the dallas cowboys won their first super bowl in 1971.
the dallas cowboys won their first super bowl in 1971.
when did the dallas cowboys win their first super bowl?
1971
the new england patriots () and pittsburgh steelers () have won the most super bowls with six championships, while the dallas cowboys () and the san francisco 49ers () have five wins. new england has the most super bowl appearances with 11, while the buffalo bills () have the most consecutive appearances with four (all losses) from 1990 to 1993. the miami dolphins (1971–1973) and new england patriots (2016–2018) are the only other teams to have at least three consecutive appearances. the denver broncos () and patriots have each lost a record five super bowls. the minnesota vikings () and the bills have lost four. the record for consecutive wins is two and is shared by seven franchises: the green bay packers (1966–1967), the miami dolphins (1972–1973), the pittsburgh steelers (1974–1975 and 1978–1979, the only team to accomplish this feat twice and the only team with four wins in six consecutive seasons), the san francisco 49ers (1988–1989), the dallas cowboys (1992–1993), the denver broncos (1997–1998), and the new england patriots (2003–2004). among those, dallas (1992–1993; 1995) and new england (2001; 2003–2004) are the only teams to win three out of four consecutive super bowls. the 1972 dolphins capped off the only perfect season in nfl history with their victory in super bowl vii. the only team with multiple super bowl appearances and no losses is the baltimore ravens, who in winning super bowl xlvii defeated and replaced the 49ers in that position. four current nfl teams have never appeared in a super bowl, including franchise relocations and renaming: the cleveland browns, detroit lions, jacksonville jaguars, and houston texans, though both the browns (1950, 1954, 1955, 1964) and lions (1935, 1952, 1953, 1957) had won nfl championship games prior to the creation of the super bowl in the 1966 season.
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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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