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"Yeah, we disliked them. The rough, rugged, basic Steelers...the clean, cosmopolitan, finesse Cowboys. The guys in the ties and dark suits against the guys in the hard hats and rolled-up sleeves. That contrast...that was the thing between us."
-Cowboys FS Cliff Harris, years after the game

Super Bowl XIII

January 21, 1979 - Orange Bowl - Miami, FL

Pittsburgh Steelers (16-2)		Dallas Cowboys (14-4)

	Pittsburgh -35 Dallas -31

Super Bowl XIII Quick Stats
Date:	January 21, 1979
Location:	Orange Bowl - Miami, FL
Surface:	Outdoors on grass
Game Weather:	Cloudy, windy and rainy
Conditions:	Temp: 71 F Wind: 15-20 mph
Attendance:	79,484
Kickoff Time:	4:00 P.M. Eastern
Commentary:	Curt Gowdy, John Brodie, and Merlin Olsen (NBC)
Officials:	Referee: Pat Haggerty (40), Umpire: Art Demmas (78), Line Judge: Jack Fette (39), Side Judge: Dean Look (49), Head Linesman: Jerry Bergman (17), Back Judge: Pat Knight (73), Field Judge: Fred Swearingen (21)
Pre-Game Show:	Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders and military bands
National Anthem:	Colgate University Seven
Coin Toss:	George Halas
Halftime Show:	"Super Bowl XIII Carnival" Ftr: Ken Hamilton, various Caribbean bands Producer: Bob Jani
Winner Share:	$18,000
Loser Share:	$9,000
Ticket Price:	$30
Favorite:	Pittsburgh by 3.5 pts.
TV Rating:	47.1, 74 share (NBC)
Most Valuable Player:	Steelers QB Terry Bradshaw (17/30, 318 yds, 4 TDs, 1 INT)

* Denotes Division Champion | † Denotes Overtime
1978 NFL Playoffs
AFC Wildcard		AFC Divisional		AFC Conference		NFC Conference		NFC Divisional		NFC Wildcard
Houston (10-6) at Miami (11-5)	17 9	Houston (11-6) at New England* (11-5)	31 14	Houston (12-6) at Pittsburgh (15-2)	5 34	Dallas (13-4) at Los Angeles (13-4)	28 0	Atlanta (10-7) at Dallas* (12-4)	20 27	Philadelphia (9-7) at Atlanta (9-7)	13 14
		Denver* (10-6) at Pittsburgh* (14-2)	10 33					Minnesota* (8-7-1) at Los Angeles* (12-4)	10 34

* Denotes Wildcard Team | Tiebreakers: New England finished ahead of Miami based on better division record (6-2 to Dolphins' 5-3). Buffalo finished ahead of Baltimore based on head-to-head sweep (2-0). Oakland finished ahead of Seattle and San Diego based on better record against common opponents (6-2 to Seahawks' 5-3 and Chargers' 4-4). Atlanta was first wildcard based on better conference record than Philadelphia (8-4 to Eagles' 6-6). Houston did not play Pittsburgh and Atlanta did not play Los Angeles in the divisional playoffs because, from 1970-1989, two teams from the same division could not meet prior to the conference championship game. St. Louis finished ahead of N.Y. Giants based on better division record (3-5 to Giants' 2-6). Minnesota finished ahead of Green Bay based on better head-to-head record (1-0-1). Detroit finished ahead of Chicago based on better division record (4-4 to Bears' 3-5).
1978 NFL Standings
American Football Conference
Eastern			Central			Western
New England Patriots Miami Dolphins* New York Jets Buffalo Bills Baltimore Colts	11-5-0 11-5-0 8-8-0 5-11-0 5-11-0	0.688 0.688 0.500 0.313 0.313	Pittsburgh Steelers Houston Oilers* Cleveland Browns Cincinnati Bengals	14-2-0 10-6-0 8-8-0 4-12-0	0.875 0.625 0.500 0.250	Denver Broncos Oakland Raiders Seattle Seahawks San Diego Chargers Kansas City Chiefs	10-6-0 9-7-0 9-7-0 9-7-0 4-12-0	0.625 0.563 0.563 0.563 0.250
National Football Conference
Eastern			Central			Western
Dallas Cowboys Philadelphia Eagles* Washington Redskins St. Louis Cardinals New York Giants	12-4-0 9-7-0 8-8-0 6-10-0 6-10-0	0.750 0.563 0.500 0.375 0.375	Minnesota Vikings Green Bay Packers Detroit Lions Chicago Bears Tampa Bay Buccaneers	8-7-1 8-7-1 7-9-0 7-9-0 5-11-0	0.531 0.531 0.438 0.438 0.313	Los Angeles Rams Atlanta Falcons* New Orleans Saints San Francisco 49ers	12-4-0 9-7-0 7-9-0 2-14-0	0.750 0.563 0.438 0.125

* Denotes night game | † Denotes Overtime
Pittsburgh 1978 Schedule
Date		Opponent	Score
Regular Season (14-2)
Sun	9/3	at Buffalo	W	28-17
Sun	9/10	Seattle	W	21-10
Sun	9/17	at Cincinnati	W	28-3
Sun	9/24	Cleveland	W	15-9†
Sun	10/1	at N.Y. Jets	W	28-17
Sun	10/8	Atlanta	W	31-7
Sun	10/15	at Cleveland	W	34-14
Mon*	10/23	Houston	L	17-24
Sun	10/29	Kansas City	W	27-24
Sun	11/5	New Orleans	W	20-14
Sun	11/12	at Los Angeles	L	7-10
Sun	11/19	Cincinnati	W	7-6
Mon*	11/27	at San Francisco	W	24-7
Sun	12/3	at Houston	W	13-3
Sat	12/9	Baltimore	W	35-13
Sat	12/16	at Denver	W	21-17
Post Season
Sat	12/30	Denver	W	33-10
Sun	1/7	Houston	W	34-5

* Denotes night game | † Denotes Overtime | [m] Played in Milwaukee, WI
Dallas 1978 Schedule
Date		Opponent	Score
Regular Season (12-4)
Mon*	9/4	Baltimore	W	38-0
Sun	9/10	at N.Y. Giants	W	34-24
Sun	9/17	at Los Angeles	L	14-27
Sun	9/24	St. Louis	W	21-12
Mon*	10/2	at Washington	L	5-9
Sun	10/8	N.Y. Giants	W	24-3
Sun	10/15	at St. Louis	W	24-21†
Sun	10/22	Philadelphia	W	14-7
Thu	10/26	Minnesota	L	10-21
Sun	11/5	at Miami	L	16-23
Sun	11/12	at Green Bay [m]	W	42-14
Sun	11/19	New Orleans	W	27-7
Thu	11/23	Washington	W	37-10
Sun	12/3	New England	W	17-10
Sun	12/10	at Philadelphia	W	31-13
Sun	12/17	at N.Y. Jets	W	30-7
Post Season
Sat	12/30	Atlanta	W	27-20
Sun	1/7	at Los Angeles	W	28-0

Starting Lineups
PITTSBURGH				DALLAS
OFFENSE		DEFENSE		OFFENSE		DEFENSE
J.Stallworth	WR	L.C.Greenwood	LE	T.Hill	WR	E.Jones	LE
J.Kolb	LT	J.Greene	DT	P.Donovan	LT	L.Cole	DT
S.Davis	LG	S.Furness	DT	H.Scott	LG	R.White	DT
M.Webster	C	J.Banaszak	RE	J.Fitzgerald	C	H.Martin	RE
G.Mullins	RG	J.Ham	LLB	T.Rafferty	RG	T.Henderson	LLB
R.Pinney	RT	J.Lambert	MLB	R.Wright	RT	B.Breunig	MLB
R.Grossman	TE	L.Toews	RLB	B.J.DuPree	TE	D.D.Lewis	RLB
L.Swann	WR	R.Johnson	LCB	D.Pearson	WR	B.Barnes	LCB
T.Bradshaw	QB	M.Blount	RCB	R.Staubach	QB	A.Kyle	RCB
R.Bleier	RB	D.Shell	SS	R.Newhouse	RB	C.Waters	SS
F.Harris	RB	M.Wagner	FS	T.Dorsett	RB	C.Harris	FS

Substitutions
PITTSBURGH		DALLAS
OFFENSE	DEFENSE	OFFENSE	DEFENSE
J.Deloplaine (RB)	F.Anderson (DL)	A.Blackwell (RB)	L.Bethea (DL)
R.Moser (RB)	T.Beasley (DL)	L.Brinson (RB)	D.Stalls (DL)
S.Thornton (RB)	G.Dunn (DL)	S.Laidlaw (RB)	G.Brown (LB)
T.Bell (WR)	D.White (DL)	P.Pearson (RB)	M.Hegman (LB)
J.Smith (WR)	R.Cole (LB)	B.Johnson (WR)	B.Huther (LB)
J.Mandich (TE)	D.Winston (LB)	R.Steele (WR)	R.Hughes (DB)
L.Brown (T)	L.Anderson (DB)	J.Smith (TE)	D.Thurman (DB)
S.Courson (G)	T.Dungy (DB)	A.Frederick (T)
T.Peterson (C)	R.Oldham (DB)	J.Cooper (G)
		B.Lawless (G)
		T.Randall (G)
KICKERS		KICKERS
R.Gerela (K)	C.Colquitt (P)	R.Septien (K)	D.White (P)
DID NOT PLAY		DID NOT PLAY
M.Kruczek (QB)	B.Cunningham (TE)	G.Carano (QB)	J.Pugh (DT)
C.Stoudt (QB)		M.Washington (CB)

Team Statistics
	PIT	DAL
FIRST DOWNS-Total Rushing Passing Penalty	19 2 15 2	20 6 13 1
3rd DOWN EFF.	9/15-60%	8/16-50%
4th DOWN EFF.	0/0-0%	1/1-100%
TOTAL NET YARDS Total Offensive Plays Average Gain	357 58 6.2	330 67 4.9
NET RUSH YARDS Rushing Plays Average Gain	66 24 2.8	154 32 4.8
NET PASS YARDS Pass Att-Comp-INT Tackled-Yds Lost Gross Yards Passing	291 30-17-1 4-27 318	176 30-17-1 5-52 228
PUNTS-Yards Average Dist. Blocked	3-129 43.0 0	5-198 39.6 0
RETURN YARDS-Total Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Interception Returns	85 4-27 3-45 1-13	158 2-33 6-104 1-21
PENALTIES-yards	5-35	9-89
TOTAL TURNOVERS Fumbles-Lost Had Intercepted	3 2-2 1	3 3-2 1
TOUCHDOWNS-Total Rushing Passing Returns	5 1 4 0	4 0 3 1
EXTRA POINTS-Made Kicking-Made/Att Blocked	5 5/5 0	4 4/4 0
FIELD GOALS-Made/Att Blocked	0/1 0	1/1 0
SAFETIES	0	0
TOTAL POINTS	35	31
T.O.P.	26:15	33:45

Scoring Summary
Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
PITTSBURGH	7	14	0	14	35
DALLAS	7	7	3	14	31

1st Quarter

PIT - J.Stallworth, 28 yard pass from T.Bradshaw. R.Gerela kick. 7-53, TOP 3:12 (5:13)
DAL - T.Hill, 39 yard pass from R.Staubach. R.Septien kick. 3-41, TOP 1:00 (15:00)

2nd Quarter

DAL - M.Hegman, 37 yard fumble recovery return. R.Septien kick. (2:52)
PIT - J.Stallworth, 75 yard pass from T.Bradshaw. R.Gerela kick. 3-80, TOP 1:43 (4:35)
PIT - R.Bleier, 7 yard pass from T.Bradshaw. R.Gerela kick. 5-56, TOP 1:15 (14:35)

3rd Quarter

DAL - R.Septien, 27 yard FG. 9-32, TOP 4:55 (12:24)

4th Quarter

PIT - F.Harris, 22 yard rush. R.Gerela kick. 8-85, TOP 4:58 (7:50)
PIT - L.Swann, 18 yard pass from T.Bradshaw. R.Gerela kick. 1-18, TOP 0:06 (8:09)
DAL - B.J.DuPree, 7 yard pass from R.Staubach. R.Septien kick. 8-89, TOP 4:24 (12:37)
DAL - B.Johnson, 4 yard pass from R.Staubach. R.Septien kick. 9-52, TOP 2:01 (14:38)

Steelers QB Terry Bradshaw rolls out and looks downfield. (Walter Ioos Jr./SI)

Individual Statistics

PITTSBURGH STEELERS

DALLAS COWBOYS

PASSING

	AT	CMP	PCT	YDS	TD	INT	YDS/CMP	SK/YD
T.Bradshaw	30	17	56.7	309	4	1	18.7	4/27

PASSING

	AT	CMP	PCT	YDS	TD	INT	YDS/CMP	SK/YD
R.Staubach	30	17	56.7	228	3	1	13.4	5/52

RUSHING

	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
F.Harris	20	68	3.4	22t	1
R.Bleier	2	3	1.5	2	0
T.Bradshaw	2	-5	-2.5	-2	0
TOTAL	24	66	2.8	22t	1

RUSHING

	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG
T.Dorsett	16	96	6.0	29
R.Newhouse	8	3	0.4	5
R.Staubach	4	37	9.3	18
S.Laidlaw	3	12	4.0	7
P.Pearson	1	6	6.0	6
TOTAL	32	154	4.8	29

RECEIVING

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
L.Swann	7	124	17.7	29	1
J.Stallworth	3	115	38.3	75t	2
R.Grossman	3	29	9.7	10	0
T.Bell	2	21	10.5	12	0
F.Harris	1	22	22.0	22	0
R.Bleier	1	7	7.0	7t	1
TOTAL	17	318	18.7	75t	4

RECEIVING

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
T.Dorsett	5	44	8.8	13	0
D.Pearson	4	73	18.3	25	0
T.Hill	2	49	24.5	39t	1
B.Johnson	2	30	15.0	26	1
B.J.DuPree	2	17	8.5	10	1
P.Pearson	2	15	7.5	8	0
TOTAL	17	228	13.4	39t	3

PUNTING

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	IN20	TB
C.Colquitt	3	129	43.0	52	1	0

PUNTING

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	IN20	TB
D.White	5	198	39.6	50	1	0

PUNT RETURNS

	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
T.Bell	4	0	27	6.3	12	0

PUNT RETURNS

	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
B.Johnson	2	1	33	16.5	21	0

KICKOFF RETURNS

	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
L.Anderson	3	0	45	15.0	24	0

KICKOFF RETURNS

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
B.Johnson	3	63	21.0	23
L.Brinson	2	41	20.5	25
R.White	1	0	0.0	0
TOTAL	6	104	17.3	25

INTERCEPTIONS BY

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
M.Blount	1	13	13.0	13	0

INTERCEPTIONS BY

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
D.D.Lewis	1	21	21.0	21	0

FUMBLES

PITTSBURGH	FUM	OWN-REC	YDS	TD	FRCD	OPP-REC	YDS	TD	OOB
J.Banaszak	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
T.Bradshaw	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
T.Dungy	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
D.Winston	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0
DALLAS	FUM	OWN-REC	YDS	TD	FRCD	OPP-REC	YDS	TD	OOB
D.Pearson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
R.Staubach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
R.White	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
T.Rafferty	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
H.Martin	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
E.Jones	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
T.Henderson	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
M.Hegman	0	0	0	0	0	1	37	1	0
TOTAL	3	1	0	0	2	2	37	1	0

Defensive Statistics

(Tackles are not an official stat, hence some variation from source to source)

PITTSBURGH STEELERS

REGULAR DEFENSIVE PLAYS

SPECIAL TEAMS

MISC

TKL

AST

COM

SCK/

YDS

INT

TKL

AST

TKL

AST

J.Ham

0.0

L.C.Greenwood

1.0

11.0

J.Lambert

0.0

R.Cole

0.0

R.Johnson

0.0

D.Shell

0.0

S.Furness

1.0

12.0

M.Wagner

0.0

J.Banaszak

1.0

8.0

M.Blount

0.0

J.Greene

1.0

11.0

D.White

1.0

10.0

T.Dungy

0.0

L.Toews

0.0

R.Moser

0.0

T.Peterson

0.0

D.Winston

0.0

J.Stallworth

0.0

TOTAL

5.0

52.0

TKL = Tackle
PD = Pass Defense

AST = Assist
FF = Forced Fumble

COM = Combined
FR = Fumble Recovery

INT = Interception
BL = Blocked

DALLAS COWBOYS

REGULAR DEFENSIVE PLAYS

SPECIAL TEAMS

MISC

TKL

AST

COM

SCK/

YDS

INT

TKL

AST

TKL

AST

A.Kyle

0.0

B.Barnes

0.0

E.Jones

0.0

C.Waters

0.0

B.Breunig

0.0

C.Harris

0.0

H.Martin

1.0

2.0

D.Stalls

0.0

R.White

0.0

L.Cole

0.0

M.Hegman

1.0

11.0

T.Henderson

1.0

11.0

D.D.Lewis

0.0

G.Brown

0.0

R.Hughes

0.0

B.Huther

0.0

D.Thurman

0.0

D.Pearson

0.0

T.Rafferty

0.0

TOTAL

4.0

27.0

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