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Super Bowl XIII was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Pittsburgh Steelers and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Dallas Cowboys to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1978 season.
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 1979 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 47th season in the National Football League (NFL). The Steelers successfully defended their Super Bowl Championship from the previous year, despite not improving on their 14–2 record from last year with a 12–4 record. They went on to defeat the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl XIV. The ...
Rematch: 1979 Super Bowl; Steelers won, 35-31 The Steelers and Cowboys had played in at least one Super Bowl before the 1976 title game. Pittsburgh won the Super Bowl, 16-6, a year earlier over ...
The 1979 Dallas Cowboys season was their 20th in the National Football League (NFL). The team was unable to improve on their previous output of 12–4, winning eleven games. [ 1 ] They qualified for the playoffs, but lost in the divisional round.
The National Football League playoffs for the 1979 season began on December 23, 1979. The postseason tournament concluded with the Pittsburgh Steelers defeating the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl XIV , 31–19, on January 20, 1980, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California .
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 ...
January 21, 1979 vs Pittsburgh Steelers (A 1) L 31–35 Orange Bowl: 79,484 Recap: NFC Divisional Playoff ... Dallas Cowboys 31, Pittsburgh Steelers 35. Quarter 1 2 3 4