2. On a night when both quarterbacks had trouble finding their wide receivers, Nate Washington had three catches for 51 yards on the Steelers' lone touchdown drive. Coach Mike Tomlin said a 47-yard pass off a pump fake from Ben Roethlisberger to Santonio Holmes late in the third quarter might have opened things up for Washington on that last drive. "He continues to step up every game for us at critical times," Roethlisberger said of Washington.

3. Romo didn't look like a Super Bowl quarterback, missing receivers badly on his first two interceptions and generally seeming bothered by the wind and cold. That's not a good sign for a team whose Super Bowl hopes this season probably run through New Jersey in January. "It's just not normal to pick up a football and throw it in that weather," Romo said.

4. Troy Polamalu intercepted a pass in his fourth straight game and leads the league with seven interceptions this season. Overall the Steelers have 13 interceptions after getting only 11 last year. "We had opportunities last year," Polamalu said. "We just didn't catch them."

5. Tomlin said the way the defense was playing convinced him to go for it on fourth-and-goal, when the Steelers were stuffed for a 2-yard loss early in the fourth quarter trailing 10-3. Tomlin thought they would score on a third-down swing pass to Carey Davis from the 1, but Dallas safety Ken Hamlin made an outstanding play to stop Davis for no gain. "When you complete that ball, usually your momentum takes you into the end zone," Tomlin said. "(Hamlin) made a heck of a play."

-- John Dudley