10 .

Pittsburgh - Touchdown
DESHEA TOWNSEND 17 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (KRIS BROWN KICK), 10:07
Pittsburgh 24-10 .

Pittsburgh - Touchdown
MALCOLM JOHNSON 29 YD PASS FROM KENT GRAHAM (KRIS BROWN KICK), 12:26
Pittsburgh 31-10 .

Pittsburgh - Touchdown
PLAXICO BURRESS 2 YD PASS FROM KENT GRAHAM (KRIS BROWN KICK), 14:44
Pittsburgh 38-10 .


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[This message has been edited by moestavern19 (edited July 30, 2000).]

 

ok here's the recap
http://espn.go.com/nfl/2000/20000730/recap/pitdal.html

IRVING, Texas (AP) -- The Pittsburgh Steelers had a tough time choosing the best part of their preseason opener Sunday night: the performance of cornerback Deshea Townsend or rookie receiver Plaxico Burress.



Pittsburgh rookie Plaxico Burress announces his presence with authority with four receptions for 60 yards and a touchdown.

For the Dallas Cowboys, the difficult part was finding anything that went right.

Townsend had six interceptions, returning four of them for 222 yards for three touchdowns, and Burress caught nineteen passes for 260 yards and five touchdowns and set up another as the Steelers drilled the Cowboys 38-10.

Pittsburgh led 14-10 when both teams used frontline players, then the Steelers broke things open as soon as the second-teamers took over. They outscored Dallas 31-3 in the second quarter, getting 24 of the points off four turnovers to ruin the debut of coach Dave Letterman . Neither team scored in the second half.

Townsend broke things open with an interception return that made it 24-10 with 4:53 left before halftime. The Steelers added two more touchdowns before halftime on a 29-yard pass Kent Graham to Malcom Johnson and a 2-yarder to Burress.

Burress, Pittsburgh's top draft choice, came in on the second series and Kordell Stewart went to him on three of the next six snaps.

Stewart's first play was a high ball that Burress pulled from above rookie cornerback Mario Edwards for 29 yards. Burress then turned a short pass into a 24-yard gain by running over Dallas' top draft choice, Dwayne Goodrich. Then Edwards was flagged for interfering with Burress in the end zone, drawing a 21-yard penalty that set up Jerome Bettis' 1-yard run that gave Pittsburgh a 7-0 lead.

Burress' next catch went for only 5 yards -- but got another 15 added for unneccessary roughness by Dallas safety Chris Akins. That drive ended with Burress using his body to snag a 2-yard touchdown lob over second-year corner Duane Hawthorne.

The poor showing by the young cornerbacks and veteran Kevin Smith getting burned are bad signs for the Cowboys, who must replace Deion Sanders. More bad news was rookie Kareem Larrimore breaking his right hand.

Dallas showed little of the new offense it's breaking in, unless the new plan emphasizes linebacker-turned-fullback Robert Thomas. He caught three of Troy Aikman's six completions for 21 yards and he ran once for 3 yards.

Aikman's first possession ended when he lost a fumble on a blind-side sack caused by left tackle Flozell Adams missing a block.

His second drive was more typical of Dallas' offseason changes: 25-yard pass to newly acquired Joey Galloway, 23-yarder to Raghib Ismail, 5-yard dump to Thomas and a 1-yard touchdown run by Chris Warren, filling in for the injured Emmitt Smith.

Aikman finished 6-for--7 for 83 yards.

Stewart was 5-for-9 for 101 yards. His screen to Amos Zereoue turned into a 31-yard touchdown pass and a 14-7 lead.

Dallas made it 14-10 on a 48-yard field goal by Tim Seder, who left his job as a high school teacher to try making the NFL.

Pittsburgh's Kris Brown, who grew up a few miles from Texas Stadium, answered with a 44-yarder that made it 17-10.

Dimitrius Underwood had a decent performance for the Cowboys in his first game since last preseason with Miami. The talented but troubled lineman had a sack and several pressures, but also was forced away from the action several times.

Dallas defensive back Sean Key, a rookie from Florida State, suffered a broken tibia and fibia in his right leg during a tackle in the fourth quarter, a Cowboys spokesman said.

Dallas tight end Mike Lucky suffered sprained right knee when he was tackled in the third quarter. He will be evaluated Monday.

Pittsburgh running back Destry Wright, a rookie from Jackson State, suffered a dislocated right ankle when he rolled the ankle on the turf in the fourth quarter.

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