This was the first truly legendary and epic Super Bowl. The first DAL-PIT SB was the first really fun Super Bowl with a lot of big moments: Lynn Swann's catches, Percy Howard, Lambert standing up to Cliff Harris and defending Gerela, which led to the classic "Jack Lambert is a defender of what is right" quote from Noll. It also had a few different nuances compared to a few years later: Dallas in SB X was a Wild Card and they had a lot of younger guys (The Dirty Dozen from their 1975 draft) and were probably not expected to face Pittsburgh at the Orange Bowl, and aesthetically the Orange Bowl looked a bit out of place with AstroTurf. (I think the other 3 NFC teams were probably seen as having a better shot making it to here since DAL didn't win their division) This Super Bowl (XIII) had so many things attached: First SB of the new 16-game season, 2 WC's per conference, 5 playoff teams per conference First season after rules changes to encourage passing (which Bradshaw and company clearly excelled at) The number of future Hall of Famers on both sides Both teams were vying to be the first 3x SB winner Dallas was defending SB champ, so you had 4 of the previous 7 SB winners The first SB where two teams faced off against each other a second time The Orange Bowl back to natural grass after a few years of turf Curt Gowdy calling his final NFL game for NBC The culmination of what I thought was one a landmark NFL season (16 games, extra playoff teams, the Wild Card game, the era of big play passing began) All in all, a truly super Super Bowl
Yes yes u can say with out a dought this game didn't just just Pittsburgh and Dallas it help change and the concept of the SB being Boeing it help the passing game thats why not until 20 years later people were calling this the greatest SB ever played
Yes, those are great reasons to justify this SB as the best and most evenly matched (along with the intensity of a 13-round heavyweight championship bout). The next SB where both teams entered with "established" championship traditions: XXX (same teams, different result).
@@anthonybrooks1888 u right, but the same teams? Actually that’s pretty accurate besides the qb position for the Steelers. Only mediocre Neil O’Donnell, giving two gifts to ‘America’s Team’
You damn right. I am COWBOYS to the bone. But l tell you, l had to give much respect to the Steelers as well. I watched all those games with my Dad. Greatness
Say what you want about Terry Bradshaw, but he can make throws in tight windows and has great vision. Roger Staubach is also a legend who won the Heisman at the Naval Academy, served our country, won 2 Super Bowls, and made the Hall of Fame. 2 truly legendary quarterbacks
@@ghostintheshell3576,,,,, Ha ha ha… NO! Bradshaw is not even close, and I can't really say about the other one as I have never seen a coffee shop drop back to pass. P
Howzat P A spelling error is definitely not a big deal. But the quote was a little different...and carried a different import. ESPECIALLY because American football is different than "world" football - and the Cowboys, by then, were already being called "America's Team." Besides - I found the sports announcer's original call very compelling...because he DIDN'T go overboard by suggesting it was a world shaking event. Just the States.
Steelers fan all the way! However, looking back on this Super Bowl, watching closer at the coaches, players, staff and owners on both sides, they were the real heroes! Two of the most succesful teams, franchises and dynasties ever assembled in Pro Football History! I have so much respect for each and every player involved! Thank you for posting and would love to see more NFL Throwback highlights in high quality from the 1970s, such as: 'The Immaculate Reception', O. J. Simpson 2000 yards game break, 'The Sea Of Hands','The Hail Mary', 'Ghost To The Post', both AFC and NFC (1971-1980, 1981-1990, 1991-2000, 2001-2010) Wild Card, Divisional Playoff, and Conference Championship games, among others. God bless all of you! Greetings from Mexico!
Steelers HOF owners/players/coaches: Arthur J. Rooney Sr, Dan Rooney, Chuck Noll, Joe Greene, Jack Ham, Mel Blount, Terry Bradshaw, Franco Harris, Jack Lambert, Mike Webster, Lynn Swann, John Stallworth, Tony Dungy, Donnie Shell. Cowboys HOF owners/players/coaches: Tex Schram, Gil Brandt, Tom Landry, Erine Staunter(as a player with Pittsburgh), Mike Ditka(as a player for the Bears, Eagles, Cowboys), Roger Staubach, Randy White, Tony Dorsett, Jackie Smith, Rayfield Wright, Cliff Harris, Drew Pearson.
Great that you added to your update Gil Brandt (VP of Player Personnel) for the Cowboys who is being inducted in August of 2019. He was always on the sidelines next to Landry.
Aside from what's at stake for both teams in every Super Bowl, Super Bowl XIII had more at stake for both Pittsburgh and Dallas than any other Super Bowl that has taken place since January of 1967. This was the FIRST Super Bowl where both teams, both head coaches and both quarterbacks had won 2 Super Bowls in a calander decade(Steelers in 74 and 75...Cowboys in 71 and 77). The winner of this game would become the FIRST franchise to win 3 Super Bowls, and be crowned "Team of the Decade". Dallas would also become the 4th franchise to repeat as Super Bowl Champions
Spot on in your comments. The only small correction I would make is that the Dolphins also won 2 SBs in the 70s with the same head coach and QB. But they weren't considered quite in the same class as Dallas and Pittsburgh.
I grew up watching these teams. Prior to Free Agency, teams that drafted well were loaded with talent. Since more players spent their career with only one team, you got to know your team's starters and backups on offense, defense and special teams, and you knew everything about the teams in their Division. For better or worse, the NFL was a Fan's League back in the day. My Dad was a Dolphins Fan, and he passed that down to me. We bonded on Sundays, and it was awesome. ***Players were being exploited by Team Owners, so I understand why Free Agency was implemented in 93'. I'm Not debating the issue in any way.***
One could argue that prior to this game, the defending champion Cowboys were the greatest team of the Super Bowl era. The 1977 Cowboys are the last NFL team to lead the league in Total Defense and Total Offense, and they outscored their playoff opponents 87-23. One could also argue that by defeating the Cowboys in Super Bowl 13, the 1978 Steelers became the greatest team in NFL history.
This game should actually have even more Hall of Famers than it does: Cliff Harris, Drew Pearson, and Harvey Martin from the Cowboys, and L.C. Greenwood from the Steelers should all be in there. All four of them are on the 1970s All-Decade Team (Harris and Pearson on the first team, Martin and Greenwood on the second team).
@@UncleClaudeSportsandThangs #31 Got the Hall call! Congratulations to him. And Cliff Harris FINALLY goes to Canton. We Cowboy fans couldnt be prouder!!!!
As a Steelers fan I couldn’t stand Dallas but looking back the Steelers had to be pretty damn Good because Dallas was no joke. The difference between the two when they played was the Steelers secondary which contained Dallas WRs v Dallas secondary that could not cover Swann and Stallworth.
tone 22 THAT was a very dumb decision. Tony D was lit that game and would have been trouble. The Steelers by that time didn’t get a lot of pass rush from the d line and depended a lot more on blitzing. They would have had to stack the box to stop Dorset which opens up their strong passing game.
One of a kind Superbowl. Both teams dominated their conference's in the 70's. 70's NFL football Fans were well familiar with all of the players. The ultimate Popcorn Superbowl.
@@Golf8802 Hollywood was responsible for firing Bradshaw up with his mouth. Dumb ass Hollywood. If hed had shut up Boys woulda won the game. Bradshaw was SMOKIN hot this day.
Greatest Super Bowl ever in my opinion. Only game close is SB51. It was the first all time great and close to the end Super Bowl. Also 19 Hall of Famers in one game sounds like a Pro Bowl Game.
Was 14 years old in January of 79,I believe no other SB will ever have as many Future HOFers as this Super Bowl did.. Cowboys/Steelers meeting in SB-13, to see which team would become the 1st to ever win 3-SB-titles... the game was epic... Star Power on both sides. Steelers were 14-2 in the regular season and the defending champion Cowboys were 12-4..
It looked like he wasn't touched. At first I thought he was trying to lateral it, which would have been stupid. But the ball apparently was greased up because it just slid right out. It was strange.
This might’ve been the best collection of talent on a football field in one game ever. 14 players combined from each team are currently in the hall (9 from Pittsburgh, 5 from Dallas), but then you have Tony Dungy who was a player in this game for Pittsburgh that was inducted as a coach, and for Dallas there was Mike Ditka and Ernie Stautner as assistant coaches who were inducted as players. The owners and administrators from each (Art Rooney, Dan Rooney, Tex Schramm, Gil Brandt), and the head coaches (Chuck Noll, Tom Landry) are all in the hall of fame as well. Amazingly, 22 people who were directly or indirectly involved in this game are immortalized in Canton, but you could also say that players from each team (LC Greenwood, Donnie Shell from Pittsburgh) and (Harvey Martin, Cliff Harris from Dallas) should be in the hall of fame as well.
That first drive Dallas had it really going....offensive line was executing and Dorsett was running for nice yards...then for some reason they wanted to get cute and try a trick play which they ended up fumbling....momentum killer...a TD or even a FG would have been a great start
I loved watching your fellow g men suffer when dak threw that knee scraper of a TD pass to cole Beasley. Next time watch your mouth when your team is sorry as fuck
Extremely impressive archival feat. Using multiple different broadcasts and surviving footage to capture the feel of one of the greatest games ever played. Awesome job.
again i dont see it that way. from an entertainment point of view maybe close but read the title again. we will never see this many quality hall of fame football players at this level again in a superbowl but like i said...believe whatever you want my friend
Smith's dropped pass looks like it was the turning point. To me it was the botched double reverse on the opening drive. Dorsett was running right through the Steelers. Then Landry had to outsmart himself.
Great slugfest between two heavyweights that didn’t fail to disappoint. The only real weakness the Cowboys had were their cornerbacks, Aaron Kyle and Benny Barnes. Average players trying to cover HOF wideouts.
No, the jackie drop was in 3rd qtr. It sucked, but that wasn't the only reason. Barnes getting called for a phantom pi on 3rd down was a killer, and a ridiculous call. Manster(why was he in on kickoff?), fumbling the kickoff was a huge blow. Refs blocking waters out on francos 4th qtr td run was another kick in the head. And beings how dorsett was killing that 'steel curtain', why did Mr.Landry quit running him? Tony averaged 6 yards a carry in that sb.
Smith's drop - the pass wasn't perfect, but catchable - cost the Cowboys four points (they got a field goal). However, the botched reverse, Staubach's interception before halftime and White's fumbled kickoff resulted in 21 Steeler points. Those three turnovers are what cost Dallas the game, along with not giving the ball to Tony Dorsett.
Steelers were the best team ever put together....they would have won more SBs during this Era but they got the injury bug that cost them dearly....they still went to the afc title games with tons of injuries ....I think it was just great coaching and personal determination of each and every player.
As a Cowboys fan I was so angry after this game that I was determined to prove that the Cowboys were STILL the "team of the decade". I poured over the W-L stats of both teams from 1970 through 1978 and was able to make a good argument that Dallas still had the edge. I factored in how the Cowboys were a Championship level team the first two years of the decade (going 1-1 in the SBs), while it took the Steelers longer to go to a SB (74). Dallas also had the overall advantage in every category, from the regular season W-L record, winning seasons, division titles, playoff games, etc. Then those damn Steelers went right back and won another SB in 79 and my whole argument went out the window.
Pittsburgh Steelers won 4 Super Bowl championship 1974 1975 1978 and 1979 Dallas Cowboys won 4 Super Bowl championship 1971 1977 1992 and 1993 these are the greatest team Dynasty Steelers the 70s Cowboys the early 90s
@@caleykruse9852 thats correct and if you consider there are at least 5 or 6 more that should be in the hall of fame that makes it even crazier....LC Greenwood, Donnie Shell, Ed too tall Jones, Harvey Martain, Charlie Waters, Cliff Harris and Drew Pearson should all be in.....
These 70s Steeler teams have to be the most talented ever. And this is coming from a Browns fan. From offense, to their defense. There's a reason why they won 4 super bowls. By far the greatest dynasty in football. No other team is even close. Not even Montana's 49ers. They wouldn't have beaten this team.
Everyone thinks of the Steel Curtain when you talk about Pittsburgh’s dominance of the NFL in the 70s, but damn Bradshaw was a great quarterback who still doesn’t get the credit he deserves. When the Steelers needed him, he delivered. Staubach was able to move the ball and score points against the Steeler’s defense, so they needed Bradshaw in this game and he was clutch. Threw 4 touchdown passes in this game and Pittsburgh needed every one of them in order to win.
To this day, I think the first two quarters were the most exciting 30 minutes of football I’ve ever seen…. (The second half was pretty good too! LOL! Oh what might have been if only Randy White woulda just fallen on the ball instead of trying to run with it!)
Seventies football at its finest. I don't think a team had cracked 24 points in a Super Bow prior to this one. I've seen that Jackie Smith play dozens of times and still don't think it should called a drop. How can you drop something if you never got your hands on it?
To break down your stance on the 24 point thought: Green Bay accumulated both 35 and 33 points in their wins in Super Bowls I and II. Dallas hit 24 in Super Bowl VI. Miami got to 24 in Super Bowl VIII. Oakland racked up 32 in Super Bowl XI. Lastly, Dallas put up 27 the year before in Super Bowl XII.
watching this game, you realise how truly great many of these players were, and you need to realise how much less physical protection they received than today's players
I need it’s just a game...this game happened 9 years before I was born...but as Cowboys fan...Damn u Jackie Smith!! Supposeeeeee to the ball! That cost us the game right there!
Born and raised in Dallas TX. This game hurt. No shame in saying Pittsburgh was the better team. They were ahead of their time. Both Super Bowls could have been won by Dallas, but they couldn’t catch the breaks they needed. The opportunity was there.
Yeah, it could be said Dallas overacheived in the 1975 season and how no business being in that year's SB but it could have been on on that Hail Mary. In SB 13 Landry's coaching cost Dallas.
@@steveparham8221 Trickery on the opening drive when Dorsett was rolling. The 'system' said Pittsburgh would expect the run so we'll surprise them. Staubach should have audibled.
The offenses and defenses stacked up so well against each other. How could you choose one guy over the other: General Steelers: 14-2, 1st AFC Central Cowboys: 12-4, 1st NFC East Offense Steelers: 312.3 YPG, (8th out of 28), 22.3 PPG, (5th out of 28) Cowboys: 372.4 YPG, (2nd out of 28), 24 PPG, (1st out of 28) Quarterback Terry Bradshaw: 207/368, 56.3% CMP%, 2,915 YDS, 28 TD, 20 INT, 84.7 RTG (NFL MVP, First Team All Pro, Pro Bowl) Roger Staubach: 231/413, 55.9% CMP%, 3,190 YDS, 25 TD, 16 INT, 84.9 RTG (Pro Bowl) (15 Games) RB1 Franco Harris: 1,082 YDS, 8 TD, 22 REC, 144 YDS (Pro Bowl) Tony Dorsett: 1,325 YDS, 7 TD, 37 REC, 378 YDS, 2 TD (Pro Bowl) RB2 Rocky Bleier: 633 YDS, 5 TD, 17 REC, 168 YDS, 1 TD Robert Newhouse: 584 YDS, 8 TD, 20 REC, 176 YDS, 2 TD (13 Games) WR1 Lynn Swann: 61 REC, 880 YDS, 11 TD (First Team All Pro, Pro Bowl) Tony Hill: 46 REC, 823 YDS, 6 TD (Pro Bowl) WR2 John Stallworth: 41 REC, 798 YDS, 9 TD Drew Pearson: 44 REC, 714 YDS, 3 TD TE Randy Grossman: 37 REC, 448 YDS, 1 TD BillyJoe DuPree: 34 REC, 509 YDS, 9 TD (Pro Bowl) Defense: Steelers: 260.5 YPG, (3rd out of 28) 12.2 PPG, (1st out of 28), 48 forced turnovers (2nd out of 28) Cowboys: 250.6 YPG, (2nd out of 28), 13 PPG, (3rd out of 28), 36 forced turnovers (23rd out of 28) Add it all up and you've got a 35-31 game that was the best super bowl at the time and in my opinion still may be the best
I seen this game on tv, and even though I am an eagles fan and they won in 2017, and I hated the Steelers, still, this is the absolute best super bowl game ever. If Jacki Smith did not drop the touchdown in the end zone, you would never know! As an adult, I never realized how arrogant the cowboys were, and still am.
Without a doubt, as much as this pains me as a Cowboys fan, this is the Greatest Super Bowl ever played! This game featured a combined 26 Hall of Famers, 15 for the Steelers and 11 for Dallas and tons of Legends and hopefully more future Hall of Famers. On paper, both teams were equal. Classic scores and scoring drives. This game had everything! To note, Dallas was the only team that Pittsburgh played in Both Super Bowl 10 and 13 that they were the only team to score a 1st quarter touchdown in the 1st quarter.
Have watched this game recently & was impressed.Staubach was 1-7 vs QBs who own super bowls during the 1970s including 0-4 vs Terry Bradshaw.The Dallas Cowboys were in a 5 game losing streak to The Pittsburgh Steelers including SB10,1977,this game,1979 &opening game of 1982.Tom Landry was 3-6 vs Chuck Noll.From 1972 thru SB14 the Steelers were a incredible 14-4 in the playoffs was was unmatched during the 1970s
I'm a Cowboys fan, and there is no doubt that the Cowboys had a really good team, maybe even a great team, but the Steelers just would not be denied on that day. I still think that Pittsburgh team is probably the best in history.
This game put NFL into the stratosphere. 2 incredible teams
This was the first truly legendary and epic Super Bowl.
The first DAL-PIT SB was the first really fun Super Bowl with a lot of big moments: Lynn Swann's catches, Percy Howard, Lambert standing up to Cliff Harris and defending Gerela, which led to the classic "Jack Lambert is a defender of what is right" quote from Noll.
It also had a few different nuances compared to a few years later:
Dallas in SB X was a Wild Card and they had a lot of younger guys (The Dirty Dozen from their 1975 draft) and were probably not expected to face Pittsburgh at the Orange Bowl, and aesthetically the Orange Bowl looked a bit out of place with AstroTurf. (I think the other 3 NFC teams were probably seen as having a better shot making it to here since DAL didn't win their division)
This Super Bowl (XIII) had so many things attached:
First SB of the new 16-game season, 2 WC's per conference, 5 playoff teams per conference
First season after rules changes to encourage passing (which Bradshaw and company clearly excelled at)
The number of future Hall of Famers on both sides
Both teams were vying to be the first 3x SB winner
Dallas was defending SB champ, so you had 4 of the previous 7 SB winners
The first SB where two teams faced off against each other a second time
The Orange Bowl back to natural grass after a few years of turf
Curt Gowdy calling his final NFL game for NBC
The culmination of what I thought was one a landmark NFL season (16 games, extra playoff teams, the Wild Card game, the era of big play passing began)
All in all, a truly super Super Bowl
Yes yes u can say with out a dought this game didn't just just Pittsburgh and Dallas it help change and the concept of the SB being Boeing it help the passing game thats why not until 20 years later people were calling this the greatest SB ever played
Yes, those are great reasons to justify this SB as the best and most evenly matched (along with the intensity of a 13-round heavyweight championship bout). The next SB where both teams entered with "established" championship traditions: XXX (same teams, different result).
Curt did came back for NBC in 1988
@@anthonybrooks1888 u right, but the same teams? Actually that’s pretty accurate besides the qb position for the Steelers. Only mediocre Neil O’Donnell, giving two gifts to ‘America’s Team’
@@grottyband8052 pardon me; same organizations, different generation.
Youngsters today have no idea how truly great these 2 teams were..
I was born on this year 🙃
All these play makers was on both sides of the ball.
You damn right. I am COWBOYS to the bone. But l tell you, l had to give much respect to the Steelers as well. I watched all those games with my Dad. Greatness
Yea, most people weren't aware of all the steroids they were taking back then.
@@larrylindsey1497negative! They wasn't using steroids, it was cocaine
Say what you want about Terry Bradshaw, but he can make throws in tight windows and has great vision. Roger Staubach is also a legend who won the Heisman at the Naval Academy, served our country, won 2 Super Bowls, and made the Hall of Fame. 2 truly legendary quarterbacks
Yes sir i will always believe that Bradshaw and Starbuck or better qbs than Brady Rodgers or Manning
IDK, I saw some amazing plays by Pitt's WRs, especially Swan, and some real ugly throws/decisions by Bradshaw. P
@@ghostintheshell3576,,,,, Ha ha ha… NO! Bradshaw is not even close, and I can't really say about the other one as I have never seen a coffee shop drop back to pass. P
Jackie Singleton he almost threw 5 picks, he was throwing right at the dbs 😆
and Bradshaw was calling his own plays. No Offensive Coordinator
Regardless of the outcome, this was the first truly great Super Bowl game.
I'd say 10 also with these two teams was the first but this is more iconic
10:10 the Jackie Smith drop
“Bless his heart. He’s got to be the sickest man in the world right now”
Best drop in NFL history.. .thanks Jackie.!')
TheSportsGamer “he’s got to be the sickest man in America” edit your comment
TheLocalLt mate nobody likes a spelling bee police
Howzat P what the fuck bro he got the quote wrong it’s not a mis spelling
Howzat P A spelling error is definitely not a big deal. But the quote was a little different...and carried a different import. ESPECIALLY because American football is different than "world" football - and the Cowboys, by then, were already being called "America's Team."
Besides - I found the sports announcer's original call very compelling...because he DIDN'T go overboard by suggesting it was a world shaking event. Just the States.
Steelers fan all the way! However, looking back on this Super Bowl, watching closer at the coaches, players, staff and owners on both sides, they were the real heroes! Two of the most succesful teams, franchises and dynasties ever assembled in Pro Football History! I have so much respect for each and every player involved! Thank you for posting and would love to see more NFL Throwback highlights in high quality from the 1970s, such as: 'The Immaculate Reception', O. J. Simpson 2000 yards game break, 'The Sea Of Hands','The Hail Mary', 'Ghost To The Post', both AFC and NFC (1971-1980, 1981-1990, 1991-2000, 2001-2010) Wild Card, Divisional Playoff, and Conference Championship games, among others. God bless all of you! Greetings from Mexico!
This game looked fun as hell to watch live.
It was awesome to watch I still remember it like it was yesterday
It really was fun to watch live! I got to enjoy it as a 14 year old. Truly suspenseful and intense!
It sure was! Back in the day when Super Bowls started mid-afternoon Eastern time
It was. I was 10yrs old 😜
It was
Steelers HOF owners/players/coaches: Arthur J. Rooney Sr, Dan Rooney, Chuck Noll, Joe Greene, Jack Ham, Mel Blount, Terry Bradshaw, Franco Harris, Jack Lambert, Mike Webster, Lynn Swann, John Stallworth, Tony Dungy, Donnie Shell.
Cowboys HOF owners/players/coaches: Tex Schram, Gil Brandt, Tom Landry, Erine Staunter(as a player with Pittsburgh), Mike Ditka(as a player for the Bears, Eagles, Cowboys), Roger Staubach, Randy White, Tony Dorsett, Jackie Smith, Rayfield Wright, Cliff Harris, Drew Pearson.
Great that you added to your update Gil Brandt (VP of Player Personnel) for the Cowboys who is being inducted in August of 2019. He was always on the sidelines next to Landry.
Drew Pearson deserves to be in the HOF alongside LC Greenwood
You forgot Jackie smith
Aside from what's at stake for both teams in every Super Bowl, Super Bowl XIII had more at stake for both Pittsburgh and Dallas than any other Super Bowl that has taken place since January of 1967. This was the FIRST Super Bowl where both teams, both head coaches and both quarterbacks had won 2 Super Bowls in a calander decade(Steelers in 74 and 75...Cowboys in 71 and 77). The winner of this game would become the FIRST franchise to win 3 Super Bowls, and be crowned "Team of the Decade". Dallas would also become the 4th franchise to repeat as Super Bowl Champions
Spot on in your comments. The only small correction I would make is that the Dolphins also won 2 SBs in the 70s with the same head coach and QB. But they weren't considered quite in the same class as Dallas and Pittsburgh.
Every time I see Jackie Smith drop that, I hear: "Bless his heart he's got to be the sickest man in America!"
I'm a Steelers fan so naturally I know how this game ends. And yet I'm still yelling at the TV. That's when you know it's a good game.
Cowboys fan here. For my money this is the greatest Super Bowl of them all. The talent on the field is unmatched in any other game.
And as a Dallas fan I'm happy after an early and very brief 14-7 lead...then also start cussing...DAMN IT SOMEONE COVER STALLWORTH!!!😠😡...😂😂😂
@@rshelley7496 I still yell at them for that busted double reverse on the opening drive! Run the damn ball until they can stop you! 😆
me too - born and raised about 8 miles from Three Rivers Stadium!
I grew up watching these teams. Prior to Free Agency, teams that drafted well were loaded with talent. Since more players spent their career with only one team, you got to know your team's starters and backups on offense, defense and special teams, and you knew everything about the teams in their Division. For better or worse, the NFL was a Fan's League back in the day. My Dad was a Dolphins Fan, and he passed that down to me. We bonded on Sundays, and it was awesome.
***Players were being exploited by Team Owners, so I understand why Free Agency was implemented in 93'. I'm Not debating the issue in any way.***
Oddly really enjoy the crisp old school commentary with it too. Kudos to the sound team
One could argue that prior to this game, the defending champion Cowboys were the greatest team of the Super Bowl era. The 1977 Cowboys are the last NFL team to lead the league in Total Defense and Total Offense, and they outscored their playoff opponents 87-23. One could also argue that by defeating the Cowboys in Super Bowl 13, the 1978 Steelers became the greatest team in NFL history.
This game should actually have even more Hall of Famers than it does: Cliff Harris, Drew Pearson, and Harvey Martin from the Cowboys, and L.C. Greenwood from the Steelers should all be in there. All four of them are on the 1970s All-Decade Team (Harris and Pearson on the first team, Martin and Greenwood on the second team).
Harvey Martin not being in the HOF is a travesty
Drew Pearson deserves to be in the hall of fame
@@MrBeshara2 It would help his cause if Jerry would at least put him in the Cowboys Ring Of Honor.
Donnie Shell should also be in the Hall of Fame.
@@UncleClaudeSportsandThangs #31 Got the Hall call!
Congratulations to him.
And Cliff Harris FINALLY goes to Canton.
We Cowboy fans couldnt be prouder!!!!
I actually enjoyed watching this classic sb game two legendary teams from the 70s
This was really John Stallworth game 3 catches 115 yds 2TDs he's on my top 5 greatest wr of all time
Your wrong then
Im a Steeler fan. Idk if he's top 20
He and Swann were great WRs that showed up in the big games for sure. Idk if either are too 10 all time, but still great players
combined swann and stallworth are one of the best duos ever but even as a steelers fan idk if either of them are top 10 individually tbh
As a Steelers fan I couldn’t stand Dallas but looking back the Steelers had to be pretty damn Good because Dallas was no joke. The difference between the two when they played was the Steelers secondary which contained Dallas WRs v Dallas secondary that could not cover Swann and Stallworth.
tone 22 THAT was a very dumb decision. Tony D was lit that game and would have been trouble. The Steelers by that time didn’t get a lot of pass rush from the d line and depended a lot more on blitzing. They would have had to stack the box to stop Dorset which opens up their strong passing game.
@@Biggdoom344yeah, tony was killing it. Averaged 6 yards a carry.
Steelers fan born in 2000 but I love watching old games like this! My forever team 😁
The greatest Super Bowl of all time no doubt
One of a kind Superbowl. Both teams dominated their conference's in the 70's. 70's NFL football Fans were well familiar with all of the players. The ultimate Popcorn Superbowl.
3:44
That Cowboy defender who jumps, lands head first then pops back up like it's reverse video. Had to rewatch that a few times. CRAZY !!
#56 Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson.
@@Golf8802 Hollywood was responsible for firing Bradshaw up with his mouth.
Dumb ass Hollywood.
If hed had shut up Boys woulda won the game.
Bradshaw was SMOKIN hot this day.
@@bigpapasmurfz6252 Nonsense. Bradshaw was going to be fired up for that game regardless of anything Henderson (or anybody else) said.
in gymnastics it's called a "back extension to hand stand"
Greatest Super Bowl ever in my opinion. Only game close is SB51. It was the first all time great and close to the end Super Bowl. Also 19 Hall of Famers in one game sounds like a Pro Bowl Game.
Superbowl 25? Giants Bills? Wide Right.
There's a ton of HOF'ers in that game too.
There were lots of great Super Bowls. In my opinion SB43, SB49, SB25, and SB52 could also compete
I'd have to put sb48 in there.
Always fun to watch the Steelers from the late-70s
Gamma and the Cowboys!
Massive Steelers fan right here. So entertaining to watch the 70’s Steelers! You have many hall of farmers on the team!
Broke my heart as a little kid
My All-Time Favorite Game .. These where the best of days in the NFL
My body hurts just watching this. Old school football was brutal
It was real football - not what we have today
Jumping into the Waybac machine for this one! I love it! This was indeed a whale of a game with so many legends and very good players.
Late 70's football was awesome. You HAD to know how to throw under pressure. You have some great collisions in this game.
Tony Hill was a beast of a receiver at that time - going into his prime he was unreal.
Was 14 years old in January of 79,I believe no other SB will ever have as many Future HOFers as this Super Bowl did.. Cowboys/Steelers meeting in SB-13, to see which team would become the 1st to ever win 3-SB-titles... the game was epic... Star Power on both sides. Steelers were 14-2 in the regular season and the defending champion Cowboys were 12-4..
Go Steelers! Would love to see a Cowboys- Steelers rematch in the coming years
They met three times in the Superbowl and the Steelers won 2 of 3.
@@tonycole5209 i know
Jackie Smith gets all the heat, but Randy White's kickoff fumble doomed the Cowboys. It never ever gets mentioned.
Had Smith made the catch, the game is tied 21-21. Dallas was already trailing 28-17 when Randy White fumbled the squib kick
EXACTLY! WTF was he even doing on the return team with a fucking CAST on the arm he was handling the ball with?
@@thegorn68 He should have just fallen on the ball.
It looked like he wasn't touched. At first I thought he was trying to lateral it, which would have been stupid. But the ball apparently was greased up because it just slid right out. It was strange.
@@bobbywise2313alot of strange. Phantom pi call on barnes was strange, refs blocking waters out on francos 4th qtr td run was strange.
Came here right after SB LV and all I have to say is wow, this game has changed over the years.
This might’ve been the best collection of talent on a football field in one game ever.
14 players combined from each team are currently in the hall (9 from Pittsburgh, 5 from Dallas), but then you have Tony Dungy who was a player in this game for Pittsburgh that was inducted as a coach, and for Dallas there was Mike Ditka and Ernie Stautner as assistant coaches who were inducted as players. The owners and administrators from each (Art Rooney, Dan Rooney, Tex Schramm, Gil Brandt), and the head coaches (Chuck Noll, Tom Landry) are all in the hall of fame as well.
Amazingly, 22 people who were directly or indirectly involved in this game are immortalized in Canton, but you could also say that players from each team (LC Greenwood, Donnie Shell from Pittsburgh) and (Harvey Martin, Cliff Harris from Dallas) should be in the hall of fame as well.
Drew Pearson should be in the HOF too!
Add Drew Pearson to that list.
Ive never clicked on a video so fast! Thanks for the great content
My first and favorite SB !!
5:40 the first “touchdown no flags”
I could watch Tony Dorset run all day...
He is a joy to watch.
And Tom should have run the ball more in that game calling trick plays
That first drive Dallas had it really going....offensive line was executing and Dorsett was running for nice yards...then for some reason they wanted to get cute and try a trick play which they ended up fumbling....momentum killer...a TD or even a FG would have been a great start
This Sunday Romo’s finally going to the Super Bowl. Tune in.
His commentary is one of a kind ,so good !
I loved watching your fellow g men suffer when dak threw that knee scraper of a TD pass to cole Beasley. Next time watch your mouth when your team is sorry as fuck
@@thegorn68 that was real gay....
@@bmorebirdsnest92 A lot of Cowboys fans are in general.
This is the only way Tony was going to the SB lol
Back when football was real
Extremely impressive archival feat. Using multiple different broadcasts and surviving footage to capture the feel of one of the greatest games ever played. Awesome job.
Seen the NFL Films version of this game a million times. Feels weird seeing the actual game broadcast.
Wish the framerate matched the vhs
Best super bowl at the time
at the time...name one better
Patriots Seahawks ,Patriots falcons ,first ever OT in Superbowl
to each his own my friend...
Patriots panthers, Steelers cardinals, the list goes on and on.
again i dont see it that way. from an entertainment point of view maybe close but read the title again. we will never see this many quality hall of fame football players at this level again in a superbowl but like i said...believe whatever you want my friend
1:19 I didn't know they could show something so sexy on TV in the 70s
History points at the Jackie Smith drop as the losing factor. That fumble on the kickoff return really seemed to be the turning point in the game.
Smith's dropped pass looks like it was the turning point. To me it was the botched double reverse on the opening drive. Dorsett was running right through the Steelers. Then Landry had to outsmart himself.
No doubt…
Or the phantom pi call on barnes, or the ref blocking waters out on francos 4th qtr td run.
Great slugfest between two heavyweights that didn’t fail to disappoint. The only real weakness the Cowboys had were their cornerbacks, Aaron Kyle and Benny Barnes. Average players trying to cover HOF wideouts.
As a cowboys fan I’ll never forgive Jackie Smith for dropping that pass, that’s ultimately what lost us the game
Drop or catch, Steelers weren't going to lose.
No, the jackie drop was in 3rd qtr. It sucked, but that wasn't the only reason. Barnes getting called for a phantom pi on 3rd down was a killer, and a ridiculous call. Manster(why was he in on kickoff?), fumbling the kickoff was a huge blow. Refs blocking waters out on francos 4th qtr td run was another kick in the head. And beings how dorsett was killing that 'steel curtain', why did Mr.Landry quit running him? Tony averaged 6 yards a carry in that sb.
@@briancrawford7981 Excellent analysis - especially the part about Dorsett not getting enough touches
Smith's drop - the pass wasn't perfect, but catchable - cost the Cowboys four points (they got a field goal). However, the botched reverse, Staubach's interception before halftime and White's fumbled kickoff resulted in 21 Steeler points. Those three turnovers are what cost Dallas the game, along with not giving the ball to Tony Dorsett.
Terry bradshaw’s release was insane
Steelers were the best team ever put together....they would have won more SBs during this Era but they got the injury bug that cost them dearly....they still went to the afc title games with tons of injuries ....I think it was just great coaching and personal determination of each and every player.
Tony Dungy in the secondary!
He's done it all. He won championships, as a player and a coach.
Jackie Smith jinx the entire Super Bowl 13 with that dropped TD pass.
Steel Curtain still remains the best defense ever
'85 Bears 😏
2000 Ravens
85 bears or 2000 ravens don’t get me wrong they had a great defense but not as good as those defense’s
'85 Bears, they would beat any team in NFL history
every damn year they brought the wood for a decade.
wtf was landry thinking with that reverse on the first drive...🙄 dorsett was rolling....
No shit! What a dumb time to get cute.
It was his ego and pride in 'The System.' If ever Staubach should have audibled!
Landry had a great tendency to over think a situation, and it cost the Cowboys in a lot of games. This was just one example.
Best TH-cam channel
We can now add a 20th Hall of Famer from this game- Drew Pearson. Just got elected.
laudrys worst play calling game. dorsett was eating them.but for some reason landry didnt use him enough..stupid.
Mike Webster will never get enough credit.
To this day I don't understand why Landry did not use Dorsett more. Pittsburgh couldn't stop him
A number of Steelers, including Joe Greene, wondered the same exact thing.
I would LOVE if there were youtube channels like this for other sports! If you know of any, please comment below with it!
As a Cowboys fan I was so angry after this game that I was determined to prove that the Cowboys were STILL the "team of the decade". I poured over the W-L stats of both teams from 1970 through 1978 and was able to make a good argument that Dallas still had the edge. I factored in how the Cowboys were a Championship level team the first two years of the decade (going 1-1 in the SBs), while it took the Steelers longer to go to a SB (74). Dallas also had the overall advantage in every category, from the regular season W-L record, winning seasons, division titles, playoff games, etc. Then those damn Steelers went right back and won another SB in 79 and my whole argument went out the window.
Pittsburgh Steelers won 4 Super Bowl championship 1974 1975 1978 and 1979 Dallas Cowboys won 4 Super Bowl championship 1971 1977 1992 and 1993 these are the greatest team Dynasty Steelers the 70s Cowboys the early 90s
Jeffery Robertson
You are so wrong
Cowboys won in 1995 as well.
Jimmy Roberts you are amazing
One of those games the younger generation may not appreciate. Most star studded Super Bowl maybe ever
The cowboys comeback and staubachs magic at the end of this game is still so crazy to watch. You really could never count Roger out
The game with probably the most Superstars
probably.........
The Raven poor Choice of words
@@rivalstorm7216 lol...if you say so
I think someone commented there were 19 hall of famers in this game
@@caleykruse9852 thats correct and if you consider there are at least 5 or 6 more that should be in the hall of fame that makes it even crazier....LC Greenwood, Donnie Shell, Ed too tall Jones, Harvey Martain, Charlie Waters, Cliff Harris and Drew Pearson should all be in.....
These 70s Steeler teams have to be the most talented ever. And this is coming from a Browns fan. From offense, to their defense. There's a reason why they won 4 super bowls. By far the greatest dynasty in football. No other team is even close. Not even Montana's 49ers. They wouldn't have beaten this team.
Everyone thinks of the Steel Curtain when you talk about Pittsburgh’s dominance of the NFL in the 70s, but damn Bradshaw was a great quarterback who still doesn’t get the credit he deserves. When the Steelers needed him, he delivered. Staubach was able to move the ball and score points against the Steeler’s defense, so they needed Bradshaw in this game and he was clutch. Threw 4 touchdown passes in this game and Pittsburgh needed every one of them in order to win.
To this day, I think the first two quarters were the most exciting 30 minutes of football I’ve ever seen….
(The second half was pretty good too! LOL! Oh what might have been if only Randy White woulda just fallen on the ball instead of trying to run with it!)
Wow, watching this gave me that wonderful Super Bowl XIII anxiety all over again. LOVED IT!!!!!
Seventies football at its finest. I don't think a team had cracked 24 points in a Super Bow prior to this one.
I've seen that Jackie Smith play dozens of times and still don't think it should called a drop. How can you drop something if you never got your hands on it?
To break down your stance on the 24 point thought:
Green Bay accumulated both 35 and 33 points in their wins in Super Bowls I and II.
Dallas hit 24 in Super Bowl VI.
Miami got to 24 in Super Bowl VIII.
Oakland racked up 32 in Super Bowl XI.
Lastly, Dallas put up 27 the year before in Super Bowl XII.
@@darren.plateroti I stand corrected. Somehow I forgot about the ass kickings Green Bay delivered in the first Super Bowls.
watching this game, you realise how truly great many of these players were, and you need to realise how much less physical protection they received than today's players
The Jackie Smith drop 🤦♂️🤦♂️
metro thoomin ik a true heartbreaker
The first Super Bowl game to be played in primetime. And the greatest Super Bowl ever to be played up until that time.
I need it’s just a game...this game happened 9 years before I was born...but as Cowboys fan...Damn u Jackie Smith!! Supposeeeeee to the ball! That cost us the game right there!
Two of the best dynasties ever
The "GREATEST" Super Bowl EVER and I'm a Raider fan!!!
This is last game Curt Gowdy did for NBC correct they promoted Dick Enberg the next year ?? 😐🏈
Born and raised in Dallas TX. This game hurt. No shame in saying Pittsburgh was the better team. They were ahead of their time. Both Super Bowls could have been won by Dallas, but they couldn’t catch the breaks they needed. The opportunity was there.
Yeah, it could be said Dallas overacheived in the 1975 season and how no business being in that year's SB but it could have been on on that Hail Mary. In SB 13 Landry's coaching cost Dallas.
@@davidpaz9389 can you specify where Landry went wrong?
@@steveparham8221 Trickery on the opening drive when Dorsett was rolling. The 'system' said Pittsburgh would expect the run so we'll surprise them. Staubach should have audibled.
The offenses and defenses stacked up so well against each other. How could you choose one guy over the other:
General
Steelers: 14-2, 1st AFC Central
Cowboys: 12-4, 1st NFC East
Offense
Steelers: 312.3 YPG, (8th out of 28), 22.3 PPG, (5th out of 28)
Cowboys: 372.4 YPG, (2nd out of 28), 24 PPG, (1st out of 28)
Quarterback
Terry Bradshaw: 207/368, 56.3% CMP%, 2,915 YDS, 28 TD, 20 INT, 84.7 RTG (NFL MVP, First Team All Pro, Pro Bowl)
Roger Staubach: 231/413, 55.9% CMP%, 3,190 YDS, 25 TD, 16 INT, 84.9 RTG (Pro Bowl) (15 Games)
RB1
Franco Harris: 1,082 YDS, 8 TD, 22 REC, 144 YDS (Pro Bowl)
Tony Dorsett: 1,325 YDS, 7 TD, 37 REC, 378 YDS, 2 TD (Pro Bowl)
RB2
Rocky Bleier: 633 YDS, 5 TD, 17 REC, 168 YDS, 1 TD
Robert Newhouse: 584 YDS, 8 TD, 20 REC, 176 YDS, 2 TD (13 Games)
WR1
Lynn Swann: 61 REC, 880 YDS, 11 TD (First Team All Pro, Pro Bowl)
Tony Hill: 46 REC, 823 YDS, 6 TD (Pro Bowl)
WR2
John Stallworth: 41 REC, 798 YDS, 9 TD
Drew Pearson: 44 REC, 714 YDS, 3 TD
TE
Randy Grossman: 37 REC, 448 YDS, 1 TD
BillyJoe DuPree: 34 REC, 509 YDS, 9 TD (Pro Bowl)
Defense:
Steelers: 260.5 YPG, (3rd out of 28) 12.2 PPG, (1st out of 28), 48 forced turnovers (2nd out of 28)
Cowboys: 250.6 YPG, (2nd out of 28), 13 PPG, (3rd out of 28), 36 forced turnovers (23rd out of 28)
Add it all up and you've got a 35-31 game that was the best super bowl at the time and in my opinion still may be the best
11:52 still burns me up to this day
The reason why I became a Steelers fan
That Catch by Rocky bleier says everything about Pittsburgh's tenacity.
LOVE My Black en Gold !
Two of the Greatest teams ever in my opinion. Definitely one of the greatest Super Bowls too!
Why did dumb Dallas stop giving Tony Dorsett the ball, is beyond me smh.
That tackle by Wagner at 16:00 would never fly today. Especially if that was vs a Brady team in the bowl.
Would be pretty cool to know what the score was..
wtf was that benny barnes call..🙄
For me….best match up in history and best Super Bowl ….insane all the HOF players on both teams
I seen this game on tv, and even though I am an eagles fan and they won in 2017, and I hated the Steelers, still, this is the absolute best super bowl game ever.
If Jacki Smith did not drop the touchdown in the end zone, you would never know!
As an adult, I never realized how arrogant the cowboys were, and still am.
My favorite Super Bowl of all time.
The intro music is amazing. They re used it for xv
Without a doubt, as much as this pains me as a Cowboys fan, this is the Greatest Super Bowl ever played! This game featured a combined 26 Hall of Famers, 15 for the Steelers and 11 for Dallas and tons of Legends and hopefully more future Hall of Famers. On paper, both teams were equal. Classic scores and scoring drives. This game had everything! To note, Dallas was the only team that Pittsburgh played in Both Super Bowl 10 and 13 that they were the only team to score a 1st quarter touchdown in the 1st quarter.
Players have it easy now. perfect footing. No head shots to the quarterback and receivers. That is why the numbers are so inflated
the greatest team ever 70s steelers
The best vs the best. As it should be.
Have watched this game recently & was impressed.Staubach was 1-7 vs QBs who own super bowls during the 1970s including 0-4 vs Terry Bradshaw.The Dallas Cowboys were in a 5 game losing streak to The Pittsburgh Steelers including SB10,1977,this game,1979 &opening game of 1982.Tom Landry was 3-6 vs Chuck Noll.From 1972 thru SB14 the Steelers were a incredible 14-4 in the playoffs was was unmatched during the 1970s
I'm a Cowboys fan, and there is no doubt that the Cowboys had a really good team, maybe even a great team, but the Steelers just would not be denied on that day. I still think that Pittsburgh team is probably the best in history.
Roger only played 8 games in the 70s against qbs that won a sb?
Staubach could really pick apart even the best of defenses at times
Don't worry Dallas, as a ravens fan that Jackie smith drop made me cringe too....Pittsburgh got lucky....
devin johnson you guys are lucky that the browns moved to Baltimore
@@mathewtorres1283 yeah after irsay snuck away and markets like Jacksonville got a team over us 😒😒😒😒