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The roots to the Cowboys–Steelers rivalry can be traced several years before the Cowboys played a game, and to another team entirely. Following the 1951 NFL season, New York Yanks owner Ted Collins sold his team back to the NFL due to financial difficulties competing with the New York Giants in the same market, as well as the All-America Football Conference, in which it had played, folding ...
The Cowboys have a 74–58 edge in the all-time series as of the 2024 season. [ 94 ] [ 95 ] [ 96 ] Since 2006, the rivalry was a frequent matchup on NBC Sunday Night Football over 16 matchups as the teams are tied 8–8 going head to head, including the playoffs. [ 97 ]
Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Dallas Cowboys. First game: 1976 Super Bowl; Steelers won, 21-17. ... They'd lost 34-7 to a Baltimore Ravens team with one of the best defenses of all time. New England was ...
Instead of surveying the middle of the field, Wagner watched Pearson and recognized the pattern. Staubach later said: "It was our bread and butter play all season long. It was the first time it didn't work." The Cowboys' defense again managed to prevent a touchdown, but Gerela kicked an 18-yard field goal to increase the Steelers' lead to 15–10.
The postseason tournament concluded with the Pittsburgh Steelers defeating the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl XIII, 35–31, on January 21, 1979, at the Orange Bowl in Miami. This was the first year that the playoffs expanded to a ten-team format, adding a second wild card team (a fifth seed) from each conference.
The all-time series is led by the Dallas Cowboys, 17–16. [125] The Pittsburgh/Dallas rivalry served as a backdrop to the 1977 film Black Sunday, parts of which were filmed during Super Bowl X. Most recently, the Steelers beat the Cowboys by a 24–19 margin.
The Cowboys (3-2) would have never had a chance for fourth-down drama if, two plays earlier their unquestioned leader didn’t dive headfirst to the turf to recover a Rico Dowdle fumble.
The postseason tournament concluded with the Pittsburgh Steelers defeating the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl X, 21–17, on January 18, 1976, at the Orange Bowl in Miami. This was the first season in which the league used a seeding system in the playoffs.