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Meanwhile, the Cowboys could not overcome turnovers, drops, and a controversial penalty
during the second half. The Cowboys were the first defending champion to
lose in the Super Bowl. They were also the first to lose two Super Bowls to the
same team (they lost 21-17 to the Steelers in Super Bowl X). After the NFL increased its exposure by extending its schedule from 14 regular season games to 16, and increasing the playoffs from an 8-team tournament to 10, the league could not have been happier to see its two then-most popular teams meet in the Super Bowl again. |
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Super Bowl XIII |
Super Bowl XIII was an American football game played on January 21, 1979 at the Orange
Bowl in Miami, Florida to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion
following the 1978 regular season. This was the last of five Super Bowls to
be played at the Orange Bowl. The American Football Conference (AFC) champion Pittsburgh Steelers (17-2) defeated the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Dallas Cowboys (14-5), 35–31. It was the first ever Super Bowl rematch. The Steelers previously beat the Cowboys in Super Bowl X, 21–17. Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw was named Super Bowl MVP. Despite throwing 1 interception and losing 2 fumbles, Bradshaw completed 17 out of 30 passes for 318 yards and 4 touchdowns. His 318 passing yards and 4 passing touchdowns broke Super Bowl records. Also, his 75-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter tied Johnny Unitas in Super Bowl V for the longest in a Super Bowl. Bradshaw became the first player since the 1970 AFL-NFL Merger to win both the Super Bowl MVP and the AP Most Valuable Player Award during the same season. |
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The pregame festivities featured the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders and several military
bands. The Colgate Thirteen performed the national anthem. The coin toss ceremony
featured Pro Football Hall of Famer and longtime Chicago Bears owner/head
coach George Halas. The halftime show was a "Carnival Salute to Caribbean" with various Caribbean bands. When the NFL Network re-aired this game, the last minute of the first half (including the Rocky Bleier touchdown reception) was curiously missing from the footage. |
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Terry Bradshaw passed for a record four touchdowns to lead the Steelers to victory.
The Steelers became the first team to win three Super Bowls, mostly because
of Bradshaw's accurate arm. Bradshaw, voted the game's most valuable player, completed 17 of 30 passes for 318 yards, a personal high. Four of those passes went for touchdowns – two to John Stallworth and the third, with 26 seconds remaining in the second period, to Rocky Bleier for a 21-14 halftime lead. The Cowboys scored twice before intermission on Roger Staubach's 39-yard pass to Tony Hill and a 37-yard fumble return by linebacker Mike Hegman, who stole the ball from Bradshaw. The Steelers broke open the contest with two touchdowns in a span of 19 seconds midway through the final period. Franco Harris rambled 22 yards up the middle to give the Steelers a 28-17 lead with 7:10 left. Pittsburgh got the ball right back when Randy White fumbled the kickoff and Dennis Winston recovered for the Steelers. On first down, Bradshaw fired his fourth touchdown pass, an 18-yard pass to Lynn Swann to boost the Steelers' lead to 35-17 with 6:51 to play. The Cowboys refused to let the Steelers run away with the contest. Staubach connected with Billy Joe DuPree on a 7-yard scoring pass with 2:23 left. Then the Cowboys recovered an onside kick and Staubach took them in for another score, passing four yards to Butch Johnson with 22 seconds remaining. Bleier recovered another onside kick with 17 seconds left to seal the victory for the Steelers. |
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Date January 21, 1979 Stadium Miami Orange Bowl City Miami, Florida MVP Terry Bradshaw, Quarterback Favorite Steelers by 3 1/2 National anthem The Colgate Thirteen Coin toss George Halas Referee Pat Haggerty Halftime show Bob Jani Productions present "Carnival Salute to Caribbean" with various Caribbean bands Attendance 79,484 TV in the United States Network NBC Announcers Curt Gowdy, Merlin Olsen and John Brodie Nielsen Ratings 47.1 Market share 74 Cost of 30-second commercial US$185,000 |
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