cowboys have been to super bowl eight times.
cowboys have been to super bowl eight times.
how many times cowboys been to super bowl?
eight
the cowboys–steelers rivalry started with the cowboys' first game as a franchise in (against the steelers) at the cotton bowl with the steelers coming away with a 35–28 victory. these teams hold a record for the most times (three) that two teams have met in a super bowl. the first two times the favored steelers and cowboys met came with pittsburgh victories in the orange bowl super bowl x 21–17 and super bowl xiii 35–31. the cowboys never won a regular season game in the orange bowl and lost three super bowl games (once to the baltimore colts and twice to the steelers). between the cowboys and steelers, super bowl xiii had the greatest number of future pro football hall of fame players participating, which as of 2010 numbered 20 – 14 players and six coaches/front office, including ernie stautner, defensive coordinator for the cowboys who was a hof defensive tackle for the steelers. the teams featured an all-star matchup at quarterback between the steelers' terry bradshaw and the cowboys' roger staubach, both of whom are in the hall of fame. in , staubach and the cowboys won super bowl xii, their second and last loss of their season being inflicted by bradshaw and the steelers, 28–13 at three rivers stadium in november. in , staubach's final season, the two defending conference champs met again at three rivers, the steelers winning 14–3 en route to winning their fourth super bowl title. the steelers won six of eight meetings during the 1970s and 80s, before the cowboys won all four meetings during the 1990s, including the teams' record third super bowl meeting in 1996, as this time the heavily favored cowboys beat the steelers 27–17. dallas cornerback larry brown intercepted pittsburgh quarterback neil o'donnell twice and was named the game's mvp. the teams' first two meetings of the 21st century ( and ) were won by the steelers, including a come from behind victory december 7, 2008 in pittsburgh, when the steelers drove the length of the field to tie the game 13–13, then cornerback deshea townsend returned an intercepted pass from tony romo for the game's final score, steelers 20, cowboys 13. the cowboys won on december 16, 2012, at cowboys stadium by a 27–24 margin in overtime and won 35-30 at heinz field on november 13, 2016. the all-time series is led by the dallas cowboys, 17–15. the pittsburgh/dallas rivalry served as a backdrop to the 1977 film "black sunday", parts of which were filmed during super bowl x. the teams will next play in the regular season in dallas in 2020.
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since super bowl xiii in january 1979, the home team is given the choice of wearing their colored or white jerseys. originally, the designated home team had to wear their colored jerseys, which resulted in dallas donning their less exposed dark blue jerseys for super bowl v. while most of the home teams in the super bowl have chosen to wear their colored jerseys, there have been six (6) exceptions: the dallas cowboys during super bowl xiii and xxvii, the washington redskins during super bowl xvii, the pittsburgh steelers during super bowl xl, the denver broncos during super bowl 50, and the new england patriots in super bowl lii. the cowboys, since , have worn white jerseys at home. the redskins wore white at home under coach joe gibbs starting in through , continued by richie petitbon and norv turner through , then again when gibbs returned from through . meanwhile, the steelers, who have always worn their black jerseys at home since the afl–nfl merger in , opted for the white jerseys after winning three consecutive playoff games on the road, wearing white. the steelers' decision was compared with the new england patriots in super bowl xx; the patriots had worn white jerseys at home during the season, but after winning road playoff games against the new york jets and miami dolphins wearing red jerseys, new england opted to switch to crimson for the super bowl as the designated home team. for the broncos in super bowl 50, denver general manager john elway simply stated, "we've had super bowl success in our white uniforms"; they previously had been in super bowls when wearing their orange jerseys. the broncos' decision is also perceived to be made out of superstition, losing all super bowl games with the orange jerseys in terrible fashion. it is unclear why the patriots chose to wear their white jerseys for super bowl lii. during the pairing of bill belichick and tom brady, new england has mostly worn their blue jerseys for home games, but have worn white for a home game in the , , and seasons. the new england patriots were 3–0 in their white uniforms in super bowls prior to super bowl lii with belichick and brady, and they may have been going on recent trends of teams who wear white for the super bowl game. white-shirted teams have won 33 of 52 super bowls to date (63%). the only teams to win in their dark-colored uniform in more recent years are the green bay packers against the pittsburgh steelers in super bowl xlv and the philadelphia eagles against the new england patriots in super bowl lii, with teams in white winning 12 of the last 14 super bowls.
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