The following year, they promoted Matt Canada to OC and he never schemed them for above 400 yards for two and a half years.
Today, the very next game after firing Matt Canada, the Steelers finally produced 424 yards of total offense. How poetic.
October 28, 1979
Bitter interconference rivals and 1970s superpowers — the #Steelers and #Cowboys — meet in a hard-hitting grudge match at Three Rivers.
Pittsburgh prevails in a rematch of the previous year's Super Bowl, 14-3.
In the fourth quarter, Steelers defensive end L.C. Greenwood delivers a crushing hit on Dallas quarterback Roger Staubach, knocking him from the game.
It is the second major concussion in a 10-month span for Staubach, and though he wouldn't miss a start, this hit effectively signals the beginning of the end of his NFL career.
He would retire five months later.